The store is great. The PHARMACY IS TERRIBLE. My doctor faxed over my prescription, a new one with a different dosage - TWICE. I went to pick it up and they handed me a refill of my OLD prescription with the incorrect dosage. When I brought this to their attention, the girl could not find the new prescription anywhere. I asked if they had any record of it anywhere, and they had no clue where it went. They also put me on auto-refill which I never opted in to. When I asked to be taken off it, they gave me a number to call. Just really bad service there. I would not trust your medications at this store. read more

I used this location to send money via "money gram" to someone who was very dishonest and ripped me off for a lot of money. I tried to call "Money Gram" and they don't answer their phones, I put together a written appeal to the two companies that ripped me off using their payment platform which CVS offers as a service months ago, and today my certified written appeal was returned in the mail saying it was unclaimed! "Money Gram" is a rip off and they allow dishonest people to use their payment system to steal your money, and CVS offered their service which in my opinion is not a good thing. If you happen to read this post, don't use "Money Gram" and don't go to CVS until they stop supporting this service as a good thing. read more

I am absolutely shocked to see only 2 stars... I just returned from there and for the second time they have gone far beyond their duties to help me. This is not the store I am talking about just the pharmacy in case there is a confusion... Wouldn't go anywhere else period!! 11/29/18 4pm read more

Worst customer service!!! They won't take returns for unopened items that were just purchased 15 minutes ago. This pharmacy is overpriced! If something is not covered by insurance, you should let the customer know!!! I'm switching to a different pharmacy with a better return policy!! read more

They won't enforce their mask policy and asked me to leave when I called other customers out on it.

The pharmacy is horrible. If you call plan on being on hold for 30 minutes. When I finally spoke to a woman in the pharmacy she was rude and nasty. She was not aware I could hear her talking when she thought I was on hold or had set the receiver down. I heard her say "i was a f...ing lady....". I have been using this pharmacy since 1993. The quality of the service has been going downhill for the last year. There have been constant mistakes and now rude employees. I have pulling all of my families prescriptions including my father's and going to any place that isn't this pharmacy. read more

Just a warning for anyone else that needs to fill a prescription- I was turned away 4 minutes before closing because they had already shut everything down. It's disappointing when you are already sick to be turned away because a pharmacy doesn't want to honor their posted hours. read more

I don't even personally use this pharmacy, but I do work at a doctor's office and this pharmacy is by far the absolute worst to deal with. Every time I call I'm put on hold for at least 15 minutes and then when I finally do get a human on the phone they want to argue with you. I dread having to deal with this pharmacy. I get better service at Wal-Mart! read more

this is the only CVS near me, so it's really the only place I can go. My insurance company makes me go here. I found that they text you that your prescription is ready when it's really not so make sure you call ahead. I also received the wrong medication Lance wasn't the end of the world I'm sure everyone makes mistakes but they just don't have enough people there and all the business a.m. read more

Love the convenience of self check-out. Conveniently located next to massage envy. The people are helpful too if the self checkout machine acts up. read more

This is the worst pharmacy I have ever dealt with, if there were any other in my area that took my crappy insurance I'd go there in a heartbeat. They have misplaced prescription scripts and denied it, later locating them in their safe when threatened with Medicare fraud and notified me prescriptions were ready when they weren't, never apologizing for anything. If you can go anywhere else you should. They suck! A quick addendum, I just got suckered in to making a trip in to pick up a prescription their automated text message system advised me was ready, this is the third time I've fallen for this. From now on I'm calling first, the people aren't much better, but the automated system is useless. read more

Im currently on the hold and have been for the past 20 minutes trying to refill an important medication. Disappointing.

