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    Southwood Optometry

    5.0 (157 reviews)
    Closed • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    By appointment only

    Updated 3 months ago

    Services - Southwood Optometry

    Eyewear fitting

    Eye exams

    Laser vision correction

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    Picha C.

    Everyone here is extremely friendly and welcoming. Dr. Matt is one of a kind. My first ever visit, and the other few times after that, were great. Consistent service, and good atmosphere. Highly recommend!

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    Donato M.

    This is a new office for me. I have only had one eye doctor for myself and my children. So this was a big move for us. They are very friendly and professional and I immediately felt comfortable. The office space is very convenient and spacious. I think I found my family's new eye doctor. Thank you Dr Matsunaga and staff for making me feel so comfortable! Happy Holidays

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    10 months ago

    Always feel welcome and taken care of here, more than any other optometrist I've been to. Clean, super friendly and helpful.

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    11 months ago

    Great customer service! The dr is really kind and helpful and the staff is super nice. Definitely will be back.

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    8 months ago

    The appointment was efficient and everyone at the office is very kind! Glad to come her to get new ortho k lenses.

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    9 months ago

    Southwood Optometry always has excellent and super friendly service. I highly recommend!

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    11 months ago

    Dr. Matt and the staff are amazing!! They are always very attentive and thorough with my questions and care.

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    Dr. Mat is awesome! He's super friendly and very knowledgeable. His staff is very friendly and accommodating. Highly recommend their office.

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    Always amazing service! My favorite optometrist. Always very helpful & kind staff. Perfect for folks scared of the doctor as well :)

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    1 year ago

    All the staff were very accommodating and efficient. Love coming here! 10/10 recommend

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    2 years ago

    Dr Matsunaga is great! I highly recommend. I have been coming here for 2 years now and the service is wonderful

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    I have been coming to this optometrist for years. He is the best. Very thorough and conscientious. I highly recommend!

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    Dr. Matt and team are excellent. They are knowledgeable, thorough, customercentric and appointment availability is good.

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    3 years ago

    I've been a patient of Southwood from the beginning and the service is just great! The staff is friendly and Doc and is amazing.

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    2 years ago

    The nicest team of people! They are so friendly and low pressure about add on services or buying things on the spot :)

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    Ask the Community - Southwood Optometry

    Are you a MiSight contacts provider? Thank you

    Yes, we are. Feel free to reach out for any other details.

    How much for a consultation ? My insurance doesn't cover vision.

    Please direct message or give us a call and we would be happy to answer that for you!

    Hello. Do you offer services for Ortho-K contact lens?

    Yes! Paragon CRT and Dreamlens

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    Review Highlights - Southwood Optometry

    “Matt is very awesome; he builds rapport, asks about family and also listens very well.”

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    4.6(263 reviews)
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    My appointment went from BAD to EXCELLENT! Let me explain. My eye doctor Dr. Tam was difficult to…read morehear or understand. She gave me information that just troubled me. When asked to explain it she was unable to do so in a way I could understand. I would NOT RECOMMEND SEEING HER. ONTHE BRIGHT SIDE. PAUL the optician was the VERY BEST. He helped me with fitting my glasses to make them more comfortable. He was kind, smart and a joy to work with. CYNTHIA who was the manager of the Optical side she Was FANASTIC too. She helped me by answering all the questions I had about the office. She was so very KIND and UNDERSTANDING. I would definitely refer people to buy glasses there and get them fit by the fabulous duo Paul and Cynthia. They made my awful visit ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

    DANGEROUS MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE. THIS IS A UNCARING CORPORATE FACTORY POSING AS A SMALL LOCAL…read moreBUSINESS. Warning to the South Bay: This is NOT the local, caring optometry office it pretends to be. They are part of VSP Ventures, a massive corporate giant (Google it & see attached pic), and it shows. They treat patients like numbers on a spreadsheet, not humans and repeatedly got my eye exams wrong. The Negligence: For six years, they failed to diagnose a standard condition I've had since 2017. In July 2025, Dr. Lee removed my astigmatism correction entirely. When I explicitly told her I couldn't see and questioned the prescription, I was dismissed. A manager promised to call me back--no one ever did. The Result: I spent months driving with dangerous, blurry vision and wasted over $3,000 on 9 pairs of useless glasses because I thought better glasses would help me, but the problem was their incompetence. I finally went to a new independent doctor (Leaf Optometry), who immediately diagnosed the issue and confirmed Manhattan Beach Vision Group has been getting it wrong for years after looking over all my previous prescriptions. Do not trust your eyes to this factory. They care about volume, not accuracy. Go to a real local doctor who actually listens and cares.

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    I'm a big review guy…read more Before calling or going places, I try to read as many reviews as possible to ensure I'm not wasting my time or money. Dr. Liu and the team had amazing reviews online and I can confidently say that they definitely live up to the 5 star hype. I've been avoiding a consultation for probably a decade now due to my fear of anything near my eyes and undergoing a procedure like LASIK. That said, it was time I made the jump and all the reviews got me off my butt and helped me make the call. From the moment I made the appointment, I knew the service was going to be top notch. It continued on the day of my appointment from the minute I walked in to when I wrapped up and was on my way. Dr. Liu, along with everyone else on the team, was really friendly and put me at ease. She went over all my options and never did I feel pressured by her in any way. While I ultimately have a decision to make since I'm ineligible for SMILE/ LASIK, I still appreciated how thorough, patient and understanding she when explaining an alternative. If anyone is in a similar position as me, I highly recommend setting up a consultation with the team. They're the real deal!

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    After hours eye care -, should an eye problem/situation arise, Dr. Joshi returns calls promptly,…read morediscusses matter and allows for an early office visit, the next business day. My husband had an excellent outcome with cataract surgery performed by Dr. Joshi!

    I'm letting you know right now that every review on here with more than 1 star is not a real…read morereview. This place is horrible. Long and truthful review incoming: The staff is not welcoming and warm like an eye doctor's office staff should be. If you have plans later that day, do not go to your appointment or you will miss your plans. They leave you in the waiting room for over an hour and say nothing to you until you get up and ask. Then you sit in a second waiting room where the same thing happens and the lady who sits at the desk next to the second waiting room is rude. I went in for a pterygium removal surgery. Joshi messed up my surgery causing scarring and an issue causing so much discomfort that I had to come back 3 days after my surgery for him to fix it. First off they did not even give me pain medication for recovery. They told me to go home and take tylenol and advil and no I am not embellishing. Anyways, He then had me sit in the chair to try and fix his mistake and used metal tweezers in my eye trying to grab and unfold the graft that he had messed up while I was under no medication. This caused me excruciating pain and it was like he did not care. He has ZERO bedside manner as a doctor and acts like you're a burden for having made an appointment, he is not thorough in his explanations and he rushes through everything. The surgery he did on my eye was so bad I had to go to a second doctor to fix the surgery and even that doctor said how poor a job Joshi did on my surgery. It cost $1700 for the surgery which I paid out of pocket. Then over the next two months I was sent a $505.50 bill for anesthesia, a $526.50 bill for cost of surgery, a $250.00 bill for being a new patient, and a $95.00 bill for...who even knows. If you care about your eyes, please do not let this doctor operate on you. Go see someone else and you will thank me later.

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