Belmont Heights Optometry

Sinavy and her team are the best! The storefront is always so relaxing to walk into and she has a really amazing selection of frames and lens. I have gotten multiple tests done here for my eyes and she always does a great job guiding me to find the best prescription! She even checks your overall health by just looking inside your eyes with some device. (I never knew this was possible). Eye health isn’t something that you should compromise on and Sinavy and Belmont Heights Optometry is the Best. Without A Doubt!

Great Customer Service! Very nice selection of glasses. Dr was very thorough and gentle.

I started coming here a while back
because I needed lenses for my vintage glasses. I just got a new pair of glasses here and while it cost quite a bit, I am very happy with the quality. This place makes the best lenses– they cut them on the premises and do excellent work. I can see great AND look great all at once. And just found out today, they give free refills on the spray cleaner they have which works very well I might add.

The office is beautiful with its own dedicated parking lot. The receptionists are nice and helpful and they won’t upsell you. In fact, when I qualified for new frames and lens, I was informed about which glasses were on sale! Nice customer-​centered service, Belmont Hts. Optometry!
Dr. Sao, the optometrist, is very sweet and doesn’t recommend a lot of other unnecessary tests that cost more, unlike my former optometrist! The only downside is that their eyeglass selection is limited, but decent. Yet once I took a pair of vintage frames and they were able to add my prescription lens to these – yay! Oh, and they give you a complimentary lens cleaner and cloth with each pair of glasses. Kinda reminds me of the free toy you’d get as a kid after visiting a dentist.

I recently got the cutest pair of etnia sunglasses from Dr. Sao. I just love them! I couldn’t be any happier with the service I received from Dr. Sao at Belmont Heights Optometry!

Excellent service. Knowledgable and willing to explain every step of the examination. I highly recommend this place.

I’ve been regularly visiting this office for routine eye exams for over ten years! Dr. Sao is a kind and thorough doctor, always a smile! The office is immaculate and comfortable. It is almost amazing how clean the place always is! The exams are comfortable, Dr. Sao explained every procedure clearly so that you understand its purpose. The ladies at the front desk explain insurance and payment clearly. Great frames to choose from, excellent customer service, and the very best patient care.

I was a patient of Dr. Hagen for over 15 years (I started to see him when his office was located on Anaheim St.) and Ruben is so great! I do miss them!
Dr. Sao is also a very good doctor, but she does over charge. I have VSP insurance and this year I decided to do my eyes exam and get my yearly supply of contact lenses at Costco. Yes, I will agree that the doctor there is not as friendly and the office is definitively not as nice, but it was just fine, and the price difference was pretty significant; I pay a total of $ 82.00 for exam and contact lenses, instead of the $ 210.00 that I pay to Dr. Sao last year!
It is a huge difference and I will probably not go back to Belmont Height Optometry, I cannot afford to waste $ 128.00 for the exact same thing…

Office is very clean and neat. Staff is all polite and professional. Easy and fast to schedule appointments. Dr. Sao is friendly and able to build rapport with patients quickly. She’s gentle throughout the eye exam and exam process is very efficient.

Dr. Sao was awesome. The entire staff was friendly. Belmont Heights Optometry has the local «we actually care if you’re happy» feel I was hoping for. It was an absolute pleasure from beginning to end. Highly recommended if you prefer a optometrist that cares.

Since this office is less than a mile from my home, I decided to give it a try. I’ve seen the same eye doctor in Lakewood for years, but didn’t wanna drive across town, so I made an appt. at Belmont Heights Optometry. Everyone was polite, but once I sat down with the doctor, she told me that my copay was going to be $ 20 (eye exam) + $ 60 (contact lens exam), so $ 80 in total. I remember always paying around $ 50 ($ 20 eye exam + $ 31 contact exam) at my other eye doctor. I was surprised, so I questioned the copay. The doctor told me that was my copay decided by my insurance and that amount would be the same no matter where I went.
Well, she lied!!! I left, called my former optometrist, made an appointment for three days later, and after my eye appointment, payed my REAL copayment of $ 51! It really bothers me to think this doctor was completely dishonest with me. No thanks! I’ll drive across town any day if it means honest service!

Superb service! Very nice office and parking is not hard to come by. I was the last appointment of the day and the Dr. did not rush through my appointment. In fact, she ended up staying 15 minutes after closing time. I highly recommend this place for your eye care needs.

Went here because of the great reviews and was not disappointed. Dr Sao was great and answered all my questions. I was stoked to find some very affordable sunglasses.

