Four stars are for Pharmacist. He was calm and is clearly making the best of his situation. Pharmacy techs are rushed. Problems could be solved quicker and more effectively if they took the time to actually listen. Instead, they rush through the conversation and cut you off only to come back three or four times to correct themselves or fix something. In the end they still messed up my prescription, luckily it wasn't something major. Again, the pharmacist really stood out here. He kept his cool even after he tripped over a box the girls left in the walkway. Give these girls some Ritalin. They can't finish one thing before messing up three others. read more

Julio was very friendly and helpful. He provided excellent customer service. I highly recommend this store

Ashley at the photo department is extra helpful and friendly. She addresses customers in line and apologizes for the wait . Her customer service is excellent! She helped me with my photo order of our dog today. read more

Walgreens - Drugstores Near Me - Oceanside, California

I have shopped in Walgreens Store three times already. Their prices on their Banana Boat Sunscreen for $15.00 is very expensive. Also their Alkaline Double AA Batteries price is $9.00 when I could have purchased these 2 items at The Dollar Tree Store for $1.25 for each and I would have saved a lot of money in my budget. The Pros - the positives are Walgreens is always having Sales on their CANDY like 2 Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds Candy Bar, 2 for $4.00 and they're Hersheys Dark Chocolate Candy Bar - 3 for $6.00. The customer service staff at Walgreens Store is excellent. John and Richard these 2 Cashiers are always very helpful and friendly towards me . This Walgreens Store has Air Conditioning, this store is very clean and organized inside, and there is a huge selection on their different brands on various products that is in stock in their store. read more

Walgreens - Akaline Double AA Batteries . (8 pack). Price $9.00. - Drugstores Near Me - Oceanside, California

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Went in to the photo counter to pickup my online order on March 15 2026 at around lunchtime. I checked in and waited for 15-20 minutes with no help whatsoever. So I went in again today March 17 2026 at night thinking someone would be able to help me. Bad idea. I waited the same amount of time with no one even acknowledging that I was there. I guess Walgreens is going the way of Riteaid and the Dodo bird. read more

This is the worst pharmacy I have ever been to. The staff is slow and an average wait time for help is 30 minutes. There is absolutely no is no customer service. They were supposed to open at 2:00 after lunch break and it is now 2:20 and still no one back from lunch break. They have now opened up and the prescription they called and told me was ready pickup is actually not ready. This is the last time I will be going to Walgreens for anything. The pharmacy manager, Mahesh, should be "called on the carpet" by corporate because of the way the pharmacy is run. I look out at the faces of the other 6 people waiting to helped and I can tell they are as disgusted as I am. read more

The store employees are great. However the pharmacy techs are SUPER slow... in store and via the drive through. I was at the drive through and it literally took 10 mins before someone even came to the window. They do t w en acknowledge you. They're either understaffed or overworked but please work on customer service!! read more

I am from out of state and was running short on one of my medications. The pharmacy was able to quickly find my information, but had to order what I needed. They had it the next day and I picked it up with no issues whatsoever. I specifically want to give Bill a big thank you for his help in making my visit with them a positive one. read more

I've had it with this Walgreens. The pharmacy is slow, disorganized, and completely unreliable. Even after getting a notification that my prescription was ready, I still waited over 30 minutes just to be told it wasn't. This happens way too often. What really pushed me to write this review is the staff. The manager, "V"and the rest of the team are extremely rude and completely unwilling to help. It feels like you're bothering them just by asking a simple question. No one takes responsibility, no one communicates, and no one seems to care that customers are standing around confused and frustrated. Zero sense of urgency or customer service. Unless you like wasting your time and being treated like an inconvenience, I recommend going literally anywhere else. I wish you could give a 0 star review !! read more

Absolutely the worst, most disorganized business I have ever been to. I waited in the Pick-Up line at the pharmacy for something they keep behind the counter. While standing in line for 35 minutes with only 3 people ahead of me, I witnessed them not only lose 2 customers' prescriptions, they also kept a guy waiting over 2 hours. He mentioned he'd tried to pick his up the day before and they still weren't ready even though they sent notification that it was done. Another customer complained they couldn't fill her pain pills because they were out-of-stock. Alas, they let customers mingle close to the counter while they called their doctors for updated medication info who didn't want to "lose their place in line"! So much for privacy, eh?! When I got to the front, their "system for pseudo-ephedrine" was down and they wouldn't let me purchase the decongestant I wanted. Overall, I rarely ever say this about any business, but avoid this pharmacy! It SUCKS. read more

