Greenside Recreational - Des Moines

I love this place! I live up in Seattle near the Lake City Way location, but since the fire there I have been making the long trip from North Seattle to the Desert Moines location at least once a week just because of the professional, personalized, friendly, knowledgeable service these bud tenders provide to each and every customer! And the great deals and low prices on everything every day are an added bonus! Can't wait for the Lake City Way location in Seattle to open up again! Hopefully it will be in the very near future!

After a couple failed attempts (not Greensides fault), I finally made it Into my very first legal pot shop. I understand the security and don't blame them considering the consequences. There was a line but not too bad. I was greeted like a long-lost friend and there was zero pressure. I explained I hadn't hardly bought pot since the '70's and hadn't a clue what I wanted. By this time the shop was getting pretty busy and I told my new "personal shopper" to go help those behind me so I could browse. A few minutes later, he was back, showing options and explaining differences. I made a comment that I usually smoked gifts of shake and soon learned I could actually buy shake! Cool! Bought some + a Chocolate bar and I was set. Best shake I've ever had! ;) Must admit, the parking needs brighter lighting. Guess I'll come by in the daylight.

Great location right off freeway. Open 7 days a week! Huge/Awesome variety of everything from edibles, flower & concentrates. And they have a free VIP membership that lets you know about specials/sales/deals & 10% off!!! Everybody is so nice, friendly & helpful! My fave place to shop =-) !!!

I've been to this place twice now and both times the staff was amazing, friendly and knowledgeable. Namely one of them turned me on to silicone pipes and I have to tell you Tristan was right. Then when I came back the manager couldn't have been more friendly and accommodating. I will definitely be back.

Non existent customer service

This used to be my favorite pot shop however they have to many budtenders rushing the experience I like to shop for weight however this mahia I think that's her name tall ebony was rushing me and making jokes about fast transaction I honestly didn't find what I was look for so I jus left with whatever ..please train or hire ppl who appreciate working

We were pleasantly surprised to find Greenside packed, on the day before Mother's Day. There are going to be many happy Mommas, not including our Bud Tender who said he wasn't a Mother even though the guys up front said he was.

Got helped by the same budtender today (twice), and he was just super slow, showed no motivation in helping me and couldn't care to smile. Plus he was unable to give me what I was asking him for. Even though they had it stocked and on the shelves behind him. So bummed! This place usually has great quick service with friendly budtenders. Walked away with nothing just to hear the door guy say you should smile more... Also, they are not consistent in the products they have along with their pricing. Certain days you can get good deals on 8ths ($25) other days the cheapest they have is $45. Tired of this place The only reason why I added a star was for the budtender manager David that handled my complaint like a pro over the phone. Rumor says there is a new rec store opening up close to them. This might have them brush up on some basic customer service and sales.

Went to see what this place was about and met Martell (sp?) who was excellent. Knew his strains and was very helpful. Would recommend chatting with him if you swing by and want a subject matter expert. Good stuff, great selection.

This place had one great thing: accepting cards. They no longer accept cards of any kind; so why put up with a bad parking lot, lack-luster service, and pricey bud?

I really like to go to this place, everyone is really nice and friendly and, they always have quality products. The only thing I'd say is that the online menu is not updated. I went today with four different strains in mind that I wanted to buy, but they had none of them, even though they appear in the online menu. just a friendly comment to see if they consider to update the menu.

My first time in the shop was on 4.20 and they were giving out grams of Blueberry for $4.20 (naturally). After getting home and looking up the strain I found that it had great reviews and had won a number of awards. Props to the shop for not passing out cheap sh**. This is my ho to shop now and they've always treated me right. Great product, great people. Layout of the shop could use some optimization but it gets the job done and the longest I've had to wait is about 15min. Parking is a little awkward also.

