I visited this shop on the rec side for the first time about a month ago, mostly because of the large selection of high-CBD products they sell on the med side. I figured they must sell some high-CBD products on the rec side too, so I gave it a try.
The shop itself is great - easy to get to, great atmosphere, nice cross between clinical and upscale. I went on a Thursday afternoon and waited for less than 5 minutes.
My budtender, bless his heart, was not good. He was your typical young, male stoner and wasn't able to answer questions about their inventory, dosing with CBD, etc. He kept asking the female budtender who was the only other employee around, which is fine I guess, but it was kind of frustrating. He was very nice and considerate, but just not much use. The female budtender was great though, and the two of them did ultimately address my questions.
I needed to re-up though and didn't want to leave empty-handed, so I opted for some of their shake and an eighth of their Blue Dream (a top shelf strain there). They were out of many of their strains and basically only had bottom and top shelf left, nothing in between, so it was either a $25 eighth, or a $50 one. Ugh. I like Blue Dream though, and was getting a good deal on the shake, so I decided what the hell.
The shake is decent enough - plenty of actual little nugs, good blend of some diesel strains. Aroma is pretty weak and when smoking or vaping, it doesn't taste like diesels usually do. It's somehow just not very good. But, it's shake and I got a half zip for $30, so that's commensurate with the quality.
The Blue Dream, however, was a different story. Very little aroma again (so I think it's old). It's very dry and crispy, tastes nothing like BD normally tastes, and is once again, actually kind of bad tasting. Of all the rec shops I've been to around town, this was probably the lowest quality flower I've encountered yet. Now I have a stash I'm "just getting through". Major bummer.
I have since gotten my purple card and would be willing to give them another chance on the med side (they really have one of the biggest selections of high-CBD products I have found around here), but only for their high-CBD edibles and concentrates. I will NOT be purchasing flower from them again.
I feel bad, they were really nice, but my newbie budtender and the poor flower quality kind of turned me off.