I needed to get a prescription filled for my cat for his asthma. Our vet doesn't have inhalers in stock so I went to our neighborhood CVS. I went to the drop off window. The pharmacy technician was having trouble finding how to add the prescription for a feline since they recently updated their system. She said she would reach out to a colleague for help and that she would call me when the prescription was ready. I live close by, so I had no problem with that. Several hours go by and I had not heard back. I called the pharmacy and it the virtual assistant would only let me leave a message. It did mention that I would get a call from someone within the hour. Sure enough, I got a call back and the prescription was ready to be picked up. I zipped on over there and got in line to pick up and pay for the RX. The young man helping me was very nice. The pickup transaction was quick. The cost of the inhaler was $179 with the GoodRx coupon. CVS had one of the lowest prices compared to the other pharmacies in the area. I was happy with the customer service I received and I will be returning here for any future refills for his medication, if needed. read more

CVS Pharmacy - Pharmacy department - Drugstores Near Me - SAN JOSE, California

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Most people go to yelp to leave bad reviews and there are not enough people adding good reviews. The store and pharmacy personnel are SUPER NICE! I'm always greeted by someone in the front and the pharmacy staff are always working very hard. I will continue coming to this location read more

I came in this morning and the people working the cashier were super helpful and friendly. Thanks again CVS!

The pharmacy is OK. I've never had any issues. The rest of the store looks like a business that's about to fail. Shelves are half empty. The restroom has been closed for month, with yellow plastic tape over the entrance. Sometimes there is nobody at the checkout counter... you have to track someone down to pay for your purchases. read more

I had the most horrible experience walking into the store with that I shop at regularly. The person working by the name of Jessica was so extremely rude and disrespectful to me as a customer never mind a human being. She was unable to help somebody who couldn't understand a word she was saying so she made no effort whatsoever to help this customer and when I asked her if she could help me, she demanded that I'd be patient just like everybody else. She's tatted and got piercing. She looks like a female bull and she acts like a female bull in a China shop buyer beware I would not shop at this CVS unless you work with the actual store manager horrible experience horrible service. Jessica needs to lose her job and learn how to behave in public with customers. read more

This CVS steals money from their shoppers. They give out FRAUD gift cards! When we tried to have them fix the problem, they did not want to resolve the problem! We had a receipt and a note from Amazon, stating that CVS needs to return the $25 back to our account. We will be reporting this incident to their headquarters and BBB! read more

Pharmacy is very helpful and kind. Helped me move my medications over after a move. Had everything I needed in stock. No one leaves a review if everything goes well, only when they're upset and need to feel vindicated. It's a good CVS. Could use better lighting little gloomy but good spot. Thank you! read more

showed up to pick up prescription and they had 2 lines but then i realized no one was working the second line. i asked if there was one line or two lines and the guy said two lines but no one was working the second line. he doesn't realize that if no one is working the second line then everyone standing in the second line is not gonna get served. i said wouldn't it make sense to just have one line since he's the only one and he still didn't understand. i only brought it up because i was in the second line with other people and people who came after me who went to the first line got served while everyone in the second line just stood there. read more

This pharmacy is understaffed. The employees know it and are visibly stressed. Long waits are the norm. I complained to the pharmacist and he said that their staff was reduced recently. Time to find another local pharmacy. read more

Holy crap = Could their service be any worse when calling the pharmacy??? I try and call = tell them my birthdate = they AI BS support agent can't locate it = claims they are going to connect you then HANGS UP!!! what a piece of crap service = What if more than 1 person calls from a given phone number (in my case I tried both my LAN Line and my Cell #) still could not get anywhere = then it says let me connect you and promptly hangs up..... Ridiculous BS... I'm a tech guy who hates AI more and more with every engagement and inability to talk with an actual human being... read more

