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US Post Office

3.4 (55 reviews)
Closed • 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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Ashley H.

Small post office in the middle of the cute downtown area. Parking can be limited due to all of the shops nearby. 2 hour parking max if you do snag a spot. I dropped by on a weekday at 9:50 am and was in and out. Very clean inside space and all employees were masked and organizing during their down time.

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Ramy H.

Relatively new post office. It's very clean and in great condition. I was able to go in and out without waiting in any lines. Located in the cute Los Altos downtown area with seating outside.

Decent card selection for a post office!
Bea B.

This place is three stars, if you've plenty of time to kill; it's two stars, if you're wanting a more brisk-paced experience. I suspect the woman helping me might not be used to folk being friendly and seemed a bit wary as I approached, smile on face. I wanted to buy a book of stamps & she apologised for not having 'enough' Forever stamps in stock. I thought she meant she was completely sold out, but actually she meant she only had four different motifs to choose from. From sports figures to exotic blooms, the selection was more than I expected. Apropos stamps, they were out of another stamp I'd requested, but, she told me, that they expected the shipment to arrive later in the day. I thought that that was helpful of her to mention it. As mentioned in previous reviews, the pace of this post office is super leisurely. There are scads of retirees with packages to mail in this town!

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21 years ago

This post office is near the zoo of downtown Los Altos, but otherwise is a reasonable place to conduct your postal business.

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10 years ago

Worst place in Los Altos! Terrible service and longest lines that move like snail pace!!!

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Staff has always been so nice. Ive returned several items and each time is a good experienceread more

It's a convenient spot. But convenience leaves the room if you have an employee who doesn't know…read morewhat they're doing. Typically, there isn't a line and I go in there, quickly drop off my return and I'm on my way. 10 seconds! Done and done. Unfortunately, my experience today did not reflect their usual quickness. There was a very long line, which couldn't be helped because of what the items were that were being shipped by the customers at the registers. After 10 minutes, it was finally my turn. I had a simple return with a QR code. And I had elected the "no pack no label" option. Which means the UPS store packs and labels your shipment. Unfortunately, the employee didn't seem to know what he was doing. And after waiting 10 minutes, it was annoying to say the least. First, he told me that the QR code had already been used. Of course it had not. So I told him to try it again. Of course, when he scanned it the second time he realized it had indeed, not been used. Then he said sorry we can't ship this because you haven't packaged it! What the hell? I told him it literally says on the QR code that I don't have to pack it....(Que the eye roll). He didn't know what to do until the employee next to him told him that I was right! That they had to pack it and label it, per the instructions related to that QR code. The employee handling my shipment return was just totally confused and after waiting 10 minutes, I didn't really have the luxury of time for his confusion. It was very inconvenient. Not only for me, but for the other people standing in line. What is usually a quick 30 second turnaround, turned into five minutes of an employee who was unaware of protocol with certain returns. The problem here is if the well-versed employee had not been there to assist the confused employee handling my return, I would've had to leave and go to another location to process my return. And often times there is only one employee at this location. So if I walk into this location the next time and I see this particular employee at the register, with no other employees there, I'm going to walk out and go to a different UPS store to avoid issues.

US Post Office - postoffices - Updated October 2026

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