David Bloch OD

Excellent experience with Dr. Bloch! After a nightmare experience elsewhere, I found Dr. Bloch’s office for my 11-​year-​old daughter who wanted contacts prior to starting 6^th grade this year. Dr. Bloch established a great rapport right from the start with both of us; he is very personable, knowledgeable, and incredibly funny. You almost feel like it’s a comedy routine, but he gets the job done … and well! My daughter struggled getting the contacts in and out herself, though, and it was only due to Dr. Bloch’s personal assistance that she was able to do it at all. He appears to be very gifted in knowing how to approach each situation with children. With careful questioning, he was able to figure out exactly what was causing my daughter’s struggles and found the perfect solution to help her find success! I appreciate all that Dr. Bloch did for us. We will definitely return and recommend him to all our friends.

I like all the Staff and Dr. Bloch is great. Highly reccomend.

The staff is very kind and the doctor answers any & all your questions about eyes in a way that makes it easy for you to understand.

Dr Bloch was absolutely amazing with my 6 year old little guy. He kept his attention, made us both laugh and was just an overall joy to be around. You can tell he truly loves what he does!!! I am so glad we got referred to his office!

I absolutely love this office. I’ve been going here for over a year now and between the staff, Dr. Bloch and the services, I couldn’t be more pleased. They have always worked with me and made it a point to ensure that I received what I needed. Wonderful company in the village!

The saga continues! I just ordered contacts online at
and put down Dr. Bloch’s office information so they could contact him to verify the prescription. Every single optometrist I have used in the past has cooperated and verified the prescription.
OF COURSE Dr. Bloch’s office is being difficult.
They told the person who contacted them from Opticontacts that they are «too busy to pull my chart» and that their fax machine is broken. Gee, they are too busy to EVER pull my chart? Good thing I’m not too busy to update my review about how terrible this business is. Fortunately I found the written copy of my prescription so hopefully I’ll get my contacts.
This place is ridiculous.

I have not met the Dr nor am I aware of how well he is or is not at his job, my complaint is that after 25 minutes of waiting past my appointment I finally asked when I would be seen and was told they didn’t know. They close at 5:30 and its was 5:25. The girl at the counter was very professional and polite though the woman that came out to talk to me and inform me the Dr was still busy, had a very condescending attitude, speaking loud enough «at» me for other clientele to hear– at which time I walked out embarrassed. My chief complaint is that being an emergency service dr or not, staff should inform waiting customers of the situation at hand and if they cannot be seen in a timely manner, have them rescheduled. Things happen all the time in the medical field but when you arrive early and are waiting that long to be seen with no dr or staff to assist you, I’d say poor customer service. I’ll be taking mine and my families business elsewhere.

Dr. Bloch saved my life, literally! When I began seeing light flashes in my eyes on New Year’s Eve morning, I thought it was due to medication I had just taken for an infection. Dr. Bloch’s office was closed due to the holiday, but when I called him on the emergency line, he opened up the office for me and had me come in. Finding nothing wrong with my eyes that would explain my symptoms, he looked further and finding my blood pressure was 170, he immediately called my family doctor and made arrangements for me to go to Urgent Care. By the time I got there, my blood pressure was 177 and my blood sugar was 499. I had absolutely no symptoms of high blood pressure or diabetes, and either one of those could have had serious consequences. If Dr. Bloch had not cared enough to open his office, and didn’t go above and beyond to find the cause of my symptons, my outcome might have been a lot different. As a single mom, that means a lot. Not only is DR. Bloch highly experienced, he cares about his patients.

I’ve seen Dr. Bloch for at least 7 years now. I have to say, my kids have always looked forward to going to see him — it’s actually fun — the Dr. is very entertaining! Where else do you find an Optician/​Magician? lol
As my boys have gotten older, they’ve both needed glasses. We’ve had a wonderful choice in his office of stylish frames too. I’ve read previous complaints that other patients felt pressured by the staff here, but I didn’t at all. When I was asked if I wanted certain additions to my lenses, I said no and that was that. No problems at all.
Also, I have to comment about the staff. About 3 or so years ago when the Dr moved into his new location I actually had a talk with him about a couple of the girls being rude or just not customer friendly. He really thanked me and appreciated the advice. After being out of state for the last 2 years, we’ve recently come back to Dr. Bloch and I am SO happy with the girls he chose to run the office! He must have taken my advice to heart. These women are super caring, knowledgable, funny and take time to remember my name and my boy’s. Thank you girls! THAT’S why I come (sorry Dr., you too!). They build relationships and that’s what brings people back time and time again.
See you soon!

