Walgreens is Walgreens In my opinion. It's a convinience store so everything will be slapped an up-charge of at least a dollar. This location has been here since the beginning of time it seems like, and despite all the changes done to the grand avenue it's not changed. They have cute mini mento gum, and the latest candy bars, including the banana nut snickers. Honestly couldn't tell much difference between the banana nut and the regular snickers like I was hoping, but it was worth a try, and a walk to the back of the store to find it since the display by the register was empty. Staff does their job, only one register in use mostly, so even a few people checking out can become a line if you're in a rush. Occasionally there's a security guard in store. read more

No public bathroom. The employees are nice. Everything is locked up. Need some last minute thinkings

If you like to have to hunt down a button to push to get assistance with getting [checks notes...] a SODA, as well as incredibly rude service, this is your place! read more

The only thing special about this pharmacy is their amazingly poor service. They take weeks to return out of state phone calls. They often send meds to the wrong address which delays your prescription. Thankfully my new prescription was not urgent. Ask your doctor to recommend a different location. read more

This is pretty much the last remaining tenant in the Grand Avenue and therefore the only option for those last minute needs when you're at work. Snacks, paper products, candy, and greeting cards can be found here--and pretty much nowhere else for a mile--and you can usually get in and out relatively quickly. I just can't give the store more than three stars because service is regularly inconsistent. One visit you will have a pleasant interaction and on the next, you want to pull the fire alarm to get some eye contact from the staff. Also, the place is tiny. I've bought the same "congratulations" and "happy retirement" cards over and over because the selection is just so limited. Given the lack of options, this store could easily be twice the size and do very well. read more

Walgreens - the price of a pack of wipes - Drugstores Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Walgreens on Oakland and Locust has terrible customer service. Often they dont bother to pick up the phone and they continually fail to notify you when your prescription is ready read more

Says opens at 11. Arrived after 11 to a locked door and employee staring blankly saying they aren't open.

Worst pharmacy ever! Would not recommend. Poor customer service. Not helpful or understanding of the needs of their consumers and should not be in business. read more

The tightest and narrowest Walgreens I've ever been in. I don't want to fault them for that it is a very urban location and they can't stretch out like they would if it was a free standing store. Hours are poor and even when they're open, the pharmacy itself is even more limited. But when you're downtown and without a car, this is the ONLY option. Pharmacist and the counter clerk were both awesomely friendly. read more

If dysfunctional customer service and a lack of consideration is your thing, then this is the place for you! I've only been here twice. Once was to pick up OTC drugs when I had a severe flu. It took the entire store (literally) twenty minutes to find my order, and half of them had no idea what I meant when I said I was picking up an online order. The second time was just now. I had a FedEx order to pick up. There was no parking and I'm handicapped, and knew the package was almost 50 pounds. I called twice to ask if there was a place to park (assuming they'd just offer to do curbside pickup for me) and was hung up on once and told the second time to just leave my car in the tow-away zone!!!! Then I had to come in and carry the 50-pound package back to my car with no assistance and am in pain. read more

By far the worst Walgreens I have ever been at. The employees are rude and disinterested in assisting customers. They have many of their products locked up to prevent theft, but it takes forever to get an employee to unlock the products. I had two different people tell me they would meet me there to unlock it and the first one never showed up after 6 minutes and so I asked the second one and then they never showed up after 3 minutes and I finally just left. They also have a check out at both the Wisconsin avenue entrance and the mall entrance. Very rarely can you find someone to check you out at the mall entrance and you have to go to the Wisconsin Avenue entrance, check out and then walk back through the store to get to the mall. If they do help you at the mall entrance they act as if they did you the biggest favor by allowing you to be able to purchase something from their store at their checkout. How these employees keep their jobs is beyond me. I work in this building and while the location is very convenient, I try to avoid going there if I can at all prevent it. read more

The management of this Walgreens should be fired. The entrance is disgusting, doesn't look like it's been cleaned or vacuumed in a very long time. If the entrance hasn't been cleaned imagine what the unseen parts of this store look like? Not what I want in my Pharmacy. read more

***There are not many pharmacies in this part of Downtown Milwaukee; this is about it; it is a pretty big store and they have a lot of selection; it (like the sorta mall it is in) is kind of rundown; service was casual but friendly*** I think there are a few pay parking structures nearby; you might also be able to find metered street parking. read more

One of the saddest Walgreens that I've ever been too. We were trying to buy some alcohol after arriving in town for a conference and saw that this was the only place opened but it closed at 7pm(?!)We had about 15 minutes before closing time so we rushed to get there. Talk about interesting folks in the store. A few customers looked high as hell walking around like zombies. One of the staff had track marks all over his arm. On top of that, apparently, Milwaukee Walgreens only sell beer (very small selection of wine) but no hard alcohol. Walked out, both traumatized as well as empty handed. read more

It is sad that this is the only option Downtown. Where do I even begin? Let's start with the fact they are $.50-$1.00 more for any given product as compared to any other Walgreens. You would think higher prices would equal higher quality service. You'd be dead wrong. Yesterday I go in to get some band aids. I wait in line and when its my turn to check out the gal at the register takes the time to talk to her coworker who was brought baked goods by a customer. They then begin to discuss personal things such as how this male customer continues to flatter the employee even though the customer knows he has a girlfriend and child. And now I know too! Please, continue to talk while I stand here awkwardly! For the price I am paying I expect excellent service and they barely manage adequate. I realize they are the only real option in the downtown area, but I try and avoid them at all cost. read more

