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Alternative Solutions

Portland, OR
4.1(174 reviews)
2020.6 miles away
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174 Reviews of Alternative Solutions

4.1(174)
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October 24, 2020
w........2
What is there not to like about this shop. The budtenders are friendly and helpful. They have great recommendations and also remember their returning customers favorite strains. I always recommend Alternative solutions to my friends
November 5, 2020
B........1
nico was helpful thanks
September 27, 2020
C........8
I love this place great service n always a great selection and prices for all budgets
October 2, 2020
W........z
Bud tenders are awesome and prices are even better
March 2, 2020
r........1
Love this place! Great customer service prices are reasonable for all shelf’s types as well selections of products are amazing. This is my usual spot and will keep coming as a regular!
October 16, 2019
A........r
At first the reviews made it sound hella sketch, but I was like “whatev, you only live once” and walked out with 5 grams for $20, and that’s totally legit by my standards. I haven’t been this stoned off a 17% strain for a long time! The guys there were casual and approachable, so that’s rad too.
June 6, 2019
N........m
You have to check this place out for yourself!!! great place to chill all kinds of selection and they are extremely well-educated and take the time to get you what you need. All of their products are high-quality and can be trusted which is not always the case. We will definitely come back here again!
1 person found this helpful
May 4, 2019
H........x
Rip off, they don’t pay growers for their products even with contacts. We are suing them, contact us if they ripped you off! Let’s put stop to this shady dispensary!
4 people found this helpful
March 24, 2019
M........y
Absolutely worst customer service I have ever seen. The Asian guy that has been working there for years is hands down the worst person I have EVER seen in customer service. I will NEVER spend my money at this place again. I wouldn’t recommend this place if it was the last weed store in Oregon. Disrespectful, arrogant, and RUDE.
4 people found this helpful
December 21, 2018
P........n
Probably the worst weed shop I’ve ever been in. Zero stars would be more appropriate. Rude and sketchy af. Now idea how this place is in business
6 people found this helpful
August 18, 2016
2........g
I've stopped by this place a couple of times because I thought I was getting a good deal, but the product , area, and shop are extremely sketchy . The product comes in crappy black plastic bags. The product is extremely dry, and I was shorted on my 1/8 by .5 of a gram so my 1/8 only weighed 3 grams. Last I looked an 1/8 weighed 3.5 . Just the start of it, when I pulled up last time the owner of the shop was getting into a physical fight with a customer he claimed sold pills too his girlfriend in front of the shop : WTF ??? I had too wait and watch the whole crap happen before anyone acknowledged that I was there to buy something - never again !! Too many places to go too- don't waste your time !!
7 people found this helpful
May 29, 2016
y........1
This is a little hole in the wall place next door to a strip club in a sketch neighborhood BUT, they are typically always very friendly and I can ALWAYS find a cheap deal. I won't lie, they sometimes get the order wrong. Sometimes the bag is not always what it is supposed to be, but hey, sometimes it's something better so I'm good to gamble! If you want top shelf, primo dank, then don't go here. You will be dissatisfied. If you want a decent bag at a great price or if you want a really nice selection of pretty good weed at mid range prices then check these guys out!
3 people found this helpful
May 30, 2016
S........n
I went in to check out their Jager, which I had bought at a place on SE Division twice before. Their Jager looked and smelled completely different from what I expected. Dude said this was normal, but I've bought Blueberry from three different places (not here) and it was the same each time. The online review of Animal Cookies said it was good for insomnia so I bought a quarter ounce of that, plus the price was low, $30. However, I think $30 is a lot for a quarter ounce of dried herb. So it's less than half of the illegal street pricing before legalization, I still expect a moderate level of quality. No, this Animal Cookies is full of stems, is almost odorless and is weak. It should be $10 per quarter ounce. In my opinion, all weed in a dispensary should be quality weed. I thought pricing was based on availability but apparently it is based on quality. We're still in a very early phase of retail marijuana, I expect prices will moderate and quality will increase over time.
3 people found this helpful
May 31, 2016
M........a
So I've come to this shop many times before and had no issues, but today I went in and selected the strain I wanted and when I get home the 1/8th I paid $31.25 for was nothing but shake. It looked nothing like the display did. The bag I was given should have only been used for pre-rolls. I will not be back.
4 people found this helpful
May 20, 2016
A........9
Been still desperately trying to find a consistent dispensary, i usually get charged recreational my second visit but dont ask me why that is. The first time in i came for animal cookies, guy recommended blueberry, excellent. Second time in..the service was the same!!!! Different guy but was chill, recommended "dank" strains and ones he liked. Awesome selection from GDP to Lambs bread[ind](and breath[sat]), and prices. Oh, and right now a pre98 bubba kush! Love the vibe and really dig the ol' skool bags mane! Never been out this far on powell, nice place and neighbourhood. Makes me feel at home. This place"ll get a third visit, and then some.
2 people found this helpful
May 31, 2016
k........j
Worst dispensary I've ever been to sketchy vibe rude uncaring people dark and dingy and all the bud looked terrible I got an eighth for cheap but it was the worst bud I've smoked here in Oregon. Don't ever go here waste of money!!!!
6 people found this helpful
June 9, 2016
t........3
Their specials are priced at 15 an 8th for a reason, but even then it's not worth it. Borderline moldy.
3 people found this helpful
April 24, 2016
f........8
Not impressed. First time here, I see lots of good reviews but I bought was underweight. The grams put in tiny dope bags look small anyways, I questioned about this and they said it was super dense. .88 doesn't = a g. Even being short these bags are so tiny I cant imagine fitting much more in them anyways. Was a few very small nugs, they could have got closer (or possibly got real bags or bottles like everyone else). Most shops weigh in front of you, I suggest they start doing this. So many other shops to go to, I wont be back. Not organized well either, boo. Smoke wasn't bad! I'll give them that.
4 people found this helpful
July 5, 2016
s........i
real bad customer service. stem bags. all low quality, I even tried to get one of their most expensive stuff and was still very bad quality.
4 people found this helpful
June 29, 2016
c........s
well. put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig! sweaty black bags. The people that work, now seem a little burnt out and out of touch. The pre-roll I got, POPPED like popcorn!
3 people found this helpful
May 27, 2016
K........1
Little hole in the wall dispensary... Gave me 2 different type of plants in my order , wasn't even lucky to be something good... Mediocre herb..
1 person found this helpful
March 27, 2016
E........s
The flower here was just okay. Nothing Blew my mind. They did have pretty good pricing though. The budtender was friendly, but kind of mumbled, and seemed like he was trying too hard to be gangster to go into much detail about strain lineage and things like that. Again, good prices, but just okay material and more focus on strain familiarity would be nice.
1 person found this helpful
Dispensary response:
we try our best
May 27, 2016
May 17, 2016
K........3
It's a little dark and you can't see the product very well
February 24, 2016
t........r
nice folks. moderate flower selection; seen better flower in other shops; 1 g product was packaged in a tiny (1.5"x1.5") zip-top bag; not all packages were heat sealed (not child safe); retail space is dark; location and look/feel is a little sketchy compared to other places; no secondary exit
1 person found this helpful
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