Best optometrist or frames shop in Portland. I've been coming here for my annual eye exams for about 8 years now. I think the main differentiator here is the the customer service is over-the-top great. They really, really take care of you here.
It's worth noting that when I first asked glasses wearing friends (a bunch of tech geek hipsters!) where to go for an optometrist and a good frame selection, the unanimous recommendation was Eyes On Broadway. This place has had a stellar reputation for years. And now I join the chorus.
As for the optometry, I see Dr. Heidi, and she's wonderful and personable. The rest of the staff are equally friendly, respectful, and professional. As for the frame shop/retail end of the store, it's amazing. They probably have the best selection of quality frames in Portland. Lots of great stuff to choose from.
Of course I suppose this depends on where you are in the prescription lens food chain. It's certainly higher end, spendy fair, well suited to both the fashionista and hipster set. If any of the following descriptions fit you, you probably won't like Eyes On Broadway and you will likely be better suited for someplace like Lenscrafters:
-Price is your bottom line (glasses as sheer commodity).
-You don't mind walking around looking like a mental patient.
-You have five or more children with poor vision, and buying all those glasses is gunna hurt!
-You don't mind it if no one ever finds you sexually attractive again.
However, if you care about your appearance, intend to have sex in the future, and like to be treated like you are a VIP, this is the place for you.
Back to the customer service: this is a place you can pop into anytime to get a frame adjustment--completely for free. And while it's obviously easy to give good customer service when all goes well, I think a more telling experiment is to see how the customer service fares when things don't go so well. So allow me to offer two examples:
I once bought a pair of expensive plastic frames, which I smashed inside a Murphy Bed about a two weeks after my 90 warranty was up. Heartbroken, I eventually went into Eyes on Broadway to see if I could salvage the lenses and buy a new set of frames--in order to minimize my loss. They looked at my sad, contorted frames and said, "looks like a defect to me, let's send them out for replacement." And with that, they got me a replacement set for NO CHARGE.
On another occasion I bought sunglasses and brought them to Eyes on Broadway to have them sent out for prescription lenses. They sent them out but had trouble with the manufacturer, who got the prescription wrong. They had to send the frames back several times to remedy the issue (which was in no way Eyes on Broadway's fault). Because of the delay, they gave me the prescription for half price. Class act.
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