Congrats Walgreens! You have completely nailed it as far as how to run the most inefficient pharmacy ever created. It doesn't matter if there are 2 people in line or 15, you will make sure that no customer is shortchanged on the most frustrating and maddening experience outside of the DMV. Kudos for keeping it consistent! Since I don't want to be completely negative, the pharmacist seemed like a nice lady but she was running around like a chicken with her head cut off most likely due to inefficient processes and subpar pharmacist technicians. read more

Nice quiet location with friendly staff Parking is always available pretty close to the door too. I find it easy to obtain harder to did items at this location because of less foot traffic Also great that it located in large center with lots of great stores. read more

Walgreens - Drugstores Near Me - Irvine, California

Updated 10/21/11: I had a much better experience yesterday in this store. I went to pick up a photo order, and there was no one in the photo area and they seemed unusually busy at the checkstands. I waited my turn and told the woman I had a photo order to pick up. She came right over, helped me out, checked out the rest of my items as well and was VERY friendly and nice. Because of her, I will add one star :) ~~~~~ I picked up a photo order last week, and the girl at the photo counter was sitting on a stool reading a magazine. I walked up and stared at her until she decided to help me. It was an order that had a zero total, so I said am I good to go? She said no, it has to be rung up. So she said I had to go through the regular line, which had a line. So I got in line behind two people... one of which was in the middle of a serious mess with the cashier. After about 5 minutes the same girl came over to a register and helped the other person in front of me, and me. It took two seconds to scan my zero total and let me leave. Why couldnt she have done that at the photo counter? Because she was too lazy and too into her magazine, then realized she HAD to probably help out since the one lady was busy with whatever she was doing. No thanks! read more

They don't allow service animals. I walked my little Maltese to our neighborhood Walgreens. As we got to the front I picked up my dog to walk in. I only took 3 steps in and the front desk clerk screamed at me from across the store "we don't allow service animal in here." So I walked out and had to purchase my gift cards from Ralph's...without a problem there! read more

Pros: You can pick up your Snapfish photos here. This is really the only reason I would come here. Cons: For a fairly new store the place feels unkempt and disorderly. How come there's never anyone at the photo desk? How come the workers are walking around eating food and leaving their Starbucks cups on the counters? This Walgreens is to Wal-Mart as the Portola CVS is to Target. read more

Walgreens - Drugstores Near Me - Irvine, California

How does this place even have 2 stars? It should have negative 5! This whole store (not just the pharmacy) is a total shit show. Pharmacy lines are outrageous. No matter what time of day you go. They need to have an express pickup line for people with no issues. My Rx has no copay and literally takes 30 seconds to complete my transaction. However, every time I go there I am stuck waiting behind "problem people" that take 30 mins to resolve. I've decided to switch to mail-order. I can not handle going into this store EVER AGAIN!! Additionally, don't ever do site to store. They have no clue WTF they are doing. If you order from Walgreens.com and don't want to pay for shipping, you can elect to have the package sent to the store for free and pick it up from there. I have done this 3 times and ALL THREE TIMES my package is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND!!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AT THIS PATHETIC STORE!! read more

Worst pharmacy ever. There is always a super long line, and prescriptions are never ready. Was told to wait, and came back hours later, prescription still not ready. The most incompetent pharmacy ever - only came here because CVS on Portola closed down. Will be switching to CVS on Barranca, even if it is much further away. I have absolutely no knowledge of pharmacy, but I am sure I can fill prescriptions faster even after googling how to fill each prescription. Shout out Sundar Pichai. read more

This pharmacy should be closed down. I've never dealt with such incompetency before...well I definitely have, but never from a pharmacist. It took me over two hours to get ear drops for my ear infection. The pharmacist couldn't understand the doctors simple instructions as to how to administer SIMPLE EAR DROPS. Did she get her degree at some online university like Univ of Phoenix? The entire staff are complete morons as well. Do yourself a favor and go to a different pharmacy. read more

