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member since 2012Recent Reviews15 total
Hana - Phoenix (Med/Rec)
3/29/2023
I visited close to closing time and noticed that with the lights off the dispensary is super hard to see from the street. I can't put my finger on why I like this shop so much, I guess its the sum of all its parts. I haven't really been smoking weed a whole lot lately, but every time I come to this location I enjoy my interaction.
tru|med Dispensary (Med & Rec)
9/11/2017
Dis dispensary be poppin B. On da real doe, dis place got da straiyt phyre.
Herbal Wellness Center - West (Med/Rec)
9/6/2017
Your Mango Kush Shatter, in my opinion, is quite awful. Now don't get me wrong, I frequent this location several times a month and am usually satisfied with their low-cost, top-shelf selections of shatter. The flavors, colors, and consistencies are usually always, at least, acceptable. Alas, my most recent purchase of their 3g, for $59 offer was unsatisfactory for me. My purchases of the MK shatter were bitter, and the color was quite dark. The Super Lemon Haze was very unstable, and lapsed over the wax paper, which required me freezing, and carefully handling the "shatter" until it was situated into a container that was more suitable. Also, I received erroneous duplicates of the same, awful Mango Kush shatter, when in fact I had ordered Sour Diesel. Selling sub-standard products like the ones I received is antagonistic towards the Vapen Extracts brand which is usually known for high-quality, very flavorful cannabis concentrates. I can understand the blight in your product, unfortunately it has tarnished my pristine image of your extracts brand, which I imagine means little to you. Though I must say the Fire OG wax was phenomenal. The terpenes, texture, and color are exemplary, which perhaps means a little bit more. Here is hoping your products return to their former perceived-glory in my future trials, cheers!
Curaleaf - Queen Creek (Formerly Reef)
9/4/2016
Okay Berner, your storefront is legit, that Khalifa Kush was no let-down, and that hour long trek from musty old south-Phoenix was certainly worth it. Driving through dusty gusts, thunderous storms of lightning, and pouring torrential rains did nothing to ware my demeanor. The quest for the best buds was finally over when I stepped foot inside that sales room floor. Everything else, the bud-tender, the other merchandise, the ambience, everything fell away as I locked eyes to those glorious crystallized nuggets of pure bliss. The container came up to my nose and kissed me so subtly, the wafting aromas entered my hypo-campus. It was certainly love at first sight. In a frenzy I spoke, "Yeah, that's it right there, let me get that." The bud-tender knew what was going down, he didn't interrupt the flirting between the two of us. I stood in silence as I felt a wave of satiating fulfillment blanket over me. The day was won, the war was over, the godly strain I was seeking was finally captured, acquired, and ready for me to enjoy. The wait for my meds was the longest 20 minutes of my life. Sweating and anxious as the lobby filled, a sense of impending doom arose as I thought to myself the supply would soon run dry. Hope let on, I could see myself in my room, grinding up those frosty buds and it soothed my tensions. Then my name was called, and as giddy as could be I rushed over and paid for my medicine. As quick as I could I ran to the parking lot and sped home down the 202. Darted across, weaving back and forth, slamming to a halt, bumper to bumper inching my car along. I hit the exit like a trash-shoot and flung my car onto the highway. I forgot I wasn't on the freeway anymore and just kept my 60mph speed at a constant. Soon I was home, no exchange of words to my family, not even a glancing pass. I was focused, it was time. The isopropyl in the Roor, the salt and the running hot water prepared my body for the journey it was about to undergo. With three or four shakes of the chalice the grimy resin washed down the drain and my apparatus was prepped and anew. I transported her to the smoking area, filled with chilled water and a clean slide to accompany. Then I ripped the bag open and laid eyes upon the prize. The black and yellow jar, well this was more-so gold than anything. The container itself was cause for celebration, but what was enclosed was far from what was expected. Greenish faintly speckled white, the trichome heads glimmered in the light as I observed. Trichomes flew across the room as I pulled apart the frosty flowers, inserting them between the teeth of the grinder. Disassembled and ready for packing, the bowl was meticulously pressed and formed and soon there was a shimmering trove of dense cannabis atop the slide. It was at that very moment that I knew my predispositions towards Berner's KK were unwarranted. I had always pictured this strain to be a bit of a gimmick, a blend of OG lineages, but in fact it is not. It is an artisanal result of tedious breeding and selecting. Numerous phenotypes bred to supremacy and the perfection of a formula. It is the fruits of a master-grower whose art-form is in producing quality smoke, period. If you can get your hands on this it will not let you down.
Curaleaf - Phoenix Airport
6/16/2016
White Widow was terrible, make sure you check your packaged buds before leaving because there is no recourse for returning your meds.
Harvest HOC of Phoenix – Alhambra (Med/Rec)
12/14/2015
Great selection, this place used to put out some serious potency contenders and exotic strains like that flame DJ Short's Blue Berry. This place is still a diamond in the rough in many ways though. Unfortunately I had a bad experience here, after spending $120 dollars I asked for my birthday pre-roll and was denied. It was a day after, don't do birthday pre rolls if you're making people come in on that day. Take it from other dispensaries, being stingy with trim rolls makes your business look amateur. Roll them over for a few days after, people have better things to do then come in on one's birthday. Wax was phenomenal, but elsewhere I get hooked up all the time, the fact that I was told to ask for it, then be embarrassingly denied just reinforces the notion to not shop here again. I don't see myself shopping here again in the near future, heck maybe I'll leave this review for the pre roll you stiffed me on, but my hard earned money is perhaps better spent at a more compassionate facility.
