5 STARS FOR DR. KIM HIMSELF. Very friendly and patient, will strike up conversation with you; probably my favorite optometrist out of all the ones I've seen. His staff is where things fall short. The younger lady is very nice. The older one seems to have a bit of an attitude. However one or both are irresponsible when it comes to management. After getting my first pair of trial contacts (Acuvue), I decided that they weren't for me and called in to get another contacts lens fitting (AirOptix). I needed Air Optix Aqua for right eye and Air Optix Astigmatism for left eye. The staff verified that they do have Air Optix brand available, and scheduled a fitting appointment for me. When I got there, Dr. Kim told me that they didn't actually have the Air Optix Astigmastism in my prescription for left eye- they would have to order it by mail. This is something the staff should have checked beforehand to make sure that the Air Optix was available in my prescription BEFORE scheduling a fitting. I made the 20-mile back and forth trip for nothing. I came in a few days later when the Air Optix arrived at their office. Turns out that they only ordered one eye's prescription for me while forgetting the other eye (what it looked like to me). Staff handed me the Air Optix Astig ordered for my left eye. I had to ask: what about my right eye trial lens? She thought I received the right eye trial lens on the previous visit, when I didn't. She went back and forth from two storages looking slightly worried. Finally she emerged with Acuvue Oasys for my right eye. But they can't possibly prescribe me Air Optix Aqua without trial lens right? So I had to ask for that instead. She finally found the Air Optix aqua and I was good to go. A week later I emailed them to get the updated prescription. A week and a half later, still no response so I sent a reminder email. Staff called me to apologize and say that prescription would be emailed to me that day. They still didn't email it out..until finally I went in office to personally retrieve it. There is also a tiny error on the prescription (base curve for Air Optix Astig was typed as 8.60 when it should actually be 8.70). Hopefully this will not be an issue when purchasing contacts. All of the above already shows poor management, which is a poor reflection of Dr. Kim's abilities. But the absolute worst thing, which I discovered today as I was ordering contacts, is that the Air Optix Aqua staff retrieved from their supplies...is MORE THAN TWO MONTHS PAST EXPIRATION DATE. Makes me wonder if my first Acuvue trial lens were also expired since I didn't get to see the expiration dates. Probably not a big deal using recently expired contacts, but definitely not the standards would expect from an optometry office. If this was surgery, I'd be long gone due to the staff's irresponsibility. Overall, I'd still recommend this office because Dr. Kim is great and they do offer great deals (check groupon!!!), just be careful when dealing with the staff (CHECK THEIR WORK!!!) read more

Eye Contact Optometry - Received these trial contacts in mid-June..the expired contacts were from their in-office supplies :\ - Optometrists Near Me - Irvine, California

Super efficient and excellent service! Loved how easy the exam was from beginning to end.

Dr Kim is so kind and funny, and explains everything so well! I highly recommend him!

I love Dr. Kim and this office! The staff is super friendly, professional, and efficient, and my visits are always seamless and quick. Dr. Kim also always gives me an adequate amount of samples to try out a new prescription of contacts, which I appreciate, since I have eyes that are sensitive to change. He also doesn't push you to try other sponsored contacts, which has often been my experience at other optometrists. I found Eye Contact on Groupon last year, but I definitely see myself being loyal to them for years to come! read more

Love this eye care office. Dr Lim is a very nice lady, gentle and explained everything to me. I have been to other eye doctors in the past but I absolutely noticed the difference of this office from other ones I've had in the past. Not only will I go back but will definitely recommend to others. read more

Very professional, very informative and very friendly. No pressure sale for glasses. Highly recommend!