You guys suck. I am so mad. I bought a Amazon gift card for my sister in June and a few months later my sister decided to buy from Amazon using the Amazon card that I got her and upon entering the code to check out, she looked at the back of the card and it was scratched out. Apparently CVS is having this issue store wide were fraudsters are going into the stores and stealing the code on the back of the card so I go in and talk to the manager and was told that I have to contact Amazon first and then contact CVS customer service over the phone. I talk to the Amazon customer service and they said that it looks like the card was used upon checked out which makes no sense to me and that I need to contact CVS customer service so I called them and they had no idea how to handle my situation they kept asking me for all the information on the receipt which I gave them and they basically told me that I'm not going to get my credit so I want to let everybody know not to shop at CVS anymore. You guys are inconsiderate to not giving me my $25 credit. How would you like it if that happened to you? My sister and I are going to spread the word that CVS sucks especially at customer service!!! I am going to continue to post about this situation. I have been a customer of CVS for as long as I could remember at least 50 years. I'm also going to tell all my family and friends not to shop at CVS anymore until you guys go out of business. read more

My guess is that the pharmacy is the main thing keeping this place open. Every time I go or attempt to call, they are extremely (and understandably) busy and sound rushed, but I always get decent service, even via the phone to check a prescription. The prices (via insurance) are also decent when I compare to the local Safeway or Costco too. read more

each time I come to pharmacy the wait time gets longer and longer. only one very slow clueless person works at counter.

I've read some of the negative reviews and I've not had any of those experiences. The pharmacy is busy but I didn't find them inefficient. They were pretty quick and explained medications. I've had zero issues buying regular items from this store and with the service. Sometimes they leave a bell out as they may only have a single person at the register that has other task as well so ring the bell and no issue. I can't attest to the restroom cleanliness as I've not visited it. My prescriptions are always found quickly and I'm out the door in minutes. read more

How many trees does CVS kill a year in pursuit of their publicity stunt 3 foot long receipts? They'll offer to not print a receipt in exchange for your personal information to track your purchases. What a horrible business model. read more

Long lines in pharmacy, I have been asked to return more than once a because no pharmacist available. No one behind cash registers, needing to use self check is disappointing. Restrooms are filthy, the corporation and management need to pay attention and staff up. Very disappointed but the only game in town for pharmacies these days. read more

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Super rude manager here. Called to ask about someone using my card and the manager put me on hold and never came back. I called back again and he just hung up on me. Then I called again and he rudely said he cannot help me and he's busy. Then you should have come back and said that instead of putting the customer on hold forever or hanging up the phone when they call back again. Not professional at all. I previously called in a different CVS store about the same issue and the workers there were so nice and helpful. Super disappointed by the behaviors of the workers here. This happened on Friday Apr 29 12PM, so please trace back to which manager this is and give discipline actions. read more

Sadly this pharmacy is very understaffed & very organized. I dread having to go & pick up prescriptions because I know I'm going to be waiting for a long time. They obviously have staffing issues as there is a high staff turnover. It's very sad as the pharmacists are friendly & are trying to do their job. They just can't keep up with the volume of orders. I've seen so many people promised prescriptions that are just not ready to be picked up when they go in & they all get the same line "it's on priority order now. Please wait & we will have it ready for you". I've heard it a million times & just roll my eyes. The thing is, I don't stop getting calls from the automated CVS service asking if I want to refill this prescription & that prescription - if only they could actually keep up with the work. They seek out customers but fall so short on service. So disappointing. It's a perfect location for a pharmacy serving the Almaden Valley but I'm already switching all medications & can to mail order or looking for an alternative store to fulfill orders I need at a store. If some manager reads this, I hope you do something about the multitude of complaints. read more

This is a very bad place that gives one doubts about the folks in healthcare a lot. They are super rude, never have walk-ins, don't even entertain questions regarding walk-ins and always take longer than a day to fill prescriptions - almost as if they were the manufactures taking their sweet time to manufacture after they get a prescription. It is either management that causes shortage in staff or the employees themselves working as they please. Shame on them for being the face of healthcare and doing a shoddy job. Wish there were more pharmacies closer which catered to people who couldn't drive far in terms of need. read more

Severely understaffed pharmacy. Travesty of corporate mismanagement of resources. guaranteed high profit of the major players in the US healthcare industry gives corporations little cause to address the customer experience. read more

Nothing good to say about this location! No one pick up phone and mistake on medication. Terrible checkout.

