I had an appointment here today for a blood draw. There were two patients there when I arrived. I signed in and was called a couple of minutes later. A little confusion as one technician, the one that ended up drawing my blood, kept telling me to go into a room that already had someone in it. It actually was more comical than disturbing. She was actually pretty efficient once we started. I was out in about 10 minutes. We'll see how the rest of it goes. The vibe was not very pleasant but I think that's the result of maximizing profits over environment. It's fine though. I'm only reviewing it in the first place because my experience didn't match the most negative reviews and just wanted to add my experience. read more

Please hire more people. No one in the front to help customers for long periods of time. The ladies are nice but stressed and seem rushed and that's scary when they are sticking a needle in you! read more

If only I could give zero stars. They don't deserve even one star. Always a horrible experience. The staff is awful. Where do they find these people and who the hay trains them. They really lack competence, any professionalism and basic common sense. Unfortunately most people are Stuck with them. As a company they are horrible too. I hate quest and am willing to drive farther and pay more not to deal with them. I far more prefer west pacific labs read more

It's not going to be a super "smiley" experience with chatty phlebotomists if that is what you are looking for. I've been twice during my pregnancy, both times with no appointment, and waited no longer than 15 minutes. The girls are all friendly and efficient. I have tiny veins and I'm a hard blood draw but they get it every time and no bruising. As long as I live near this location, I'll be coming here for all future bloodwork. read more

This place is horrible - understaffed - NO customer service - absolutely terrible !! I made an appointment for blood test and i still waited for over a half hour. Staff is rude and grumpy and have obviously been trained that the customer is just a pain! They don't even come out to front office when u walk in so there are all these people looking lost and don't know what to do. If u have a choice don't go here read more

30 minutes waiting and counting. Literally there's only 1 or 2 people working here and the wait room is filling up. Omg.

Went in today to a glucose test. I was very happy I could get it done and have the results for my doctors appointment. Boy was that short lived. I went in and they started to draw my blood for the before glucose tolerance. After more than a few failed pokes the lady with a Ukrainian accent or something finally got my vein. She then told us to come back in 30 minutes after I drank the glucose liquid. We were confused because usually it takes a whole hour between the tests. We came in after thirty minutes and the lady passed us to her coworker. We asked her to confirm and she said it's fine and brushed us off. After she drew my blood, she then realized what we were saying and then told us to wait 30 more minutes to get my blood drawn again because we did it too early. This sucks, but I was still cooperative and dealt with it. I came back again after the time they said and they told me then that the original first vials were filled wrongly and that we couldn't continue the test due to that. Since I already took the glucose we couldn't restart or even go to another location today. Now, my credit card is charged until they can give a refund and I'll have to miss my doctors appointment as I have work the next couple of days. Thanks for the waste of time! read more

The front desk lady is very rude and not helpful at all. She does not make you feel welcome. I will take my business to a different location next time. Hope that Quest management reads these reviews and takes some steps in being customer oriented. read more

This place has been EXTREMELY under staffed for years now. I don't understand how a place that is so busy has such little staff. Today one person was working. She worked the front desk, then took blood in the back. Usually they have at least two people. Walked in at 9:30am on a Tuesday morning and am still waiting (it's now 11:00am) and still have about 6 people ahead of me. This place is worst than the DMV. I always walk in with a smile and still get major attitude from the staff. Like other people mentioned, I'm sure I would be a huge bitch too if I was as understaffed as this place was haha. Only reason why I'm giving them two stars is because they always find my vein and it never hurts when they do take my blood. Other than that...total nightmare. read more

QUEST DO YOU READ THESE?STAY AWAY!! I've been dealing with this Quest since 7/13 as it is closer to home. I should have complained straight off re:front desk attendant & claims to be on site mgr. But I gave her &cold blood lady several more X's Until this week, I've done a full complaint at which Quest just phoned me, apparently are aware of her laxidazial methods of handling customers life's matters &will be re-training her. I reminded him she was re-trained last October, as I by chance was there on that day. He recommends I try their new Lag.Niguel Quest... I just read their Yelp, NO WAY!! read more

I'm writing this review in hopes that the upper management will see it and make a change. This office is SO SLOW. Its not the employees fault. Someone in upper management needs to tweak the processes or hire more employees. Its SO painful to a) wait and b) see there's a way it could be better. read more

The worst experience I've ever had ! I have to do blood drawers frequently. The front desk lady - fake blonde named Ashley- was a "floater". Totally obnoxious and rude! Unprofessional. An absolute BITCH! Where do they find these people? I'll never go back! read more