I've been going to Dr. Kim since I moved to California and his equipment is state of the art, him and his staff are kind and courteous. He is able to simplify even the most complex eye problems with simple solutions. I definitely will continue to go to Dr. Kim as my optometrist. read more

I enjoyed my visit and the office is very clean. The staff is helpful and friendly. Dr. Kim took the time to answer my questions and is easy to talk to. read more

THERE IS NO PUFF TEST!! Dr. Kim and the ladies up front were welcoming and helpful. I was in an out in 45 minutes and Dr. Kim is was more knowledgeable than any other optometrist I have visited. Did I mention there is no puff test! It's amazing. Highly recommended. Give yourself enough time to park as the location is in a complex (for those who have lived in Irvine for over 10 years, the location used to be a candy store!) Now, it is candy for my eyes. LOL I hope you check this place out; there are also discounts available on Groupon for both contacts and glasses as well. read more

Amazing experiences as usual with professional staff! I also love the low pricing and the doctor is very friendly!

Dr. Kim is the best! I have been his client for over 5 years (oops, why did I not review him before?) and have always received friendly, prompt, and HONEST service. I highly recommend him! read more

Fantastic doctor! Dr. Kim is patient, professional and thorough. I m very finicky about getting my glass prescription correct. I tried 3 other optometrists in the Irvine area before I met Dr.Kim. I have never been so satisfied with any other optometrist ever since I started wearing glasses 13 years ago. He is never pushy to suggest or sell you something your eyes don't need. read more

Friendly staff, clean office, and Dr Kim is optimism doctor; appointment timely efficient about 15 mins for my contact exam; Most contact exam cover glasses prescription but Eye Contact Optometry apply extra charge on top of my contact prescription; read more

Dr. Kim was super friendly and made me feel really comfortable. I came in for an eye exam and was in and out in around 30 minutes! The whole staff was nice and the office is located in a really nice plaza overlooking a small lake. I had a groupon voucher to this place and I really appreciate how I wasn't pressured into buying any frames as I have already ordered some online. read more

I am a patient for the past 2years and i stopped by the get a $2 worth saline solution which i was offered at no charge when i asked for one but the receptionist Annie refused to offer me as a courtesy of being even a long time patient a small bottle of solution . very disappointed with this bad service and i will look for another optometrist for my next routine eye exam. read more

Best optometry in entire Orange County. Great service, friendly care, accurate vision diagnose, and best price. Recommend to everyone.

I had a good experience at Eye Contact Optometry and I would certainly recommend this place for an eye exam !

So I came here off group in because I really needed a contact prescription. I'm saw dr kim and he was fantastic very personable and nice. Clean facility and great staff. They tightened my old glasses free of charge for me when I went to pick up my contacts. The only downside was the price. It's 95 dollars for one box and two boxes will last you 3 months if you do the 1 a days like I do. I asked if I buy in bulk will I get a discount and he says oh yeah I'll give you a great discount. Lets do the math: the total for a year would be 8 boxes times 95 equals 760. Okayyyy lets see the discount he will give 40 dollars. That's literally like 5% So I would rather just take my prescription and go to Costco and buy the contacts for a reasonable price but then they charge you $25 for your prescription if you don't order. Kinda seems like a money sucking hole here. read more

Dr Kim as always provide professional care for my whole family. He and staff have excellent communication skills. Amazing service!

