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    Irwin Dudow, OD

    3.6 (19 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Dudow handed me a piece of paper and asked me to read the smallest section that I was comfortable reading.

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    Robert F Collins, OD

    Robert F Collins, OD

    2.9(103 reviews)
    2.0 miNorth Hollywood
    $$

    I was a previous patient several yrs ago and returned because they had appts for eye exam within a…read morewk. Also, I had a good experience when I was a previous patient. Appt on Saturday, Sept 13 @ 2 pm. Approached front door and you have press button. Employee answers "How can I help you?" I informed her I have an appt.. Buzzed in and signed in. Filled out the paperwork and waited. Place filled with people waiting. Waited for 15 minutes and staff called me. She said to me sit here for a test. Never explaining anything just rest your chin here. Finished and thought I would be placed in a room. Nope. Told wait in the lobby. Waited for 30 minutes and asked staff how much longer approx 2 hrs because a patient in AM took doctor's time that put him behind. I rescheduled. Returned Monday, Sept 22 @ 5 pm. Arrived and again needing to be buzzed in. Lobby only a couple people. Name called & followed the employee again with this sit here, chin here. Umm I did this already last visit. I am here just for the doctor. Told that I had to redo this test but again not told what the name of test. Went to lobby waited and shortly afterwards called into a room. I don't recall if doctor introduced himself. He had no professional coat & no name badge. Assuming he is the doctor and test proceeded. He took my old glasses and test them to see the prescription. After testing told I have cataract in right eye and you need surgery. Insurance covers it. Trying to process this news as he was documenting in the computer then he gets up and leaves the room. I am assuming to schedule me for surgery or get paperwork for the surgery. Nope. He left to attend another patient to give them an eye exam. Extremely rude leaving me waiting for 15 minutes then he returns with patient following him. She wanted discussed something to him then she realized I was in the room. Left to the front. He finished with me and he went to the front to give employee my chart. He tells the employee that these 2 patients need cataract surgery then leaves. Employee gives me couple papers tells me to call this doctor ask if they take my insurance then return to them to get glasses. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. Employees are receptionist. They do check insurance for eye exam when booking appt but beyond that don't ask. Here is the paperwork & patient to figure it out. Then you need to buzzed out so once inside your locked in. As I was trying to leave tells me I have to pay co-payment. They charge at the end of the visit or stayed locked inside. I anticipated to be their for 15 or maybe 30 minutes at the most but was their for alittle over an hr being late returning to work. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. Doctor is mediocre. Employee has lack of patient education. Lack of empathy from doctor and employees. Explained to me why employees at the front desk are wearing scrubs. Not understanding that part. I won't be returning. Do not recommend

    has a locked door on entrance like its a school which is weird. hit the call button got integrated…read morewhen I've gotten glasses at this place before. I don't know why they were so rude about me coming in at 9:30am. felt really brave racking I just went home after they said they let me in after like 10 questions. bad service for sure and I can see why yall have barely 3 stars

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    Robert F Collins, OD - While the doctor left in the middle of my appt to give another patient an eye exam, I took this picture.

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    3.6 miNorth Hollywood
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    I found this place through the VSP insurance website as I have insurance through my husband's work…read more I had zero expectations as it was my first time. It started off a little meh for me as there is only street parking and as I am disabled, the walk was a little hard for me. BUT the service totally made the walk worthwhile. I did pay extra for the eye X-ray thingie but that was so much better than getting my eyes dilated. I'm diabetic as well and I have to get my eyes checked yearly to ensure that my eyes are ok. This was a much easier exam than getting the dilation. Much easier and much safer for me. Then I got taken to the back and the optometrist was great as well. She recommended some things and talked with me about some other issues as well. She also told me that the pores on my eye lids were getting gunky and to start doing warm eye compresses at night and it has been helping. Then the nicest very helpful lady... I wished I had gotten her name... Helped me to find new glasses. She was so helpful in bringing glasses to me and looking up colors for me and just being overall extremely helpful. Normally I'm used to being told, go and look and see what glasses you like... Instead here, she assisted me with everything which was very much appreciated. Overall, the parking sucked but I guess that's LA.... Lol BUT the service was amazing and I think I might've finally found my permanent optometrist!!

    Though the name has changed to align with Dr. K's other practices, quality of service and…read moreoutstanding choices of frames remains the same. Definitely worth the 20 minute drive from Pasadena.

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    4.9(141 reviews)
    4.5 mi

    I had some irritation in my eye, decided to have it checked out, glad I did, there was metal and…read morerust in my eye, too small to be seen with naked eye. I was seen by Dr. Choi, she was amazing!! After just a couple of visits she had my eye all cleaned out and back to normal. The entire staff is super nice.

    Full disclose, this review is regarding my experience only ordering glasses, no optometrist visit…read more TLDR: I got what I needed, but will keep looking for a different place for my family's needs. My toddler daughter needed glasses and we already had a prescription from her pediatric Ophthalmologist. I was searching for a place closer to home that carried toddler frames, because the recommendations from her pediatric Ophthalmologist at the Dohney eye institute in Pasadena were all in SGV. I called New Vision specifically asking about frames for my 20-month old and after being satisfied with their answers, made an appointment. However, their selection was disappointing and they didn't have the strap-on toddler frames, as I was told on the phone. I went with the only viable option reluctantly because I wanted to get the glasses and didn't want to waste more time. I gave them the prescription (in paper form) and they had trouble with their scanner so told me they'd give it back to me when we picked up the glasses. I asked if my daughter needed to be present, and they said yes. When glasses were ready, they texted me at 3:48 Friday asking me to make an appointment, and said they were closing at 4:15 and reopened on Monday. Had I been notified even a couple hours earlier, I could have rearranged my schedule instead of waiting until Monday. So that was disappointing. Finally when picking them up, my daughter tried them on but they didn't really do anything else so not sure why my daughter needed to be present or why I needed to make an appointment. And they also didn't have the paper prescription that I had been promised. The person giving me the glasses made zero effort and just told me how easy it is to request it again from the ophthalmologist office. I obviously know this. This just underscored to me that things aren't communicated properly about patient requests.

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    Visualeyes Optometry

    Visualeyes Optometry

    4.8(268 reviews)
    6.1 miSherman Oaks
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    Dr. Dodge is so kind and really informative!! He has such a great spirit and you can tell he loves…read morehis job. It was really cool to see the new gadgets they have in the office to test your vision. I have never used a VR headset in healthcare before! I parked in the neighborhood for free on Huston St and it was a short, scenic walk to the office. Otherwise they have a parking lot and do not validate.

    I'm sad to write this review. I've been a patient of Dr. Dodge for several years, and my actual…read morevisits with him have always been pleasant. Unfortunately, for the past three years I've had repeated issues ordering contacts and glasses through the office. My most recent contact lens order is what finally prompted me to share my experience. About a month ago I ordered contacts and my card was charged around $300. After hearing nothing, I called to check in and was told the manufacturer "never delivered" my order. Immediately after that call, I received an email receipt from the office dated that same day--making it pretty clear the order hadn't been placed until I followed up. I understand mistakes happen, but this has happened before, and it's become a pattern. The tough part is that I'm now out of contacts while I wait (possibly another month). I also asked if I could get a sample pair to hold me over, and that request was declined, even though the delay was caused by the office not placing the order. As much as I've liked Dr. Dodge personally, the ordering/fulfillment process has been consistently unreliable, so I'll be taking my business elsewhere.

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