One star is too good. Completely incompetent, the pharmacy staff is sloppy, give out incorrect info, and don't bother calling the pharmacy. They will place you in hold forever. After being a customer do other cvs pharmacies for many years, this one is just dreadful. It is honestly worse then a DMV office in a good day......This is my first ever review on any business.... I hate doing this but it has to be said. read more

My Medicine Shoppe is closed now and prescriptions moved here. Okay so I can handle what must be an overflow of new customers but the complete lack of customer service on three seperate occasions is unacceptable not just for me but each time not one person in line was happy, not one. I'm outta here. read more

Pharmacy is horribly slow . Try to stay away from this one if you can help it. Standing in line for over 30 minutes just to drop off prescription. read more

I wish I could give this pharmacy a negative rating. Apparently the posted hours mean nothing to them. They refuse to answer the phone at 11:45pm and the girl was closed the gate 10 minutes before the posted closing time (midnight). The store said they close early constantly. This is not the first time they have given horrible service. Last month a pharmacist told my husband it was his fault they had the wrong medication for his diabetes. Mind you had already had doctors office on the phone listening & a copy of what they faxed over. The male pharmacist was so rude & argumentative with my husband his sugar flew through the roof. I had to drive over there & have a "chat" with him about his attitude how and to talk to customers. He did apologize to my husband after our discussion. This use to be a good pharmacy when they were open 24 hours but no more, we are now in the process of transferring everything to another place that actually cares about customers. We will still shop the rest of the store but never again the pharmacy specifically due to the pharmacists that are currently there. read more

My father and I were waiting 30 minutes before someone else walked up to the counter and the woman immediately helped the other person and apparently she did the same the day before read more

Twelve years ago my wife was diagnosed with an incurable bladder disease which leaves her in pain 24/7. CVS pharmacy on Los Mares has been our pharmacy for almost 30 years and has taken care of her wonderfully. Yesterday she went in to pick up her pain meds and was met by the NEW manager, Ary. She first noticed how rude and dismissive he was to a couple of his employees in the pharmacy, but NOTHING would have prepared her for his arrogance when he looked up her pain prescription. He informed her LOUDLY (in front of many customers) that he won't be giving her anymore prescriptions "ON HIS WATCH" at this store. A grandma of 11, my wife does not abuse the meds, she simply wants to live comfortably as long as the Lord gives her. He was SO loud and humilliated her in front of several people. He told her what her doctors are doing is against the law. SOMEONE please get rid of this guy before he does any more harm to any more people!!! read more

I love CVS because they sell almost every kind of makeup that a girl could want at affordable prices, all kinds of booze, perfume, and pretty much any type of toiletries you need for yourself. However, the pharmacy customer service at this location could be majorly improved. They're really slow and unfriendly. I come to the pharmacy here once a month and they always have a line at least 3 people deep. The pharmacy techs seem like they're always in a bad mood or they just really hate their job. The only reason I come here is because it's in the same parking lot as my work, but I would love to go elsewhere just because of how poor the service is in the pharmacy. read more

I am at CVS as I write this. As usual, my prescriptions are not ready despite being told my prescriptions would be ready by my requested pickup time. There are at least 8 people here waiting for their prescriptions that were not filled by their requested times. It is absolutely ridiculous. This is, by far, the very worst pharmacy. The staff is incredibly rude, and I have to allot at least an hour for waiting time at this CVS. Stay away from this pharmacy unless you have no other choice, have lots of spare time or are a glutton for punishment. read more

Horrible service. I have a fever and because they do not communicate within their own back room...from drop off to pick up...I have gone back and forth in line and still waiting. Been here for over 25 minutes read more

The website is a lie. They don't close at 8 pm at Saturday's. I was there by 8 and needed antibiotics as I was very sick and they refused. They said they actually shut down 10 or 15 minutes before . What a scam! I want to report them ! read more

I was treated like a drug addict tonight when I went to fill a prescription. I have filled this prescription plus others at this location in the past with no difficulty. I spend half my time in San Clemente but the good doctors are in San Diego... But tonight when I handed Rey the paper prescription he walked over to the pharmacist who took one look at me and refused. They said they're not allowed to fill prescriptions written by doctors who are "out of the area". They've never had issues filling this exact prescription written by this doctor before. Was it because I was a bit messy after spending the day in the car driving to San Clemente? read more

