Gold Optometry

I have been coming here for more than 5 years. They have a huge selection of premium brand eyeglasses and sunglasses ranging from Tom Ford, Balenciaga, Gucci, Cartier, Giorgio Armani, Oakley, and many more.
One perk is they add nose pads to any pair of plastic frames for $ 10. It’s a great feature! Your eye/​sunglasses will not slip down.
The optical sales team are friendly and knowledgable. Prices are fairly high if you are a cash patient. But, most insurances accepted. I will keep coming here as long as I am still insured!

I can see why the ratings are not good. Service is just okay. I went in to add nose pads to a pair of sunglasses. the guy said «it’s at least a 40 minute wait». There was 1 other customer in there. I also called ahead of time and the manager I spoke to said it would take less than 10 minutes.
The worse part= my nose pads added on to my sunglasses are slightly crooked! Not sure I have the energy to go back and get it fixed, but my $ 495 sunglasses can’t be worn until they get fixed.

Super good!!! Tony is awesome. Just saying, my name is Tony, too. You really shouldn’t go anywhere else for eye lenses or glasses because this the place.

Service was great! Friendly and knowledgeable. Tony is the man. I was in and out in less then an hour. I recommend this place 100%. You should come here

This place is overpriced and they are very shady about their business. They are very difficult about insurance and never consistent. I came here awhile back and gave them my insurance info which I have used here for years and they told me they didn’t accept my insurance anymore. I was confused and came back a week later because I really needed contacts and they accepted it this time. I never realized how much I was overpaying for my contacts and glasses till my friends told me that the optometry across the street would have cost me literally half of what I spent at Gold Optometry. The service here sucks and I will never be back again.
(Have you noticed that most of the high reviews for this place are by Unilocalers with only 1 – 2 reviews?)

I have been coming here for about 6 years. They have a wide selection of frames ranging from under $ 100 to designer ones. My optometrist is nice and she always keeps me in the conversation when we try to decide what kind of contact lenses I’m going to get, depending on my usage. The guys in the front are really nice and let me try on a bunch of frames without getting annoyed. They can install nosepieces on frames that don’t have them. I has this service done and it worked out well.

I usually don’t post reviews but the service I received today is definitely worth it. Look for David Park. He will make sure your eyewear needs are taken take of!

I dont understand people who are complaining about customer service. THE GUYS ARE SUPER NICE. I have been coming here for 8 years and had no problem with service at once until now.
I went there a week ago to get my eyes checked and the guys were still nice and friendly (even though I waited for 30 mins for check up because it was little busy on that day).
This is the place you should go if you live in oc area.
Awsome people. Great customer service.

First class shop with first class staff. Right when you walk in just look for Tony and he will take care of business for you. They will somehow find you the perfect glasses at the reasonable price. I never posted a review on Unilocal before, but i’ve got to give my props about this place. Would recommend to everyone~ check this place out ya’ll

I finally faced the fact that I needed some reading glasses and visited Gold Optometry a week ago. I had not gone to an optometrist for 10 years (since I got my Lasik surgery) so I went by a word of mouth referral. In all, I was impressed by the customer service by the optometrist and the opticians. I walked out with a great deal on sunglasses and reading glasses. They carry a variety of frames in a wide price range. This was my first time getting sunglasses at an optometry and it was great to have my glasses adjusted by an optician. Also gave good feedbacks on what frames suited my face.
Another plus– since they are in VSP network, no paperworks for me! I also needed the invoice for my Flex Spending Account and it was done quickly and professionally. When I went to pick up my reading glasses a few days later, I also had my 5 year old daughter’s eyes examined. Since both my husband and I have the history of bing nearsighted, reading a chart at her pediatrician’s office alone just didn’t cut it. The optometrist was great with her and I was in the exam room with her with my 4 year old! I will definitely go back here. I am somewhat surprised by the lack of feedbacks on Unilocal since it is a pretty well known establishment in the Korean-​American community. But I guess, most of the Korean-​speaking customers don’t necessarily give feedback on Unilocal but pass on the review through the grapevines. Keep up the great work!!!

I wish I had 10 accounts so I could give them 10– 1 star reviews
Horrible service .
Seriously waited 3 hours to get my eyes checked. Was told «10 minutes» over the span of 1+ hours .
don’t come here unless u have all the time in the world

Where’s the negatives stars? I am never ever going back. I had my frame less glasses leg replaced. The obvious difference in the two legs were denied citing that I am wrong, it’s almost 2 mm and close enough, I am the only one who complains, I am wrong since the invoice states the part refers to the new part… wtf. I was so irritated and frustrated and pissed at the fact that they did not acknowledge that the two legs were not identical. They said what do you want? They offered reimbursement and took off the new leg and the attitude was we paid you back and now shut the fuck up and get the hell out of the store. Not a single apologies for in convenience or admitting that perhaps my glasses were older model and there might have been a mistake… what arrogance and bull shit customer service. I hate to think that many older folks are being conned at that piece of crap establishment.

extremely poor customer service from the guys, will not return!
the optometrist was nice though.

