I've been having annual check ups with Dr. Ciampa since I was 13 years old... He is my mom's, brothers, son and now father and mother in laws doctor. A very amazing doctor and always so kind. He is efficient and even found an emergency finding with my mom that she needed surgery. read more

Ciampa Vison Care - Optometrists Near Me - Norwalk, California

I took my son to Dr. Ciampa he's been his optometrist for many years, he's an excellent Dr. and a kind person. The Dr. is very caring , he's always making sure he is getting the right prescription and checks out for the health of my son eyes. I highly recommend him to visit him and see in person. I be coming back always. All my family comes to him too.Thank you Dr. Ciampa. read more

I've been going to this optometrist in my community for over 15 years. The staff are great and provide even better service. It's a beautiful office at a great location with a variety of frames to choose from. read more

Highly recommend Dr Ciampa went out of his way to educate me on my glaucoma he is very professional, also Mariana and Yovany are very friendly and make my appointment quick and easy read more

I visited this office in March 2014. My original post is no longer visible in Yelp for this Optometry office , but I was able to see that 10 people found my review useful during that time, so I am posting again. Notice he had 19 reviews at the time of my posting which shows in the pic. I attached: I came here to get my son's eyes checked and inquire about contact for him which cost me $120.00. I have been coming here before for 3 years and every year I came here, it looked more dirty than the pervious year. It looks really unsanitary. Anyhow, when we told Dr. Ciampa my son wanted to get contacts, he tried really hard to convince us to buy the brand he carried. He gave me coupons and told me I would be getting a "great deal" on very good contacts by spending about $400.00. I made a quick phone call to my sister who wears contacts and she informed me to get samples of different contacts (which Dr. Ciampa didn't have) because we might realize my son might not like the brand he carries for his eyes or might find another brand more comfortable. When we showed less interest in buying and had our own questions Dr. Ciampa got very upset. At one point he raised his voice, was clearly angry and standoffish, all of which looked like he was trying to intimidate and bully me. I asked if I could have a pair of contacts to make sure they worked well for my son. He advised me he could not have a pair for free. The receptionist told me that for $50.00 they can give us a sit down session and show my son how to apply contacts. Mind you, a box of contacts will cost about $45.00. I agreed only because I knew this was the only way my son could learn to put on contacts (I did not get a box of contacts by the way included). While doing the sit down session, Dr. Ciampa entered the room as if nothing had happened and shook my hand (???). The try-on table in the room was not sanitary at all. It was dusty with dirty bowls and water marks on it, and there were used paper napkins, and trash too. Since the contact came in an individually sealed small package, and they did have hand soap available, I was not to concerned about him getting an eye infection while trying to put on contacts, only for that reason. I left his office knowing I will NEVER return again. He game me a hard time about giving me a prescription for contacts so I can buy them somewhere else. It was only for "two refills". Normally, doctors will give it to you for ONE YEAR. I took the prescription to another optometrist, who charged me $30.00 for an eye exam and gave us SERVERAL, yes SEVERAL brands of eye contacts for FREE, and it was explained to us that is the way it should be done! Each brand is different and fits different on your eye, and has different moister to it as well. They even gave him colored contacts for fun. Costco worked great for us for this reason. Dr. Ciampa was also upset to see that his employee had opened a pair of contacts to try on themselves and give my son a better example of how to put them on! We also got a prescription for a WHOLE YEAR from this new optometrist at Costco at no extra charge and was nice enough to allow us to ask as many questions and show my son how to put on contacts. Nobody should have to be bullied into buying something they don't want, or given less than adequate service for their money. This man's business ethics and his behavior are unacceptable. Don't waste your money and time coming to Dr. Christopher Ciampa in Norwalk. Go somewhere where they will actually treat and see you as the patient and client you are. read more

Ciampa Vison Care - My first review in 2014 - Optometrists Near Me - Norwalk, California

Wow! What a bad experience...I would absolutely avoid Ciampa Vision Care at all costs. I initially went to get an eye exam in May of this year. I liked the Optometrist and had a decent experience overall. I bought a pair of glasses and everything was fine. The problem came today when I stopped by to pick up a copy of my rx so I could buy a second pair of glasses from a shop in the mall. The receptionist/optician (Elva) told me I couldn't get my prescription information unless I came back on Friday (5 days later as this was a Monday) so that the doctor could sign it. I was floored because the last eye doctor I went to for an exam was able to quickly email me my rx info with just a quick call to the office. Elva was very condescending and rude and basically told me that I should have asked for a copy of my prescription at my initial appointment - basically blaming me for not having a copy already. I work in the medical field and know that I have the right to my medical file and information...It seemed she was holding my info hostage so that I purchase from them instead of someone else. I headed home and looked online at the Federal Trade Commission website - and found out that optometrists are legally required to provide you with your prescription at your first exam - which I was not. They're also supposed to provide it at no cost if requested later on. I came back with this information printed out and 10 minutes later Elva was able to get my rx for me. But...not before being unprofessional and rude and raising her voice at me and my mom. I did go online and report them for this violation to the Federal Trade Commission. And I definitely won't be back. This isn't their first bad review either. So, I probably should have known better. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else! read more

They were very helpful and the exam was super easy . My contacts were brand new and they worked with my price range. I go there every few months! Love their service thank you. read more

