My Eye Dr. -- any good?

[Anonymous]

I like the one in Bethesda. Dr Ross is good

[Anonymous]

I had a very good experience at the Friendship Heights shop several years ago. Dr Goodman did a very thorough exam. I got my first pair of progressive lenses there, and Olga (who is no longer there) was painstaking about getting the measurements right. I’ve also had good experiences at the Bethesda store, but haven’t purchased glasses there.

[Anonymous]

I had an awful experience at the one in McLean. Gave me the totally wrong kind of prescription. Awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We're in the Falls Church area and FYI I do probably need progressives or bifocals.

Are there any other places where you can get both an exam and buy lenses at the same location? Have never had glasses before other than readers, so I'm completely new to this. Who has the best selection of frames?

If you get the prescription, you can go somewhere else (Costco? Walmart?) because I imagine you'll have to pay for them when you order, not when you pick them up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are you located? We go to The Eye Doctors and they're very good, in our experience and have good reviews.

In Springfield? I have been going there since high school. They’re great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think like any medical office, it's the doctor who makes an office good. I've been to some franchise eye doctors where the experiences were mediocre. I'm currently going to the MyEyeDr in Cathedral Commons and Dr. Dearing is awesome. She's patient and kind and has helped me through a bunch of issues with my eyes. Also the staff has always been friendly and helpful.

I went to an optometrist attached to another chain and I thought he did a better eye exam for glasses than my opthalmologist who got his tech to do most of the vision test.

[Anonymous]

I have a very simple prescription and they got it wrong. In fact, very wrong—I couldn’t even see and it gave me terrible headaches and eye pain. So no, I don’t recommend them. I’ve never had a problem with any other optometrist.

[Anonymous]

When I bought a pair of frames from here (after all the tests etc) they added 40% to the original price. When I challenged them they gave me a $50 gift card which was not equivalent to the 40% up tick. I was furious. I won't buy from them again. And they added all these treatments to my lenses that I didn't need and said I didn't want, but got anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very simple prescription and they got it wrong. In fact, very wrong—I couldn’t even see and it gave me terrible headaches and eye pain. So no, I don’t recommend them. I’ve never had a problem with any other optometrist.

Was it the optometrist who got it wrong or the retailer/lab? When you're sitting there saying worse/better, aren't you satisfied that you're seeing well? I can see that the lab could make a mistake.

[Anonymous]

My experience has been that they’re fine for exams, and I’ve never had issues getting a written prescription. But their lenses and frames are very expensive for what you get and they push really really hard for you to buy glasses through them. Especially for kids frames, they are too much - so we get those at Costco.