Staff was very friendly and helpful. I would suggest not trying to use any Groupon offers as that only results in higher prices. You also won't get any two for 59.95 unless you have single vision lenses and want unattractive frames. They did go out of their way to fix the broken nose piece on my current glasses which was much appreciated. Unfortunately I'm not able to return the Groupon certificate because I had to open the voucher to find out it was worthless and now they won't refund. That's on Groupon not Stanton read more

The staff seem to have a hard time listening to their patients / Customers. I have to have progressive lenses, and I hate how far down the section for reading is and requested at least 4 different times that they place it a bit higher especially with the size difference of these new frames... Nope. It's further down to the point I have to hold my glasses higher up to even read. This is so frustrating, I should have learned my lesson from the last time. I asked for one pair to be sunglasses and when I got them neither pair were sunglasses. I regret everything about this visit. read more

said they have every prescription over the phone and told them I live an hour away and asked to just check so I don't have to drive from Destin and refused to check over the phone and said i had to come in, they did not have my prescription wasted 2 hours cause of them, awful would not recommend. read more

A lot of bait and switch on all the specials. They push hard to lock you in with eye exam before giving actual price on glasses.

They encourage you to send them a business referral. They will not give you a referral discount. The women are super flirty with the men but dry to the women. Didn't tell me my glasses would take 10-14 days. Very unprofessional and not informative. Please go somewhere else. My last time getting an exam from them. I told them that I could not see at all. You would think they would offer same day lenses. First time was great....last time never again. read more

The staff always is so welcoming and willing to help every customer with top notch service. Highly recommended and affordable with quality!! Sau V.- read more

Where to begin. Let's start with the 2 for $79, same day is the claim. But you can only get Plastic lenses only any upgrades are way overpriced. -Poor selection of frames. I think the whole store should be 2 for $79. Nothing special about any of their frames. I had to hunt for the 2/for frames in between all the others. That seems tricky. -The eye exam was virtual someone on the screen maybe not even in the country. Don't expect an in person visit with an optometrist. -Same day glasses but only 1 pair was same day. -They quoted me $180 for transition lenses and Eye Guy right across the street quoted $80. Anti glare way over priced at 86 dollars. Worst $79 I will never spend in that store again. I do not recommend. Davis highway is Vision city. If you can wait go somewhere else. Just not worth throwing money down the drain even z79 for two. I've been going to eyeglass world since forever but decided to try them for the same day benefit. Next time I'll wait. They get 1 star for making the glasses. And that same star for the poor experience. read more

Great service and care! I needed an exam and new lenses for my glasses. Anthony was very knowledgeable, kind and professional. I will be returning and highly recommend! read more

Very professional and helpful. Told them what I wanted and I got it in 30 minutes! Keep up the good work Steve J read more

I recently had cataract surgery on one eye and needed to replace the lens of my glasses with clear plastic lens. I went to Stanton today and what a wonderful staff they have there. From the minute, I walked in the door until I left with my glasses with a new lens in it everything was perfect. They're friendly open and very honest about what they're doing. I would recommend Stanton optical to anyone in the Pensacola area. Thank you Stanton. Anne Mann read more

Be careful and do your research before you even get the exam. Bogo glasses are bogus! They wanted to charge me over $1,000 for bogo glasses! That's with transitions, bi-focal and frames (plus some add-on fees that I didn't ask for). Have them give you a "bid" before the exam and explain every charge! Carol K. read more

Never had an issue when I come in. Needed to get a couple pairs of eyeglasses adjusted Sylvia has always been super helpful and friendly.