Horrible service and customer care. The pharmacy doesn't seem to care about people at all. I've tried getting a prescription transferred to a Safeway close to me but apparently that's to complicated for the idiots behind the counter. I call their pharmacy and have to wait five to ten minutes before someone picks up. I explain the situation to the pharmacist, "Hey, can you please fax over the information to this Safeway for me?" And all I get is the runaround. "Oh you'll have to call the Safeway and have them do that for you." What? She gives me some weird half assed answer followed by mumbling and tells me to hold. I can somewhat hear the other pharmacists in the background doing god knows what. I'm waiting what seemed like five minutes and then the phone hangs up.... You gotta be fu*king kidding me. I'm never going to give CVS my business for as long as I live. read more

My daughter's boyfriend went to get a flu shot today. When they got to the counter, the girl told them she was going on lunch, but they could do their paperwork and wait. This is totally unacceptable! Someone is there to get a flu shot, they should be able to have someone assist them. read more

Completely unacceptable. I was completely disrespected by an employee here tonight for the first time in 30 years. This overly rude employee named JOE. As I go to show the manager the clearance tag to show my item was in fact on with the right SKU# he says to her "she's completely off her rocker!!!!" All because their system/register was not up to date on their own promotions ! I have always tried to be patient and this CVS. It's a small store. There is almost always only 1 cashier. They take forever. I can deal with that with a smile. I can deal with the store not having much of a selection. That I will NOT tolerate that behavior from an employee. People like that don't deserve to have a job at the almaden cvs. read more

The pharmacy line is always long and doesn't move. There's no drive thru for it. The pharmacy staff is just not in any rush to process the line. Got fed up and switched to Walgreens even though it's out of the way but it's much more streamlined . I know my time is not wasted there read more

Looks like I'm not the only one with a problem at this location. This is my second complaint for the same person, his name is JOSEPH and he is an EXTREMELY RUDE individual. For anyone who's wondering, he's the older man, balding, glasses and tall. I asked him if there were any coupons I could use at the bottom of the receipt and his answer to me was "I don't know, it's not like I check them". When I asked if I could use my 40% off coupon he said it wasn't available, then I insisted that it expires tomorrow and should be there: he huffed and puffed and tipped my bag upside down onto the conveyer belt very harshly, and then asked the lady for a key to scan an override and did it again. He threw my things as he scanned and dumped them in the bag(which I've complained about before) Is this the service we are provided with? Even if he didn't know the answer to my question, there was a better way to answer it. Joseph's employment at CVS should be evaluated. This is a man who refused to sanitize his hands when he blew his nose and proceeded to touch my items and threw my receipt at me on the first week we found out covid happened. I received a call from the store manager after I made a complaint and was told I wasn't the first person who said this and they would "speak with him" Clearly this man needs more than a talking to. read more

I shop here sometimes on my way to visit family and it's my favorite CVS store. The manager Tenia is always so helpful and has an overwhelmingly positive attitude. The store is clean and they always have what I'm looking for. Mainly this store is my favorite because of the managers attitude. It's hard to find people with such positivity and always willing to take the time to help. Thank you Tenia! read more

Highly disrespectful cashier. I told him politely I don't like to give my cvs card. He scanned my amex and I thought it went through and started walking away as I usually dont get my receipt. I never had a problem before as my cards get accepted in a few seconds. This cashier yelled at me and told me that - he indicated the card didnt go through - how dare i disrespect him - "I told you to wait and you didnt he said'. He could've just politely indicated that ? I told he was rude and he said - "i told you its going through and you cant just walk away!". I spend $1000s of dollars at this store and I cant believe they let treat customers so badly. My family will never step in this stupid store again. CVS i cant believe will stoop to this level with loyal customers. I plan to tell ALL my friends about this CVS read more

Manager Joseph extremely rude!!! Also he said he didn't even know where the cash register was! Refused to help us!!

