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Mt Tam Optometric Center - Dr Lassa J Frank OD

1.0 (1 review)
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4.7(44 reviews)
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Wow! Dr. Tsang is amazing! So smart, so thorough. He absolutely goes the extra mile to make sure…read moreyour Rx is working hard for you. He just updated my Rx for multifocal contacts -- a tricky business. The first Rx was a VAST improvement over my previous one, but he kept tweaking it to make it better and better. I'm thrilled to have someone this competent and dedicated on my team.

I'm very disappointed with my experience here. I went to this shop to purchase eco brand eyeglasses…read morewith magnetic sunglass clip. The initial transaction/order went great and it went down hill from there. Pickup was a week later and the lenses were incorrectly installed so the clip wouldn't attach. They hadn't noticed. They sent them back to lab, 10 days later the "fixed" ones arrived with the same issue, albeit less severe. The lens/clip stayed on but still wasn't flush on the frame due to mis-installed lenses. I kept them for a few days thinking maybe it was okay but realized the misfit caused the clip to still fall off one side of the frame pretty easily, and the clip looked a little funny not being flush on the frame. I returned them again to be fixed. It's now 3 weeks after that second return (6 weeks since the initial order), they still hadn't called so I called them yet again, and they still can't tell me when they will arrive other than their standard answer of "maybe this week." I openly expressed my frustration today with the amount of time it's taken and the lack of communication on their part about what's going on. Instead of acknowledging my frustration, they changed the subject and made it very clear it's not their fault or problem (it's the lab's) and the familiar refrain, "we'll call you when they come in." If I don't have them by this week then I'll seek a refund, go elsewhere and either way, will never ever return.

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EyeDesigns Optometry

4.7(103 reviews)
2.8 mi
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Shoutouts FYidoctors in San Rafael Whatever anyone thinks,…read morethis place will forever be my haven. I wasn't supposed to be here. I wasn't their patient. I didn't have an appointment. I hadn't purchased my glasses here. Until that day, I had never walked through their doors, let alone knew who they were. I was just someone driving to a wedding in an unfamiliar area when, without warning, the lens fell completely out of my prescription glasses. I've worn glasses virtually my entire life and never experienced anything like it. One second I'm dressed up, driving to a wedding and going about my day. The next I'm frantically looking for the nearest exit and closest shop that can urgently repair my glasses. You can 'see' how difficult and stressful this situation was, with a sprinkle of already being late to the ceremony.... It sounds almost funny afterward. In the moment, it wasn't. I put 20 minutes onto a parking meter and dashed off blindly for this store. Mind you, it was minutes before closing. I walked in, explained what had happened and prepared myself for all the perfectly reasonable questions: Are you a patient here? Did you buy these from us? Insurance? ID? Do you have an appointment? Instead, they just helped me. They took my glasses, put the lens back in and secured everything. Without me even asking, they inspected everything, checked the opposite side and tightened that screw too so I hopefully wouldn't find myself in the same predicament again. I offered to pay them. They wouldn't take a dime. I was in awe. I hadn't even expected them to take me, let alone be this attentive and caring. I wasn't looking for a freebie. At that moment, I didn't care what it cost. I was dressed for a wedding, away from home, and my glasses had catastrophically failed while I was driving. By the time I walked back around the corner to my car, I still had 9 minutes on the meter. But maybe the reason such a small interaction affected me so much is because of the contrast. This wasn't the first time these glasses had fallen apart. The 1st time this happened, I went back to the practice that actually sold them to me. I was their established patient, wearing glasses purchased from their office, and they still wouldn't let me do a walk-in. I had to go through the normal scheduling process to find an appointment time for a repair. Ridiculous. I remember joking with the opticians there, "Oh thank goodness it happened while I was safely at home. Imagine if my glasses suddenly fell apart while I was somewhere unfamiliar and actually needed them." Then they did. While I was driving, no less. I was nobody to these people. My own provider had every reason to consider these glasses, and me, their responsibility. This office had none. I cannot overstate how much that contrast floored me. A practice I had never given a dollar to treated my eyewear problem with a level of urgency, kindness and basic humanity that I hadn't experienced from the practice where I actually bought the glasses. That's why I'm writing so much about what was probably an incredibly ordinary few minutes in their workday. To them, maybe it was just tightening a screw and putting a lens back. To me, it was somebody coming through for me during a genuinely lousy moment when they had absolutely no obligation to. The ratings here are remarkably high. I've also seen the recent criticism from longtime patients who feel things have changed since the business changed hands. I'm not here to tell those people they're wrong. Their experiences are theirs. I'm here to add mine. And mine is admittedly unusual. I haven't had an eye exam here. I haven't ordered glasses here. I can't promise anybody what their experience with those services will be. But I can tell you something most reviews probably can't: I know how these people treated someone when they weren't their customer. If you're reading reviews trying to decide whether to give this practice a chance, that's the perspective I can offer you. Based on my experience alone, I'd feel comfortable giving them the opportunity to earn my business when I actually needed an optometrist. Maybe that's an unusually strong opinion to form from such a short interaction. But sometimes eleven minutes tells you a lot about a business. At least compared to the practice that sold me these glasses... I certainly found my haven.

I have been going here for almost 10 years and still highly recommended Dr. Iwami. He is very…read morethorough and his prescriptions are always great. Sadly, they have been acquired by FYIdoctors and the overall business quality has suffered. The glasses service is especially poor. There are no proactive communications from the staff about problems with the glasses order that affects delivery. Both times in the past 2 years I have not received a call about my order. This time it has been nearly a month before I got my new glasses.

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Gayle Shimokaji, MD

Gayle Shimokaji, MD

3.9(53 reviews)
3.9 mi

I started seeing Dr Gayle right before the Covid Crisis regarding Styes in both of my eyes. I had…read morebeen to other opthamologists who did not help much because after treating them they came right back. Dr Gayle who is has great warm caring personality treated them for the last few months and finally hopefully they are gone! I was instructed by her to do 2 eye washes a day with some medicated eye wash (has tree tea oil) which has really helped too. I recommend anyone who has eye problems or even just needs a complete eye exam to make an appointment to see Dr. Gayle! She is the best of the BEST! Numero UNO!

I saw Dr. Shimokaji for about 10 years as did my son. Thought she was great. Was always put off by…read morethe $250 annual administration fee but I paid it as I could afford it. She was good with my son and while I feel she over tested me for glaucoma (with no family history) I went along with it every 6 months even though the test always came back normal. When my income dropped I qualified for a lower premium through Covered California, the same Blue Shield PPO insurance where she is listed as a provider. Blue Shield assured me it is the same coverage so I was shocked when I went for my exam after paying the $250 for the "administration fee" and the was charged $415 for the exam as she denied taking my revised insurance. So, basically $665 for one appointment! Needless to say, I found a new doctor. They take my insurance no problem, no annual processing fee. I should note, that my other doctors have no issue with my insurance. The new place I found also charges half what Dr. Shimokaji charges for a refraction prescription. While I had a nice long run with Dr. Shimokaji, she just priced me out of her practice. I wish I had searched for someone sooner, it would have saved me a lot of money.

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