I found this place based on my vision insurance. Its 5 minutes from my house (super convenient) and located near Woodbridge Lake. The office is really clean. The front desk receptionist/Assistant Elaine is super nice and very knowledgeable. She knows what she's talking about, what she's doing and knowledge about fit and shape to your face. She told me the pro's and con's of each sunglasses(for my face), the shade of lens, the type of lens and etc. (I was there for prescription sunglasses). She answered all my questions thoroughly and i appreciated her help and her enthusiasm. No doubt the best receptionist/assistant that I have ever met at any office. Love her personality. Dr. Stanton Kim was super super nice as well. He was very easy-going, and very caring. You don't get a lot of Dr's who care about the well-being of their patients/clients.. they just want to write you a big fat bill and move unto the next person, but not Dr Stanton Kim. He made sure to go A-Z about your eyes, how to take care of your eyes, what to eat/do to keep your eyes healthy, and made sure to make you feel comfortable and know that you're being well-taken-care-of. He has the top of the line equipment, which i have not seen, painless equipments and comfortable setting/atmosphere. Generally, i felt like he actually cares about you and your eyes. I came back a couple days later to pick up my sunglasses and he remember my name which i thought was super awesome and again, caring. I'm glad i found this optometry b/c it looks like i'll be going to Dr Stanton Kim for a very very very long time. (My dentist still doesn't remember my name even though he has my dental charts/paper work in his hands all the time) I recommend everybody to go to Dr Stanton Kim b/c he makes you feel like he cares for the well-being of your eyes and your overall health, and just a honest person. Check out Eye Contact Optometry & OrthoK Center, you won't be disappointed. I promise. read more

I found Eye Contact Optometry and Dr. Kim through a Groupon deal in 2015. I'm so glad I did! I've had eye vision problems literally since I was born so I'm quite familiar with optometrists and their practices. Dr. Kim and his staff are awesome! My first visit a year ago was beyond great, I left there with clear vision and a smile on my face from laughing. First off, his office is super clean and nice and his staff are truly kind and helpful. Dr. Kim is the best, he's so nice and super funny. His personality alone is cause for return to his office. But more importantly, he was extremely thorough with my eye exam. He explained everything he was doing and why he was doing it. He also explained each option that would suit my vision best. I was completely satisfied with his service. This year, I was due for my annual eye exam and noticed the same Groupon for Dr. Kim. What's great is that repeat customers are able to use his Groupon. So my boyfriend and I both got one and visited Dr. Kim this past Saturday. His office was even nicer than last year. He definitely keeps up on vision technology and has state of the art equipment. His equipment was more high-tech than last year. My boyfriend is a pretty tough critic and he loved Dr. Kim. Dr. Kim had him laughing and thoroughly understanding his eye exam and vision options (same as my first visit). It was a really pleasant visit for both of us. And we both left with clear vision. We were especially excited about that! Dr. Kim earned another patient with my boyfriend's visit and we will both gladly continue having Dr. Kim as our optometrist for as long as we're able, with or without the Groupon deal. He's so worth it. He's an expert in his field and is the nicest, funniest doctor I've personally ever had. His Groupon deal is a great deal, too, by the way. read more

I was a little worried due to the reviews I read on Yelp about this doctor's place, but I chose this doctor due to Aetna coverage eligibility and the proximity to my house. I have to say it was alright I made a visit to get my checkup on a saturday morning. I didn't get much coverage for frames and lens and was recommended the dual contact lens which is a hybrid of both soft and hard lens but unfortunately being $800 and only being covered $200 opted not to do so this year, perhaps next year. I have to say the lady in the front and dr. Stanton Kim were both very friendly and willing to answer all my questions. I won't mind going back next year... read more

Unfortunately to say, my first impression of this office was negative. I had scheduled my appointment in advance and received reminders by email and text message from this Optometry for my appointment but when I arrived for my 10 am appointment, they were still not open and I had it to wait an additional seven minutes for anyone to show up. Fortunately I'm not that busy of a person and I wasn't on a tight schedule but the tardiness of the staff made my visit take longer than it should have. On a positive note, I found the staff to be very polite and accommodating and I was fitted for a great pair of glasses that I was happy with. Once my actual appointment started it was quick and enjoyable. I don't expect that the tardiness of the staff I experienced is a regular thing and I don't want to give that impression but this was my experience today. read more

I just moved to Orange County and was looking for a new optometrist. I found a Groupon for this place and decided to risk the randomness. I'm glad I did! The eye exam was much more comprehensive than the one I was used to back East. I've seen Dr. Kim and Lim, and they both were very knowledgeable and helpful with my contact lens fitting. I was given trial lenses and came back for multiple check ups (at my insistence and theirs). I ended up with a lens that worked for me and I couldn't be happier! Good people, very professional and a very nice office. I thought they might push a certain manufacturer on me, but they let me try out several lenses. And when it came down to purchasing the contacts, they gave me the prescription and I was on my way to Costco! I give them an A+++ read more

