This small locally based opticians in Bedminsters busy North Street offers a thorough, attentive…read moreand personally based service. I've been getting a great deal on my contact lenses here for years and I honestly can't remember the last time the prices went up. I first came here on personal recommendation after one of those bigger, chain-style opticians, gave me the wrong prescription for lenses and when I went back a week later with blood red eyeballs, they told me it was all my fault! David Phillips discovered the error and my life with lenses has been pain free ever since. It might not have the trendiest spec frames on offer but I have to admit I like the friendly and local service, rather than the impersonal feel of bigger opticians

Excellent service & price. I have been using Specsavers for years and changed to David Phillips, a…read morecomplete breath of fresh air, better service, price, speed and friendliness. Lenses ordered and delivered the next day! I was given several trial pairs and told to return them for a refund if I was not happy. Excellent friendly local service.

This is agreat little opticians. The staff are fantastic and always wanting to help - last time I…read morehad to pick glasses I was on my own and the lady gave me loads of time trying to help me pick the best frames! They are not cheap, but the quality and care given with eye tests and contact lens appointments is brilliant - you dont feel like you are being rushed through and they dont pressurise you to have things you dont really want like many other of the more claain opticians do. They also will ring you up to remind you about appoinments and when things are ready for collection. Their client care is great also, and when the nose rests of my glasses last broke (of my own doing) they fixed it straight away and free of charge - what more could you ask for! I would recommend this optician over any other in Bristol, especially any of the chain stores.

This is a pretty mammoth sized Boots, catering for just about everything you could desire from such…read morea store. As well as the usual range of pharmaceuticals and nail clippers, you'll also find: an opticians, a food section, a skincare advisor, a suncare advisor, an instant photo booth, a photo development lab, a body mass index machine, a chlamydia screening service, cervical cancer vaccinations, flu vaccinations, a dermo-analyser unit, a hair retention programme and a full holiday section, complete with sunscreen, swimwear, sunglasses, hats - and most importantly - those tiny travel-sized versions of your favourite wash stuff, so that you don't have to lug that massive bottle of head and shoulders you keep in the bathroom all the way to Timbuktu. Phew!

Ever since Boots introduced its lunchtime meal deal I have been a real regular customer (and I…read moredon't mean in the bowel department! Guffaw guffaw!) The £2.99 deal which gets you a sandwich, drink and snack. If you play it right you can get more than a fivers worth of food and drink for less than £3. The savings soon mount up. If you want to do this go for the special edition sandwiches and wraps, an innocent smoothie and a packet of mentos chewing gum. Yum Me. The other great thing about Boots is the advantage points system and the vouchers you often get for money off cosmetics and hair products. This Boots is also going a little more upmarket with department store type make up counters, Benefit, Max Factor and the high end Boots own brand cosmetic range, No.7 but for the more price conscious folk there's always the lower end No.17 and good ole Collection 2000.

This is a great opticians, with really friendly and helpful staff. There's not much more you need…read morefrom an opticians, apart from a great selection of good value frames, and expertise from the staff. Roger Owen Optometrist certainly has the lot!

I've been coming here for a few years now and they're really great. They're now called Lynn…read moreFernandes although I think it's the same people. It may be a little shabby upstairs but they do a very thorough examination and they're all very friendly and laid back. It's the only optician I've ever been to which (I think) get my prescription right every time. I recommended this place to my girlfriend and after a couple of bad experiences with prisms and other opticians, they got her right first time. Sorted her out with a good quality set of frames too. Big time recommendation.

Up on Whiteladies Road, this private opticians offers a really personal service in a pleasant and…read morelaid back atmosphere. I've used this branch for many years, and each time the optician has seen me promptly, taken me through an assesment very clearly and dealt with things in a generally highly proffessional way. They have a wide range of glasses displayed on the ground floor of the shop, and the assistant will be happy to take you through each example that you like. The assessments take place on the first floor in a separate examination room. The service doesn't cost the world either, and you know that you're getting a good quality service for the price that you pay.

Excellant polite service. I recently bought a pair of spectacles from them and could not be more…read morepleased. They are not cheap but it's worth paying more for quality service.

What a friendly place! I'm fortunate enough to have normal eyes that work properly, but my wife…read moredoesn't which means a couple of weeks ago I was dragged here on a Saturday morning with a hangover to help her choose some new bins. Unfortunately when we arrived, the window to this shop had been smashed in, as it transpired some drunken idiot had been on some repressed rampage the night before. The assistant tried to turn us away (reasonably enough as there was a massive pile of glass sitting on the floor) but her helpful nature got in the way and she allowed us to come in "for a minute" which quickly stretched to 15. She then let every single person who arrived in that time in too. And she even bought my story when I told her I definitely hadn't been responsible for the drunken vandalism the night before in an attempt to avoid a Saturday morning trip to the opticians.

Like a family-run eye doctor from days of yore, the service here is personal and smiley. My husband…read moreis both long and short-sighted, wearing lenses and glasses (not at the same time!) He visits this place on a monthly basis, where he's treated like a veritable king (well his eyes are anyway!) The big chain opticians should be worried - Lynne Fernandes have the expertise, price, care and NHS approval - plus perfectly located near the Bath road for all glasses-wearing south Bristol residents. Make it your mantra: 'Stay local!'

A great local optician with a wide range of frames to choose from. You can get the basics all the…read moreway to a range of designer options. They offer basic eye exams as well as a computer scanning exam which can allow them to see much more than a general exam can. These scans are kept on the computer to compare with previous visits to see what changes are going on. The staff is friendly, the service top notch. They also offer free hearing exams on Thursdays.

Fantastic service offered, no pushy salesperson. After…read morereceiving lasersing on one eye my prescription had changed a lot but was advised that my previous glasses were fine and I only needed to change them if I wanted to, normally you're being pushed to spend money when you don't need to. Will thoroughly recommend to family and friends.

I have never been to another Vision Express so I don't know what kind of service to expect but I…read morewanted to make a special mention of this branch. I got my eyes tested here about five years ago, got my new pair of glasses and have sat on them at regular intervals over the past five years. Every time I have taken the squashed and broken glasses back to them they have repaired them with no questions asked and no hassle; Just polite friendly service. They might not be the cheapest in town, with all of the people handing out discount flyers for other chains in this city, but I will certainly be getting my glasses from here in the future. They have recently had a makeover and are looking very slick indeed; they even offered to photograph my eyeballs (?) so I could see behind them. Definitely a Facebook profile photo if I ever take them up on their kind offer.

- Went to buy some sunglasses, was persuaded to buy a £60 pair as you get 2nd half price…read more - The specsavers employee said she'd put down on the system I'd gotten the glasses and was going to definitely get the '2nd half price' deal when I came for an appointment to test my eyes. - When I came to have my eyes tested, they couldn't find me on the system so the deal no longer applied. - The expensive sunglasses then literally fell apart a week later (they lasted two weeks). Came in for a refund but they refused as, again, the record of me buying them could not be found. Absolutely furious and disgusted. You'll be better off with the £1 primark glasses than anything from this place, they last significantly longer and less chance of getting completely scammed through utter incompetence.