Walgreens

I needed to grab dry shampoo and someone had told me that Walgreens Kailua carried it. (That’s what happens when you’re a color-​head like me.) So off I go at 10 pm at night.
Walgreens is located on the corner of Oneawa Street and Ulunui. They have a small parking lot and there are metered stalls on the street. They are open 24 hours.
We walked in and located the dry shampoo easily. The aisles are clearly labeled. The store is also very bright. As I was comparing two brands of dry shampoo, I was greeted by a clerk. She told me that she could ring me up at the cosmetics counter when ready. After grabbing my shampoo, I took a quick look at the school supplies. There was a BOGO ½ off sale, so I grabbed a few Sharpies (new colors). I, also saw some hair clips that were BOGO ½, so got some, too. As promised, the clerk rang me up at the cosmetics’ counter. As I was about to pay, I noticed that the hair clips didn’t ring up at BOGO ½. I pointed it out to the clerk. She spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out how to do it and what ½ of $ 3.99 was. She apologized by saying that Walgreens didn’t give the clerks calculators. Eventually, I did pay, but when I looked at my receipt, she punched in $ 1.75 as half of $ 3.99. Sigh… I was done, so I didn’t even go back in.
Next time, i will just go a little further down the road to Longs and pick up my dry shampoo.
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The pharmacy department is the best!!! They will take measurements in calling your doctor to ensure you have what you need when you need it. They’re friendly and always serve you with a smile and your prescription privacy with regards and gentleness. The store itself and its employees are very attentive to your need, very knowledgable of the products they carry and know exactly what direction to point you in so you don’t have a hard time searching for any product. They’re telephone customer service is also awesome, you never find yourself on hold for longer than a minute.

We took a stroll down from Cinnamon’s while waiting for a table to grab a few items. It’s a typical, generic Walgreens with a drive thru pharmacy. The store wasn’t busy at all even on a Saturday morning.
TIPS:
The bathroom door code is handled by the photo department.
First Hawaiian ATM inside.

The store is smaller than the CVS/Long’s over at the shopping plaza. Buuuut the positive they have private parking. Kinda humbug to get in to the parking lot though, but not too horrible. You do have the street as well.
You get into the store — and yeah not gonna lie — it’s tight, definitely not a place to be bringing a side by side stroller. Very clean though. «Reasonable» prices. Ya just really have to pay attention to the ads, and price compare for the things you need to buy! I know milk can be a good deal here at times, and some of the beer.
Photo service is fast and easy! Just make sure you proof read your purchases before you HIT the ‘submit order’ button!

This review is mainly for the Pharmacy and Photo Depts. @ Walgreen’s.
I used to get all my prescriptions @ Longs Drugs — but when a new Walgreens (on Oneawa St) opened up, I switched. They have drive-​thru and they are not nearly as crowded as Longs is. The pharmacists and cashiers who work in the back are friendly — more so than one certain person @ Longs, too — she knows who she is.
The local (actually mainland) drug stores have basically been tasked with taking up the slack from now-​defunct Daiei in Kailua — and while Longs has the more ‘local’ faire — Walgreen’s is my choice for prescription drugs. They also have a good ‘rewards’ program. I saved a BUNCH when I had to buy a back brace.
As a store, Walgreen’s is less crowded in the store, but not as well-​thought out, cashier-​wise. I love their photo department, though. They rock big time! Not happy with the software changes on their website that keeps me from ordering certain things, but otherwise, they’re hand’s down the best thing Kailua has for ‘instant printing’ options. Good coupon deals on their website, too.
I’ll review Longs on a store basis; Longs Pharmacy Dept. gets a ‘2’ from me, and I’ve never used their photo services.

Just like any Walgreens, except hella more Tshirts and flip flops!
I actually got a nice cooler/​back pack combo bag which was prefect for the beach!

This place always has the Carpenter’s Union workers protesting outside during the day. Been like that for awhile now, so long that it doesn’t even phase me anymore. And when they are not there you get the bums sitting outside begging for money as they sip on theyre 40’z. Real effen nice because that’s what i want to see when I’m PMS’n on a tampon run.
C’mon Walgreens clean it up outside not to mention there is a strong Urine smell as your walking towards the store by the front of the building on the parking lot side. That’s why I park on the street or at Jacks.
Prices are competitive with CVS sometimes a little pricier but the variety in the store is pretty good. Over all it’s an ok drug store not the worst an nowhere near great.
The plus side to this store is that it has a drive up window for the pharmacy. Convenient when your lazy :) lol

After a negative experience with another national pharmacy chain in the area, I dropped by Walgreen’s on Oneawa St where the pharmacist was extremely professional and personable as well. I’d recommend this location to anyone.

It is right across the street from my office so it is more a matter of convenience than anything else.
It is not totally bad for a smallish Walgreens. I’m used to much bigger stores in the mainland; however, the staff here is friendly and pretty helpful. They take you to find the things you ask for not just point to a space in the air like many stores in town.
The prices are fair to good but when you catch things on sale here wow great deals. Actually a little cheaper than Longs but not quite Target. I friggin’ despise Wal-​Mart and they slave-​labor policies so I won’t go there.
If you are in the Kailua area give it a check-​see