I went by Stanton today as the glasses I purchased last year had broke on me. Luckily they were still under warranty! I am so thankful for Kent's help. He was prompt, knowledge, and most importantly kind. Thank you Stanton & thank you Kent - it truly made my day. I'll be back for sunglasses soon! read more

Absolute horrible experience. If you are in your mid 40's you will be told loudly that you do not have single vision so you will not get same day glasses. Customer service is the worse as they are not able to give me a status on the frames I ordered 5 days ago and you can forget contacting the physical store as they do not pick up the phone or return calls. Giving it another two days and will have to go out of my way to drive to the store to speak with someone. read more

Super nice people work there. While helping my wife get a new pair of prescription readers, a nice young lady took my 15 year old Maui Jim's and adjusted them for me. No charge and with a smile. We'll be back. read more

I may be a tad biased as I had a family member who works here and helped me out, but that still doesn't change the fact that I had no issues and everything worked out great. The rest of the staff was super friendly and I was satisfied with how fast my glasses were done and with how they came out. Thanks guys. read more

Jasmine turned my day around. My glasses and sunglasses were both broken. Even though there was only one hour before closing, she made it a priority for me to be able to leave with glasses before the end of the shift. I had had a headache for two days because my glasses were broken. I can't thank Jasmine enough for going above and beyond to help me. read more

absolutely awful.. there is no doctor here they cannot dilate your eyes so they give you a referral. they sit you down and connect you to a doctor i can barely understand in india on a computer to do my exam. there is no doctor in the room or building. and then i have to be my own cashier at the end and use a machine i'm not paid or knowledgeable how to use!? oh and to top it all off since there's no doctor in the building i didn't get my eyes dilated they have to refer me to another doctor because a doctor has to do it so now i have to pay for another eye exam because this building doesn't have qualified doctors in house.. are you kidding me.. what a joke.. i did not go to communist india for my exam.. i am in america.. never again. edit: the prescription they gave me was wrong! i am having to pay for a second appointment elsewhere where there is actually a doctor on site! i paid for the glasses with the prescription they gave me and i was blind as a bat when i put them on! once i leave here i am going to get a refund because i have now taken monetary damage due to medical malpractice! edit: foreign lady, sylvia, at the front desk that barely speaks in english was extremely rude! refused to give a refund! i am going to a lawyer for medical malpractice! i should have known better when i walked in and saw that every single employee was from a third world country and barely spoke english! if you read all of the one-star reviews they say the exact same thing you will not get the correct prescriptions here they will charge you and charge you and give you the wrong thing and not give you your money back! read more

Great staff and selection. Easy to make an appyment. Can't wait for my new glasses to cone in.

My daughter never saw a doctor. It's some virtual thing. They never said appointment would be with a tech and remote. I'm furious that this was NOT disclosed before appointment. Didn't even know it was a "thing". Wasted $ because now I need to get a second opinion. They are not BBB accredited. I tried to file a complaint, but can't because they aren't even BBB accredited. read more

Scheduled an appointment for 5:15pm. 45 minutes later somehow I still have two people ahead of me. There is only one person helping patients (poor girl!!) and I haven't even seen the optometrist walk by. Do they exist here or are they only trying to sell frames. Pretty sure I could have gone to Walmart to get a cheaper eye exam as well. Not to mention how bad this place needs a good cleaning. Must be the reason why they have you pay before you see the doctor so that you won't leave! Won't be coming back. Update: it's 7:28pm and I'm still here. Also, the optometrist is a remote optometrist, meaning that someone from another country did my eye exam from a computer. And now all of a sudden I have an astigmatism and the wait time for contacts is one to two weeks. ‍ read more

Saved my butt today, same day glasses for the win , appt at 3 glasses before 5 !!! Also customer service was amazing so happy right now!! Staff is 10/10 amazing read more

Very helpful and professional. Sylvia went out if her way to ensure I got what I needed and at a very affordable price.

For my first time, I was satisfied with my visit overall. At first walking in for my eye exam, there wasn't anyone who'd spoken to me for awhile since they were all with customers already, so i proceeded to look at glasses to kill time. After a while, someone approached me & lead me to the eye exam area in the back ( there should be a sign directing new people there on the front desk in times when there's no one at that desk ). The customer service was extremely friendly & helpful after that. It made up for the long wait in the beginning and towards the end at checkout. They did explain they were short-staffed so i understood. I only recommend to have a sign for those who walk in and are new on where to go, as well as greeting guests to accommodate them in the right direction. read more

