The last experience I had at a CVS was super negative, but credit being given where credit is due is the name of the game. Stefan, the pharmacist on Sunday, was polite, pleasant, and more then anything else, went above and beyond for a man in need of a prescription while in the middle of the 3 month waiting period for his new jobs health insurance to Kick in. He found a way to save me over $150 on a script that is something not only very necessary at the moment but always a good idea to have on hand. Super grateful for people like him. And it has brought my opinion of CVS back up from my last encounter. read more

It's outrageous in store prices are often higher than online. I have to schedule a order pickup and wait? Or deal with a 5 minute checkout price match? You're taking advantage of the elderly. read more

Waited in the pharmacy drive through for 30 minutes. Tonya continued to help everybody inside before us. Even people that came in long after us were getting helped. Dont come here read more

I've had my prescriptions filled here for years but yesterday (and today) was the worst experience I've had. I needed a refill on a prescription and called the number on the medication bottle. This time on the call I got welcomed by a pleasant AI woman's voice. It asked for my details, said I had no prescriptions there and then hung up on me. Literally, just hung up. So I called back (second attempt) and this time it allowed me to give the RX number of the medication to it. It then told me that I had no refills on this medication and to contact my doctor. And then it hung up on me. The only thing is: I do have a refill on the prescription. At no one point on either of the two calls would the AI allow me to speak to a human. Literally, the only way to speak to a human is for me to physically go to the CVS Pharmacy. I contacted my doctor who gave me a refill prescription which I got filled today. I spoke to the pharmacist who told me that yes, I did have a refill available on the medication and didn't need a new prescription from my doctor. He doesn't know why the AI said I didn't. He also said, yes, if you call the number on the medication bottle you can't reach a human at all. I also use Costco's pharmacy and I can always reach a human by phone there if need be. I'm beginning to think that moving my prescriptions to Costco (or anywhere where you can speak to a human by phone, if necessary) is the way to go. I hope though that CVS will change it's new system --- which is clearly not working for its customers. read more

Horrible customer service. No one helps and even when you ask for questions they refuse to provide you with an answer and expect you to figure it out. read more

They let people's gross pet dogs inside on the carpet. The carpet is stained (probably because they allow people to have their little pet dogs inside) who are NOT service dogs. It smells gross in there! Good luck if you have allergies! This is a pharmacy. Enforce no pet dogs! Also, there's a line 5 people long with one cashier and employees are stocking items and not helping check out. Stood in line for 15 minutes. Cashier was very slow read more

Pharmacy staff are so rude & they never have the drive through window open. Such a liability for sick people. Don't bother having a window.

No interest in helping me. Followed the clueless employee for several minutes waiting for the idiot to ask if I need any help. Stupid F'

The pharmacy has gotten better and better. They told me they hired more people and this has made a difference. I used to go to golden lantern cvs but now I've changed to monarch beach and it's much better. read more

TERRIBLE SERVICE. The Pharmacy does not communicate properly with you, they act like they could care less about you and the other day seemed annoyed I was picking my medications up because it was before they were closed, um, they were STILL open it was 10 minutes away from their closing time?? Terrible service, run, don't walk to somewhere else! read more

At first my prescription was incorrectly calculated at more than $10 above actual cost. I was asked to wait 5 minutes to correct the error. No problem. The next representative to check me out,Isabella, rang up the prescription and an additional item to which I had a 50% coupon on my phone. She tried the coupon and said it was invalid. She instructed me to go to the front of the store to ring that item up. When I asked why she said because she would have to redo it on her register. I did not feel like waiting in yet another line and told her no, problem, I will wait until she re-rings up my item. She repeatedly refused and gave the response that there was a customer in line behind me. I had waited my turn patiently and felt I should be served without waiting in another line. She finally, adamantly said I am not going to help you and stood just staring at me. It was very strange behavior. I refused to leave and said well then maybe he will ring me up, motioning to the customer service rep standing behind her. The pharmacist asked her to go to the drive up window and the young man rang me up using the coupon on my phone. Why couldn't she do that? I was being patient and polite. It was an odd feeling to be refused service in that way. I truly feel there's a place for everyone in our society to work together. Isabella doesn't belong behind the pharmacy counter as a customer service rep unless she is counseled and complies with professional customer service care. This was be ZERO STAR rating if it was an option. read more

Pharmacy has been great and friendly for the past couple of years!!! Pharmacist is patient and always willing to answer my questions.

