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Glendale Optometric Center

4.1 (160 reviews)
Closed • 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

By appointment only

Updated 3 weeks ago

Services - Glendale Optometric Center

Eye exams

Eyewear fitting

Retinal imaging

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Dan N.

Dr. Nishi and Dr. Gin are the best optometrists I've ever been to. My partner and I have been going for 15 years now and have always received excellent care and recommendations. It's a warm family practice and I've enjoyed getting to know the doctors; I feel like I've watched their kids grow up and have gotten helpful parenting advice from Dr. Nishi many times, haha. Truly a wonderful place. So grateful for all of their help over the years with glasses and contacts! My kids go here now too, since kindergarten. Everything is great from the easy, free parking to the kind front office staff. Great selection of adult and kid frames too! A+

Got here before closing, yet they never opened the doors for me. Was standing outside for 20 minutes.

Terrible service. I was there before closing. They told me repeatedly that the doors close at 7 sharp. Yet I was there 15 minutes prior and they could see me standing outside, even knocking on the door to open it. Yet they never bothered. I called beforehand to let them know that I would be coming late and I can see multiple staff inside just ignoring me. I came just to pick up the contacts that I purchased. Terrible staff.

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Lisa L.

My family and I have been coming to Dr. Gin and Dr. Nishi for years and we absolutely love this place! The lobby is modern and the waiting area has a few chairs, but we've never had to wait more than 10 minutes after check-in. Our orders for glasses or contacts have always arrived on time and with little effort on our end - their staff is phenomenal and so kind. The reason I finally decided to leave a review: NEW TECH! The kids were happily surprised to see the "smart glasses" displayed in the lobby (they can't stop talking about them and my son thinks they will get him one step closer to being Ironman) and during my checkup, they had me put on "Neurolens", which apparently measures eye misalignment - such a fun test, you get to put on a VR headset and watch a cute video where you stare at a yellow dot (no air puffs on this one, yay!). If you are looking for an optometrist that has all the future tech and best eye doctors - we highly recommend Dr. Gin and Dr. Nishi's office.

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“Nishi and his assistant instructed me on how to insert, wear and get the feeling of them and now I have zero issues.”

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I truly enjoy giving solid 5 Star Yelp reviews to businesses like this…read more Here are the reasons (in no particular order) for this outstanding review: (if you don't have time to read all of this, skip to No. 7) 1. I emailed the business this week and not only did I get a response that same day... they were able to fit me in during the same week. That's amazing given how special this place is. 2. The person who responded to my email (Emilia) was the person who greeted me this afternoon for my appointment. She is just as sweet in person as she was in our email correspondence. She also conducts some testing prior to meeting the optometrist so she's multi-talented and very good at what she does. She is calming too. 3. I was also greeted by a lovely person whose name I didn't catch but she is in charge of fitting people for glasses. She was, indeed, lovely. 4. The parking is SUPER convenient. 5. The office is extremely inviting. It's warm and open and just very tastefully decorated. I don't typically like chandeliers but this worked perfectly in the waiting area - as did so many other things. I really kept looking all around and everything kept catching my eye. I want to come back just to get a better sense of the overall aesthetics of the office and take copious notes for my own house. 6. The equipment that this business uses for their patient exams is absolutely top notch, bar none. I mean, incredibly high end, based on my 64 years' worth of experience for eye exams. 7. DR. JAVADIAN!!! Listen, she was absolutely amazing from the minute I met her and up and until she walked me out. She does not rush, she will not oversell anything to you, she answers all questions and also asks, from time to time, if you have questions because of the amount of information she provides. While I was sitting there, I kept thinking how badly I wanted to get home and write this review. If she could transform into all of my doctors - I would surely be in heaven. Needless to say, I came home, told my Husband to make an appointment as we both needed new eye doctors. But, just he does now because I have my new eye doctor! For background, I have had the same optometrist for 50 years - he just retired and I was dragging my feet trying to find a new one. I am so grateful I found Glendale Family Optometry through Yelp so that I can now have the same optometrist hopefully for another 50 years. Edited - My husband made an appointment as well which is scheduled for next week!