The service here is great. I don’t suggest buying a brand name sunglasses or frames here, because I can always find a better deal else where. But the service is just great so getting an ordinary glasses is perfect here. They do the fastest job and have the magic skills in adjusting your glasses for a perfect fit!
I also love to get my nose pads attached on my brand name sunglasses which are specifically designed for Western people feature. They do an awesome job.

All these people care about is money. I went in to buy contacts and asked them for my prescription and the guy looked very shocked that I asked. He proceeded to look in the computer and then told me that my prescription was 2 years old. He completely lied to me because when I went in 6 months ago they told me I didn’t have to take an eye exam. I had taken an eye exam a year ago. He lied to me so I would take an eye exam again and not buy my glasses at another store. Their prices also went up for a 6 month supply of contacts. They are now $ 130. I will never go back to this place because they are liars and rude. Go to Royal Optometry, the guy that used to work here opened his own place and they are very honest and kind.

I’ve been coming here all my life because my mom just took my sisters and here since I could ever remember but I never realized how horrible the service was until about 4 years ago.
They have been telling my entire family and me that we could get eye exams only every 2 years and my mom accepted that, but when I called my insurance company, they said that I could get it once every year. Also, the opticians are miserable, rude, and completely disrespectful. They argued over the glasses I wanted by saying that «your vision is so bad we can’t make normal glasses lenses for these frames» and that «the glasses are too cheap. get more expensive ones.» they completely ignore you sometimes for no reason at all. also, i ordered lenses from Walgreens because I noticed that they had been waaaaaaaay overcharging me throughout the years and they denied my prescription, claiming that my prescription is «too old» and that i needed an eye exam, even though it hasn’t even been a year since I last had my eye exam.
I also have noticed that the last prescription was not accurate because everything was blurry in one eye, and when I went in for a re-​check up, they basically said that I was wrong and that my vision is perfectly fine. obviously, I would know if my vision was blurry.
Service is horrible here, and it is DEFINITELY worth it to drive further to get better service. I COMPLETELY agree with the other bad reviews on this place because the opticians ARE pretentious, snooty, and miserable, and all they want is for you to come in quickly, get what you want, and they don’t feel wrong about basically telling you to leave once you’ve paid.
NEVER coming here again. EVER.

Nice customer service, decent prices and walk ins are pretty quick for eye exams… not too shabby

The Korean guy was the most rudest person I’ve ever met. He just walked away after we ask him if he has georgia Armani glasses

My family goes here because of the wide selection of designer frames and their ability to handle insurance/​cash paying methods/​Korean ahjoomma haggling.
The only con is that the opticians here (all male) seem so pretentious, snooty, and miserable working there. They basically want you in and out. They do not look happy, and don’t mind showing it either. Their suggestions/​compliments are not genuine, and I always go to other optometry centers to adjust my glasses when I accidentally step on them.
I will probably end up coming here all my life to purchase glasses, regardless of their snooty customer service.

Went here 2 times (first when I was in college) and just recently.
Need glasses for cheap? They got it.
Need designer frames to polish off your look? They got it too.
I heard about this place from a co-​worker of mine (who’s white btw but who knew she’d recommend me a Korean optometry store.hehe.). Their selection of glasses is pretty plentiful. The less expensive glasses are on the left of the store and the designer glasses are on the right. Fendi, Prada, Armani, Burberry, Chanel, Oliver Peoples, Bvlgari, Gucci, etc are all available.
I was pretty poor when I just started college and I had no insurance so I went here and was able to get 2 pair of glasses for $ 60 (frames/​glasses combined). That’s $ 30 a pair! AWESOME HUH? The price may have gone up but I still think their prices are pretty good for their selection. A lot of stores don’t have a big variety when it comes to less expensive frames.
They have an optometrist there if you don’t have one and I believe the eyeglass exam is $ 30-​$ 40. They’ve switched twice now but I think this Dr. is here to stay. Nice guy.funny.and speaks English!
The sales people there look intimidating but actually are very nice and helpful. They found out I wasn’t Korean so directed me to the guy there that speaks the best English. They took the time to help me out and I tried on tons of frames. Especially the second time around because I knew I was going to drop some serious $ on these and wanted to make sure I picked the best one.
*Whispers*… They hook you up with the prices if you pay cash (on the nicer frames). I never bargained but I did tell them what I was looking to spend out the door and I scored my Fendi with frame/​eye exam for $ 320. They added anti-​glare and scratch-​free on to my glasses for free.
Glasses were ready in 2 days. Not bad. I came back and the guy took at least 15 – 20 minutes to make sure my glasses fit perfectly because of my Vietnamese-​I-​have-​no-​bridge nose. =)
I took my dad here to get glasses and he liked the place a lot too. He got the basic glasses and they were really nice to him and treated him like any other customer who would of bought more expensive frames. I like service like that. I’ve been to others where if you didn’t buy the premiums ones. they treated you like a pest more than customer. Ew huh?
I like Gold. =)