This service is unconscionably slow and the staff has an attitude. I have a procedure scheduled in a couple of days and went to see if the drug I need to prep was ready. On the app there was a button to "submit"...so I did. . The system told me the order would be filled and be ready by 8pm. So....I left the medical center vs heading back in to the docs office for a paper rx. I got home to find it had been "cancelled". When we called Walgreens, they said the "system had cancelled it" because there was another rx number, that we'd have to call the doctor. I said they were closing and it was a holiday weekend and asked if they could call ;as pharmacists typically do. She asked why I believed that hey could get through any faster and recommend I do so myself, saying they were understaffed. I explained that we had already been trying for 30 mins on the patient line and that doctors offices always answer a provider line quicke. I also pointed out that they were closing in half an hour again- procedure schedule the Monday after a holiday weekend-urgent. She informed that they'd work on it but it would take a while. Circles and circles. When I asked why the order was cancelled she said she didn't know but that when she tried to access it, it crashed her system. I asked if they had a tech support to retrieve it and help her out. Nothing. It was clearly a system error but we left and missed heading back into our respective jobs we were needed at...and sat in rush hour-pre-holiday traffic back to the docs office, two mins before they closed because Walgreens "system" cancelled our order and Walgreens gave us zero confidence they'd make a solid attempt to fix it. Why was their system error OUR problem? Useless. Apathetic. Insensitive. And indicated that they needed a NEW order from the doc because after all, even though her "system was crashing" and there was clearly a tech error, she couldn't take my word that my doctor really wanted me to have it. Her words. read more

I would give the pharmacy 0 stars if I could. Made an online appointment for vaccination and had to wait over 45 min in line only to be told to wait some more while we process you. Meanwhile, the paperwork was completed online already. People walking in without appointments were able to get in ahead of me. Please save your time and sanity and go elsewhere! The worst pharmacy and will definitely be taking our business elsewhere. read more

Sitting here waiting in a very long line to pick up my daughters medicine and at least three people also in line say it's always like this - I mean, really? Get it together read more

Photo department sucks! Customer service sucks! Not apologetic about the delays at all. All excuses that their photo machine doesn't work, no supplies to print xmas cards and calling their technicians takes them hours... so for them it's not their fault and doesn't care if their customers will have Xmas cards or not. I can't believe how they run this store with that kind of attitude. Won't be coming back here. I'll bring my business somewhere else who knows what a deadline means and care about their customers. read more

If I could give negative stars I would. This is the absolute worst pharmacy. I have been coming here for a while because it's a few blocks from where I live but will not be returning to purchase anything from the store and I will especially not use this pharmacy anymore. They have pretty much never had my prescription ready after my doctor had called it in. The wait time is almost always 20-30 minutes or longer and then 9 times out of 10 you will be told that you have to come back and wait in line again because your prescription isn't ready. Today I came in after my 5-year old daughter saw a doctor. She is very sick. I was again told my prescription wasn't ready after waiting for 20 minutes. I was told I would be signed up for text updates and would get a text confirming I was signed up and another when my order was ready. After an hour and a half I didn't receive a text so I went back and waited in line for 20 minutes to be told it still wasn't ready. Then later I got the confirmation email and another text saying my order was ready. I waited in line again for 25 minutes and the woman at the desk was courteous but it appeared she was filling my prescription. It took a while for her to bring my order over. I asked if I could speak to a manager and was told the pharmacy manager wasn't in but the store manager was. I was calm and just explained my situation and that my very sick daughter had to wait 5 hours to get some medicine that would make her feel better and I had to return and wait 3 times. I explained I understood there were labor shortages and I had overheard staff had called in sick today (however the number of staff behind the counter appeared to be the same as usual). Then a guy in a Walgreens polo named Flojo told me I was welcome to fill out an application. I have never treated any of the staff with disrespect in that store even though I feel extremely frustrated each time. I have never raised my voice. To have Flojo make such a flippant and disrespectful comment like that (when I wasn't even speaking to him) felt like a punch to the gut. Especially when I am dealing with a very sick child. I will not return to this store. read more

I love this pharmacy! The staff are always professional, courtesy and caring. These are super trying times and despite everything they maintain their professionalism and kindness. Thank you for all you do!! read more

The line to pick up is always long. They are very slow. They have drive through service, one express counter, and another regular counter. Even so, why so long? Wouldn't it be nice to have automatic vending machines like service? Put in your ID card and drop your filled prescription. read more

Walgreens - Long lines at Walgreens pharmacy - Drugstores Near Me - Irvine, California

I have been going to this Walgreens to pay a bill. I can always do it with my checking account but by western union gets there faster. Well, all the ladies who had helped are so nice but Al was a total asshole and rude to me and the customer in front of me. It's sad to see people trying to get you mad for no reason. read more

Pharmacists here are terrible! Unacceptable service. Always make us wait too much time. Today I drove over to pick up 2 prescriptions, they lost one of the prescriptions, arguing they did not receive the second. I had both of the kids in the car crying. After 20 minutes of unfriendly and pathetic on time delivery service the pharmacist found it hidden in one of their drawers! Just saying "sorry" here it is. After talking to the manager they tried to make up with $10 of store credit? I will definitely raise this issue at a corporate level and make sure this gets resolved for the greater community of Portola area. Save yourself some time and go next door to Ralphs. 1/28/2018- came and picked up photos and the 9:37PM shift manager had terrible attitude: 1) they were charging me $7 for an online order that was originally $2 2) with an attitude she tells me the order name is wrong (i told her my last name and optional order pick up person could be my wife) 3) she gets irritated because she would argue the account is under my wife's name? Really do I know better than their system? This Walgreens should go out of business- walgreens in the midwest was the best...here in California is terrible...so sad! read more