This Walgreens Pharmacy needs to check what kind of people they hire. My wife called 3x for my sons medicine which is very important for his heart, and was told it would be ready at 4:30 then they said a few more hours just for her to call again and be told by someone completely different that they don't even have it. It's not the first time they've lied about when a medication will be ready for pick up either. Their whole team needs to get on the same program. read more

Why is a medication here cost 10 times the price, more than at Walmart. Example, approximately 3 wees ago. My Doctor wrotte a Perscription in office. Asked, where would you like to have it filled? I thought of the nearest place to my home. Boy, big mistake. I pull up to Walgreens drive thru, hand over my Perscription. $102.00. Few days later while picking up at Walmart i walked up to the Pharmacy and ask about the Perscription id had fille at Walgreens $9. Yes, $9. Yes, i walked to Walgreens to speak them regarding being robbed with out a gun. We didn't make the prices sorry. read more

The pharmacist was very rude we asked her a question and she never told any one we saw her walk out , but lastly we asked a male worker he was very nice read more

Absolute worst! Avoid! 1 1/2 yrs I've heard staff shortage. Apparently they aren't ever going to fix this storage. I wait 45-1hr each time I go to get a prescription. I'm have hypothyroidism so I must take my thyroid tablet daily. Thus I must refill my prescription often. This place take forever and have said something is ready only to find its not. They never answer their phones, been on hold over an hour currently. Drive thru is rarely ever open. Pharmacist is randomly not there so when that happens it's a wasted trip because you can't pick up meds even though they are ready. They partial filled one scrip only 5 pills! and that confused the insurance so now insurance won't approve my other 85 pills because it's seen as fully filled. Walgreens error. It's thyroid medication, I need to take it daily. Just avoid this place. After 1 1/2 yrs it's obvious they aren't gonna improve. They've only gotten worse. An elderly man told me 65 yrs they've been like this. Sad. read more

OMG. I am disabled walking with a cane and very unstable. I go to the counter to pick up my prescription and the clerk is trying someone on the computer. Not training them to help customers but where to find stuff on the computer. I said "when will the training session be over so I can pick up my prescription". She rudely said that she was teaching. I understand training and teaching but when an obviously struggling disabled person walks up the the counter you think they would drop that and help the customer. BUT NO. I waiting about 10 minutes and they finally assisted me. I had to sit down because I was unstable. THEN what I was picking up was just 9 pills that they had shorted me when I first filled AND PAID for the complete prescription. When I asked why am I paying again when I already paid for the complete prescriptions. The new girl who had no idea started making things up like maybe it's this or maybe it's that. It was only an additional $1.88 but o wanted to know the reasoning for paying more when I already paid for the prescription. EVERY TIME I GO TO THAT WALGREENS ON MISSION THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRIBLE. Poor RITE AID people who are getting their prescriptions transferred there. I'm gonna try CVS and pray they understand customer service read more

Most of the front register people, but man you have some staff leads that are rude as heck. HECK I tell you. If you hate your job so much, get another one. Don't take it out on the customer. And I am not basing this on a single interaction with this particular staff lead, but many. Just go to CVS. They have the same stuff and better customer service read more

WHOA...SOOOOOOO AWFUL! We are stunned how TERRIBLE the pharmacy is and appalling customer "service." On hold for ten minutes, they accidentally picked up and could hear them laughing..put back on hold. Finally answered and we asked to transfer my heart meds from another Walgreens (La Quinta..also bad) ..was on hold AGAIN, she rudely came back saying there's nothing they can do!!!!! Despite the fact that of COURSE they can transfer within Walgreens. You can google it!!! And we've done it. Called at 1:10 on Saturday, November 18 and the woman handling pharmacy calls AND the pharmacist on call should be fired. They were so rude and just totally refused to help. Walgreens has gotten SO TERRIBLE!!!! BUT...that said, we finally got through to a pharmacy in Vista who promptly transferred it! But wow to Oceanside. Weirdly entitled, awful behavior. People depend on assistance getting their medications... read more

The Pharmacy here is so unorganized and unprofessional! Every single time I come to pick up my medication after they call me to let me know it's ready, they say it's not ! They still say they didn't call me and I show them the voicemail they left me. They ask each other who call me and no one speaks up! Unbelievable! The lines are always so long through drive thru and inside. Changed my pharmacy to Rite Aid in Coast highway way better. Definitely recommend to do the same ! read more