This is a Walgreen's of necessity. I could tell you a lot of anecdotes from this place. The problem with this store is two fold: fold #1 - the relatively small selection compared to other Walgreen's stores. This is due to the relatively small space. They cram everything they can in. fold #2 - one specific employee. All the others are pleasant. The female employees at checkout are consistently friendly. He is probably in his 40s, bald, and displays the following behavior: rude to female customers, makes comments to fellow employees in front of customers, overall sh*tty service, snide remarks, no eye contact for female customers. While I don't want to get this guy fired, here is a story to demonstrate my frustration: On Friday, my boyfriend and I were in line buying throat drops and kitchen sink sponges. There was a hefty line and this employee called for backup. We approached his cash register. He was conversing with a female employee and when she left, he commented to the cashier next to him "I should have told her to keep her big trap shut...but I didn't want to say that in front of her". The female employee at the other cash register displayed annoyance with the employee's comments, too. My boyfriend then commented, "but you didn't have any problem saying it in front of the customers?" This guy has to get a warning, or he needs to be taken off the cash register. He is incredibly unpleasant and rude, and management should not be subjecting their customers to this behavior. As previously mentioned, all the other employees I have encountered have been pleasant, sometimes even fun. read more

Not a lot that's particularly noteworthy at this location. It's a very small physical space with a lot of options crammed into it. I love that they seem to have pretty much everything a larger store would have, but it's a little difficult to get around. There is a street entrance on one end (how I knew this location was here) and also an entrance via the mall--which looked really sketchy when I was there. Employees are friendly enough, but didn't leave a lasting impression. If you're downtown this will get the job done, but I wouldn't go out of my way to come here again. read more

This place thrives off the fact of it's convenience and let's all other factors suffer. Such as, cleanliness, organization, product selection, ect. After being to all the high end surrounding shops, I had expected to have atleast a "basic walgreens experience". Three stars for convenience.. I'd be screwed If we couldn't have gotten some nyquil and dremamine... And a 1.50$ scarf. read more

I gave 3 stars because I really like shopping at Walgreens; however, was in town for a convention and Walgreens didn't have enough water. Come on, didn't you know your city would be swamped with people? I chalk it up to poor management. read more

The pharmacist here saved me by noticing an issue with a Rx my doctor had not noticed. Never a problem with my Rxs, and there is plenty of merchandise for my needs. read more

It's nice to have this somewhere in downtown Milwaukee. I'm sure it makes things a little more convenient for living downtown. They always seem to have a lot of stuff on clearance and I've gotten things on the cheap numerous times. It's always worth a stop in. read more

Beer, check. Case of water, got it. We are staying at the hotel across the street and going to a baseball game. They have peanuts in or out of the shell. Several types of sunflower seeds. Band aids for some blisters. No problem. Great location. Should have anything you need. read more

The cashier tried to shortchange me by three dollars. Just because I am a tourist with an accent, it doesn't mean I can't count.

I was thankful that this Walgreens was here. I stayed at the Hyatt which overcharges for everything ($3 for a banana) so I walked to this location to get some provisions. The facility was clean and well stocked. It had plenty of main staple items and a bunch of other odds and ends (small gifts, trinkets, etc.) There was a small wait at the register but it was busy and a customer was causing some issues that was no fault of Walgreens. The prices are compatible for downtown Milwaukee. read more

Not as comprehensive as other Walgreens stores. Still it's clean and the staff is friendly.

I made the unfortunate mistake of coming to this Walgreen's in an attempt to fulfill my out of state prescription. On both trips to this location I found one of the "pharmacist" (the chubby chick with the permanent scowl who clearly dislikes her job and should be fired for horrible customer service) to be flat our rude, unfriendly and not at all helpful. On top of her nasty attitude and customer service, I never got my prescription filled. On the initial trip, they were not able to fulfill my prescription because the insurance company was showing that my asthma medicine had been refilled less than a month ago which was incorrect (but whatever, these mistakes happen and I was sure a quick call would resolve the issue). So, since the store was close to closing another more helpful pharmacist said that she would call the insurance company in the morning, figure out the problem and let me know when the prescription was ordered and available. The day after next I got a text that the prescription was ready so I went back a few days later and was told that the prescription was not ready, had not been filled, and would need to be ordered. So why the text saying the prescription was ready? It was a waste of my time to go back there and heeding the lesson I learned before I decided not to let them attempt to fulfill my prescription again. All I got out of my two trips to this store was poor customer service, a funky attitude and a complete waste of time! read more

This isn't a review of Walgreens as much as it is of Yelp. You have the wrong hours posted for Saturdays. I'm visiting from out of town and walked there this morning in the rain at 8:00 a.m. to get some cold medicine, only to find out they were closed. Also the pharmacy isn't open on Saturday. I later found out all this information was correctly posted on the Walgreens website. So get with it Yelp.... read more

I was staying at a hotel very close to this walgreens. I didn't have a car and it was freezing cold outside and I needed medicine. Too bad I missed the store by 3 minutes. A very pompous employee was shaking his head "no" at me through the glass and was very obviously not closing up shop yet. I don't understand why this is the only pharmacy near downtown and it isn't even open 24 hours. And why they hire such rude people. I was seriously begging and he wouldn't let me in. Just cruel if you ask me... read more

The store is awkwardly cramped, but navigating around wasn't difficult. The staff, albeit not very welcoming, was friendly enough and I was able to make a quick purchase without any problems. There are registers on both ends of the store which is convenient. read more