Update : Changing this to one star due to the fact they have now took away the women's restroom. They only allow the men's restroom which is one stall for the entire building and REEKS of urine. Very very strongly. And shocker , there was no toilet paper.... maybe they are stuck in 2020 and still think there's a toilet paper shortage ? Also extremely filthy in that bathroom and I visited a few days ago and after waiting a few minutes in line for the bathroom i walked in and found what i feared to be poop smeared on the wall in the initial of an "R". No soap in the bathroom either. I also was waiting after picking up medicine and sunscreen and I watched a cashier literally belittle an elderly woman who was obviously confused on why she couldn't purchase tylenol at self checkout. I felt so bad for her I had to step in and explain her that it's an age restricted product because the cashier only yelled at her but wouldn't take the time out of his day to explain exactly why. read more

CVS Pharmacy - no toilet paper - Drugstores Near Me - Dana Point, California

Halloween is really my favorite time of the year. So when I saw this skeleton figure I knew I had the perfect place for this little guy. The price was a bit high for me to buy it so thought I'd wait a few days before Halloween when they start getting rid of seasonal merchandise. I spoke with Gene, one of the managers there and asked when it would be going on sale. He said they'd probably discount it after the 31st and maybe even the following weekend. He was so accommodating and helpful. Thinking that it would look great on my patio for Halloween night, I called him a second time and asked him if there would be any possibility of grabbing it that night and offering him 50% off. He knew I was pretty persistent in wanting it so he accommodated my request and asked when I could stop by. Within 30 minutes, I loaded him into my car, got the candy and set him up to greet anyone who came by the front door. Thank you Gene!! I appreciate this kind of customer service. CVS has some great seasonal decorations. Who knew?! read more

CVS Pharmacy - This is the talking skeleton that greets trick or treaters with different greetings! Plus I added a bit of orange in the candy bucket. - Drugstores Near Me - Dana Point, California

One word horrible customer service and I will switch pharmacists asap !! They don't recognize instructions or follow them when asked to do it !! read more

Don't go to this Pharmacy, The male pharmacist will never fill my Controlled substances prescriptions. Even though I have used CVS for 30 years. Just had breast surgery and he will not fill. He says it's to Sususpicious. Every time I go there he acts like he is my dr. And I get a lecture every time, and then he never fills it when I go back. Ask me , why I go back. Only because they have a drive threw! He can see my medical prescription history. No more! Worse customer service ever, lies to me all the time. He is verbally abusive. I am 64 years old. And I am in great health. I bring all the required paperwork. And he is just an Ass hole! Is it because I am women? Senior? I didn't realize I was being profiled. And that's exactly what this prick does. Is profiles. Maybe if I grabbed him in the nuts as hard as I could, he might then understand what it's like to have a 8 hour surgery and need pain pills Last I checked, I was old enough to pick my own dr. And he makes my medical decisions. Do u people realize, the only people getting Controlled substances are the Drug Addicts! This pharmacist needs to go to a seminar on how not to profile and how to speak appropriately to women! read more

CVS Pharmacy - The person trying to fill my prescription and the pharmacist , Is racially and gender profiling me! - Drugstores Near Me - Dana Point, California

