MedMen - Oak Park

Shopped many times. Employees are nice and friendly. Brands like rhythm, verano, and cresco have always been decent, even if it wasn't really what the strain should be (rhythm's sunset sherbert this summer was the biggest miss that still passed of 2022 this year). Verano has been trustable, but their prerolls could use some work. Cresco is good, but sometimes overly simplistic and why are half the strains just basically durban? Rhythm's bubba fett has been my favorite and I will continue to buy it, and I know there are other good brands they sometimes carry. Now for the bad. The first time I tried pts I think was their gg4 herb which I did like. However just the other day I bought their bruce banner #1 flower 1/8th.. oh boy. worst and grossest thing I've smelled/tasted/smoked in years, perhaps ever. That shit went in the sewer, I would never EVER help anyone smoke that. Then there was Aeriz. First time I tried them was last year 2021 and I got the jenny kush in flower regular nug form 1/8th.. great stuff! Really nice, potent and smelled and tasted more like what it was going for (banana bread) than 99% of herbs I've tried. Really, really good! Then I got the jenny again this year in prerolls.. Oy, Not good. This is where the review turns really negative because the flavor of the paper absolutely DID NOT WORK with the flavor of the weed, which seemed of significantly lesser quality then when I bought it in nug form. How do you let that happen? How do you not know that some strains work better with some papers? How? And then I buy rainbowz by Aeriz the same time as I buy the bruce banner and it's so nearly almost as disgusting. It smells and seems to have the soul of a really expensive prostitute. Um, thanks? Also dumped in the sewer for the same reason. Cuz lastly it is 2022. I remember trying a random dude at the bar's vape pen a couple years ago. It was made from purely vegetable juice, hit smoother than anything I've tried before or since, and worked like a lozenge. ...Where in God's name is THAT? Carts and pens I try and see not only at medmen but all Illinois dispensaries are like nowhere even close to that pen or other pens I've tried... Kindov sad. I'm definitely broke Please join the rest of state of the art/craft/and medicine cannabis community of 2022 soon!!

I bought the Wedding Cake Shake by Simply Herb this time. $128 for an ounce of “shake” that I found what seemed to be chopped up stems; and not just the twigs from trimming buds but what seems to be pieces of larger stems. The flavor and smell were a bit green, while the consistency was about that of a single grind though it tended to clump together which lent to the green flavor. It could have used a longer cure time before packaging. The product was harvested in May 2023 and packaged June 2023. I will say the buzz from the Wedding Cake was quite nice. I started with a half dozen hits off my dry herb vaporizer with an initial lift of euphoria that segued into a strong head and body high that stretched out over three or four hours. Would have been nice to get a better cure to improve flavor but at $128 an Ounce for a value brand, if you get the chance, go for it.

I’m giving this 5 stars because of the storefront and the staff. But, for the love of Pete the MedMen website has almost caused me to yeet my computer out my third floor apartment window- and I work in tech so it’s not user error. It never loads properly, and frequently erases items in my bag trying to differentiate between a med order and recreational order- even when I’m signed in under my medical account. Please- I don’t know if anyone reads these but people might be bouncing away and choosing another dispensary because it’s so difficult to place a pickup order. I’ve tried on more than one computer. I have to be so high that nothing bothers me in order to utilize the website.

I overall like the place and have spent so much money there, but I just called 2/7/24, and the person who answered the phone was so unprofessional. Before saying hello she said we’re cloooosssed and was laughing. I had to drag out of her that they’re closed for 2wks & will be reopening. Then she laughed and I said what’s funny and she said that her friend was doing something. Then she said adios and hung up! Wtf?! Do better