Before visiting Berlin for a 3 week vacation in April 2013, I did extensive online research on "best Berlin optometrists" so as to have my reading glasses replaced by someone who really knows what they're doing. (I am somewhat of a perfectionist, so my standards are high - to say the least.) I eventually decided on this (the main) branch of Bursche Brillen - a privately owned firm where the owner is most often on site.
The entire experience was as I had hoped for and could not have been better: From the moment I entered the shop until I received my new glasses, I received personal, highly professional service in an atmosphere of the utmost excellence - the kind that Germany is "anecdotally" known for.
Here's the bottom line: If your eyes need attention in Berlin, avoid the impersonal chain-stores and the glitzy, fashion-crazed places where their overheads are high and the frame is more important than the lens. Go to Bursche Brillen. read more