My initial visit in December was to get corrective lenses for the very first time and it just so happened it was Roxanna's first day at Stanton and I was her first patient. Because I had never worn contacts I waited a while before going back because one wasn't feeling right. The person there tried to help but when I left I still had problems with the one contact. When I went back a week later Roxanna was there and she told me she would ensure my total satisfaction that day. She really listened to me even though I was having difficulty describing what I was feeling. In a very short time she was able to get exactly what I needed. I will definitely go back to see Roxanna for all of my eye care needs. Sweet and awesome lady. read more

I would not waste my time going here. There eye exam is not with a doctor, it's with some person half way across the world. Now that does not mean the price goes down. No not at all. I paid around the same price as with a doctor there the last time. When my glasses came in, they were not even close to being right. But I was told that they were right and I would need to get use to them. Screw that, I've been warring glasses for 20+ years and I know when they are wrong. read more

I had a great experience at Stanton Optical! so its kind of weird seeing all these bad reviews. I made an appointment the day before and got to the store around 10 minutes early. I was seen maybe 5 minutes afterwards,I wasn't expecting to be seen so quickly. At first it's awkward being seen by a optometrist via video call, but i'm not one to mind. The eye exam was super quick and an all around easy process compared to other places I've had eye exams. When it came time to pick out my frames I had great help. Brian helped me pick out the perfect frames and even recommended places for lunch. Both of my glasses were ready in under 2 hours, never have I had that kind of service when it came to glasses. Great prices as well, compared to other places. read more

My husband and I ordered our glasses yesterday the staff was very helpful and friendly glad I went there thank you for all your help

Everything was great except for one hiccup. Chose Stanton because they were open on a holiday, able to see me the same day for an exam, and had reasonable prices. The only issue was that I signed in on the wrong clipboard and it took an hour before I figured out why I wasn't being seen. Others were complaining about waiting and I did briefly speak to a staff person when I arrived. I kept busy looking for glasses, but someone should have noticed I was hanging out for an hour. Took me asking to realize I wasn't actually checked in. read more

Got a great friendly and entertaining service today filling a prescription for the third time at Stanton optical, but the business card says "now optics". Tea (that's sweet tea) was training a new employee and She gave me a really nice discount. It was just a fun experience. read more

Got this as a groupon gift for my fiance. The groupon couldn't be used because he also needed an eye evaluation for contacts, which was fine. For his eye examination, it was completely impersonal. The physician is not in the room with you and you're prompted via a physician on screen. Our problem was that his prescription was put in wrong. His lenses had to be reordered 3 times. Each tome the wait was 2 weeks in order to receive the new lenses. They ended up throwing away his old lenses so his glasses were useless. He was suck with old lenses and one trial pair of contacts. Because his groupon wasnt used, I was going to use it but after this experience I ended up canceling my appointment. read more

I called to make an appointment after seeing a deal on Groupon. After inquiring, I was told that they DID accept my insurance. I could use that or I could use a deal they were running for a free eye exam and BOGO glasses. Either way, seemed like a good deal, even with an hour drive to get there. I waited about 15 minutes after getting there, then started filling out forms. While filling out the forms, a lady asked me about my insurance. I verified which one I had and she said they do not accept my insurance, and since I already have insurance I do not qualify for the free exam. I asked why I was told they did take my insurance on the phone. She said in a sarcastic tone, that it wasn't her on the phone and nothing she could do about it. Here is what I learned: Stanton Optical had me drive an hour just to be aggravated. Do not go to Stanton Optical. I will be happier. Do not trust anything Stanton Optical tells you on the phone. Stanton Optical will flat out lie to you on the phone. If they would not have lied to me, I would not have to give a bad review. There would be no review to give. They don't take my insurance, nothing can be done about that. A lot of places don't take my insurance. Stanton O ptical did not need to lie to me and say they did. There was nothing to gain. In fact they wasted the appointment slot. Unless they thought I would pay out of pocket to a company that lies to customers since I was already there. Just so you know, that was not going to happen... I went to the Fifty Dollar Eye Guy as a walk in and after telling them what Stanton Optical did, they made everything right at a better cost. read more

The staff at the Pensacola location is AMAZING!!! Every person showed us the utmost respect and kindness. Everyone was kind and knowledgeable and made it the most fun glasses purchase, EVER! read more

