Top class products - best quality....and expert service to help you get the right pair for you - I have purchased a few pairs there and had lenses made for others...Holly is an expert in the craft and treats her customers well - Highly recommend Top quality frames. excellent service, fair prices.. read more

Holly is the best! I have always had trouble getting my prescription right at other places. Not with Holly. She is the best and always uses high quality lenses. Perfection is what she delivers. IOptics alway has the latest and most fun eyeware and she is "right on" when it comes to helping you select the right frames for you. It is always so much fun to visit and select new frames. You can be sure they are the best! read more

iOptics is definitely my favorite place for eyeglasses. I have been going here for over 10 years. Holly is the owner and always goes the extra mile to make sure that you have the perfect pair of glasses. She has a special knack for knowing exactly what styles will compliment your face and also for getting people to try options that they wouldn't have chosen for themselves. iOptics is an upscale business carrying mid to high end products. They carry a number of the well known brands but also several lesser known but extremely stylish brands too. The atmosphere is cool but laid back including a swing in the store . Holly is especially careful about making sure that your glasses fit you perfectly. If you are in the market for a stylish new pair of glasses or sunglasses, iOptics is absolutely a place you should check out. read more

So happy to find iOptics for my next pair of glasses with some style! I chose the Lindberg - Edwin frame in a nice shade of Bright Blue metal. I was also tempted by the Wolf and Henau manufacturers. Holly has the patience required to provide meaningful recommendations to new patients. Who knew there are so many types of plastic, glass, nose pieces and metal parts! Go there you will be happy! read more

I felt special from the moment I walked into Ioptics to get my new Glasses. Sharon and her staff explained every option, they chose some amazing frames that would work with the shape of my face, eyes and nose, and they even got me into progressive lenses which I did not know anything about. They are very knowledgeable... After getting my glasses they also took the time to explain how to use the progressive and how transitions would work, they walked with me outside and made me look at different things so I would get used to it. Thanks for all the time and dedication you put into my new glasses. I love my new S+ARCKs. Thanks Sharon, thanks Ioptics!, you guys ROCK! read more

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Places like this are way out of my price range. However, it was Dr. Andrew's birthday and he had been on the look out for some good quality high end sunglasses. I think that this place carries the most expensive sunglasses there is. Originally we were looking for some Mykita's which are from Germany but are hard to find anywhere in the US. I found IOPITCS in a google searching, looking up "Mykita and Sarasota, FL". As soon as they came up and I read more about them we decided to check them out. They have many different brands of high end European good quality sun glasses, and regular glasses as well. To our disappointment, they did not have any Mykita sunglasses, only eye glasses. However, I told her what we liked about the Mykitas. That they were durable, had thin frames, etc. She told us that there was another brand that met that description, at an even better price range. When we saw the glasses she directed us to, we instantly fell in love. We would have never known about this brand/type if it weren't for her, but she actually listened to what we were looking for and directed us in the best direction! She wasn't being pushy, trying to get us to buy things that we didn't want, she was genuinely trying to help and she sure did! She offered us bottled water as soon as we came in and greeted us immediately with a big smile. She was fantastic and has the perfect customer service skills, I could even learn from her! Again, she was so friendly and helpful. Due to her fantastic service and the sunglasses she directed us to, we decided to buy them. We told her that we were from California and she sent us home with extra items, with some sun glass cleaner, with wiping clothes, and full directions on how to treat these glasses. She gave us her card and let us know that we can call her if we ever need anything or have any questions. We had about 4 more days left in Sarasota and she told us to come back before we left if we needed any assistance at all. She also adjusted the sunglasses that we bought to fit Dr. Andrew's face. Although the glasses were about $100.00 - $150.00 more than we could have found them online for, her service was so fantastic that we wanted to buy it from someone that we trusted and would help us in the long run. If we bought them online and needed any assistance, it would be non-existent. IOPTICS was definitely the place to go to buy great quality sunglasses and receive great customer service for life. read more

Holly, owner of iOptics, is great! She is caring, patient, knowledgeable and extremely helpful. I purchased prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses about a year ago and love them both! I have recently been back during Covid for repairs/adjustments. Holly quickly scheduled me a one on one appointment in her beautiful, spotless, ultraclean store. My eyeglass repair required the assistance of the Lindbery representative which Holly arranged and completed in less than 24 hours. Thank you Holly! read more

This is hands down the best optical shoppe in Sarasota! All great designer frames, funky and fresh styles! Both Sharon and Holly are great and know what frames work the best for you. So if you are tired of the boring typical frames you find everywhere else and want to take a walk on the wild side then IOptics is the place for you! read more

iOptics Eyewear - Eyewear & Opticians Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