Probably the worst pharmacy wait time I've ever experienced. Often wait 30+ to pick up or drop off. It's always bad - they don't staff up, sheer ignorance in my opinion. read more

Walgreens - Line wrapping up an aisle for the pharmacy- usually 30 minutes to hour wait - Drugstores Near Me - Irvine, California

After reading all these reviews, I am glad I am not the only one that thinks the pharmacy has the worst customer service! They all act like they don't want to be there especially the girl name Corine. She was the rudest person and I ask for the pharmacist and he was the rudest person too. I doubt nothing will change about this store! read more

The worst pharmacy and rude staff. Never coming back here. Kept us waiting for over an hour. They make excuses that they are busy but they are just lazy, very slow and irresponsible. read more

The worst pharmacy ever! Customer service is horrible and they make you wait for hours to get your prescription. Save your time and go to Ralphs!!!! I was in line paying for my medication and then the guy asks do you want the third prescription filled? What?!?!? I told them I wanted all three filled earlier?!? Oh, ok... Waited another 10 minutes!!! read more

This is now the second time this walgreens has failed to ship my prescription after I've submitted a delivery prescription order. Last time they were at least polite about it. This time the woman who answered the phone repeatedly cut me off mid-sentence while I was trying to explain the situation and then insinuated it was somehow my fault their system fucked up and didn't send her a shipping label for my script. I wouldn't even be writing this if she hadn't been so rude to me she literally made me cry on the phone. I tried to ask about reporting this issue to tech support because it's happened to me twice and she responded by trying to insinuate it was somehow user error even though both the mobile and web apps tell me my script is ready for delivery. At this point I'm probably going to ask to move my scripts to a different walgreens because this was an incredibly upsetting experience for me, especially considering I was polite and emphasized I wasn't mad at them, just frustrated at the fact that this had happened twice and I need those medications to come on time. read more

Store staff are helpful and kind. Don't bother with the pharmacy. Understaffed. Pharmacy Drive thru is shut down. 50 minute wait. 20 people in line to pick up medications. read more

I visited this store this afternoon after placing an online order, and not receiving a confirmation email. I spoke with Nora who attempted to locate my code however that the system also glitched on their end and they could not access it either. The problem was that I used $10 Walgreens rewards in my purchase so I could not just re-purchase the item because the $10 had disappeared from my Walgreens account. Nora was very very helpful and tried to resolve the issue several different ways but eventually had to call the store manager to help with the issue. The store manager was absolutely awful. Not only did he provide 0 useful information, he did not try any alternative remedy for resolving the situation and kept telling Nora to pull up at the code that neither one of us had access to. She had to keep reiterating to him that we could not access the code. Eventually, he was like oh well too bad I guess you'll have to wait for Walgreens to cancel the order which could take an hour to 24 hours. The entire time the manager was speaking to her and I like we did something wrong, he has a very bad attitude and was speaking to Nora in a demeanor not suitable or respectful for the workplace. Eventually, the Walgreen system came back up and I was able to locate the QR code and get my item. Please promote Nora she was the only person in the situation with the forethought to try to even help me resolve the issue...the manager was absolutely useless and rude. To top of it he had a bad attitude and was talking to Nora disrespectfully the entire interaction. if I were her, I would not work there anymore...she deserves better. read more

This Walgreens is the worst. The sales associate, Flojo (appropriately named), is ridiculous, condescending and needs a lesson in customer service. read more

If you like being ignored and waiting in line for a long time, this is the place to be.

PHARMACY WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! People standing in line prior to 6pm closing time had the pharmacy windows shut in their face! I was in retail and medical and even a mall...we shut the main door to the store at closing but made announcement 30 mins prior final call etc and serviced anyone in store prior to main door closing at closing time! Customers first thats customer service! Unbelievable! Poor people waiting patiently prior to closing standing in line they can't make pharmacy go faster they were waiting 15 mins prior and boy window shut in face! I will find elsewhere to get prescriptions filled!!! And I contacted walgrens directly via email as well. We will see if any changes r made. Or the next BLM protest is guna b in front of that store... okay jk jk lol but seems like thats what it took for some action to change at least for that group lol read more

