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    Grand Rapids, MI

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    Helms Family Optical

    3.9 (9 reviews)
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    12 years ago

    Super friendly staff bought two pair of glasses there, they weren't the cheapest but had cool styles.

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    14 years ago

    Very helpful and friendly. Dr. Helms is very nice and explains the process completely. Not a huge selection on frames though.

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    9 years ago

    Awesome place for GM retirees to get great care! They also have a good selection of frames to choose from covered by our insurance benefit!

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    Grand Rapids Ophthalmology

    Grand Rapids Ophthalmology

    2.5
    (28 reviews)
    1.1 mi
    $$$

    They are very efficient & thorough. They make sure all of my concerns are addressed & explain…read moreeverything to me.

    seriously the WORST! had ONE good doctor originally there and mistakenly referred a friend at that…read morepoint (she also had a horrible experience). where to start? was feeling ill and yet had bad eye infection. also when arrived walked toward check in desk and was ignored (i was also ill and couldn't stand long). had to sit in a nearly empty waiting room and still not acknowledged. another patient came in AFTER i did and was waited on! could have gone somewhere closer but had good appointment with a female eye doctor there once so requested her. arrived and a condescending male doctor came in instead. i asked why i wasn't seeing the female doctor requested and confirmed for my appointment and was told that she had to suddenly leave. turns out she was pregnant and the place couldn't man up and tell me that she was uncomfortable seeing someone with a (suspected) eye infection. was treated even nervously by rude male doctor. went home, eye got even worse and returned and had to see yet another doctor who said that it seemed that it was my eyelid and not my eye that was infected and that he couldn't help me and that i should see a "lid specialist". at checkout counter was told the lid specialist (only one in town) was only available Wed mornings or something. i said that i couldn't make that slot (i am disabled and also have a connected sleep disorder that affects my morning functioning). i was given attitude by desk person about that and she got up irritated to go speak to someone else about the time conflickt. at that point another persone came out and was really fed up with this and said to me (in front of others)... "if it was important to you, you would find a way to make it!" (i was given similar attitude for mentioning that i couldn't take many medications due to allergic reactions). a few days later i got a call from the lid specialist's office saying that they were calling to set up an appointment with me regarding my "lid disfigurement"/surgical issue... HUH?... i had a bacterial infection in my eye. had to visit a different location once and though the staff there was SUPER nice (the EGR location)... had yet another condescending doctor. oh; and their "second waiting room" for after dilating eyes is like a cattle stall. tons of seats packed nearly one or two feet from everyone else in a TINY round space. fun especially around COVID.

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    Rx Optical, a MyEyeDr. Company

    Rx Optical, a MyEyeDr. Company

    2.7
    (6 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    $$

    Listen, I've not experience "bad" customer service from the staff, but I was told they were running…read more"10-15 minutes late," when I arrived. I waited 50 minutes. They didn't call to warn me or tell me to come in later which seems like a minimal effort courtesy.

    Apparently the space for a review is shorter than my description of things that went wrong at my…read moreappointment, so here's the cliff notes: A supposed professional (male) refused to answer questions for my informed consent, claimed that informed consent on my part would sabotage my eye exam, demonstrated very poor listening, insinuated that I had some emotional issue for being frustrated by his unprofessional conduct, THREATENED me, and condescended to me extensively. This was while I was alone in a room with him. Once someone else walked in and was watching, he switched right over to being polite - as if I didn't deserve basic human respect unless someone else was watching! The whole situation was quite bizarre and I am sure this optometrist would not have dared to treat a man so badly! I will definitely not be seeing him again and I regret the waste of using my eye insurance for this appointment when I could've felt safe and respected by seeing someone else. Note: I have had good experiences at Rx optical all the other times I've been there, so not all their optometrists are like this. But apparently the Knapp/East Beltline location was the wrong place to go!

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