3 employees in store and a line of 5 people at checkout and apparently front of line had some returns that meant nobody could check out because they were too busy talking to each other. After waiting 5 minutes and 0 assistance I just left. Also, the product I really wanted was out of stock anyway. read more

Wait time in drive through is horrible, the Walgreens associate tends to people in store rather then the drive through, been waiting in the front for help for over 10 minutes, multiple cars behind us turned their cars off. Every time we come, same outcome. Very disappointing. read more

I picked this Walgreens because they said they were open on Sunday. When I showed up at 1 o'clock the pharmacy was closed even though the signs clearly say open till nine employees told me they were just closed today. This is a huge inconvenience I recommend going somewhere else they also take a really long time based on past experiences. read more

Walgreens - Drive thru closed even with posted hours. Taken at 1:30 - Drugstores Near Me - Oceanside, California

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No matter what time you go to the pharmacy YOU WILL WAIT Long! I suggest going elsewhere! I give it a zero stars but you have to put at least one Why would you close the one on Oceanside Blvd if they are this busy. read more

This review is solely based on the pharmacy, it has been a horrible experience so far. I can't tell you how many times I've called been on hold for 15-20 minutes and then hung up on! This is terrible customer service. read more

This pharmacy was busy - walk-in traffic and drive-thru. Despite how busy they were - they took me as a walk-in for a covid booster. Not to mention, their credit card system was down and they were trying to take care of so many people. CVS - terrible. They not only had covid vaccine inventory - they had people doing nothing - nobody waiting for vaccine and still would not take a walk-in customer without an appointment. What a difference. Thanks Walgreens for being accommodating!!! read more

Their photo department doesn't know what they are doing and are so disorganized. I got an email that my order was ready- went the NEXT day. They couldn't find my order, after I skimmed their messy work area myself from the register I could see my order was just hanging out on the back counter half way completed. I pointed it out to the employee who clearly didn't know which way was up. read more

Second time coming to this location for 1 picture pick up that's supposed to be a hr ready and both times it's taken over 24 HOURS and when I show up they still have to print it. I don't understand how it takes that long for ONE single picture. On top of that, the young lady this morning (6/16 9:30 am) working the photo area didn't want to ring me up when I was only purchasing a photo after waiting 10 + minutes while she rang up another customer who wasn't purchasing any photos at this location. Not convenient at all and they aren't ready in the hour they say it'll be ready. read more

I didn't write a review last time because I thought maybe the male pharmacist was just having an off day and everybody has an off day but he's clearly biased against weight loss medication. Both times I had an issue. I've been on this weight loss medication for six months and there was a shortage so my doctor sent in a prescription the lowest dose, because it was available. I pick up prescription two days later they filled my prescription the correct dose. . I was very relieved. I came all the way down here during traffic and as soon as I come up there, he grills me instead I've already gotten a box. My insurance is very greedy. If I wasn't supposed to get this medication, they wouldn't have cleared it! I'm not a person who cries discrimination, but I could feel the discrimination against fat people from this pharmacist. They have a problem we're FAT they have a problem and we're trying to lose weight. The last time I came and I asked him a question about the lower dose. He gave me a smart remark and said well you need to keep up your exercise regimen and eat right I have lost 103 pounds and I am in the gym every damn day doing an hour and 30 minutes of cardio how dare this clown. I will never come to this pharmacy. I don't like his vibe if you are on any of the weight loss medication's find a different pharmacy. There are a lot of people in America who are biased against these medication's. But being a pharmacist, you should not be biased against any medication why are you a pharmacist? It is clear that they cannot keep up with the demand of these medications and now I understand why people use Amazon so they don't have to deal with people judging them like this!!! I have worked incredibly hard to lose 103 pounds. And clearly, sir you became a pharmacist not a doctor so I will follow the instructions of my doctor and not take any judgment from a pharmacist matter fact I'm going to see if Amazon takes my prescription because at least Amazon keeps their judgment to themselves. read more

this is not a review of the Walgreens staff, they have always been very nice. This is a review of WALGREENS photo service. twice I have ordered a photo book online, then received an email that it was ready to be picked up. But when I go tot he store, it is not there. The first time, I ordered a photo book and I never got it and had to call for a refund. I decided to give it one more try, ordered another photo book. It took me a long time to design it online. Yesterday got an email saying "come and pick up your order, it is ready". so I went (in the rain), to pick it up. Well, it was not there! ugh! so, I called the main Walgreens number and the lady on the phone tells me "your order will be ready for pick up on the 23rd. (today is the 20th--the email was sent to me on the 19th) I asked her why I got an email saying the order was ready? She told me to ask about that at my local Walgreens. Needless to say I will never trust Walgreens photo again. That is too bad cuz it used to be really good. Walgreens has gone down hill over the past few years though. too bad. I already stopped going there for pharmacy due to how slow it was. Walgreens used to be one of my favorite stores. no more. read more