Review is for the store only, not pharmacy. The employees are very friendly. I've never had an issue-- they're very helpful and even the manager is nice. The store is always clean and products are stocked. Definitely enjoy shopping here. The lines can be long but that's NOT the stores fault, walgreens is notorious for having system issues all the time. read more

Terisita put a great smile to my face. Although, she couldn't see it because of my mask ): She helped me find what I needed and we had a great conversation. Given all our uncomfortable circumstances, a lady like Therisita makes COVID feel a lot less like a pandemic. I see you working hard as well. The pharmacy showed some great help as well. I don't know why there are so many negative reviews. read more

If you actually want to get your prescription filled don't bother using this pharmacy they are the absolute worst. They don't communicate with each other, they don't check the doctor line voicemail unless you specifically ask them to. We tried to get an emergency prescription filled on a Sunday and they had to have the doctor call them 3 times. The absolute worse. read more

Worst pharmacy experience I've ever had. Terribly rude, sarcastic, and unprofessional people. I was told even though they see a refill I haven't picked up it's closed in their system so they would call the doctor as a curtesy. This is after a call hours before , waiting on hold 45 min being told it would be ready in 20 min and then in line 15 min to pick it up where I was dismissed and basically told to prove it. I'll be switching to a pharmacy that treats you like a person and doesn't loose your meds read more

I feel like traditional brick and mortar pharmacies like Walgreens will soon go by the wayside with increasing competition from super stores like Target and Walmart, online pharmacies ( still small business but on the rise ) and healthcare providers offering on site pharmacies ( think: Kaiser ). That said, the decline of Walgreens certainly isn't helped by the problems that plague this particular location. In fact, if all Walgreens are run by employees this slow and unpleasant, then Walgreen's demise will be as sure as the next one star review this store gets. Let me start at the beginning: I ordered a product from Walgreens.com and had the item shipped to this store, in order to avoid a shipping charge that cost almost the same as the item itself. On the day the item was delivered, it showed that the item was signed for around Noon. I called this particular Walgreens at 4:00 PM the same day. The kid who answered the phone briefly checked for my order then told me it wasn't there. I reiterated that the FedEx tracking showed the item was delivered and told him who signed for it. He then proceeded to put me on hold for around five minutes. After the hold, he got back on the phone saying that they aren't able to locate my package and asked if they could put me on another hold. I told him that I didn't have any time left, and would call back later. I called back to the same Walgreens at 6:30 PM the same day and spoke with another employee. After a similar hold time as the first call, she was able to confirm the package was there. I visited this store the next day around 7:00 PM to pick up the package and purchase some items my wife needed. This store is currently a bit of a disaster area. They have some kind of construction happening and a large chunk of the store is blocked off, making it necessary to check out at the Photo counter. After an extremely long wait in line, I approached the counter and let the cashier know that I needed to pick up an online order, and provided my name. She disappeared in the back for about ten minutes before returning to the counter saying " No, I'm sorry. I cannot find your photos. They must not be ready yet. " I reiterated to her that I wasn't there to pick up photos. I was there to get my online order. " Ohhhh online order! You should have said that. Hold on " and went back behind the photo display to look again. By this time, the line that formed behind me was truly horrifying. So much so that they decided to open up a register at cosmetics. Another Walgreens employee came over to the photo counter and told the cashier helping me to send customers over to cosmetics. Of course, she was so preoccupied looking for my order, that she did not do so. The same employee then got on the radio and demanded that the cashier helping me send customers to cosmetics, in an incredibly unfriendly fashion of which, my cashier also ignored. Finally tired of waiting, I pointed at the shelf behind the cashier. The shelf was labeled " Online orders by Last name " with sections that covered the alphabet. I pointed at the section labeled QRST and told her that my package was likely there. Low and behold, the missing package was found! I quickly paid for the items I was purchasing, grabbed my online order and left. For what its worth, I think I'll have the package shipped next time. I'll gladly pay the extra $5 if it saves me the nearly 30 minutes I was at this store. read more

Very little staff available to help. The staff that is available has very poor customer service.