The Laguna Beach CVS has severe pharmacy problems. This pharmacy is DANGEROUS. I have experienced: 1) While leaning on their flu shot sign at the pharmacy, which stated talk to the pharmacy to receive a flu shot, I was told "We don't give flu shots." I pointed to the sign and was told, "Oops, come back in 3 or 4 hours. The person in charge of the shots is out for a long lunch." 2) Picking up 3 prescriptions for my wife, I was handed a bag. Went home and opened the bag. None of the 3 were for my wife, or the right medication. Went back to the pharmacy. Was handed a new bag of 3. Opened the bag before leaving the counter. Two were right and one was wrong person/prescription. Got it replaced. My daughter, who lives in Atlanta and gets her thyroid medication from a CVS there asked the Atlanta CVS to contact the Laguna CVS to get a refill. She contacted the Laguna CVS and was told, "We don't carry that medication, the big CVS in Irvine has it and it's just a few minutes away." (30 minutes each way.) read more

Not even a one star. Doctors are calling this pharmacy text messages to patients as "lying". Apparently they can't get their act together. Even after three business days they can't even have generic aspirin ready! And ignore eRx from doctors. Attitude is we do not care as we are the elite Pharmacy, " you need us, we don't need you". I'm a shareholder of CVS. I guess. Karen is not as good a CEO as I thought. And I switched from another pharmacy to support CVS. This pharmacy just made a fool out of me. No wonder they say our system is broken. This pharmacy does not even know why their system / procotol is broken or Cate to fix it. read more

Covid testing, contracted with Quest Diagnostics, here is a joke ! I've seen better medical logistics in undeveloped 3rd world countries ! First of all, the location will not get your results...you have to "sign-up" from a preliminary email, previous to being notified about your actual results. Do you think they mentioned this??? Of course not ! Was if free...? Yes. Was it a simple process in the drive thru? Yes. Do you have to respond to a specific email previously withing 24 hours, create a user profile and password (alphanumeric, upper & lower case, including non-alphanumeric symbol) and of course, agree to annoying text message notifications to your private cell number, to actually get a simple POSITIVE or NEGATIVE answer? YES, YES, and more YES. Is this a complete waste of my time and effort for the obvious simplicity required by the general public currently......ABSOLUTELY ! Do you have to do all this crap at Walgreens? NO ! Do yourself a favor, just use this spot for a simple purchase, like aspirin or Dr, Scholl's shoe inserts. Unless, of course, you truly enjoy wasting your time and assuming this location can make your life easier in any sense of the term ! read more

CVS like any chain store can very VASTLY from each location, but the CVS off Rothbury Dr in Montgomery Village has improved dramatically, most specifically the pharmacy department. There was a period of time from when the pharmacy manager (who ran an outstanding department) left the store and several temporary pharmacists worked in his place. The consistancy and customer service took a dive during this period of time, but now the store is back on track with consistent staff members who provide great customer service. read more

Every time I come here the pharmacy people are always really rude. The lady Manar made sure to mention really loud what I was picking up. Going to be taking all of my business else where because this is the 4th time I have had a bad experience at this pharmacy. read more

