Cookes Pharmacy is a village-style pharmacy at 199 Papanui Road in Merivale, Christchurch. It fills prescriptions and gives vaccinations, and it offers skincare consultations and a curated beauty range. It also has a small NZ Post counter.
Opening hours are 8:30am to 6pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am to 1pm on Saturday, and closed on Sunday.
Customers often praise the friendly and caring staff and the wide range of brands and products. One says the pharmacy is a small, busy shop, with a good range and helpful staff. Another customer had a poor experience at the counter when asking about postage, so the counter service is not always praised.
Open Locally lists four other pharmacies within a kilometre. The nearest are Life Pharmacy Merivale and Alabaster's Merivale Pharmacy, both 0.4 km away. Life Pharmacy Merivale is rated 3.0 from 54 reviews, and Alabaster's is rated 4.4 from 17 reviews. Merivale Medical Pharmacy is 0.6 km away with no rating, and Remedy Pharmacy St Albans, formerly Mcintosh Pharmacy, is 0.9 km away, rated 5.0 from 21 reviews.