Convenient, inexpensive and full of what you need for your day at the beach. There were beach…read moretoys, sunscreen, etc., and it's right across the street.

You need to pop in here to get a few things I ran out of on our cruise around Australia and New…read moreZealand. They had everything I needed. Staff is extremely friendly and helping me find things I needed.

I arrived in Sydney from Kuala Lumpur (via Singapore) with a rapidly developing cold. After…read moredropping my bags at the hotel, I headed directly to the Bondi Pharmacy. Whilst perusing the cold and flu options, a nice chap offered me "something stronger" from behind the counter. I ended up with Pharmacy Choice Cold & Flu Day/Night Tablets (classed as "pharmacist only medicine" presumably for their codeine and pseudoephedrine content) and they definitely provided some temporary relief (so much so, I went back and got more when I exhausted the first set). I came back to Bondi Pharmacy twice more for tissues, tampons, hair elastics, cough drops and additional medicine. This small shop isn't anything particularly special but they had everything I was looking for whilst fighting a cold during my stay in Sydney.

It's all about the staff here. They are lovely! Friendly, helpful and really very kind. Not only…read moreis it service with a genuine smile, but also a chat about your day and anything else that might come up while you're there. Arkles is a small pharmacy but it carries a small selection of toiletries, beauty products as well as all the usual creams, gels, ointments and pharmaceuticals you would expect. The big ticket items here are sunscreen, hats, beach umbrellas targeted at the people that trudge down to the beach - as well as after-sun and aloe vera gels for those sunburnt tourists on their way back home.