Tired of rudeness and incompetence Warning, this is a long and detailed review in the hopes it gets back to CVS management. General readers need not bother reading the examples. I usually only give positive reviews but I have received consistently terrible service from one pharmacist - the short, brown-haired woman with an accent (Brown-hair) who has been at the Dana Point CVS at32900 PCH for the 6 years I have lived in the area. The long blond-haired pharmacist is slightly better but still treats customers as an imposition. Im told many regular customers ask for Stephan to help them because he is more knowledgeable and nice. Most of the pharmacy cashiers have been good to great, even when understaffed, which is why I gave 1 star. CVS has occasionally hired competent pharmacists, like Stephan, but they don't stay long. Brown-hair is consistently rude, unhelpful and regularly lies, trying to put blame with doctor or insurance company. In every case, when I follow up with the doctor and insurance company, the error is with Brown-hair. Even my doctors' staff are put off and amazed by her lack of basic knowledge of the CVS process and computer system. Just 3 examples out of dozens: 1. I once waited 10 minutes for her to acknowledge me while dropping off a prescription. I was the only customer at the pharmacy and was standing no more than 3 feet away from Brown-hair. There's no way she didn't see me. I finally asked for help. There was no apology for keeping me waiting and she made it clear I was an imposition. 2. I have ordered a particular medication for the last 6 years, on a monthly basis. When I will be traveling, the doctor writes the prescription early with explanation and insurance approves early refill. It never fails that brown-hair tells me it is too soon to refill. Doctor's office and insurance company have to explain to her how to use her own CVS Ssystem. She always insists it wasn't her fault. Funny that this process has gone smoothly when processed by Pharmacy Manager or a competent pharmacist. 3. Today I tried to drop off a prescription for which I had a coupon. Brown-hair begrudgingly tried to process but when she could not, she told me the problem was on my end. It was not but Brown-hair said she had no time to pursue and I would have to wait for Stephan to arrive in 30 minutes. Brown-hair said Stephan is a specialist... "coupon specialist?" Nonsense. Stephan spent all of a minute entering the info from the coupon at the prompts and price was quickly adjusted. Of course, no apology from Brown-hair for the wait, and she implied the fault was not hers. CVS, you can and should do better. Please Properly train pharmacists to use your computer system and to be civil to your customers. read more

The best part about this location is the drive thru. The wait time to get anyone on the phone and lack of knowledge or organization keeps me from using this store more often though. read more

CVS Pharmacy - Drugstores Near Me - Dana Point, California

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Had to get a TB test from the minute clinic and was a super easy and efficient process. Showed up and checked in on kiosk. I was in and out in 30 minutes and they even checked to see if it was convered by my insurance. Super simple and efficient read more

This CVS is very convenient for most items. But, the pharmacy is a constant nightmare. Your prescription is never ready and they are not very helpful when it comes to insurance issues. They never pick up the phone and if you've ever tried to wait in line for the drive up, good luck. Unfortunately I still have to utilize their services. I hope that one day they read these reviews and get it together. read more

Told me they didn't have my medication, but a cvs 20 minutes away did. Called my Dr to have it transferred to that location. That cvs did not have it either. Sick so cool wow great an hour+ of my life wasted as my mouth is swelling up. read more

New pharmacy technician (a young brunette with long hair) is the rudest and most unpleasant person I've ever met. Shouldn't even be allowed to talk to customers before being properly trained at, oh well, customer service! Girl you only have one job, if that is too much for you, maybe should try another career. I am done with having CVS as my pharmacy, changing my prescriptions to Walgreens at this very moment. read more

This pharmacy is horrible. It takes forever to speak to someone. They often have messed up my insurance. Twice medications were missing. I do not recommend. read more

I usually don't go to cvs often because I dread the pharmacy but I did come in the other day and Mackensie was working! She was so helpful with makeup products recommendations and is very sweet (something i have never experienced before at cvs). I will say that when I was in line to check out there was a very difficult customer in front of me and she had so much patience with them, I can only imagine how many times a day this happens to her! She definitely needs a raise for dealing with some of these grumpy old people lol! I have worked customer service before so I know how difficult it can be! If you ever need help with anything I hope you have the pleasure of having Mackensie assist you!!! Now I will always be coming to this location. read more

If there was a rating of less than "1" I would use it. This CVS "Pharmacy" is absolutely horrible. Extremely undermanned, under trained and has ridiculous turnover. The store is ok but the pharmacy is truly ridiculous and this has been their SOP for years. Obviously the decision makers for this location do not care. read more

About the worst experience I've had with a CVS pharmacy. Dana Point's female pharmacist , Melody, was short tempered and rude (multiple times) and this to another fellow pharmacist (why on earth??). I understand issues with being short staffed these days but not with being discourteous and rude. Mistakes made by her (misspelling my name) and no apology for the delays incurred due to her error and this for a Covid related, needed medication!) finally did it for me. After years of being a CVS customer, I'm leaving. read more

