My wife, daughter, and I went to get eye exams at Bridger Eyecare and we had a great experience. We arrived at our appointment on time and had little to no waiting before we were taken back to start our exams. Staff was great and Dr. Roth was exceptional. He walked us through each of the exam steps taking the time to explain his process as this was our first experience with some of the state of the art equipment he utilized in our exam. The eye scanner took images of our eyes and he explained the results as the exam proceeded. I have never felt like I had a more complete and thorough exam as I had at this office. Thank you Dr Roth We will definitely be a repeat client. I would highly recommend trying this place out. read more

Bridger Eyecare - Optometrists Near Me - Bozeman, Montana

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A disappointing experience from start to finish! Perhaps we got off on the wrong foot when, first, my 94 year old father and I waited for twenty minutes in a completely empty waiting room before being taken into the inner sanctum - to wait some more. This was my first visit to a new provider after a fifteen year relationship with a very thorough and personable optometrist, Amy Mummert, in Traverse City, Michigan. The "wrong foot" atmosphere was decidedly reinforced when optometrist Carl Roth insisted on referring to Dr. Mummert as my, "girlfriend". He did so repeatedly, even after I pointed out that she was not my "girlfriend", but a professional, licensed, and experienced doctor of optometry! My father was displeased that his complaints of blurred vision were dismissed because he was elderly. He was told, "your vision is fine for your age". Neither of us received the 'special testing' that signage in the office advertised, nor was that omission explained. Neither his prescription nor his glasses were adjusted, though Costco adjusted the fit of the nosepiece shortly thereafter, greatly improving his vision for reading. I bought three pairs of glasses that day, spending approximately $1200 despite purchasing only one frame, providing two other frames myself. (One purchased new through my "girlfriend" because I liked them so much, received so many compliments, and Bridger was unable to obtain them.) The lenses came with much lauded super duper, scratch resistant, coated lenses, with a two year replacement guarantee. Let me interject here that I either wear my glasses or keep them beside my bed. Rarely I remove them, at which point I put them in their case, which is always with me. I clean them only with Dawn detergent or a spray sold by an optometrist, wiping them ONLY with the cloth intended for glasses. (In other words, I am OCD about lens care.) I have never had a problem with lenses scratching. Never before this, that is. However, in an amazingly short time, my daily wear glasses were scratched beyond belief. Within months I had to go in to ask for them to be replaced under the guarantee. This was met with the observation that there was a small chip on the painted metal frame. (The scowl made the translation pretty obvious, "AHA! This was YOUR FAULT!"). They did, however, replace the badly scratched lenses. Before six months had passed, the scratching had reoccurred. This time I went first to a different optometrist for their opinion. They were aghast at the extent of the scratching and ventured the opinion that, since lenses are coated before the prescription is ground, it appeared that the scratch resistant coating had failed to be reapplied after grinding the lenses. In any case, I returned to Bridger for a second replacement. Their opinion was "bad luck" (at least no blame game this time!) I recently purchased new glasses. The ophthalmologist in Bozeman stated that the lenses prescribed by Bridger, compared to the previous ones, done by my "girlfriend", (the optometrist in Michigan) was 'neither consistent with my previous lenses nor my current needs'. In her opinion, they 'accounted for both my vision difficulties and, very likely, my recurrent headaches.' I am wearing, storing, cleaning, and treating my new glasses precisely like I did the ones purchased from Bridger. In the six months I've had them, there's not a single scratch! No headaches or vision complaints either. They were bought at Costco! Sorry, but I cannot, on any level, recommend Bridger EyeCare. read more

Visiting Montana from CA and tore my contact lens. Megan and Andrea to the rescue!! Emailed my RX and they had me seeing again in minutes!! Beyond friendly and efficient! Wish I lived here to have this as my eye care facility! read more

I am very satisfied with my experience at Bridger Eyecare! I recently moved to Bozeman from San Diego and I needed to find an optometrist/ophthalmologist for my routine eye care. After calling several places, I chose to see Dr. Carl Roth at Bridger Eye care. Dr. Roth and his staff are wonderful!! Dr. Roth spent ample time with me explaining my condition and recommending a new brand of contact lenses. I was hesitant to change brands but I am so pleased with my new contacts. The new lenses are very comfortable and my vision is the clearest it has been in years! I also purchased a new pair of sunglasses. Berna, the optician, was very knowledgeable and helpful. Overall, I am very pleased with my glasses and contacts. I highly recommend Bridger Eyecare! read more