Thank you for never cracking or snapping my vintage frames when you fill them, and for never trying to upsell me, and also for never making me wait more than a couple of minutes when I have an appointment.

Based on the reviews we read on Unilocal,my husband and I visited Belmont Heights Optometry for eye exams, new glasses and … a shock.
Let me start by saying that the office is lovely, well appointed and very polished/​professional. Dr. Sinavy Sao was wonderfully attentive, very knowledgeable and very compassionate. She explained the many steps of the exams and what she was measuring/​observing.
Rosa helped me select what turned out to be the coolest glasses … EVER. Picked them up today and not only was my light prescription just right, but I could read addresses on the curbs with no effort at all (used to strain to look for addresses, read street signs etc while driving.). My new glasses fit like a charm when I put them on for the first time.
Before my husband had his exam, we thought that he would need a Lasik tuneup and/​or new glasses because it has been 13 years since the procedure. Instead, we got a very unpleasant surprise… a CATARACT!
Michael is too young for cataracts, that can’t be… turns out that the impact from an accident last Fall seems to have done the damage. Dr. Sao was very compassionate when she explained her findings and her recommendations for treatment. She referred us to a fantastic Ophthalmologist for treatment.
We are so happy that we found Dr. Sao and Belmont Heights Optometry.

Love them! … Impeccable service, friendly employees.
It was my first visit and I’m definitely going back. They took a lot of tests because it was my first time here and, I must say it, it worth every penny (They aren’t expensive though).
They are very honest, they told me «you don’t need to change your reading glasses, your measure haven’t change» … Wow! Honesty is priceless.

I was extremely overdue for an eye exam and was dubious when I realized that my former optometrist Dr. Gary Hagen had sold his business.
I ADORED Gary and Rubin (his partner) who ran the business for, I believe, over 18 years with a very loyal customer following.
Well, Gary couldn’t have sold his business to someone more delightful than Dr. Sinavy Sao. He would be pleased to know his successor also runs an equally top-​notch business. Dr. Sao is a professional who is extremely competent and kind. It’s rare to find that all in one eye doc.
CLINICAL STRENGTHS: Dr. Sao really knows her stuff. She continues to keeps her clinical skills current by helping out a ophthamologist colleague, where she is exposed and working on cases that require expertise to diagnose. FYI — Dr. Sao’s clinical expertise is dry eyes, so if you suffer from that, this doc is for you!
CUSTOMER SERVICE: Dr. Sao is thorough, and more importantly, she cares. She will take her time with your eye examination and answer any questions that you may have. Very authentically nice. Rosa, the receptionist/​office assistant, is also a gem. Great people skills.
Belmont Heights Optometry make you want to come back, even if you already can see and have working glasses and contacts!
Support this local Long Beach business! There’s a reason why loyalty is a commodity.

I love this place! Dr. Sao is incredibly patient and thorough with her exams and will answer any questions you have. I even asked her random questions that my father’s ophthalmologist was vague about, and she had no qualms about spending time to explain things to me that weren’t even related to my exam.
They have a great selection of designer frames and I couldn’t be happier with my glasses. In fact, I’m still getting compliments on them! Dr. Sao and her staff are not only competent and knowledgeable, but also really friendly and welcoming. The office is super cute and clean. I wouldn’t go anywhere else!

Just an update since Dr Hagen is no longer here. He retired so there is a new doc in the house.
I am already in love with all the staff at Belmont Heights Optometry. As I mentioned in my previous post/​review, they saved my vision and I am forever grateful for this place.
Dr Sao now runs the show along with her fabulous receptionist (its really bugging me that I can’t remember her name) and they are amazing. After updating her with what happened at my last visit with Dr Hagen, she sincerely understood how blind I am and took an extra step to check out my scalera buckle placed in my eye at surgery and answer all of my questions.
All in all, it was an easy and pain-​free visit. Got some new glasses and im even able to now wear contacts again. yahoo!
If you’re in the need for a good eye doctor stop by and see Dr Sao, I promise it will be worth it!

Dr. Sao is so pleasant, professional and thorough. I felt my exam was one of the most comprehensive I’ve ever had. I especially appreciate the time she took to answer questions and explain all the tests she was doing. This is an excellent $ 100 exam. Since it is in the neighborhood, I’ll definitely be going back here for my future eyecare needs (but maybe not all my frames).
I also think they have a pretty decent selection of Frames. They need more designers, but I guess they are just starting out. They even have a handful from LA Eyeworks, which is really the crème de la crème of fashionable frames here in LA (as far as I’m concerned).
If you’re in the Heights Hood, this should definitely be your optometrist!