The Apothecarium - Castro

From the outside of the shop, you wouldn't think much of it but upon entering, it feels classy. First, they helped me with getting an appointment for same day approval and verifying that I had all of my paperwork in order to get my medical marijuana card approved. With their help, I felt it only made sense to prepay them by returning to their dispensary to make a purchase. The budtender I dealt with was amazingly patient with a noob like me and helped with advice on what to get and when to use it. I walked out with two cartridges, a chocolate bar, a free pre-roll and 10% off. Not bad for maybe ten minutes of effort. I will definitely return again because they made me feel very welcome.

Great experience, leslie was very knowledgeable and patient. Veteran friendly I definitely will be going back..

I have lived in CA for almost five years and have been a patient for 4 The Apothecarium is the dispensary I believe has the best quality products all around anywhere in SF the staff are very knowledgable and helpful and have always been very kind and courteous with me which means a lot because sometimes I have a large order I want to get and like trying their new strains and I ask questions and get their opinions because they are very smart and will give you a very good description of their take on whatever you are asking about Jess who works there also leads different group workshops every week there is a Cannabis 101 type group and a yoga group as well as grief counseling and also life threatening illness group as well and they are all completely free and you actually get a coupon for 15 or 20% off next time you go there which is pretty cool to me :) Well if you are around the Church and Market/Castro area or are looking for amazing quality buds concentrates and edibles as well as many many other forms of VERY HIGH quality medicines and don't mind paying a little more because it is worth every penny head to The Apothecarium!

I feel like I'm in the wrong place when I go here-- they've got it looking like a fancy cosmetics shop or something, too froo-froo and uptight for me. The menu does have very excellent, detailed reviews of their strains, though, and it's a good place for trying out something new.

I've only been once, so limited experience, but I liked it. They were patient with me while I studied the menu and tried to figure out what I wanted. Nice spot, can't wait to go again.