Well, it's Walgreens. This store is neither impressive nor a disappointment. Go in for what you need and get out. I've seen a few, "odd" customers. This is a typical drugstore. You can have photos developed, prescriptions filled and buy treats/snacks for your house. They have make up, toys, cards and a a few other random items, including holiday merchandise. read more

After being in the drive thru for over 30 minutes at the window, I was able to observe the dynamic in this pharmacy and what a poorly run pharmacy. Too many people with only a select few actually knowing what is going on. One poor worker you could tell was just finding things to do because she had no direct job. This pharmacy lacks effective leadership. read more

Walgreens Mission & El Camino Real Oceanside The employee looked at me like I was crazy when I mentioned it to her. Looks like someone made a half-assed attempt, but really? read more

Walgreens - The employee looked at me like I was crazy when I mentioned it to her. Looks like someone made a half-assed attempt, but really? - Drugstores Near Me - Oceanside, California

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They need to get rid of their telephone since it's very useless. I tried to call multiple times to verify my meds but they keep putting you on hold and then they pick it up put you on hold again. They're pathetic and worthless. read more

This is the absolute WORST pharmacy I've ever been to. Last night when I stopped by to pick up my prescription they had had it for about 5 hours and it still wasn't filled. They told me 30 minutes, which I couldn't wait. I told them I would be back the next day. I'm back the next day, waited in a three person line that took over 20 minutes, and they are telling me I have to wait another 20 minutes. It's already been in another half hour and nothing. I've watched them screw over three other separate people while I've been here waiting read more

Walgreens is useful for their Pharmacy and photo printing. They have just about everything you need, a small grocery section, get well cards and makeup. They are about the same as CVS and Rite Aid, they're all a little pricey unless you have a customer card. I've never had a problem here with the employees they all seem to be pretty friendly with me. Sometimes it can be pretty busy and usually they have only one cashier which makes no sense to me but whatever. Also they may try to get you to buy some extra candy that they have on special or donate some money to a good cause. The location is great the parking lot is pretty big and they have a drive thru pharmacy. Overall Wallgreens is a little pricey but it is convenient. read more

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One star is too much!!! This pharmacy is terrible. I've called several times and was put on hold for 17 minutes then they hung up on me. Never again! read more

I was just in the store at the photo department. John an older worker was helping all of us in the photo department. A women with with black glasses came to assist him. She seemed very frustrated with him and didn't hold back. She was rude to him because he needed assistance. I felt like this was extremely unprofessional and unkind to the older gentleman. There were about 5 of us in line watching it play out. John was patient and kind. I honestly felt bad for him. read more

I'm gonna leave this a 3, because it will never compare to CVS. Despite that, they tend to have some good clearance deals and they carry products that I can't find anywhere else (Milani I'm pointing at you!!) I hate the way their rewards program works and how you can only use a limited amount of cash rewards. read more

I am very sick. My doctor tested me and i have Flu - A. My doctor told me it was essential to take two doses of Tamiflu today. She sent the prescription in at 2:00. She said it is very important that you take one dose as soon as you pick up the prescription and the second when you go to bed. I checked on the prescription using the APP and it said it will be ready at 4:30. Then at 4:30 the App said they were running late. To make a long story short, my wife was waiting for the prescription in the pharmacy. At 7:00 they slammed shut the gate and they were closed. You have got to be kidding me. This is the worst pharmacy. read more

They deserve less than 1 star, been here 6 times and keep giving them chances to get better with their service for pharmacy but they keep forgetting to fill my order or drive thru wait times are an hour. They can only give prescriptions when the main pharmacist is in site so even if they leave to the rest room they can't give you your prescriptions! What a joke of a place. read more

Worst pharmacy on the planet. First three months, my prescription was not ready when they said it would be. Had to come back every single time. Terribly understaffed. 45 minute wait minimum every time. Just a colossal waste of time. Avoid at all costs. read more