If you are looking for great eyewear and expert service IOPTICS is the place to go! This store is one of a kind and owner and staff are great, I had an informative expierience shopping for eyglasses at IOPTICS. Sharon Katzman the owner helped me discover that eyeglass shopping could be fun. She welcomed me in the store, made me feel comfortable and started picking glasses for me to try on that she thought would look good on me, while instructing me on the different shapes and sizes that flatter and compliment my face. She helped me think out of the box and not just go right to the basic frame I would normally go to. After many pairs that I either loved or dismiised we found the PERFECT pair. Alain Mikli frames,She then suggested the lens that would best fit my needs so i could get the most out of my new glasses. They really took care of me and mafe me feel comfortable! read more

Frankly, I am sure that the bad reviews offered below are way off base. I went with my husband to check out their selection and we saw at least ten to fifteen pairs that would have worked wonderfully and finally picked one out that is amazing. You can bend them every way AND THEY WON'T BREAK!!!!!! The staff are super knowledgeable about the different options for glasses. Yes, the glasses are not cheap like some other cheap, made-in-China places, but the quality is FANTASTIC and you can keep glasses like these for years. read more

I knew before I entered IOPTICS that it was special, but I didn't know how pleasant my experience would be. Sharon and Holly are not pushy, they listen, they are very experienced, and up front about prices. This is not a bargain basement, but when it comes to my eyes I want to have confidence that the frames will be right for me and for the lenses. If you want real quality and top-of-the-line professional service, you won't be disappointed. And I love my new Swissflex progressives! read more

Ioptics Eyewear-Burns Court-Buyer Beware!! This is a high-end eyewear boutique with high-end prices. Unfortunately, the customer service doesn't match the product. They are quick to take your $$-but if there is a problem they blame the customer and refuse to help. Think twice before spending your hard earned $$ in this place read more

Ioptics has a very unique selection of eyeglass frames, sunglasses and readers. They are fashionable, colorful, fun, smart, or serious. They have something for everyone. The Opticians are very knowledgeable and helpful. I learned the difference between looking through grey lenses or brown lenses in sunglasses, learned that some frames are better than others for certain prescriptions, and the staff is very friendly, professional and helpful. I highly recommend Ioptics in historic Burn Court in Sarasota. read more

Sharon and Holly are amazing at providing excellent customer service and Ioptics selection is second to none. I moved from a large metropolitan area and carelessly damaged a couple of different pairs of my high end sunglasses. Siesta Key, alcohol and - okay a story for another time. What can I say about Holly and Sharon. They fixed both pairs of sunglasses and were wonderful to deal with and I cannot recommend their service enough. They are phenomenal and Ioptics is top of the line! Check them out. www.iopticseyewear.com read more

I was back in NY and went into the store I use there. I asked for teal glasses and Ruth pulled out a pair that fit perfectly and were ...teal! read more

As a former accounting professional, starting a new late second career in optics, I have visited a number of optical shops in the Bradenton/Sarasota area. I am currently doing a directed research project as one of my final classes in the HCC Opticianry Program which requires me to visit a number of shops. I am interested in learning about the products being offered and the professionalism and service levels of the individual establishments. Unfortunately, many of the shops are what I would call cookie cutter type retail type chain stores, that are carrying the same products that all of the others do and base their sales concept on pricing. Some although fewer and fewer these days base their business concept on expediting processing of spectacles; which if the truth be told is not feasible with respect to the finest optics available these days. Excellence in optics has transitioned to digital free form technology which in a nutshell makes thousands of exacting cuts in the spectacle lenses based on the curvature and axis rotation and wearing specifications of the patient. The machinery to create these individually crafted lenses is extremely expensive and unaffordable for the independent or even individual franchise location, it takes a major wholesale lab or central hub to cut the finest available lenses these days. All this being said, when I went into Ioptics to browse I was amazed at the exquisite collection of beautiful spectacle frames. I have been to a number of optical boutiques in the past but never seen such a varied assortment of fine eye-wear. That being said I was greeted by an optician who was cheerful and friendly and asked if she could help me. I told her that I am in my final semester in school and learned she is the proprietor of the shop. Sharon told me to go ahead and feel free to look around and told me to ask her any questions I had that could possibly help me with my project. While looking at a her collections, several other people came into the shop and were similarly greeted in a very friendly and unassuming manner. I was able to listen in on a customer selecting a frame which included color and fashion consulting as well as painstaking attention to the patients RX needs and lifestyle, both of which are important in selection of the best frame and lenses. As the patient was consulted there was no indication that a sale was of the most importance and much attention was given to assure that the customer was indeed very happy with their selection. I waited until the customer decided to complete the purchase and then observed the measurements and lens consultation. As the customer left I stayed and chatted with Sharon about they lenses she utilizes and learned that she prefers to do the digital free form only whether it be for progressive lenses or for single vision; as I mentioned previously I strongly feel that this is the only way to go these days. Sharon also explained to me her inspection process detail and I can assure you that it by the book and then some. I am very impressed with Ioptics in Sarasota. It is definitely not a shop for people that are primarily price conscious, but it is one for people that are concerned with the finest optics, fashion, and friendly service professionalism available. read more