Lorali, whose name sits above her shop, creates an inviting, tailored and fun space with her warm spirit (and feisty/friendly little dog) and handpicked designer eyewear that you just won't find anywhere else. The handmade Blake Kuwahara aviators we selected were the perfect blend of classic aesthetic w a modern twist. Thx Lorali for the great service read more

Lorali's Optical - Blake Kuwahara Rietveld aviators - Eyewear & Opticians Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

A real treasure. Lorali has a great eye. Her store is beautifully curated. The unique and special eyeglass selection makes you feel like browsing through A gem store... all these treasures She also has very high end Clothes , some of them vintage. I love how she supports other local business entrepreneurs. You could fine three varieties of wonderful cookies. One of them is chocolate chip vegan - yum. Just three dollars for one of these delicious treats Thank you Lorali -whether I'm just walking past the beautiful window design, popping in to get inspired and browse, enjoying a delicious cookie, or exploring a new eyeglass look. Lorali is honest and guides her clients with confidence, kindness and an eye for style. You go there not just for her wonderful eyeglass selection but also for her guidance read more

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Thankfully the owner knows what works! Her selections frame my face perfectly, I came in looking for an old style frame that I recently lost and was able to find an update that was even better. Go in with an open mind and Lorali will guide your search and you are sure to be happy with the results! read more

Unnecessarily passive aggressive. I came in looking for something specific, and she proceeded to show me items that were nothing like what I described. When I declined to try one of the frames she showed me (a thick chunky frame even though I had asked for a thin frame), she stopped showing me eyewear and told me to look at items myself. As I was walking out, she asked me to come back when I was ready to have her show me items. I knew what I wanted and made my needs clear--there is no need to be condescending to customers. read more

My favorite place to browse and the owner is knowledgeable, and helped me pick out 4 pairs of frames. I'm happy my sister Janis Murray told me about this gem. Th Metre Wishom, Temecula, CA read more

Hoighty toity. So many strikes. Leaded with "what do you do for work." Hmm, a little personal before even getting to know my name. "your current frames make you look plain." Gee thanks, only had them for a couple of years! Then stated #sorrynotsorry but "I have been doing this for 30years." She only buys frames from European countries. And oh yeah, mentions she's been in the business for 30 years in case it wasnt clear the first time she said it. But very cute dog. 1/5 would not return. read more

Lorali is the best when it comes to sourcing beautifully crafted and unique frames. She listens to you and helps you pick out the best frames for your face/personality/style. I've been coming to her for years and have never been disappointed! I have a pretty heavy hitting prescription and she's a genius in terms of working with what I need. read more

This independent optical shop has some of the coolest frames around. She gets then from all four corners of the globe. I consistently get compliments from people of my frames, as does wifey. We have been getting all of our glasses from Lorali for over 15 years. Some of the best service and selection around. She has a great eye for finding just the prefect frame for your face and your style. You can just stop by and browse and she will do an adjustment and cleaning of your current frame. read more

I had high hopes for this place after checking out wonderful reviews that I saw at Yelp. While I love the frames that I found at Lorali's and she certainly provides chic and unique high-end frames, I am deeply disappointed and frustrated about this place regarding the service that she provided. I initially planned to get only the eyeglass frame there as I'd have much more affordable eyeglass lenses in Korea where I would be travelling in a week. She strongly persuaded me to get rush prescriptions from my optometrist, and promised me to get lenses done with the frame under a rush order so that the prescribed glasses will be ready by the day I'd leave for Korea. Everything seemed too rushed to be perfect, but since she was so confident about her ability, I let her work the charm. Big mistake. When I showed up at her store the day she promised, she was busy assisting other customer and she did not seem to remember me or what I ordered (we met each other to finalize my order like a day before in the store). And guess what? Her magic guy did not deliver all the other glasses but mine. Seriously?! Are you kidding me? She acted like she was sorry and started pouring her anger towards the guy. That didn't look very professional at all. She even called the guy a few times but there was no answer. Ha, how interesting! I need to go to Seatac in an hour! I don't know how many times she's tried to charm her customers with that fake, artificial can-do attitude, but to me, it just looked like a cheap trick to win customer's heart for a brief moment and it failed on me somehow miserably. And if I have to endure such snobby attitude in order to get pretty eyeglass frames, then forget it; it's not worth it. Maybe I didn't look important enough to spend more money there, who knows. Again, if you are really into these posh eyeglass frames and don't care about the shop owner's pretentious and pompous behavior, by all means, check out this store. read more