I went in for a contact lens exam. Receptionist team: very friendly and helpful. As my insurance would only cover 25% of the fees, the team suggested the groupon deal they had. I ended up paying $59 instead of $85 (if through insurance). I really appreciate that. Dr. Kim: very friendly and professional. He explained things to me in a very detailed manner and was very patient with my questions. I was given a 5-day trial for the lens, and another 5 after I came in a second time to talk to him about the blurriness from the first 5. Again, nothing but friendliness and patience from Dr. Kim Lens (specifically for Acuvue): I am going with daily Acuvue lens, and it seems that they have a more affordable price here than other places (including online) for this brand. read more

Don't bother going to any other optometrist, Dr. Kim is by far one of the best! As a UCI working college student, my schedule always crazy; however, whenever I need to run by and see the doctor, there is never any wait! Dr. Kim and Elaine (his assistant) are so nice and really work around your schedule to see you! After many years of using ortho-k lenses with other doctors, I was never satisfied and kept getting the wrong prescription,but Dr. Kim was able to get my prescription to 20/20 within the first try! He is really knowledgeable about his field and truly cares about his patients! In addition, his prices, compared to other optometrist are great and even lower for every year you go! I now, refer all my friends and family here and they love how he always remembers them and genuinely does everything in his power to get you the best vision and eye health available! read more

I came here earlier this year in February because it's close to my house and was so delighted that their services are so exceptional! I'm happy to have found a place that I can stick to for a while. I came to get a new round of contacts. I have bad near-sighted vision. Dr. Kim suggested that I try hard contacts because of the fact that I wanted to get laser eye surgery. Dr. Kim informed that in order to get laser eye surgery, your vision should not change in a 2 year period. I'm surprised that no other optometrist has told me this before. I've had contacts since the 7th grade and every time I get new ones, my vision has always gotten a little worse. He explained that hard contacts are much more effective in stopping your eye shape changing, which in turn stops your vision from getting worse. Again, I was upset that no other optometrist told me this before! But because hard contacts are not necessary just like laser eye surgery, my insurance did not cover a lot of the cost. I had to pay most of it out of pocket. However, Dr. Kim's office did give me discount, which I was very thankful for. I purchased hybrid lenses too, which are also more expensive than lenses which are hard all the way through. Immediately after wearing them, I realized how bad my soft contact lenses were. Hard contacts are designed to fit the prescription of each eye like eye glasses whereas soft contact lenses do not have that degree of specification because they are just stamped out in pre-prescribed numbers. With the hybrid lenses. there is a guarantee to switch out the lenses if they are in any uncomfortable. After about two weeks wearing them, I experiencing some irritation in my right eye. I went in and Dr. Kim said the lens was a little tight and ordered me a new one. He also said my left one was a little tight and asked if I wanted a new one for my left lens, too. At the time it felt fine so I said okay. However, a couple weeks later it was irritating me so I went in again and he ordered me a new lens. Now they are perfectly comfortable. I'm so please with how easy going in to see him was and how quickly he was able to reorder the lenses for me. The office administrator is quick to reply on email and even set up appointments on gchat, which is super convenient. I'm very pleased with the services and information I received from Eye Contact Optometry and I hope in a year my vision will have stayed the same! read more

If you see all my reviews you see how picky i am about doctors. I absolutely loved this optometrist. He was very knowledgeable and easy going. I have a very difficult script and it's very hard to get it correct. He did a great job. I was shocked they even had trials for me because my script is so high. Usually i have to wait weeks. But besides that i really had a great experience and I'll never go anyplace else. Thank you. read more