We won't be going back. We have insurance and there was a mix up in the beginning that an exam wasn't covered. After calling repeatedly and talking to our insurance company we got everything figured out. Our insurance sent them a check to cover the exam. We are still receiving bills and got sent to collections for this bill that our insurance paid months and months ago. I call BCBSMT once a month and they call them and say you cashed the check in January quit billing your client. And the customer service with Christy is awful they blame us and won't deal with any of it. If you use insurance don't bother with them and always double check what they say!!! read more

I got my last pair of Rx sunglasses from Bridger Eyecare. I was so impressed by Dr. Roth and his staff - they were so helpful, and even assisted me with selecting the right frames for my face shape. I would highly recommend them... and I'm sometimes hard to impress! ;) Great location in Bozeman, can't miss it! read more

I love this eye doctor! Always seems to be able to get me in when I'm available and is very thorough! Best selection of frames too!

They just lost my business. They scheduled me in for an appointment at 8:00 a.m. At 8:20 a.m. still sitting and waiting. This is just to get my daughter's glasses fitted. Mind you there were no other patients. I expressed that this was very unprofessional on their part. Not only was I missing time at work, but my daughter's were missing school. I was rudely told someone was coming from Livingston and would be there soon. Why would you schedule an appointment at 8 a.m. and not have the appropriate staff there for it?!?!?! Needless to say the person didn't get there till 8:45 a.m. this place isn't worth the time or money. read more

I have been seeing Dr. Roth for the past few years and always had good experiences. However at our recent visit he had the nerve to yell at me in the waiting room stating I NEEDED to put my 12 year old daughter in contacts. After telling him multiple times as her mother I didn't feel she was ready for contacts he kept pushing me to put her in them and telling me it was my responsibility to do this. Last I checked there is nothing wrong with glasses. Very unprofessional and rude. Lost my business and I will never recommend him. read more

Doctor was knowledgeable and took his time to explain all procedures and answer questions. The staff is friendly and the office is clean and inviting. I would recommend Bridger Eyecare to people of all ages (he is great with kids!) They also offer care credit for those who need assistance in paying bills! read more

Doctor seemed unsure of what he was doing. I went in a total of 3 times for the same thing and was charged over $500! They had told me in the beginning that it would go through my insurance, and it didn't. Then they refused to work with me to get the issue resolved. I am not impressed! read more

I had to glasses for the first time.The service was good. The doctor explained things to me.They were very helpful with my glasses when I had problems with them. And they are willing to help. read more

Was seen early and the staff was incredibly friendly! Also very knowledgeable! I was thoroughly impressed!!

I really wanted to like this place, especially since the Dr. is fairly nice and personable. However, I had a terrible experience when I went here. To start off with, I scheduled my appointment for as early in the morning as possible to avoid long waits. Unfortunately, I had paged through an entire Vogue magazine before the receptionist bothered to tell me that my insurance wasn't working. Took another 15 minutes for her to figure out how to straighten this out. While I realize the insurance was not her fault, it still should have taken half the amount of time. 45 minutes later, I finally got to see the doctor. Great news, I guess. Unfortunately, even though there is nothing wrong with my eyes other than some average nearsightedness, he seemed unable to determine my eye prescription. After (what seemed to be random choice after a while) trying out about 4 different contact prescriptions and telling him if one or two was better, then 3 or 4 & etc, he decided to dilate my eyes (without any warning!). After about 10 more minutes of fiddling around and trying different prescriptions, he finally concluded that my prescription hadn't changed in the slightest. Now I don't know about you, but I usually go to the eye doctor when I notice I am having trouble seeing. Maybe I am just going crazy instead, wonderful. The lady working the eyeglass desk was wonderfully nice and said that it would be easy (and cheaper) to put new lenses in the frames I already had. Great! Unfortunately, when I went to pick them up a week later, I failed to notice how shabby the replacement lenses looked (I had my contacts in, so when I tried them on for fitment I had no idea what they looked like on my face). However, when I got home, and looked at them on my face, I noticed that the lenses did not fit the frames well at all. In fact, it looks like there is a white circle almost as wide as the thick plastic black frame encircling my eyes, because of the way the lenses are cut. The dragonfly eye look was not what I was going for. I know I had cheap lenses in these glasses before, and I had no such problem. My prescription had only minorly changed since the last lenses as well, so that couldn't have been the issue. I have yet to call to see if they will do anything to fix this, but for the price I paid for them it is truly disappointing. Walmart of all places has served me much better in this regard. Long story and rant short, as much as I honestly wanted to like this place, I don't think I can return. read more

Doctor Roth and his staff were very friendly and helpful. They were very quick to accommodate my schedule and answer my questions. Dr. Roth too the time to review my past charts from another provider and explain all procedures and answer questions. I would recommend Bridger Eyecare to everyone. read more