# SWAY Cannabis Dispensary, Chicago IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/sway-cannabis-dispensary-chicago-lakeview-chicago-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-15.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/sway-cannabis-dispensary-chicago-lakeview-chicago-il

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## In short

SWAY Cannabis Dispensary is a cannabis dispensary in Chicago, IL. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cannabis dispensary |
| Address | 3340 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Tue 10 AM to 9 PM · Wed to Sat 10 AM to 10 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM |
| Phone | (773) 638-7929 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 165 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | September 15, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 3340 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | NOW OPEN: SWAY, Northalsted and Lakeview's very own BIPOC and Queer-owned dispensary | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Wed to Sat 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | SWAY Cannabis Dispensary - Chicago Lakeview | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (773) 638-7929 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/everybodysway | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/everybodysway | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@everybodysway | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://everybodysway.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting SWAY

Address: 3340 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA. Phone: (773) 638-7929. Hours: Mon to Tue 10 AM to 9 PM · Wed to Sat 10 AM to 10 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "NOW OPEN: SWAY, Northalsted and Lakeview's very own BIPOC and Queer-owned dispensary"


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rollapalooza | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Izakaya Tokyo | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Roscoe's Tavern | Bar | 1 min walk |
| Space Park on Roscoe | Park | 1 min walk |
| Halsted & Roscoe | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Halsted & Roscoe | Transit station | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 165 reviews: Google 165. (Confirmed, read November 1, 2026.)

This dispensary offers a diverse product selection but struggles with customer service consistency and pricing transparency. (AI guess, from 165 reviews.)


### What people like

- Helpful budtenders
- Good variety of products
- Affordable specials


### What people do not like

- Rude front desk staff
- High prices compared to competitors
- Inconsistent customer service


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 3 of the 20 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### Booking a first visit at SWAY, what happens?


### new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in?


### does it matter who you see here


### do I need to leave early to find a space


### best cannabis dispensary in Chicago, IL


### is Cookies Chicago any better


### what do I actually do when I get to SWAY?


### Why do people rate SWAY?


### quietest day to hit this place?


### membership, worth it or not


### Best thing to get at a dispensary in Chicago?


### On a budget in Chicago, is SWAY the one?


### bad experiences at SWAY, anyone?


### Do cannabis dispensaries in Chicago offer delivery services?


### are prices in Chicago higher than everywhere else


### SWAY, any chance to get in this week?


### how do I reach SWAY to sort something out?


### people keep recommending SWAY, what for?


### trying to book here, how long is the wait?


### opening hours at SWAY in Chicago, what are they these days?


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Chicago cannabis dispensaries run 21 to 59. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. SWAY scores 26, below the Chicago average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | SWAY |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 8 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 78 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 45 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 78 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to SWAY |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SWAY Cannabis Dispensary | LocalBusiness | #business | https://everybodysway.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Chicago, Illinois | City | #city |  | City SWAY is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in Chicago, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cannabis dispensaries in Chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago/cannabis-dispensary
- Best businesses in Chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago


### Nearby

- /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
- /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora
- /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJU05U5lrND4gR-Jq3O8QpqYc (accessed Sep 15, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Nov 1, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Nov 1, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 15, 2026)
- [3] everybodysway.com, https://everybodysway.com/ (accessed Sep 15, 2026)