I have found my eye-doctor...for life. For over 4 years I've been coming here, and Dr. Javadian…read moreputs every other eye doctor I've worked with unfortunately as second tier. She is number one. She does every type of test and imaging you can think of for eyes. Looks at them like a detective any small micro-spot or pigmentation or anything that could be an issue she targets, saves in a digital record, and remembers everything from your previous visit to the next and you are both checking your eye health together every year. She is so personable and such a professional and fun to be around, and she takes her job extremely seriously because she LOVES what she does and has the most passion I've seen an eye doctor have. She's awesome and the best of the best. The ladies at the front desk are wonderful too and extremely courteous and professional and make everything super easy. So thankful to have found their practice and call it my eye care home for years to come. Amazing. THANK YOU ALL!

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As a glasses/contacts wearer for 25+ years, I tend to jump around with different optometrists…read morewhenever a "new deal" or "Groupon" pops up to try to find the best deal. All that optometrist-hopping stopped when I found Montrose Eye Center. The customer service here is second to none. Shoutout to Annette, who is kind, understanding, and always provides EXCEPTIONAL customer service every time I walk through the front door. Dr. Fouladian is also incredibly professional and kind; he always responds to any question or concern throughout the course of the appointment. Options for glasses and contacts here are bountiful, and they were even willing to work with glasses I already had to update the prescriptions if needed. I'm very thankful that I found this optometrist and to be honest, it's the customer service that keeps me coming back more than anything.

I wonder why my experience wasn't like all the five-star raves here, because honestly, this person…read moredoes NOT deserve that. To preface: I understand if an optometrist suspects something, they refer you to an ophthalmologist. That's normal. I also understand nerves can look "questionable," and I'm fine with being referred. In fact, I loved the ophthalmologist I ended up seeing. What bothers me is the sketchy way this all went down, which left me with a very suspicious gut feeling. First off, the "exam room" was basically a long storage closet with old papers stacked everywhere, a chair, and i actually think it was the closet -- just fully not a professional medical office. It felt dirty and disorganized, 100% total opposite of every other optometrist I've ever seen. First red flag. Then during the exam (not dilated), he kept making "hmm...uhhh..." noises while looking through his lens. When I asked what was wrong, he literally said: "When I look at your eye, I SEE GLAUCOMA." I was shocked. I had just turned 40 three months ago, have zero family history, and every other optometrist has told me my nerves looked healthy -- one even showed them on a big screen and called them "healthy nerve examples." I told him this and he replied, "Well, glaucoma can show up later," then added I "may need" laser treatment -- even though when he finally did a pressure test, it was normal. If my nerves looked suspicious, fine -- just say that and refer me. But declaring "I see glaucoma" without proof, without even explaining what glaucoma even is, was just so beyond unprofessional and unnecessarily frightening. ok SO the BIGGEST red flag: he insisted that I ONLY SEE HIS "friend" in Culver City, and (i am literally quoting him verbatim) "no ophthalmologists in Pasadena or this area are any good." Excuse me? We live in Los Angeles -- one of the biggest cities in the world, with UCLA, USC, and countless world-class specialists -- not the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, I'm sitting in this dude's gross closet of an office, thinking, "Does he not see where he's practicing? He expects me to trust this??" The irony was laughable if it hadn't been so alarming. Finally, despite acing my vision test, he told me I needed low-grade glasses. At checkout, the staff kept tacking on add-ons I didn't ask for ("blue light $60, anti-reflection $30, another $30..."), and I walked out $80 poorer for glasses I didn't need. I left in shock and immediately called my mom and brother (both MDs), who were just as stunned. I refused to call his "friend" and instead went to a reputable ophthalmologist my brother recommended. That doctor did a full workup with multiple scans, tests, and dilation, and told me my optic nerves are completely healthy -- just naturally a bit larger than average. He also confirmed I DO NOT need glasses. So this optometrist was the ONLY one who's ever told me I "have glaucoma." To me, it felt like fear tactics and upselling, and taking advantage of a woman he assumed was naïve. My advice: do NOT go here. If you're told something serious, get a second opinion from a board-certified ophthalmologist before you spend money or agree to treatment.

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