Totally acceptable chain store* to pick up glasses/contacts, with the usual upsell gimmicks…read more So it had been forever and a day since I had a pair of new glasses, and having the worlds most super generic, yet incredibly comprehensive eye insurance (thanks hospital employee life), I was urged to visit this generic store..via the aforementioned generic insurance companies bland website. Are you sensing a trend yet. Not finding any independent optometrists in my new area, I let out an audible sigh and resigned myself to my new suburban fate. Literally every other chain eye store (there are quite a few of them around, all having the same name of course), had a few weeks wait except for this one so, I made an appointment. This of course was quickly cancelled due to a snow storm and rescheduled for two days later...wait do you think the other chain stores had open slots they were holding, and I might have been able to to go to an even closer one? oh well. I went in for my eye exam and glasses/contact fitting, which of course cost so much more than I remember: "Oh yes, your insurance covers "normal" contact fittings for 40$, however "disposable" contact fittings are 300 but don't worry, you get it for 182" - who uses glass contacts these days? This always has felt like a giant scam to me but again, whatever. Expensive script(s) in hand, I went up to the nice enough sales folks in the chain store who proceeded to find glasses to fit my giant head**. Pair secured, we sat down to check out and I legit saw the nice man's eyes go wide. "Oh what wonderful insurance you have". My glasses then went from ~180$ to ~300$ and now included blue light reflective ultraluxe x-ray vision addons...to which I asked "why" and had all of those fun features removed. I will miss the ability to see though walls, but let me tell you the pair I have work great at night none the less. So yea. Go in with the expectation that you will spend more than you planned on (amazing insurance or not) and that they will 100% try to upsell you on everything. If you're cool with that, then you can certainly get a nice a pair of glasses here and they will be ready to go in an hour or so. _____ *The Doc in the back ran an independent practice and was very very nice. **My mom legit calls me Mr. Met, and will send me GIFs of Mr. Met out of the blue with zero context and zero follow up. Thanks Mom.

Good service. Can't make glasses while you wait. Takes about 1 week. Other lens crafters are same…read moreday.

The exam is top notch. You do not feel rushed and the doctor sees one person at a time. He is not…read morebouncing between six or seven exam rooms. He sits with you , does not rush you and explains everything about all the results and what's going on with your eyes. The staff absolutely wonderful. I have been coming here about three or four years. And last year I finally gave up going to my "regular " optometrist in addition. I feel like I get a better exam and the doctor amazingly enough actually knows my history. And I don't care if it's a great memory or if he actually took the time just to read through my chart before I walked in. Most doctors do not do that. And I would like to shout out specifically , Michelle who helped me with my glasses and is so sweet , friendly , extremely knowledgeable... Just fantastic. If you are considering going someplace for your eye exam or need new glasses , I would definitely go and check out the Holmdel location. Also , if you don't have eye coverage , definitely go there. They always have a special.You can get a free eye exam and two pairs of glasses for under a hundred dollars.

The eye inspection technician and optometrist were excellent. Unfortunately, the front desk staff…read moremember appeared inexperienced and came across as rude. Despite having a 9:30 appointment and being the only customer in the store, I was asked, "How can I help you?", which gave the impression that I had walked in by mistake. Later she spent another 15 minutes to find my insurance w/o success so I got to call the insurance company myself to confirm I'm really covered.

I have purchased glasses here a few times. Recently I went for a repair of said glasses. Most of my…read moretrips into the store I note optical department short staffed. This trip was no different while I waited for the rep to finish up with a customer. After about 15 minutes waiting without being acknowledged I decided to leave & return later as I had other errands in the area. That being said, when I returned the gentlemen was free and was more than happy to make the repair needs, free of charge. The optical department appears to be an add on and not really part of BJs. You can get an eye exam but you would benefit with an appointment. They do have a decent selection of glasses.

I have been a patient of Dr Borchers for over 10 possibly 15 years he and his staff are…read moreconsistently professional caring and will always go the extra 9mile to assist you as their patient. Dr Borchers is very thorough --always ask about your lifestyle explains things thoroughly... I can't say enough about his professional manner, knowledge, and putting it together with your lifestyle, needless to say I am very pleased. We have a moved at least 40 minutes away from his practice and continue to be his patients and travel to his office because we are so pleased! I hadn't seen him for two years do you do to my own nonstop schedule but I had an urgent question ... Nevertheless he responded to me immediately . I was very impressed and extremely grateful... Something I will never forget!!

Great experience here, everyone friendly. The doctor was great and helped me out a lot. Plenty of…read morestyles of glasses to choose from

I can't believe how wonderful everyone in the office was. From first being greeted to the…read moreophthalmologist. The doctor explained everything to me, showed me pictures of behind my eyes and spoke to me so I would understand everything. Patty helped me pick out glasses and Tammy helped with my exam. I highly recommend this office. Everyone was so nice and that's rare to find now a days. Most just want to take your money and hurry you along.

Trying to be close to home, I stopped in for glasses and sunglasses with a prescription from…read moreanother optometrist office. Without hesitation, Beyer would not fill the scripts! I called the insurance company and they agreed this was incorrect, i can get classes anyway that partcipates. Hopefully, the insurance company will set them straight. We went elsewhere and were treated professionally, to get our 4 pair of glasses.

You want great looking prestigious name brand glasses at a reasonable price? Look no further than…read moreCohen's Optical, currently on the second level at the Freehold Raceway Mall. In a few months, they'll be moving to a new location, downtown Freehold near the American hotel. The store has wonderful and caring people will who are able to recommend to you the best looking eyewear within your budget. I am a collector of eyewear. I often literally coordinate my eyewear to my fashion. They make it affordable because they run specials. So they run specials, are they smooth sales people? Unequivocally, the answer is no. Several times I've looked at expensive glasses and if it doesn't look right, they'll tell you. Sometimes they sell me the more moderately priced frames. Who's ever heard of an honest sales person? Thank you Sean, Steve and the manager, Laurie. I've not used their current optometrist so I cannot say anything about him. I wish them continued success at the FRM location and look forward to seeing them again in their new downtown Freehold location.

They over charge here, do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. I have insurance and have been…read morepaying the same amount every time I've gone to the eye doctor. The one time I go here they decided to charge me almost double what my copay is. I brought it up to the guy at the desk and he said "that's what we charge here." Um what? That's not how that works. Then he said "the full price of this visit is x amount of dollars, so you're still doing pretty good." Yea I'm good with going to a different doctor.

Michelle A. was the sweetest! She worked diligently to help me use my vision benefits combined with…read morethe already low prices to get the best bang for my buck!

Doctor here is amazing. But the employees here don't want to work they sit around and just gossip…read more I walked in and they all made eye contact but no acknowledgment or hello. So I walked over and said I am here to pick up glasses . The girl said everyone's busy someone will be with you, have a seat . There is not a single customer in the store it's 5:15pm on a Monday . Busy gossiping .

I got my first pair of glasses here and did not realize that metal frames would not work well for…read moreme (especially the little nose thingies). They kindly swapped the lenses into new frames for me with no additional charge.

Wonderful staff, excellent selections and they were helpful in mailing my glasses and contacts to…read moreme - I'd relocated to another State outside of NJ