Emerald Haze Cannabis Emporium - Renton

Emerald Haze has been my go-to spot for almost a year now, I must give them a fabulous review because I work in customer service and overall I’m impressed with them. Back when Medical had it’s big change, or should I say died, I stopped buying weed for a while. I have severe anxiety from trauma and going into a Rec store freaks me out, so I hate going into them. At least I hated going into them until I started regularly shopping at Emerald Haze. For this it really came down to human connection. Not small talk because I’m not capable of doing that, but something more personal that grounds me. Everyone here has been awesome, the people who work the door and the Bud-tenders. It all started when I wanted to try a Dab Pen and I had no clue what I was doing and never used oil. I was stressed out about asking since usually I just want out of there. The Bud-tender who I interacted with was Hassan, and he is a very calm and sweet gentleman who I instantly connected with. He gave me great instructions in a small amount of time, exactly what I wanted and indicative of his vast knowledge. He got me hooked on Oleum products, and I love him for it. After connecting with him I felt more comfortable shopping there and it allowed me to connect with other people. Some of them are Kayla, Michael, Hassan, Vidal, Kevin, Holli, and Lee. Vidal has always gave me fantastic recommendations, which is hard because I’m picky and weird. Lee noticed me wearing Alex Pardee art, which makes him incredibly awesome! Holli is always doing a fantastic job all around! Kevin and I nerded out on each other’s Disney Pins. Michael is always mad respectful, polite, and asks questions about me. Michael definitely goes above and beyond for working at the door. Kayla has exceeded all of my expectations for a Bud-tender! For the last 4 months she’s been my go-to person. Kayla always remembers little things about me, what I’m looking for, and what I like. I love hearing her honest feedback on products and she always has a very positive attitude and a big smile. I would like to thank everyone at Emerald Haze, weed is a huge part of me improving my quality of life and this has meant a lot to me. Thank you!

Emerald Haze is a nice neighborhood dispensary, its clean and well kept, ive been going there for 4 years give or take, most the people who work there are really cool, the Budtenders are knowledgeable, they always have some good choices at different price points, I will say as a business owner myself I know why the business has declined at this store instead of growing, (cause its been dead lately) of all their pluses and strong points, which they have many, they have 1 main downfall.... the music!! Im all for rap, or whatever else, but this is still a business, and being in there hearing extremely vulgar music, heavy trap music, playing for a clientele that does not appreciate p#$$y, Bį!@h Fawwk type stuff, all day long, it's terrible, I've heard to many people complain about the music, ive seen elderly and others say things, ive heard people say they won't be back... and as a business the Manager of this place should know to make the call to be professional with music, or they will continue down this path of deterring customers, as long as this place is open it has a chance to turn it around, because new people keep coming, play any type of music you want, but ask yourself if the old white lady who spends big or the little hippie chick's or all kinds of other types of people will return to this vibe, they wont... it's a heavy dark vibe to say the least due to the music, although the budtenders manage to shine through... the only other thing is the security guy, he will stare people down and it's obvious he has a ego trip going on, he clearly needs some customer service tips and an attitude adjustment, this place will always be convenient for me, so I'll return until the doors close or the door clown bans me for not catering to his ego 🤣

This place has gone through alot of change over the years, with ups and downs, it's been busy, it's been dead, and now it's been bought out, by the Corporate Zips weed franchise, when you walk in you might get approached by the new manager, he will be creepily inquiring about what he can do to make sure you don't go to any other dispensaries, then you will engage with bud tenders who were hired for looks or gender, Instead of knowledgeable people, the goal of zips is to run the other dispensaries out of business, that's why they looked at Buddy's discounts and gave better discounts every day of the week, they even have one of the greatest fakes to the weed game, they call him Ian, long hair turkey gobler, he is a self proclaimed know it all of weed, although he is sadly too young and without merit to speak on half of the stuff that he just blurts out.. he refers to receipts for strains in his little world, not knowing they are receipts to the weakest watered down strains around. So if you are going here, ignore the bud tenders, pay attention to the deals and get what you want, but this staff doesn't know much.. .. unfortunately Walmart has the best deals!

I’ve never had anything less than a good experience, even when I’d like to get in and get out. Everyone’s kind and not overbearing, and they respond to online orders really quickly