You know when you see when other people have really awful experiences at a place and you go to that place and immediately regret it? That happened to me at Stanton Optical. I read mixed reviews and decided to suck it up and try it out since it's just an eye exam. I don't need new frames, I just need to get my lenses replaced due to scratches. THAT'S IT. When you first walk in the door all you see is frames. The counter is at the very back, so that should tell you how they value customers. We are customers after all, not patients. I came in before my appointment at 2 pm to see if they could take me early. They say they take walk ins and they didn't seem busy but apparently they just couldn't handle the patient load so they couldn't take me (fine, no biggie)...as I checked in I was explaining nicely how it was a shame I couldn't get in (I wasn't upset at all) and this employee (no name tag) said rudely "well the doctor needs a break at some point today." So I let that one slide because maybe she's stressed out. We've all had rough days. Then she said I could "go ahead and get the hard part over with" and look for frames while I was waiting on the doctor. I told her (again) that I don't need frames and I wasn't looking for frames. She looked at me like I had 2 heads. Whatever. So I waited and waited and waited and during my wait, another employee approached me and just started talking my ear off. I felt like he was hitting on me at first and then I just felt like he was super bored and needed someone to talk to? It was like 25 minutes of nothing but him talking about Pensacola and fun stuff to do and what he likes to do around town... ...okay? I couldn't walk away, I was in the waiting area! So at that point it was 2 pm when my appointment was actually scheduled. The doctor was not back from his apparently much needed break so a technician offered to start my test before he got back. (I never understood his name but it starts with a B.) Okay great let's do this. She took my glasses and did my lens exam with no problems. Then she said the doc would have to just sign off and we'll be done. (For the record, I was expecting an entire exam, dilation and all, due to some previous health issues. Dilation usually takes place during an exam. She did not check inside my eyes at all.) So she gave my paperwork to the employee at the front who apparently is in charge of the front of house/frames department. Her name is Mary. She was the only one I could tell was wearing a name tag. When the other employee gave her my paperwork, she was very confused. She wondered why I wasn't getting frames and kept looking at my file like I was some kind of specimen. This is my first visit!!! There's nothing in my file Mary! I want lenses! For like the 8th time since I walked in, I ONLY WANT LENSES. So she asked if I wanted the plastic lenses or more durable ones. I chose the durable ones which Mary said are $199. On their handy dandy chart, it appears that the $199 price comes with the frames, as it literally says "frames included." So I asked Mary about that, because I didn't need frames. She said the frames are NOT included, they're extra. (Huh??) I won't delve into that conversation because it was really unproductive. I asked why I didn't have my eyes dilated, and she said I "have to ask for it." What? Since when? How is someone supposed to know (other than those of us who do, obviously) that they need their eyes dilated?? They only dilate on request?! I also asked about contacts and they said the doctor would have to do that too. So why, at 2:25, has the doctor not shown up yet??? Why is my eye exam being done by a technician instead of the doctor?? And then he walked in. Dr. B. It gets no better. I asked why I didn't see him at 2 pm instead of the other person. He said "well I need a break at some point" Then followed up with "it's kinda a corporate company...so sometimes they don't tell me when I have appointments, and they list all the appointments the same way. Whether they're retail appointments or exam appointments." So basically it will be a roulette chance that you will see a doctor, or not see a doctor. Insane. So THEN he told me that he "didn't like the way she did it." He didn't like the way the technician got my prescription and he wanted to re-do it. It was 35 minutes past my appointment time. I had already been there for an hour. So he proceeded to treat me like he was doing me a favor!! He said "it's fine, we'll schedule you in and we'll get your exam redone." I was like no friend, I'm getting an exam NOW or I won't be coming back. Chances are slim anyway. He said he wants me to put in a "formal complaint." So I left. I will not continue business with this company. Something is going on at this place. Horrible customer service, no one is friendly, they're all confused...the vibe is just...bad. Don't. Don't go here. read more

Stanton Optical - "Frames included" does not mean frames are included, apparently. Frames are extra and lenses only are $199. - Eyewear & Opticians Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

