Herbal Choices - Bandon

1/8/2019 - 11:51PM EST

1.0

My wife and I decided to stop in here on a Saturday morning when we'd driven to Bandon on a whim, instead of our normal weekend trip to North Bend. Having been bombarded with constant radio ads for Herbal Choices - all about how they have the best selection and best prices in all of the Southern Oregon Coast - we decided to give them a try and see if they lived up to the hype. If you want to skip to the end, the short of it is that no - they do not live up to the hype. They fall so short of the hype as to cross into the realm of hyperbole. For those of you interested in the full story - here it is. Upon approaching the storefront of Herbal Choices, Bandon, the first thing that I noticed was that there was no signage whatsoever to indicate that I was about to enter a cannabis dispensary. There were no signs prohibiting me from consuming cannabis on the premises, nothing telling me that the products inside were for adult use only, not even a sign telling me to have my photo ID ready. This last thing, it transpired, was a warning of what was to come. Slightly concerned by the obvious lack of signage and any sign of security to check my ID - like every other dispensary has had... pretty sure there's a regulation about it or something - I turned the handle on the blank, industrial metal door and stepped into a small, clinically over-lighted, slightly sanitized-feeling room with jars of flower in one corner and spoons, bongs, and extracts in glass cases scattered about the corners. Still, there was no sign of anyone being interested in my age and no inquiry about seeing my license. Maybe the employees behind the counter could tell I wouldn't be staying long. The product itself was almost as well advertised as the rest of the signage in the building - which is to say, there wasn't any information displayed about any of the product, aside from the occasional price tag. After clearing up some confusion with one employee who seemed very interested in selling me a grinder - maybe they make commission on accessories? - I finally managed to get her attention turned to their flower menu. The menu itself was posted above the jars, in print so small as to be difficult to read, on big TV screens, with the strain name, the price points per gram/eighth/quarter, and whether the strain is a Sativa, Indica, or Hybrid - and, I think, the THC percentage. Here's where things really went sideways for Herbal Choices. After asking to see their Blue Dragon - a strain my wife was very fond of in the past - we were told that it was one of their "Okest" strains (out of a list of strains that ranged from "OKer" to "OKest", with prices to match) and that since it was on sale that day, we could get it for the low price of $72.50 for a quarter ounce. First, that's not the price listed here on WeedMaps, and second - why would I pay that much for your OKest flower? Someone should tell Jim Belushi that his chosen dispensary isn't doing him any favors.

Stonies LLC

8/25/2018 - 8:30PM EDT

2.6

It really saddens me to leave this review, because Stonies used to be my shop of choice, and now they're a drive-on-by kind of place. I'd been going to stonies for about 8 months solid, but their 420 sale signaled problems, apparently. After that, when they sold out of the first run of their Coos Academy product, the quality plummeted and a revolving door of inexperienced budtenders started parading through.The second run of their Cheeze 'n Chase was so poorly cured, that it smelled better two weeks after I bought it and stuck it in my own glass jars. That same purchase date's Black Diesel was full of seeds from a bad hermie. All of the experienced budtenders, who could tell you which strain to go for based on symptoms or diseases are gone and now they seem to just have spaced out (or completely stoned) kids with no experience except to keep pushing the Diesel.I'm hoping the owners of Stonies can pull themselves back from the brink, but it's going to take work, and eating some crow.

Buddha's Wellness Center LLC

8/25/2018 - 8:19PM EDT

1.4

I came in here once - and only once - because their online menu said they had C99 and I was missing the ever-present Cinex that's all over WA after moving to SW Oregon. The store is dark, cramped, loud, dirty feeling. While I was there, several people sat out in the front office with the security guard talking all about how much meth and heroine they loved to do. The budtender was completely clueless - not only did he not know which terpenes I could expect to find in C99, he didn't know what a terpene was; the price was crap and so was the product. I will never return.