I just have to wonder if people aren't confusing this store with the one on El Camino Real? They've got a drive-thru, but this one doesn't. this one is next to Ralphs and Trader Joes) and the people are pretty cool. I've been to the other one, and I recognize all the unhappy characters! I just hung up with them and they were super nice and accommodating as usual. So I really think some people might be going to that other one in San Clemente. read more

First: Most people in these reviews are writing about the wrong pharmacy. This one does not have a drive thru, for one. It's also located in the Ocean View Plaza by Ralph's, and it's open 24hours unlike the other one. The pharmacy at this location is far more efficient and the employees I dealt with have always been helpful. The only problem I ever encountered was last night. I had to make a late run to get my daughter medicine as she woke up late with a fever. As I'm approaching the counter I realize an older lady is in there buying a ton of stuff. "Odd" I think to myself and then I continue about my business. The manager offers to ring me up so I head over to his register and then he proceeds to complain loudly about this older woman being in the store for over an hour buying all this stuff and asking questions, and saying weird stuff like, "Its her fault, she's been in here forever" while pointing at her when my phone number wasnt entered correctly for my cvs card. And "oh if you wait in line behind her you'll be here over an hour". All of this is being said while that customer is standing not even 5 feet from him. Look, having worked in customer service , I can see how that would be annoying, but it made me feel so awkward and caught in the middle. It's one thing to have the little side conversations to vent when a time consuming customer is gone, but not while they're STANDING RIGHT THERE where you can be heard!! From what I could overhear between her and the cashier helping her, she sounded like a nice lady that maybe just needed some company or something. She wasn't being confrontational or aggressive, and shit, she was spending 100$ or more. At least the cashier helping her treated her nicely, but I felt bad for that cashier too as you could feel the tension of her managers backhanded comments making her feel as if she shouldn't be tending to that customer (she still did). It sounded like the guy jumps between stores when needed so who knows if I'll come across him again, but something tells me employees who've had to deal with him haven't exactly been thrilled either... read more

Worst CVS pharmacy in SC ever !!!! Terrible Customer Service !! These pharmacist are no worth a sh.. !! Prescriptions most of the time are not ready when you go to pick up or not available for days . Do not go there ! read more

This pharmacy has undergone many changes over the years, and the 24 hour availability I loved is no longer an option. However, the team at this CVS Pharmacy do their best to acknowledge customers in line and hustle to get through the queue to serve customers as fast as they can. Occasionally, I have had to fill prescriptions at other locations (Costco, Walmart, Walgreen's, etc) and I find that the speed, accuracy, plus the professional and warm customer service to be far above any other competitor, and even superior to other CVS locations. The only 1/2 star ding I would give against this location is that there are magazines with inappropriate content within view of the wait line. I normally do not care, but found it terribly uncomfortable when my 5 year-old daughter read some of those sexy attention grabbing article titles on the cover out loud to those of us in the line. Yup. read more

This is the best pharmacy and we've loved it, but no more....because the hours have changed. We live 10 miles away and because I was there for exercise early am, I could pick up the prescriptions @ 5 or between 6 and 6-30 am. Alas, no more. And, at Christmas time, I would spend between $250 and $300 for Stocking Stuffers - but no more. The pharmacists are delightful, lovely and attentive However, we are ordering exclusively from Express Scripts - mail order - from now on and I'm sad about that. Lesley Boyer read more

After being a customer of CVS for 15 plus years, I will never ever set foot in that pharmacy again. I already thought the service was bad, but today when I picked up a prescription, they shorted me, and then proceeded to tell me that the medication was counted "correctly" 100% correctly, by their staff and I received the right amount. And this was 3 minutes after I completed the purchase. It is a medication that I can only get every 30 days and need to receive the full amount, but they did not take into consideration that I have been a loyal customer, or that perhaps they could have miscounted. They did not even suggest that they should check their inventory to make sure they did not miscount. I am so flabbergasted by this complete lack of customer service. I strongly discourage anyone from using this pharmacy, it is slow, unprofessional and now disrespectful!! S. Sullivan San Clemente, CA read more

the worst pharmacy, they are not doctors but seem to think they can change the dose my doctor wants me to take. I am a cancer patient and obviously will do what my doctor says not a pharmacy that has zero idea of my health background! Plus they are very rude and say maybe you should ask for another medication!! Really!! CVS educate your pharmacy they are not doctors and should fill what the doctors prescribe! Never go to your pharmacy again I rather stay living and take what my Specialist Doctors prescribe. ZERO Stars!! read more