I feel very sorry to read others reviews... I genuinely had a great experience at this store. All employees treaded me and my mom with respect and professionalism. Definitely We will go back. read more

On a Sunday afternoon, the flexible pad on my glasses tore and came off. After a fruitless stop at Walmart, I just happened to notice that Stanton Optical was open. In hopes that I could purchase a replacement, I stopped in. The young woman who was working there replaced it for me without charge. As an out-of-towner, I may never get the opportunity to purchase glasses at Stanton, but I do appreciate great service! read more

Great service --arrived early for my appointment and they were able to get to me sooner-- great attitude of all people working -- helpful and knowledgeable of all offers. read more

Stay clear of this place, Absolute SCAM. My wife took our son today for an exam and glasses. The exam is performed by an online eye Dr, They went thru the exam two times and both times when they checked the prescription he could not read an eye chart on the third attempt the remote Dr said ok your all done and did not check the prescription to see if he could actually read with the prescription, so then the get moved over to check frames and of course the only frames for the 2 pair of glasses and "free" eye exam are porn star frames and they only have 5 hideous frames to chose from, so they bait and switch my wife over to the expensive frames and with no confidence that the prescription is even correct my wife decided to leave and go elsewhere but of course NOT without having to pay $59 for the worthless exam on an incomplete unconfirmed prescription. What a complete bait and switch scam, this place should be called scammer optical. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of this unethical bait and switch business with sham remote telehealth "Drs" read more

Oct 28 2020 I purchased two pair of reading glasses from Stanton Optical for my Wife, a year later a weld on the spring inside of the temple piece failed and the temple came off. I brought the glasses back to them and they said "The frame was discontinued" and I would have to purchase a new frame because the warranty was out, I said OK could you find a frame that the lenses would fit? They said "Leave the glasses and they would call me in a couple of hours. Six hours later I haven't heard back so I called the stores phone number, I was connected to a Nationwide automated phone answering system where I menu selected my way through "Talk to customer service" then "If you are an existing customer" upon selecting I was put in a hold status, I was on hold 20 minutes, I hung up thinking I was misplaced and called back and after being on hold again this time for 15 minutes I called back a 3rd time but this time rather than selecting "Existing customer" I selected "New customer" Immediately I was connected to the store, a store operator intercepted the call and I explained that I had left a pair of glasses that morning and was told I would be called back in two hours and I gave the persons name who I was dealing with. Back on hold again, another 15 minutes, now 15 minutes doesn't sound like much but you time it (I did) and see how long it really is.. Well, I hung up again and repeated the process, immediately again got the store operator first time (I asked the operator what location he was at and confirmed it was that store I went to) another "On hold" this time I gave up after 10 minutes. I told my Wife "Lets let the day finish out to see if I get a call before store closing" we did, no call. Second day: I waited until 10am, no call, so I went to the store to pick them back up, the person that waited on me had to find the one that I dealt with yesterday (I saw her in the back of the optical lab) to find out where they were, the person that waited on me came up front and took a bin from the top of a shelf out front and there they were, in the same drawstring cloth bag in a bin along with other customers glasses, not been touched. She asked me: "Would you like me to see if I can find a frame to fit them?" I politely responded "No thank you, but thanks for offering" (It wasn't her fault, she didn't do anything wrong but at that point I was so done with Stanton Optical) #1 Shoddy merchandise #2 Poor customer service, doesn't keep promises. #3 Phone system geared to new sales and not loyal to existing customers I would bypass Stanton Optical as a resource for glasses. read more

Keep on checking on my sunglasses, been three weeks and they're still not ready....today they told me they don't know what happened to them and so they started my order over on 'rush status' and now I wait again....I strongly regret wasting my money here, I feel like that several hundred dollars that went into 'buy 1 get 1' glasses could have been much more wisely spent anywhere else in the world that offers RX eyewear...unfortunately jokes on me cause they already got my money Edit: I added two stars back from my single star review on account of the fact that Brandt and Amanda have been very helpful on getting this thing sorted out and gone outta their way to make things right... Seems to me like Stanton has some internal corporate issues they need to sort out but I believe that is no fault of the local staff read more