This is a multi-​part review. Please stay with me on this.
The first part is about Dr. Bloch. We recently took my three year old granddaughter to see him for an eye exam and he did a wonderful job of testing her, despite her wiggling and short attention span. He really knocked himself out making her at ease, and in the end, I have to say he worked very hard for the cost of that exam. We were quite pleased with him. Sadly, though, we learned the that level of correction she needed, due to some congenital defects, was pretty dramatic for a little girl. I urged my son and his wife to get a second opinion, since it was so severe. This was nothing more than what any parent would want to do in such a situation.
Back to Dr. Bloch’s exam: after dilating my granddaughter’s eyes, he took us out to a woman who was there to sell us eyeglasses. She was loud and behaved in a very childlike manner, I’m sure to try to make my granddaughter feel more at ease. The sales pressure was extreme, and I’m ashamed to say we went ahead and spent almost $ 600 to get the glasses and exam paid for before leaving.
My son and his wife took my granddaughter for a second exam at Rady’s Children’s Hospital, (where their pediatrician suggested they go in the first place). The exam showed almost the identical results as Dr. Bloch’s, but the second doctor recommended starting her off with a little weaker prescription so as not to overwhelm her with such a strong prescription right off. Knowing we’d already paid for the first glasses (which still hadn’t been delivered), the second doctor advised them that the first doctor would be obligated to change the prescription. Off they went to Dr. Bloch’s office to request the change.
My son didn’t get to talk to Dr. Bloch, but he did get to meet the woman who we ordered the glasses from. She was very apparently very nasty and offensive about the request, so much so that he just walked back out and went back to the office of the doctor at Children’s Hospital. That doctor, an opthamologist, then called Dr. Bloch’s office. An hour later, my son was back in Carlsbad where he was treated quite differently.
Sadly, yesterday the glasses came in. When my daughter in law went in to pick them up, she asked for any instructions we might need. This same woman was very passive aggressive with her, and in a very sideways way let her know that if we wanted to go to Children’s Hospital, then we should just go there and ask them, and not bother to come back to Dr. Bloch.
Before I retired, I owned my own very successful business in New Mexico. I know that the success you have is based on your competence and equally as important, your customer service. I think Dr. Bloch is doing himself no good by having a person like this in his employment. I can’t imagine, had we had the opportunity to get beyond her and speak with him, that he could have possibly argued with the concept of a second opinion on such a very important health issue. In fact, I wonder if he even has a clue that this has happened.
I would give Dr. Bloch five stars; I would give his sales person none. I hope this is the last time this happens to anyone using his services; it turned very ugly for no good reason. Shame on her.

I am from Ann Arbor, Michigan, but recently visited my sister who lives in Carlsbad. Of course, 2000 miles away from home, I needed an extra pair of contact lenses. I called Dr. Bloch’s office right when it opened, explained my situation, and the friendly office staff assured me that they’d be able to order me a pair. I had my local O.D. fax my prescription over, and the contacts were in the next day!
Thank you so much, you saved my trip!

Dr. Bloch SAVED ME! As I was putting my contact lens in this morning it slipped onto the wrong part of my eye and got suctioned to it. I called him at 7:30 am on a Sunday– basically the worst time to ever call anyone. He came right in and got it out painlessly, saving me hours at an emergency room and he was amazingly friendly in the process! I can’t recommend him enough.

I’ve been going to Dr. Bloch for the last 3 years or so. When I first went there in 2009, the reception and customer service left much to be desired. Dr. Bloch was great, but the processes and office were very disorganized. I went back at the end of 2012 and things have completely turned around. He has a great group of gals running the office. They’re all super friendly, helpful and efficient! During my eye exam, my 18-​month old little girl (who was strapped in her stoller in the office with me) was getting restless. One of the nice office ladies came in and asked if she could stroll her around the office… which she loved (and made my exam a lot easier and quicker). Also they made sure I got my glasses as quickly as possible because they knew I didn’t have a spare pair.
Dr. Bloch is always helpful and cheerful and doesn’t force anything on you. He suggests things you might need or want, but never makes you feel that you have to purchase any additional services.
I would suggest to friends and will definitely go back for my next exam!

