This shopping center deserves more stars. It's underrated IMHO…read more Let me explain why. Firstly, it has everything you need from a shopping center to do your shopping. Dunne's Store is great and big. Then you can finalize with butcher shop, €1 place, pharmacy, sports shop, carphone warehouse etc. that's shopping for you. Want to hang out or have a lunch? There's a place that robs your pockets. That's right - Eddie Rockets. There's some lunch cafeteria. Ice cream shop. Feel sick? Go to medical and dental centre. Or visit Boots pharmacy. Need a haircut? Barbershop and hairdresser is there for you. On a parking level you can get your shoes fixed, keys cut, get some flowers etc. One thing that this place lacks is entertainment. Actually, there's a kids train that drives around with wagons. At least kids can be entertained. Spacious underground car park. With, I think, two hours free time.

Charlestown is a bit of a random shopping center. From the outside it looks impressive and big, but…read moreon the inside it's empty, cold and lacking in any kind of substance. I visited recently to make some last minute Christmas purchases and really found myself stuck for options. Dunnes is your usual affair, if a bit small. I would generally shop at GameStop, but that aside there is literally nothing in this place. I would save yourself the journey and head out to Blanchardstown or the Omni Center for a better selection of stores.

You get absolutely great service in Gernal Optics I must say. They are extremely helpful, the staff…read moreare lovely and they have both opticians and Opthamologists (in case you need a more intense exam). I have gone there ever since I got my glasses (too long ago to mention) but they have always been great. They even give you the option to order your contacts through them or online, whichever suits you best. If you are looking to get an eye test, this is definitely the place to go!

From the owner: Medical eye specialistsread more

Absolutely superb service I can't recommend her enough. Even though she didn't have availability,…read moreshe made room, said that for eye infections they'll fit me in and gave me an appointment for the same day. She must have spent about an hour with me, extremely thorough inspection despite it being pretty late she spent more time looking at my eyes than have many ophtalmologists. In the end she refered to a specialist but the cherry on the top was that she called the next day to see how I was doing. That is the kind of personalized, human service that you just don't see anymore, it was so heart-warming to see that there are still professionals around who see their practice as a people first, business next. You can tell right away she's in the ophtalmic practice because of actual care and interest for the patient and that is something worth writing about. Thank You O'Neill Opticians, I am so glad to have discovered your business!

I went to MacNally's last year having gone to a high street brand for years and I expected to pay…read moremore, but also to get a better level of care. Unfortunately it was a costly mistake. Ironically the two consultants I met first, had been trained in Specsavers and to be honest they were lovely, but the owner/optician who did the final consultation was awful.I felt pushed into getting a pair of bi focal glasses with top end frames and they really were no fit for purpose. I returned in a couple of weeks to say that I just could not see the computer properly and I had stated that this was my main reason for needing the glasses. The owner dismissed me and said I just needed to get used to them. A year later, I am almost a thousand euro down,the expensive frames broke and the glasses are useless to me.Never again !

MacNally Opticians are the super-coolest opticians in Dublin, from their smooth talking logo, down…read moreto their suave website, these guys have got style. Okay, I'm getting carried away here, they really do have some really nice frames but they're all top drawer stuff, most of them are titanium, and all of them are on the pricey side. The staff couldn't be nicer, even when a scruff like me, obviously not wearing glasses, walks in for a poke about I was greeted cordially. So, if I ever need glasses, and have a little more change than usual jingling about in my pocket, I'll hit MacNally Opticians.

Delighted with my new glasses, great customer service and great prices ! would recommend Tunney…read moreOpticians to anyone.

From the owner: We provide high quality eye examinations, contact lenses, spectacles, spectacle repairs, and…read moresunglasses.

Had my eye test here for the last few years excellent service fabulous Frames also brilliant after…read moreservice

From the owner: O'Farrell Opticians has been open since October 2009 with the aim of providing thorough,…read moreprofessional eye exams in a relaxed, friendly environment. We also pride ourselves in always trying to provide and maintain excellent service to both patients and non-patients alike. The owner Sean O'Farrell is a native of Portlaoise and is currently living in the town. He attended St. Paul's primary school and Patrician College, Ballyfin. He graduated from D.I.T, Kevin St in 1998 and so brings 20 years of experience with him. Part of the philosophy at O'Farrell's is individual, personal patient care. Each person who books an appointment is guaranteed at least half an hour with the optician. In this time the eye exam can be done and advice on lens type and/or frame selection can be given. As Sean is the sole owner of the practice, anyone returning will be seen by him each time, thereby guaranteeing continuity of care. O'Farrell Opticians happily accepts medical cards.

I've been going to Nora for twenty years for eye tests, my glasses and contact lenses. I don't know…read moreif it's more expensive than other options like Specsavers or Vision Express as the last number of times I've had my test done it's been through PRSI. I find the service very personal in Nora's. You're the only person there when you have an appointment. The range of glasses is excellent starting at about €50 for a pair of frames up to a few hundred if you prefer a designer pair. The thing that costs the most in an opticians anyway is the lenses for your glasses. What I especially like about Nora Wickham's is that when you are choosing new frames Nora will let you take a box of approximately ten frames home with you to try on at your leisure and drop them back within a few days after you have decided on the style. Which means no rushing my decision while in the shop. Of course I'm assuming she may do this only after you've been coming to her as a regular.

I went to Nora after experiencing eye-strain from my Specsavers prescription. I found her thorough…read moreand careful. No more eye-strain for me, and really nice frame selection.

Moved from a large chain retailer to Kevin and his team in Gilna IFSC. Delighted with the…read moreexceptional friendly and personal service, professionalism and good value. Well done and thanks. Conor

I read the previous review and that was enough to make me go to a local independent shop. I phoned…read moreand was given an appointment that day. There is something quite charming about this old school style opticians. The people that work there are very warm and friendly. It differed from my specsavers experience in that It didn't have that cattle market feel. The lady Kathy who tested my eyes was lovely and the gent that helped me pick my glasses too. I highly recommend going to this shop. Very good service and it felt that the people working there genuinely cared.

It's perhaps a trifle untimely that I am writing this review at this point rather than later on, as…read moreI shall have to pay John Quill a visit in the near future, as I lost the last pair of glasses that John prescribed me the last night I was in Rí-Rá. It's unlikely that I shall have sufficient liquidity to replace them anytime soon though, so I might as well squint at the computer screen and write the review now. Quill's have been serving the health and well-being, ocular and otherwise, of the good people of Killester for nigh on forty years. Dennis Quill, John's father, ran a chemist where John's office currently is; John opened his optician practice when his father died almost twenty years ago. John is very pleasant man, and has been the optician for two generations of my myopic family. I got my first pair of glasses from John about two years ago, my eyesight worsening later than is customary for a member of my family. John is a very friendly and jovial man, and tested my eyes in no time at all. He then asked me to pick out frames for my glasses; I had been apprehensive about this part, as I was worried that he would only stock a range of terribly old-man, unfashionable frames (my Dad also gets his glasses from John Quill). However, the first frames he suggested looked great, they used to make me look the right hot nerd, I'm very pissed off that I lost them. So when I am feeling profligate enough to consider splashing out on non-blurry vision, John Quill's in Killester will be my first port of call.

I visited John Quill Opticians today and have to say what a pleasant experience it was. I went for…read morean examination for my driving license eyesight report form. John took the time to explain the procedures and results. It's good to have such dedicated talent in our community. Ray