I will never forget the level of unprofessionalism and crookedness they showed me. The people who work here are sneaky, evil, and liars. The doctor and the receptionist are money-hungry and very immature people. They held my prescription information hostage and did not give it to me when I asked, simply because they didn't want me to buy glasses elsewhere with my eye info, and were trying to force me and my mother to buy glasses there, taking advantage of my barely-speaking English mother and myself (who was in high school at the time and didn't understand). I knew something was wrong when the receptionist was extremely pushy and rude in saying, "No I can't give it to you, you can only buy glasses here nowhere else!" I realized they were bad people and weren't going to give it to me--so guess what I did: I went to a different optometrist place and according to laws set in place, they are not allowed to do that! My new place was asking them for my prescription information because you have to transfer over a new patient's info from their old place and guess what happened? They REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO THEM, yelling and being unprofessional to them through the phone. My new optometrist place even said that because of the way they were acting, that they do not want to speak to them again and to fax over the information instead--they still didn't want to. It was not until my new optometrist threatened to report them for withholding medical records that they finally released it. They are sad, sad people. I can't believe my heart when I was there as a teenager asking the woman at the front desk can't you just print it out? And she told me no she can't. Please don't let yourself and your family be taken advantage of by them. I am so disappointed to see that they're still in business and their license hasn't been revoked. And you know what's funny? My new place literally gave me a printout of my prescription after my appointment without me having to ask. They gave it to me "in case I wanted to order glasses elsewhere and to keep for my records." Wow, just wow. Ciampa and the entire office is corrupt and disgusting. I'm pretty sure the five-star reviews on here are their friends whom they've told to review. This "business" is full of frauds and conmen. AVOID at all costs. read more

Dr. Ciampa is a great optometrist and was very friendly I went in. They have an amazing selection from luxury brands to affordable glasses and contacts. They have new technology that I havnt seen before at over optometrists and Dr. Ciampa explained every detail to me! Very helpful and I would highly recommend making an appointment with him. read more

Not only the best Optometrist experience, but best Doc visit ever. I was in and out. Receptionist was very friendly and helpful. Dr. Ciampa was great! read more

By far the worst experience I've ever had at any office! This happened in the paramount location. Waited almost an hour for an appointment i had made that had been changed the week prior(went in and they said the doctor wasnt in) so i came back thinking ok this time the doctor is in. The receptionist kept saying the person in charge wasnt there and didnt know where she was or what time shed be back. Waited until they arrived and the person went back office didnt even mind checking the front and the other person tells me "the doctor isnt here" they should have called you. So i was frustrated because of the lack of consideration and i told them i wasnt coming back because of the reocurrence and the waste of my time and the person says "OK BYE!" I was a medical assistant for many years and now a nurse and i gotta say ur facility has the most unprofessional employees. They sure are making ur business look like trash. read more

Terrible service, slow, Receptionist are a bunch of liars, the doctor was nice but turned out to be a liar as well (according to front desk). It all started when I went in for the first time, I waited almost an hour to see the doctor and the place was empty. The doctor tells me I will get a trial of the contacts I need then gives the trial to his "helper" Jaime(front desk) and tells him "Give this trial to her if she decides to buy the contacts and then leaves" I told Jaime that how is it a trial if you are already buying the contacts so you are going to try them anyways, so he tells me he will talk to the doctor to see if he will give me a trial before purchasing. Then I tell him that I will wait for that and if I can just get my prescription so then he tells me that i would have to wait for the manager to ok the prescription and that it would take about a week! Excuse me?! Never in my life have I had to wait for a manager to ok my prescription, I have waited before for a DOCTOR to approve it but ummmm the doctor is right there! I say this to Jaime and he tells me "Well its the doctors wife so she has to ok everything here, and she probably won't be able to get to this for a while" ridiculous! At this point I'm already mad so I tell him I can't wait a week and I won't pay until I get my prescription, so he promises me that he can have the doctor sign it by the next day and that he would call me. He never did and when I called back 2 days later he told me that he had called me and left me a message telling me that it was ready and that the doctor approved a free trial! I never got a missed call and never got a message hmmm... When i went to pick up my prescription Jaime (front desk) told me once again very happy that the doctor had approved for me to have a free contacts trial and that if i'm satisfied I can come back and purchase them. Then he looks at my prescription and says that they are custom so he has to order the trial and said they should be in within 2 to 3 days FREE OF CHARGE, that already sounded kind of weird since the doctor had given him the trial the last time I was there. So i decided not to order my contacts yet (even though i really needed them) and just wait for the trial... ...5 days passed, no call so i called and asked Jaime if the trial was ready for pick up and he said "oh sure let me check" and puts me on hold for a while, then some girl picks up and asks me for my name then puts me on hold again...for a while, she comes back and asks me for my name AGAIN and what I needed help with so i told her and she said "there's no trial here for you because you haven't purchased the contacts yet" so i informed her of what Jaime and I have been discussing for many days now, well I tried as much as I could because she kept talking over me and interrupting me to just tell me the same thing over and over, I actually had to stop and ask her to stop doing that, and all she said was "no that's not true" and then said she would ask the doctor, then comes back and tells me that the doctor said no! so i asked to speak with Jaime again and she puts me on hold FOR MORE THAN A WHILE, then he comes to the phone and says "did you have a question?" I asked why he lied to me about the doctor approving the free trial and making me wait all this time and he had the edacity to say that he never told me that and that he was confused and that he doesn't remember!! then after arguing for a while he tells me that he is going to get the doctor and puts me on hold for a very long time so i hung up called again and asked for him the girl puts me on hold AGAIN and then comes back n says "sorry he's very busy with a patient right now!" Aaaaahhh!!! really?!! I thought he was getting the doctor! I asked to speak with the doctor and she tells me I would have to come in the office and wait for when he is not busy to talk to him! Lol!! What's the point! So they can bull*** me some more and waste more of my time?! NO THANKS! Pack of liars and time wasters. I could've already ordered and had my contacts and they did nothing but lie and waste my time. Horrible and slow customer service. I don't recommend because from the beginning i wasn't satisfied. Bad bad bad If i could i would give no stars read more