The very best items in travel are not found by search- they find you. Stumbled upon Craft Optical…read moreby chance. Pierre was welcoming, extremely well-versed in the artistic as well as technical aspects of fine eyewear, and demonstrated the personal service above and beyond. Selection of frames was exceptional and unique. An overall gem in Paris!

On the spur of the moment, inspired by all the hip eyeglasses I was seeing on a trip to Paris, I…read moredecided that it was time to shop for new specs. At random, I walked into Craft, and I feel like this was an incredibly lucky break. Craft has a very interesting set of eyeglass frames, but what set Craft apart was the woman who helped me. She quickly tried a couple pairs on me and asked what I thought (too round, too big, whatever...). She tilted her head to the side and peered at my head for a moment, then disappeared into the back for about five minutes. When she emerged, she had four pairs of frames, and I liked every single one! I walked out with one of these frames (love it), but I would have been happy with any one of them, really. She really has a gift. This was a wildly different experience from most eyeglass shopping expeditions with a clerk randomly throwing crap on my face, 'do you like this? How about this one? Ooooh, they all look so good, but whatever you are comfortable with' whatever that means. I'm thinking that eyeglass refreshing at Craft Paris could be a regular routine for moi.

Bought two pairs! Can't wait to get the lenses and show them off! Will return for the selection…read moreand customer service .

I bought 3 pairs of reading glasses in this shop. Unfortanately they all broke a few weeks after I…read morebought them. I returned to the shop to complain. The shopowner was very unfriendly and rude. She claimed the glasses I bought were of very poor quality and she isn't surprised they lasted for several weeks only. If this is the case, I don't understand why she bothers to sell them at all.... She didn't show any sympathy and didn't offer any kind of compensation. Very bad service. I do not recommend this store. Beware!!

Absolutely hated the service here. So rude. On top of that, had to ask to try on each pair of…read moreglasses because each were behind a glass barrier. I had tried on a pair of $400 glasses at another store and was impressed by them and had them in mind when walking into this store, so I wanted to be impressed, However, the service and the fact that I had to ask the angry man to look at one pair of glasses was absolutely ridiculous.

absolutely LOVE this place! like a few other reviewers, I stumbled by one day on my way to lunch…read moreand was so enamored with the selection. When I asked to try on a frame, the young man was very helpful in showing me that and some other frames. Even though they were quite busy, he and the owner took the time to create a custom frame combo for me! When I came back to pick up the glasses, I discovered that they filled out the tax info so I could get a refund later and the airport. Wonderful experience all around!! I get so many complements on these frames - and lucky me, I'm headed back to Paris. And I will definitely be headed back to visit this gem and get some more frames!!

This is the kind of eyeglass store that Tyler Brûlé of Monocle would shop at. Every single pair is…read moreoriginal and stylish and made in small batches by some super indie company in Europe. And besides that, the shop itself is sharp with its teak display cases, wall of vintage mirrors and vintage Scandinavian couch. In a word: hip. I don't wear glasses and already have a pair of sunglasses that I worship but for my husband's birthday this year he asked for his first pair of sunglasses ever. We actually wound up here by convenience sake only. We had only two hours to shop for his present before the little ones needed to get fed/napped/changed and this was the first shop we went to while heading towards Republique. And it was the last because he found the absolute coolest pair of sunglasses on earth here after trying on a half dozen pair. The glasses were a bit of a splurge at 200E but they are unbelievably beautiful and they make him feel like a million bucks, so well worth it!

On my 40th birthday I walked in here and bought my first pair of reading glasses. If I had to buy…read morethem, I better make sure I got them from somewhere fun.

My first experience with AV was Year 2016...and I've never gotten so many compliments on a pair of…read moreeye glasses in my life! I absolutely adore them. The TSO technician told me about 15-20 years ago (can't remember how long ago really) that AV's son had come into this TSO store all disheveled from traveling about door to door all day pursuing businesses. The original doctor of this TSO location (since retired) loved the frames and said yes! Some background info told to me by my eye tech... The son told the doctor how the Valentin frames came about being made by his father; who I shall refer to as the creative genius of artsy frames!!! It was because his wife wasn't satisfied and didn't like any of the eyeglass frames being sold in Paris at the time...so Mr. Valentin (genius mastermind and engineer I think) got to work. But, because his frames were so unique and out of the box...made out of resin for instance...the son had a hard time getting eye doctors to agree to display and sell them. And so because this TSO doctor on a small Texas island near the Gulf of Mexico ocean...in Galveston said YES...I have a fabulous pair of specticals that I adore! Shop TSO! This location has the best selection of frames I've ever seen.

Well-made stylish glasses but don't order at a trunk show. I ordered a pair in October of 2023 and…read morenever received them. My optician called the company and they kept giving him a date, three different times and they were never sent. I personally emailed the company twice and never got a response. Very bad customer service for any company, especially one selling higher end frames.