Worlds slowest pharmacy! Somehow I always get stuck behind the guy who refills 20 years worth of prescriptions. I don't understand why this pharmacy has so much trouble filling scripts. You go to Target and it's done in 20 minutes. Even antibiotics take hours and hours to fill. Everyone working there looks like they haven't had a vacation in their entire life. They look miserable. Only pharmacist that's been kind and patient is KIM. Occasionally there's a male pharmacist and he seems nice. All the others...omg...find a new job!! You look misssssserable. It's like they are pissed they can't take any of the meds or something. The one girl working the drive-thru with the long nails....time to quit honey. Just looking at you causes depression. You are so rude!!! She has medium length somewhat curly hair. Resting B face, once you see her and hear her....you'll know. Run! If they could just fill the prescriptions and not analyze everything to the 100th degree maybe things would go quicker. Doctors call in scripts early not to have them filled but for your slow A** to make sure it's in stock and processed so it can be picked up the day it should be. Sadly, they don't process it until they realize it's days later and out of stock, leaving patients without their meds. It's 2019 people...do your jobs and stop trying to play doctor. They bother my doctor over and over and over. Just let the doctor make the decisions. Oh and don't bother calling them, you'll be on hold forever!!!! Better chance of getting through to Santa Claus first. Please close down this pharmacy, they give Walgreens a very bad name. read more

I'm not a one star person but I have to give one to this place. EVERY time I come in here I leave with a negative experience. I tried to add cash to PayPal. Which clearly on the PayPal site it does it. NO ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT! Then they tell me "oh its not working." I told them "I did it once before!? Someone came and did it!" I'm sorry sir look it clearly doesn't work. SMH. Another time I go to drop of a SUPER HUGE rug at the Fed Ex drop off. It was heavy and took a lot of effort to get it there. "Sorry Sir it's too big it doesn't fit in the closet. At my other location we would normally take it but I guess here because it does not fit in the closet we can't take it." Seriously? Is it that big of a deal to leave it in the HUGE room you have for a more positive experience. FYI don't take large packages there. I know this review will have no ramifications for that establishment. It's more informative. On a positive note the employees are usually polite they just need to be trained. It seems like no one ever knows anything and they always have to call a manager who does not know anything either. read more

Just sat in the drive though for an hour. I could have walked in if I knew I had to wait this long but being stuck in between cars with no way out, it wasn't an option. Ruined my night. read more

Some of the most irresponsible pharmacist. Won't call to confirm anything. Doesn't tell anything about refill and updating prescriptions. Save life stay away. read more

it's really a hit or miss with this place. You either get someone that's willing to help or someone that's ready to ruin your day. They won't refill my prescription that is DATED for today. Yet they say i picked my previous one late but it was billed in 4/14/20, and today is 5/17/20, i should technically be able to fill this on the 5/11/20 or 5/12/20 but they're just hassling me about it and saying i can't even PAY for my script. This is not the first time. I have records of all of it. I work, i go to school and it's finals week and on top of it ALL i can't have my prescription. i've been coming to this location for 4 years straight getting treated like shit. Kim the pharmacist is beyond terrible. She's been inputing false notes about me. I work in the medical field my self so it's given that i know a lot of people and some that are pharmacists as well. They're the ones that can validate the notes being inputted. You guys sure have something coming to you. Anyway, take your prescriptions elsewhere. Don't get me wrong half the staff is laid back and cool but there are select bad ones at this location and to you guys i gotta say, go find something you truly like to do because giving customers problems about medications that they've been on for years isn't something cool to do. You're not a doctor, you're just supposed to be getting it ready and giving it to the customer. Nothing more. read more

Walgreens - Drugstores Near Me - Irvine, California

This is the worst place to take passport photos. The lady who took the pictures for me looked like she hates her life and just wants to die.

Walgreens used to be a good pharmacy but no more. I had so many hiccups with them I'm changing pharmacy. The straw that broke the camel's back happened yesterday. They got my doctor's prescription in the morning, texted me that estimated time for pick up was around 1 pm. I patiently waited for them to let me know that it was ready for pick up. By 4 pm. I was getting nervous, this is a med I really really need as a last resort to a medical issue. When I went to their useless app, it showed that there's a delay and the pharmacist was reviewing the med. I tried to call them, was on the line twice for almost 30 minutes each time. By then it's almost 5 and my doctor's office would be closed. I called my doctor's office and they said they had been on hold with them too! Eventually we managed to get hold of Walgreens, they said it appeared I am allergic to some meds I've never heard of, and I've never taken this med before. Finally the pharmacist said they'll have the meds for me. I drove over, the drive thru was jammed, cars were parked the wrong way to get in line. I went inside. Sure enough, the pharmacist said pick up is only through the drive thru, I was getting desperate, I had to lie and said I don't drive, my neighbor dropped me off. The pharmacist reluctantly gave me the meds. This is after 6 p.m. They are terribly understaffed, I understand that. But they need to do a better job communicating with their customers. If I hadn't reached them, I would have to wait till Monday! And even then, there's no guarantee I could get through to them. Sorry, Walgreens, this is not the first time I'm disappointed with you, but my health is more important to me than loyalty. You have failed me and I'm never coming back. read more