Walgreens,

1574 East Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027

"Disorganized pharmacy! I drove for half an hour to get a COVID vaccine for my 3-year-old son. After waiting for 20 minutes, they informed us that their vaccines were expired and they did not have any COVID vaccines available. We were told to find another pharmacy."

"This is literally the worst pharmacy ever. There’s always multiple people working and they are so SLOW. Both the drive through and going in are just absolutely ridiculous. I went inside and there was a line of people, I saw 4 — yes FOUR — people just filling medicine and ignoring the line. Finally ONE person came and helped. It was so ridiculous that people left. I desperately needed the medicine otherwise I would have to. I waited over 30 minutes. Do not come here. The workers are lazy."

"Worst pharmacy ever! We get calls and text messages that our Prescriptions ready to pick up and when we go there we wait extra 30-45 mins and they end up saying “they are not ready, come back later”. Pharmacist Mina has a big mouth and awful attitude besides her Zero knowledge."

"Parents be warned! I have never had such an awful experience at a pharmacy ever in my life. We had an appointment set for 10 o’clock today for a Covid vaccine for my son. We are from out of state because in our state it has been next to impossible to find this 2nd dose of vaccine for him. We decided to get it while visiting grandparents here in San Diego. When we got to the pharmacy, they were incredibly ill prepared. They were backed up with prescriptions, which I can understand on a busy day, but as other people walked up to the pharmacy, they kept missing peoples prescriptions, lying about when they were filled and giving people the wrong prescriptions. each person that went up to the pharmacy desk easily stood there for 20 minutes each. My young son and myself waited almost an hour to get his Covid vaccine. Finally, when the pharmacist came out to give him his vaccine, he was incredibly rough and gruff, Barely even saying hi. My son is not a difficult child by any stretch of the imagination. Like most children, he does not like getting shots, but this pharmacist was beyond awful with him, pulling and tugging on his arm and acting like my son was the biggest nuisance in the world. I have never had mama bear come out in me like I have had this morning. I’ve never seen such an awful medical professional. I had also scheduled to get a flu vaccine for him at that exact same time. It was even on the paperwork! Despite that, the pharmacist didn’t bring out the flu shot and acted like it was my fault that he had forgotten to get the flu shot. After how gruff the pharmacist was with my son, and how upset my son was over the experience with the first shot I said, screw it. I left as fast as I could. Avoid at all costs!!"

"UPDATE 4-5-2022: the Pharmacy hours have changed so they close at 5:30 now and they ONLY have the drive-thru open, you cannot walk inside anymore. Their drive thru is SO SLOW though...literally an hour plus long...and now the actual store, the entire store, has been closing by 3 PM because they don't have enough employees. I know this isn't their fault, but wow when I needed my medication and my family member's medication for Diabetes, we couldn't get it for an entire WEEK. This is dangerous. I do NOT recommend this store as you might legally DIE waiting to get your medications. - Accessibility: plenty of disabled parking along with other close parking, motion activated doors entering/exiting the building, and a drive thru pharmacy for prescriptions and COVID testing (current as of 8-8-2021). Needs/timing: This place has a 1 hour photo section, lots of household things you might need, and a pharmacy you can walk inside to or go through a drive thru. The drive thru is definitely slower because there is only one employee at one window that attends to both the COVID testing line and the prescription line so if I ever need to talk to the pharmacists I go inside unless I cannot walk. The restroom was closed to the public this week, as a warning in case you need to use it. You might have to go across the street to the ROSS..theirs is open."