One star because of their prices for over the counter medicine. The prices are very expensive comparing with other pharmacies or Target. On the other hand, the pharmacy staff are kind and helpful. read more

Usually the store is pretty good but I had a bad interaction with a rude clerk. He seemed too bothered to be working at a job. He was on his cell phone and I asked him to check my items at the register. He insisted I do self check even though no one was in line. When I asked if he could help me at register he tossed some thing down and said "sheesh". I asked "is it a problem?" and he said well yeah it's inconvenient. Seriously? This person has many years to work and so I hope for him it is just an off day. Tommy G., please work on your customer service skills it will serve you well moving forward. read more

Worst pharmacy ever. The staff is extremely rude, and unhelpful. They forget to call when they say that they will, and when they do they act like they are doing you a favor and it's not their job. The lines always take forever, even if there is no line they are super slow back there. I went to another pharmacy and what would take this CVS 20 minutes took them five. At the end of the day this pharmacy sucks. read more

Very disappointed at the pharmacy. Under staff and very rude. I have been waiting for 30 min. , and staff is very slow. Need to get organized, seems no management. read more

This is my local CVS (formerly known as Longs Drugs), within walking distance from home. I recently came here today, and a number of times in the past even while they were converting the interior of the store over. The store itself isn't quite as huge as some other CVS locations, but it still does have a pharmacy inside. I still like what they have to offer, but I have found that some popular items can run out of stock pretty quick here. One time I had tried to find some replacement Christmas icicle lights that they were sold out of and another time to find a button battery that they were also sold out of. Luckily there are other CVS locations around or alternative drugstores to try and find your items. A solid 3 stars, but I will always be coming back to this local location for most of my business. read more

I'm feeling charitable today, after one of my very first positive experiences with the pharmacy at this location, so it's three stars for the new and improved Almaden drugstore. Pretty impressive considering less than one year ago I was screaming (ok, not screaming, but speaking forcefully) at the pharmacist for her inadequacy and insisting on filing a complaint with the CVS headquarters via the store phone. This was a case in which a CVS employee was too lazy to check the store mailbox to find that my prescription had been sitting there for a week, and created a whole big mess that made me late to a work trip and almost rendered me bed-ridden for the next week without my medication. Sorry, I'm just bitching, but just remember to MAKE THEM CHECK the mail if you are having a prescription sent in because it appeared that no one had checked it for weeks. It looks like they beefed up their pharmacy because I have not seen that fool since and the Dungeons and Dragons guy with the long hair isn't shackled to the place by himself anymore. I was stunned to see an entire four people behind the counter, and Dungeons and Dragons was even wearing an ACDC shirt and looking quite leisurely. Even though I hate CVS and the central role it has come to play in my existence, the selection and organization of the store has improved since it was taken over. No more body wash in the housecleaning section on the opposite side from the personal care section. Condoms are not located right next to the little old ladies waiting in line for their prescriptions and rather tucked away in the more discreet adult diapers aisle. Less random inventory, like picture frames and Spiderman figurines. Sometimes change is good. read more

Was told to come in for a Covid shot, then when I showed up they didn't have any left. Disorganized, unhelpful, unprofessional, etc. I'll just go somewhere else. All the previous reviews are accurate. read more

Remarkable incompetence by the complete staff. Literally every prescription is somehow messed up and I either have to wait forever or come back another time. Plus half the staff has an attitude even tough they messed up. Big thumbs down. read more

I went to this store and made a purchase using a credit card I rarely use. Two days later I was contacted by fraud dept of the credit card company telling me that fraudulent charges were being attempted on my cc. I remember the women that were at the register I used and gave descriptions to fraud dept. Beware. read more

Worst pharmacy EVER. They NEVER answer the phone and they are extremely slow. It takes HOURS to get a prescription. What a shithole in the heart of Almaden read more

This pharmacy SUCKS. They put you on hold for at least 30 minutes every time just to speak to someone. When someone finally gets on the phone they put you on hold for another 30 minutes just to get you to an actual pharmacist. USELESS. read more