I came here because I was in the area and I had also broken my glasses and was in need of getting new ones ASAP! Dr. Kim made me feel very comfortable and at ease throughout the entire process from getting my eye exam to picking out frames that I felt suited me well. He's the type of person who genuinely cares about his patients and tries to help them the best way he can. For instance, since my glasses were broken, I thought I was going to be walking around aimlessly blinded for about a week until my new glasses were ready, but Dr. Kim wouldn't insist on me leaving his office without something to help me see better. He gave me a small supply of temporary contact lenses that I could wear until until my new glasses were ready. I've never worn contacts before, but he walked me through the proper steps of how to put them on and such the correct way. He was patient with me since I was a little worried of putting something into my eyes. I live out in North Hollywood, but I can say that I will be going back to Dr. Kim as my optometrist and would definitely recommend him to everyone. read more

Nari, the receptionist, is the most friendly receptionist ever! She will work with your schedule and get you the best contacts or classes for you! Very good prices compared to other Irvine businesses Dr. Kim is very experienced and knows what he is doing Gave me a spot on prescription They always have Groupons so check them out! 39.99 for a contact exam read more

I had a great experience and would be happy to go back. The doctor and front desk staff members were friendly and welcoming. I went for a quick exam and contact lenses fitting and was out the door in about 20 minutes. Very nice location too! read more

The Doctor was super friendly, personable, and most importantly knowledgeable. His front desk staff was friendly as well. He has a beautiful office and was able to fit me with contacts within 30 minutes. The doctor also took the time to educate me on how to put them in and take them out! read more

Thanks to a close friend, she suggested this place to me for a new optometrist for the family. The eye care office assistance is very attentive and nice. The Staff there was very helpful with options for glasses and also the time they correctly schedule you according to your visit. They run their appts on time and I always leave there happy with their customer service. I am a ortho-k client and I started the therapy 1/2/15 and I'm already seeing results. The explanation of the treatment was with excellent overview and training. THANK YOU Dr. Kim. eyecontactoptometry.com read more

I've been coming here for many years and absolutely love Dr. Kim and his wife. I am pleased to see that they are being cautious with COVID precautions. read more

I'm so glad I found this place! I recently purchased a Groupon for an eye exam and contact lens fitting, and I was so impressed! I was able to get a same-day appointment and the staff was so sweet and attentive! The doctor was EXTREMELY thorough and had a great personality. Usually I've noticed placed half-ass things if you have a Groupon or purchase something on sale. That was not the case here! I will recommend this place to anyone and everyone looking for a new eye doctor! They also have a nice selection of designer frames :) read more

This is a very unprofessional establishment. They have had to reschedule my appointments on two occasions. The first time because the doctor fell ill. Okay, yes I understand. However, the second time was for that same reason, "the doctor has became too ill to take patients today". Coincidence? I think not. The original appointment were days apart! They also notified me 1-2 hours before my scheduled time. I decide to not reschedule and to not continue services with them. Definitely would not recommend going here. read more

It seems like the staff has changed. The front receptionist is very friendly and helpful! I made an appointment last minute and was able to come in. Optometrist is very friendly like always. I appreciate that he helps explain everything. read more

Very courteous, professional, efficient. Highly recommend. I purchased through Groupon. I made error and bought for glasses, but needed for contacts. They overrode and made for contacts for $4 more! read more

I came here for my contact lens exam and they are great! The front desk is very friendly and helpful. And doctor Kim is very professional and he cares about his patient. He listens to my concerns regarding wearing contact lens and explained everything in details. This is the doctor I can trust with. A great experience with Dr. Kim and his staff. read more

Going good for a while. Recently I needed a checkup due to issues with my eyes. I made an appointment but was told the morning of the appointment that the doctor could not come in for unknown reasons. They referred me to the Mission Viejo location so I made another appointment there. The same thing happened again and they canceled my appointment the morning of. read more