My glasses are spectacular. I've not seen a selection of glasses as good in this area of the…read morecountry. I paid more than expected but that's now long forgotten and they are more than worth it anyway. At least as important as vanity the prescription is the best I've ever had and the consultation itself was informative - I actually have a good insight (excuse the pun) in to what's going on with my eyes. I enjoyed good friendly conversation with the staff and I'm modest enough to admit she chose my frames not me!

The only place I go for my glasses!! They are amazing, love these guys. They don't just sell your…read moreaverage eyewear brands- really cool designers and collaborative pieces so if you want a pair of really cool specs, go here. I dropped by because of reviews on Yelp, wasn't going to buy anything necessarily but came out with a really nice pair of Oliver Peoples/ Garrett Leight sunglasses. They were no means cheap but they fitted them just perfectly. Unfortunately I lost them in Austin Texas and didn't know whether I'd be able to get another pair. They ordered them back in and gave me a discount on the original price for me since I was basically buying them twice. I also ordered a pair of lenses for my old Ray Bans, they're so helpful and quick to respond to emails. Very chatty, know about your face shape and what suits, but don't do the hard sell. If you're looking for cheap then go to your average high street store but if you've saved a few bob it's a good investment.

The staff were very on the ball with assistance and Louise in particular was very lovely, helping…read morewith any queries I had.

Lovely staff! Sheyda at the No7 counter was so helpful and kind, an asset to the storeread more

I have always hated shopping for new glasses, which has been a painful but necessary process. My…read moreexperience at Jones and Co was a world apart from this. It was so refreshing to sit and be presented with beautiful glasses chosen to suit my face, personality and profession rather than stand alone staring at a wall of homogenous frames without guidance. I'm not going to say it was easy, because deciding between the exquisite frames was far from it. To say that I'm happy with my new spex is an understatement. I'm definitely a Jones and Co convert and will be returning to treat myself to another pair. Next on my shopping list is sunglasses. Oh and the staff were absolutely lovely too!

Do you like my profile?…read more These were the result of having a full consultation. The frames were chosen on the basis of the shape of my face and the personality I wished to portray. Service was friendly and informal, and I would recommend the chance to have your own celebrity status frames above anything else.

I spent two hours in this opticians today. I have perfect vision, but ended up in here on an…read moreelongated mission to help my friend choose some new glasses. It took so long! Firstly, we obviously went through all the comical and inappropriate glasses he could wear and that made him look ridiculous. You know how some glasses work for some people and on others people just make them look silly? Well, loads of those. And then once we'd finally chosen some that looked half-decent the whole myriad of options of lens thickness came into play. Seriously, if you've got bad eyes, need strong glasses but don't want them to be Dexter thick then you need to pay hundreds and hundreds of pounds to get thin lenses. Buying glasses is a seriously costly business. Bad times indeed. The assistants in D&A were very helpful if a bit out of touch with what would actually look good on my mate. The man we spoke to had great things to say about face size and proportion and lines and stuff which was great, but then totally undermined himself by suggesting some awful glasses that were totally inappropriate for my friend and made him look twenty years older than he was. And then he had to choose whether to get a free second pair, or get over a hundred quid off the price by moving his contacts prescription to D&A which would be more than he already paid at his other opticians but did he want the discount? At this point I reached the end of my tether boredom wise and went and got a cup of tea. Glasses equals mega stress!

OK so they may have very little by way of a grasp of English grammar but the guys at Sunglass Hut…read moremore than make up it with their huge range of designer brand sunglasses. Chanel, D & G, D&G, DKNY, Miu Miu, Oakley, Persol, Police, Prada and Versace are all in stock and will delight anybody going for that 'hungover celebrity' look. Personally I think sunglasses are for people who aren't tough enough to squint so I generally negotiate my summers the Clint Eastwood way but even I can appreciate the lure of this store, it's just so shiny and posh- like the toilets of a really exclusive nightclub!!

Unfortunatley this place does exactly what it says on the tin! It sells sunglasses and only…read moresunglasses!!Selling brands such as Ray Ban, Bulgari, Police, Oakley and Burberry to name a few.They also sell snazzy cases to put them in!!!! If you want a nice pair of designer sunnies for the summer this is the place to go!!!

This is a very impressive museum full of artifacts and exhibits. We loved everything about this…read moremuseum and the best part was the entrance is free! They have artifacts from Egypt, Africa, and many locations. They have quite a bit of wild animal exhibits representing the different species in the UK. They have a nice cafe to sit and rest also. They have a lift. I definitely recommend this museum. So nice and so much to see.

Imagine it is 150 years ago, and you are a rich, white English dude. You travel the world and…read moresimply help yourself to whatever catches the fancy of your magpie little brain. You plunder flora and fauna, antiquities, important cultural objects from other peoples. You compete with other rich, white dudes to create the biggest collection of the most random things someone could think of. "I have one of every butterfly on each of the inhabited continents!" "Oh yeah, my stuffed 2-toed sloth is bigger than yours!" Fast forward to the present, and the current caretakers of this hodgepodge of objects of dubious provenance are tasked with creating cohesive exhibits for the public. There are some really interesting pieces in the museum. I was able to hold a 2,000 year-old carved stone perfum vial. See the cross section of a turtle skeleton (so cool how the spines follow the inner curve of the shell), admire a stuffed porcupine. It was fascinating to think about what caught the fancy of people in the past. I would have loved to have seen more discussion of how these objects came to be, and what that tells us about classism, racism, and the history of imperialism. Be that as it may, I'm glad to see that someone's past light fingeredness is at least entertaining and educating the public today, instead of collecting dust in a storage facility somewhere.