OMG...So glad I just read all these reviews. I was stabbed by the Golfball lady as well and hoped it was just a one time thing...I felt dizzy and thought I would pass out. I get blood drawn ALL THE TIME...Chemo destroyed veins and I asked her to use a small needle. When I was not looking she Stabbed me with a big needle and I just about jumped out of the chair in pain. I yelled at her and asked, "what are you doing... I told you to use a spider needle!" She looked at me like I was the crazy one? I told her she should be ashamed of herself! I considered going tomorrow and hoping another tech would be there but after reading all of these posts...I think I will try another lab! Get a new Tech Quest before someone has long term damage and you get sued! read more

Super strange reading the reviews on here because I had a great experience and was in and out within 10 minutes. I talked with the Filipino woman (who was extremely nice) and the blonde curly haired English woman as well. The blonde was the one who ended up doing my blood draw and she was quite chatty and nice. I guess it depends on a lot of things. Who knows what life circumstance someone is going through on a particular day... read more

dont go to this one unless you have to. just saw another rating for this place and had a similar experience. I have a fear of needles and looking back on it, I think this place is to blame. I got my blood drawn and right away I knew something was wrong when I started bleeding as the needle was in my arm. It was bleeding pretty bad after as well. about 30 minutes later I had a purple and yellow spot on around the area about the size of a grapefruit. I couldn't do any lifting with my arm for about a week because it was so sore. read more

customer service is terrible. Website is not user friendly to make an appointment.

The best experience I've ever had while drawing my blood. Kay was super friendly and fast at her job.

I took my son there for a blood draw today. I was hesitant due to the bad reviews, but had a great experience. There were only two of us there and they took us in right away. The woman that drew the blood was friendly and very good with my son. I will definatly go back. read more

Staff is always quick, extremely nice, always smiling and professional. Not sure where these other reviews are coming from. There are quest locations all over the place. If ones busy take the 5 minute drive to the next. read more

The general sentiment of the negative reviews are right on. My only positive experience was the very skilled and kind phlebotomist who did my blood draw. She was NOT British. read more

Good efficient service BUT you are not allowed to speak with an actual human being at their office on the phone if you have a question. Unfortunately another business hiding behind technology. Would have given five stars if they afforded patients the courtesy of speaking with us. read more

Worst experience getting blood drawn. First we waited around 40 minutes to even be called back, but then another 30 while the lab tech tried to understand my paperwork, had to call my doctor, and still input the information incorrectly. She couldn't find my vein but tried to draw anyway. Ended up having a panic attack and she had me lay down on the bed so she could try again, still unsuccessfully. After over an hour of waiting and pain, we left for the Laguna Niguel one on Town Center, they are the best but avoid the Monarch Beach one! read more

Literally the worst place to get your labs done. All two workers (a Filipino woman and a blonde-curly haired British woman) are completely rude, unprofessional, condescending, and argumentative.Their attitudes are disgusting (particularly the British Woman's). They do not do their jobs, and will literally leave you in the lab chair to go and do something else multiple times. I left after being there for 2hrs (with an appointment for a STAT order) because of their incompetence. It was NOT busy either. I already talked to management, and they highly agreed I was mistreated and they were not in compliance with any of the company policies. I do not know how they are still in business. I would rather spend the day at the DMV during peak hours than go here again. read more

Arrived at 7:15 and waited TWO AND A HALF HOURS for my daughter to have her blood drawn as half the school day ticked away. Does Quest management pay any attention to how understaffed this place is? They probably don't care because they're in their New Jersey offices getting paid. Two people running the whole place. I lost count of the number of people who got fed up and left. Go anywhere but here. read more

My 72 year old grandmother went to Quest Diagnostics at the Monarch Bay Plaza in Dana Point today to get routine bloodwork done. For the past 15 years, I or my mother have gone with her and we have always been treated rudely by the receptionist at the front desk; today neither of us could not accompany her, and this receptionist made a point of acting upon this "opportunity" to verbally assault my grandmother to a horrendous new extreme. My grandmother walked up to the front desk (slowly and painfully; as a result of her rheumatoid arthritis, it pains her to walk and she cannot even stand without shaking violently and needing the help of her cane). She wanted to write her name on the clipboard at the front desk so that she wouldn't have to sit down and go through the unnecessary physical pain of getting up an extra time before her appointment. One would think that this is not a huge issue, and furthermore would be encouraged by the staff at a blood test clinic who usually deals with patients of her age, but the response of this receptionist was of quite the opposite tone. The receptionist (I'm not sure of her name, but she has long black/brown hair and a dark complexion) condescendingly asked my grandmother to sit down and come back to sign her name later. My grandmother asked if it would be okay to just sign her name while she was already at the desk. The receptionist's idea of a professional response was to yell at her, tell her that "she always does this" and "she is disrupting the other patients in the room" (there were only five other people in the room, sitting down and minding their own business). She continued to insult her for the remainder of her time in the waiting room. The receptionist finished her rant by taking away the paper from my grandmother before she could sign it. My grandmother was so shaken by this experience that she went home in tears. For anyone to be treated like my grandmother was treated today is an atrocity and I expect some sort of action to be taken so that this employee is held accountable. I don't want her to lash out at my grandmother or anyone else who is simply trying to get bloodwork taken and clearly has their health and other matters to be preoccupied. They shouldn't need to worry about the receptionist at their clinic verbally assaulting them. I expect to hear from Quest Diagnostics within the next several days on what action will be taken. read more