I absolutely love this store. 2nd time I actually made purchases. The staff is incredibly helpful, knowledgable, fun and upbeat, and very professional. I purchased Sour Diesel and Durban Poison from Cannasol Farms and Blue Bubba from Farmer J's. The Diesel and the Durban smoked terribly. They were so harsh. Flavor lasted 2 bowl hits and then I had to kick the bowl which means there was no cure process. And there was mold in the sour diesel (I have grown cannabis so I know what mold looks like). Cannasol was very disappointing I was disgusted. I paid a lot of money for garbage. The Blue Bubba however was excellent. It smoked beautifully, it was so fragrant and smooth. My high was perfect. Blue dream is one of my favorite strains and I enjoy Bubba so the two together were fantastic. Farmer J's I will be purchasing more from you! I will be back to Greenside to try more of their products and get advice on what farm to not buy from (Cannasol)

Was surprised another weed store had finally opened closer to home. I stopped by during my lunch break and was met by a courteous and helpful staff. Compared with my only other experience at a recreational pot store, the supply and variety was much larger and the pricing was lower. I am happy stores like this exist, and I'll be back.

Awkward store setup but extremely helpful and friendly staff. Definitely worth a visiting again.

I was definitely pleased. Super close to my work and the bud was very solid. Yay!

Love the service and the people here - really friendly and they start to remember your name when you come in enough. Wish the selection was a little bit bigger with more options and deals but I can't complain. Great place!

What a terrible experience. This is the worst setup of any shop I have been to yet. There are about 6 glass display cases or "stations" with various types of bud and each station is identical, so you wait in a line and wait to be called to a station. They have other cases in between those cases with other products as well. Down at the end of the counter are the concentrates, etc. and then there is the register with an ATM next to it which seems kind of awkward to me. I almost just walked up to the counter but I didn't realize the way their little system worked as it wasn't very clear to a first time customer such as myself. I waited in line and was called up by a younger guy with like reddish facial hair and I think a couple piercings in his face or mouth. He didn't listen to anything I said and didn't make any sense when he responded to me. The whole time I was looking, I felt pressured because people are in line and this guy is staring at me while I try to choose a strain. The whole time people keep coming up and fist bumping him and saying what's up to him, which is making the fact that he isn't paying attention to me even worse. It feels like they are just trying to shuffle you in and shuffle you out like cattle and it isn't a nice relaxed environment where you feel comfortable selecting a product of your choosing and browse at your leisure. A seriously disappointing experience. I just left without even buying anything since I just did not feel comfortable in there, and the Budtender helping me was just awful... I mean he was a total dick. I actually spent more time in the front room looking at the pipes and stuff because no one was in there breathing down my neck while I browsed. I'll never return here.

Good spot, it gets busy though.

i like the location because its close to work and i don't even mind the wait which there is almost always one here. the staff still are cool and helpful with all my needs even in the glass room. i love the selection that is always changing so always stay open to new things here!

Over priced. Double check your online orders. Staff is helpfull.

Too damn expensive! to be honest.

I have shopped here many times. Me and my wife used to stop in a couple times a week. Mostly extracts, sometimes a couple 1 gram baggies to go along with it. Even after many times coming here the security guards still ask us to take our ID's out of their holders, where they are held up to the light and scrutinized. There are several different guards, all with nicknames on their security badges. If I can recall correctly, I believe there is Mr. Klean- of course he's a bald guy--then there is The Knuckler..Yikes, that sounds pretty scary, I hope he doesn't carry around rubber gloves and K-Y in his back pocket. I think another is : Inmate # 934520566.....Just kidding, but just sayin'....The parking lot outside is a big unsupervised gravel lot. We have been approached a few times by the local unsavory characters needing a donation to their favorite academic institution_ or a Four-O of the highest decibel malt beverage known to mankind. So you may want to bring your shank, cause just like Axl says..This is the jungle baby, and you're gonna die!!

I think this is a great shop. It is so convenient for me on the way home from work. The glass room is full of awesome glass at a really good price. They have them separated as two shops which is really cool. The staff are all very helpful, always seem happy to be there. They are all so nice I go out of the way to just come to this shop on my days off. I've never had a bad recommendation either which is how I go about it because there are so many different kinds. I like putting it in there hands. Overall, this shop rocks!