Story Cannabis - McDowell Rd
10/21/2015
After my latest dankruptcy, I could do no better favor to my wallet than to shop here for my week's supply. Best prices in town, good quality medicine that goes a longer ways than any other dispensary in Phoenix. If you're fixing to entertain several strains to your stash, or bulk up for the coming holidays, Nature's AZ Medicine has you covered. The wait times are about the only negative, so pre-order! The most popular dispensary in Phoenix comes at a cost. If you're on a fixed BUDget and need the most dank for your buck, come to NAZM. Smoke tight, don't let the spider mites bite.
The Mint Cannabis - Encanto
10/21/2015
Called in ahead of my visit to see if there shatter was still available and was insured that their supply was sufficient. 15 miles later, I arrived to a packed waiting room, raffle ticket queue and about an hour long wait. 20 minutes in I noticed the shatter had been erased off their chalk menu so I went and questioned the front desk person. It is very confusing having 10 people packed into the reception area conversing among themselves. After pleading with one of the people manning the front desk, and him accusing me of misreading the Leafly menu. He was left awkwardly set-back when he disproved his own accusation after he found the shatter still on their menu. No reimbursement for time wasted, they didn't even seem sorry. The staff is edgy and unwelcoming, their overweening was off putting. They're pretty informal and their products are difficult to shop for unless you're already adept to the strains AZ dispensaries have to offer. An hour and sometime after and I left unhappy with my purchases and not likely to ever return.
The Flower Shop - Ahwatukee (Med/Rec)
4/18/2015
After nearly thirty minutes, I left Sunflower Meds with a decent supply of concentrates for the up and coming 420 holiday. I was lured in by their humble concentrate sale as seen on their New Times ad, and that is what prompted my buy, so I like what you guys are doing there. Amongst the positive points during my visit are their vast supply of consumption apparatuses available for purchase, but I'll touch on this a bit later. I applaud the staff attire, it is refreshing to be in a laboratory setting when purchasing medication. Everything I picked up today was excellently purged, and not some odorless wax that I'm used to from other dispensaries. I absolutely love that they don't hand you just any item next in line off the shelf, they allow you to hand-select it from an array of possibilities. Tried and true non-stick wax paper, although perhaps a slip like an envelope could replace the zippy bag, cut costs. The terpene and flavinoid ratios were clearly higher than most's concentrates, and at $20 off the price. It only goes to show how bloated the concentrate market in Phoenix has become when dispensaries like this are willing to go this low. It is a strange predicament though, how the black-market influences the state, and others. Nonetheless, it is understandable that the higher the price, the higher the quality. My only quell is keep $60 the maximum price, after tax, for premium wax. If you pay any more than that, I assure you, you are paying for incidentals(i.e. strain, extract artist/company) and really how much can this be worth? These batches of Fire OG and Tahoe OG are pungent and quite delicious on exhale, signature signs of text-book Bho. So why can the people at SFM do BHO right at a $30 price point, and still show you that full terpene and aromatics are possible, are they the wax fairies? No, I love the 710 culture, but I think it is time we pack up, and move on with this elitism. Before I start on a rant about designer waxes, why not touch on things that I disliked about this place. As I said, it took me 30 minutes, this is a modest estimation too. I walked in as the receptionist was having a conversation with another staff member, so she must of mistaken me for a usual. I had to ask for the first time patient slip, so my understanding is there isn't any first time patient deals, minor let down. I gave up my seat for an older gentleman, and felt awkward just standing in the lobby, I thought at that moment perhaps I do a bit of stand up to break the ice. I can't hate on the free waters though, that definitely kept the atmosphere rating afloat. After a good 20 minute of waiting, I was escorted in and my purchase was underway. I was led into a room, expecting the usual counter sales point set-up, but instead was quite confused on entry. It was chaotic at first, to best describe it. A bunch of people walking about, glancing down at these PC tablets that were set on-top of large lab tables. The whole inside is confusing, and even more so because of the mass of smoking products spliced together with the meds. I don't know if it was me, or what, but I think that the layout on the display floor should be revised. My suggestion would be to put in some cubical wall dividers and make an even bigger waiting area. In its current state, the sample tables section takes up an unruly amount of precious space. Perhaps put those tablet computers to better use with express buy kiosks in the waiting area where you can order your meds without a long sales interaction. A note worthy negative in the visit to SFM was how pushy the bud tenders are with the non-cannabis products. Discover an item amongst the collage of them, blurt out the name, and have your bud tender go on a 5 minute sales pitch. My next suggestion would be to have a counter that is separate from the cannabis materials dedicated to glass, utensils, apparatuses, and supplies. Restrict the sales pitches for the items to this counter only. It may even go to boost sales to have a dedicated wares table, and small little sales displays at each med booth with papers, hemp wicks, lighters, and so on. As I could go on and on about what would be feasible on the retail side of cannabis, I'll stop here. Inexperienced in this field, I can't say with certainty what works, and what doesn't. Even if I could, I wouldn't stop trying just for sake of convenience. You have the means to put together a 5 star market place for patients, to apply so much effort and fall short on minute complications is unsettling. Find it in your company to apply these changes and I can foresee a great influx of sales come your way in time. In conclusion, it seems Sunflower Meds on its way up, the sky is the limit.