Bad experience today. An older lady cashier by the name of Kay was chatting with a customer about various things (gun control, immigration laws, etc) I politely waited until they finished up their conversation (they finished their transaction several minutes ago) Kay did not care to service me even though I was waiting in line. It was not only until a white lady came and stood behind me in line did she care to get my transaction done with. Very rude and unacceptable. CVS please stop hiring racist old ladies. read more

Ot of necessity I tried this pharmacy again! Worst mistake! My brand prenatal vitamins are $50 and generic co-pay is $10. I've been going to VONS Pharmacy in SJC even tho it's out of the way they are great. Anyways been going there to refill my prenatals for the last 6 months. But they were out and we were leaving on a trip so I needed them right away. They called CVS for me and they had them in stock. I come to pick them up they say $69 for generic! WTF!!! Then they call my insurance and tell me my insurance deductible hasn't been met and we need to pay $250 before they will accept $10 co-pays.... Ummm this is news to me. And why are my generics more than the brand? They tell me each pharmacy has different mark ups... So she admitted to me that they over price the meds for a CVS mark up... it actually came out of her mouth? I left decided to wait on Vons when I retuned... Paid my $10 co-pay as usual hassle free... no $250 deductible.... I don't know how they get away with this stuff... It's ridiculous!!! I wish I could give them negative starts!!! Don't come to this pharmacy!!! Just don't do it! read more

They have screwed up every single one of my scripts including filling the wrong quantity, wrong dosage, and wrong fill dates. Be sure to count your meds before leaving! It also has the longest wait time of any CVS, even if you call ahead of time! read more

Pharmacy service is slow but at the same time I do not want faster service at the risk of having a miss fill.

Dear CVS Management, get the pharmacy staff some help!!! I usually give a place a few times to get it right and I have had my patience exhausted by this pharmacy staff. The only reason I gave 2 stars is because the store staff are pretty helpful. I blame this on the store management. Most of the pharmacy staff is genuine and nice, but they are so STRESSED out. Get these people help. You get some real doozies when calling. They are rude and short with you and I've Ben hung up on. They blame the doctor or the insurance company. One script took 3 weeks to fill. I'm glad it wasn't a life or death script. I've been getting prescriptions filled for decades and never had an issue until coming here. I wish Walgreens would open in San Clemente. Next review is going straight to the corporate office. Will they really care?? read more

Worst service ever and many times. I live in san Clemente and wanted to like this location for convenience but after so many bad experiences had to post a review. Always long waits, very grumpy employees, worst drive through I've seen with bad access and a window that almost every driver has to open car door to gets meds. They have no technology to remember customer info so every time you start over and they can't keep payment info on file. Inside the store is a mess and smells bad. I wish I could give zero stars!!! read more

It is a busy pharmacy that is understaffed. You will end up getting your product, but be prepared for occasional long waits and little customer service. If you have a new medication, read carefully the instructions from the manufacturer as well as the instructions from CVS (which may have specifics from the doctor). The CVS instructions by themselves can be woefully incomplete. read more

This is the worst pharmacy I have ever had. They always put you on hold for at least 20 minutes. They lose refill orders. They run out of medications all the time read more

I have to say, this place is a lot more then a Pharmacy. This place has things that range from candy, hair care, cards, alcohol, and other good things that will keep you occupied till your prescription is ready for you. If you notice though, the bathrooms are now locked due to the idiocies of customers and their hormones. read more

Both the pharmacy and non-pharmacy are good. The pharmacy is sometimes busy, but they always acknowledge you in line and seem to get through the line quickly. I've dealt with pretty much all of the pharmacy staff and every face-to-face visit has been positive, with friendly people and good access to a pharmacist if needed. The prices for non-pharmacy stuff is high, but there is a good assortment and quick checkout. +1 for self checkout too. read more