I have been getting my prescriptions filled here for years. I so disappointing that they don't even have a " mask required " sign in their door, as far as I'm concerned this is a health care facility especially at the pharmacy where there are vulnerable and sick patients. Of course about 50% of customers it wearing a mask and there is absolutely no enforcement. This week I actually witnessed a woman, no mask who had absolutely no respect for the pharmacist, who was wearing a mask, ask him for several minutes a consult regarding laxatives. REALLY? DID SHE NOT HIM BACKING AWAY FROM HER? He didn't ask her to mask up, which I was also shocked about. I'm going to be giving my business to another pharmacy that cares about its customers read more

This isn't a review of the pharmacy or the product offering, but of the staff at the check out counter. I came in to pick up a pregnancy test (this is embarrassing to post on the internet, but I feel the need to share this story). While checking out, the male clerk asks me if I'm trying for a baby. Why would anyone ask this? Not only is there a 50/50 chance whether I'm hoping to be pregnant or hoping to not be, but it's simply none of his business. If I had bought menstrual products, would he have asked if it was "that time of the month"? This is just completely unacceptable behavior, but it gets worse. I tried laughing it off and said that no, I was actually hoping not to have a baby. He then looked at me quizzically and said "Well, you need to use protection, girl." I was dumbfounded. I was so uncomfortable and just wanted to leave at this point. What I do in my bedroom is none of his business. CVS, please better educate your clerks on what is appropriate and what is not. read more

I happened to be in the area and had time before an appointment and figured I would do a little shopping at CVS. This CVS shares its parking lot with several other businesses, finding parking at this CVS will never be an issue. I walked into this CVS and immediately noticed how large this location was and how empty it was. I literally walked around the store which is the size of a supermarket and only observed a few customers. The staff working was minimal but the staff that I encountered seemed nice and all had smiles on their faces. A couple of the brands that I shop for are CVS brands and of course I have a CVS not with my true information so I can capitalize on the bargains listed in their flyers. I was able to locate several items that I use regularly that had CVS 'extra reward' points rewarded upon checkout. This CVS has a drive-thru Pharmacy service and of course you can go old school and walk in and get that face to face service. This CVS also offers a photo center, lottery kiosk, pet section, food section, beer & wine section. You will also find a cool little knickknack section if you are a last minute shopper you might find a few cool little items to give out as gift no matter the occasion. I found this CVS to be clean, easy accessible and all of the aisles to be clearly marked with the items on display. If and when I find myself in the area again I would without question come back. read more

CVS Pharmacy - It pays to be a tipper;) - Drugstores Near Me - Dana Point, California

Pharmacy: Great service with a smile, able to pick up my called in prescription in less than an hour without hassle. Store: Bought a few sundries and exchanged pleasantries with the cashier. Great store! Thanks, CVS! read more

I have to say, the cashier Bo is always so helpful and always has a smile to share. Great service at this location because of him.

Pharmacy staff are unfriendly and very rude to customers. Just unfriendly, obviously too much work but could use some customer service skills! Male pharmacist. read more

Saul the store clerk was wonderful. He does not work in the pharmacy. Excellent service and attitude.

The supply chain is a challenge everywhere these days but several times I have gone to buy items in bulk and they are not available. So I have to buy the smaller packages for more money. CVS often has buy one, get on 50% off but again there was only one on the shelf so whether it's supply chain or ordering, it's frustrating. This just happened again and the employee on duty, Bo, offered me a discount since I couldn't take advantage of the sale. it was very kind of him and he saved CVS a customer. Thank you, Bo! Excellent job on offering customer service! read more

Zack told my fiance to fuck off and hung up the phone. The manager said it's ok hes just a kid. I get your photo printer is broken just dont send us confirmation that our order is ready for pick up then act like I'm an idiot when I show up. This guy said I dont know who you talked to but the printer is broken. This is after they said it was broken but they fixed it. No worries just for our engagement party, Thanks Zack and you manager too read more