The wait was a little long (40 min) but well worth it because Rosalie was fantastic! She was gentle and quick and completely eased my needle/blood-anxiety! I would suggest asking for her and getting there several minutes before they open or making a appointment. Thank you Rosalie (sp*)!!!!! I really appreciate you. read more

The worst customer service I have ever dealt with. Charges my credit card when I don't have a payment and then hung up on me when I called in. I will never use this company again read more

I have read the posts regarding this facility and I can understand some of the comments. However, do you want a superb blood draw? Now, if you want that excellent blood draw, very little pain, no bruising, see Justine. She was great. read more

I am surprised by all the negative reviews. The British woman was an absolute pleasure and so helpful. I give her five stars!

RUDE! Just a drop-off, but was treated with such discourtesy that I wouldn't dare have blood drawn or any procedure there.

Beyond slow with terrible customer service. The nurses actually spent several minutes arguing with each other instead of taking care of customers. I will never go here again. read more

We took my 1 year old son here to get some blood drawn to test for him for a food allergy. My wife and I were nervous since our son absolutely hates to be examined let alone have his blood taken. When we arrived, the place was empty which was good because there was no waiting. The staff was friendly and, although my son cried, the blood draw only took a few minutes and was very smoothly and professionally done. Thank you for making a difficult experience easier for us. read more

I too hope that Quest management reads this and wants to improve customer service. I started going here because it is close to my house and the co-pays are more reasonable than the hospital lab. I don't think the savings are worth being treated like a house pest. I really don't get it. I always make an appointment, prompt payment, and repeat customer -- so why am I treated so rudely? I'm not expecting Nordstrom service, just some basic common courtesy. Won't go back. read more

My doctor had said he had not received my lab work, although my test had been done 10 days previously. His office said they checked with Quest online and found no results. When I went to the lab to try and track down the missing result I was pretty upset...and unfortunately it showed. The technician, Justine, was extremely helpful and patient. She took me back without having me wait and cleared up the problem on the phone....wrong FAX # for the dr. read more

On 1-29-2013 I went into Station #2 in the Dana Point facility for a blood draw. The station was dirty, disorganized and had dressing pieces and other waste on the floor. Having completed the paperwork, I requested the phlebotomist to wash his hands before putting on rubber gloves. I didn't see him washing his hands but I believe he used an anti-bacterial cleanser. Having put on he gloves, he then rootled around in a drawer to ready the necessary vials, etc. for the blood draw spoiling any sense of hand/glove cleanliness!!! The receptionist as usual was efficient. read more

I read several reviews regarding this Quest location and was somewhat reluctant to go there, but since I was just around the corner I didn't have much choice. The experience was great. Greeted warmly, blood drawn in timely manner and people were very friendly. Have used other Quest centers and they were not as friendly or efficient as this one. Don't understand why all of the bad reviews. Don't pay any attention to the bad reviews. Things must have changed for the better. read more

I have been having blood drawn for many years---At Quest in Dana Point, Rosalee did one of the most efficient and painless jobs I've ever had. Even though I'm pale, my veins are hard to find and they're rollers, she had the blood drawn by the time I'd "gotten ready." As this is a process I will have done for many weeks, I'm particularly happy to encounter someone as good at her job as Rosalee. read more

AVOID, AVOID, AVOID. This is my second and last time going to this location (Monarch Bay Plaza). It is absolutely HORRIBLE!!! I had a late morning appointment but decided to go early and see if I could have blood drawn as a walk-in. Waited 1.5 hours (granted, my decision) and finally got in only to be treated like I was forcing the woman to take me to the back and torture me as she dug for a viable vein. (Didn't dare ask her name for fear I would be jabbed to death, but will tell you she is blonde). After sticking me numerous times in various arms and hands hunting for a vein, she finally drew what was needed. I tried to make small talk to lighten the mood during the whole ordeal (even though I was the one in pain), but she would have none of that! Just smug looks and an utter most disgust that I was even there. I began to think, "Did I say something wrong?" Last I checked, "Hi" was still politically correct. I have never in my life been treated so rude by an employee. Busy day, bad day?...Whatever!!! If you hate your job that much, quit and make room for another person who needs/wants a job. I blame upper management since this location is clearly understaffed and has been for a long time, HOWEVER, it does not excuse extreme rudeness by employees. Do yourself a favor and go to a different location or lab for your next blood draw. This is not a fluke review, many others have voiced the same experiences but a lot of people will not take the time to post reviews. read more