Great for kids and adults! I brought both of my eyeglass wearing young daughters to Dr. Bloch after we had an insurance change and had to make a switch. It has been wonderful! The most impressive part was how he completely put my girls at ease and made the extensive eye exam very manageable for them. In addition, my 10 year old daughter is now a new and confident contact lens wearer and could not be happier with her improved vision! His office staff is wonderful and they have a great variety of stylish frames in all price ranges. I do not need glasses, but went to see Dr. Bloch for an eye infection after visiting my own doctor and not getting any relief for weeks. Dr. Bloch performed a very thorough eye exam (something a regular MD can’t do!) and prescribed drops that cleared up the infection and reduced pain and the horrible redness that same day! I have read the other reviews about feeling like he tries to push glasses or oversell products. This has not been my experience at all.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Bloch’s for many years and have watched him grow his practice to this fabulous location in Carlsbad. Dr. Bloch & his staff have always been polite, friendly, & respectful to me. I have great respect for Dr. Bloch’s expertise & have come to rely on his opinion & suggestions… never more than in the last 8 months… and here’s a fine example of how Dr. Bloch goes the «extra mile» in providing quality patient care: I have a rather puzzling case of advanced glaucoma in my left eye. When all other treatments & medications had failed to keep my eye pressure under control, my eye surgeon proposed a surgery that I didn’t understand & had many questions about. So, of course, I called Dr. Bloch, who has been on this roller coaster ride from the beginning, to ask for clarification and opinion on the procedure, and, he was very willing to help me get all the facts I needed to make the decision. He took it upon himself to contact other specialists in the glaucoma field to get further information; he did this for both a second AND third opinion… Scripps clinic & The Shiley Eye Center at UCSD. Of course, after these appointments, I turned to Dr. Bloch again to update him on the information I received & to get his opinion once again. He always took my calls and always listened, explained, & advised. While the surgery first proposed to me is, I’m sure, one approach, it was not the approach for my situation, and without Dr. Bloch’s perserverance to get me the best medical advice possible, I wouldn’t have known. I recently had the surgery at The Shiley Eye Center, my eye pressure is under control, and Dr. Bloch is involved in making sure I have the right corrective lenses to keep my eye healthy. I am so very grateful to Dr. Bloch & appreciative of all he and Dr. Weinreb at Shiley Eye Center have done for me. In my opinion, you can’t find a more knowledgeable, caring, & thorough eye doctor than Dr. Bloch.

I took my children to see Dr. Bloch and I have to say that both he and his staff are very friendly. Dr. Bloch has a great personality and therefore, the exams went very well. Now, upon completion of each exam he determined that they needed glasses. I was shocked. My children have never had complaints about seeing far or reading. He gave us prescriptions for them and I decided to wait before ordering $ 300+ glasses for each.
Since I felt uneasy about his prescription I scheduled second opinions and came to find out that one my eldest has ²⁰⁄₁₅ vision with no other issues. My other child has ²⁰⁄₂₀ and neither of them required a retinal evaluation (as recommended by Dr. Bloch). I was shocked and very disappointed. A nice man that but I’m wondering what his reasoning was when he prescribed glasses to children that do not require them. Never coming back. (BTW I found out that safety lenses that are recommended for children already come with a scratch resistant coating-​no need to pay 45.00 for it.)

Dr. Bloch is an incredibly nice doctor, and a very thorough one at that. He takes the time to give each patient the attention they deserve, and is complete and thorough in his diagnosis. When I first went to Dr. Bloch years ago, the contacts I was wearing were not appropriate for my condition — Dr. Bloch was able to give me the contacts that helped me see perfectly and in the ensuing years gave my family the same attention. His staff is extremely helpful and knowledgeable and are always great if I need to go in and have a frame fixed, or if I need another copy of a recipt or prescription. This guy rocks!

I have mixed feelings about my experiences at this office. Dr. Bloch is friendly enough and clearly competent but I don’t like the sales pitch I always get. I’ve always had my insurance pay for everything so never really paid attention but then when a time came where I had to pay out of pocket the office definitely tried to rip me off. Dr. Bloch tried to convince me that his prices were competitive but when I shopped around I got contacts for less than half his price at Costco. I really don’t like feeling like I’m being taken advantage of, especially by a Dr. So I’d recommend going here for the exam but take your prescription elsewhere for contacts and glasses!

I haven’t been to the optometrist in 15 years and had a great experience with Dr. Bloch’s office. I was greeted warmly by the receptionist and seen by the doctor at my scheduled time. He was very warm, talkative, and overall, I had a pleasant experience.
He explained everything to me in detail, giving me the pros and cons of my prescription, and showing me what my problem was on the a handy model of an eye. I did not feel that he was trying to push glasses on me and he even told me I didn’t really need them if I didn’t feel like wearing them.
Their selection of glasses seemed pretty decent and the receptionist was quite nice as well!