Lorali is a genius! Spend 10 minutes with her and you'll feel like you received a personal makeover and styling session. She'll find the exact type of frames to highlight all of your best features. Here are the highlights of shopping at Lorali's: 1. Impeccable and unparalleled personalized service. 2. High-end glasses from designers not usually carried in the US. 3. Great location in Old Town Bellevue - far away from crowded malls. 4. A lovely little miniature poodle named Mister who greets you at the door. If you're on the prowl for a set of frames to make heads turn, visit Lorali's Optical! read more

I love the frames I found at Lorali's Optical! The owner, Lorali, has a great selection of stylish, carefully selected frames that are distinctive and sophisticated. You can see that Lorali loves her work, and she has an ease and friendliness that makes trying on different styles enjoyable. Before settling on a pair of frames from Shau Shau eyewear (Vienna) at Lorali's, I visited Eyes on Fremont, Market Optical, and Ottica. Lorali was previously a business partner in two of these high-end shops before settling into the current location, bearing her name, in old Bellevue. Lorali is the real deal - deep knowledge of her eyewear (Lorali has cultivated relationships with the designers over many years) and her customer service is built on personalized attention to her clients. The handcrafted frames are of exceptional quality, none of which are massed produced. Lorali has excellent taste and I would trust her to help me again in the future! I almost never visit Bellevue, but if you haven't recently, old Bellevue on main street is charming. Lorali's Optical is worth the trip! read more

This is such a brilliant gem! Lorali has a gorgeous selection of really stylish glasses; and she has a really amazing optometrist in-house. On top of that you'll find other great accessories...tons of treasures. I try and drop in no less than a couple of times a month. I had one tiny problem with one frame (fantastic blue with tortoise, btw) and Lorali had a new one expressed for me. This is as delightful of a boutique optical store as you will ever find! read more

My Costco frames were looking tired. I usually replace them every two years, but somehow in the transition of getting married and getting a real job, my typical two year window became four and I was desperate for some change. The joke I have with my husband is when I tell him I want to buy something, I show him what I think is a "reasonable" price and he tells me I should go for a higher price point, in the name of quality. I found Lorali's Optical via Yelp and stopped in "just to browse" one afternoon I happened to be in Old Bellevue. Lorali was warm, friendy, and immediately got to work in finding frames. I eventually fell in love with a dark green plastic frame with the coolest feature...lenses that FLIP UP like sun shades! For someone who is constantly taking off their glasses from eye strain at a computer, this is an amazing feature! As if the glasses weren't the best part about this, Lorali and my husband got to talking about all of the designer clothing she has tucked in the back. My husband about lost it when she casually mentioned she sometimes has discount Drumohr sweaters in stock and has met Mr. Kiton in Italy. So not only is this woman going to be the only place I buy frames from ever again, she is probably going to become my fashion fairy godmother. Highly highly recommend, even if just for a chat and a cleaning of your current frames. I had no intention of buying anything when I walked in and I came out spending the most I've ever spent on a pair of glasses. There was no hard sale; Lorali's products speak for themselves. I am pretty sure these things will last for years, but I am already looking forward to purchasing many more pairs from her! read more

Lorali is simply put, fantastic. Her knowledge of eyewear, the materials used in the making of frames and lenses, and her confident fashion sense make for a wonderful experience. Not only does she have an amazing selection of glasses that I don't think you'll find anywhere else, the entire shop just makes you want to look, try on, check out, sit for a minute and take it all in. Lorali is no nonsense but so easy to work with. I think her greatest ability is to help guide you to finding something that fits for your life style and personality, even as she says, you didn't know it was the right thing for you when you started. If you are ready to take your face and frames to a whole new level, than Lorali is a definite must. read more

If you are looking for quality eyeglasses and superb customer service in a relaxed, congenial setting you must check out Lorali's Optical on Main Street in Bellevue. Her shop is a visual delight, offering a wide range of beautiful handmade frames from across the planet. Also, the lenses are the best available anywhere. Lorali has an almost magical gift in helping her customers find the ideal eyewear, uniquely suited to their features, personality, and lifestyle. By following her guidance I have received continual compliments in the 20+ years I've been her customer. I can whole-heartedly recommend you pay a visit to Lorali's Optical the next time you want eyewear that will delight you ... and those gazing at you! Note: Dr. Paula Fadhl-Pohl is the excellent optometrist with offices located in Lorali's Optical. Her skill at caring for all aspects of your vision and optical health are unsurpassed. Since becoming a patient of Dr. Paula my vision correction is the best I've ever experienced. read more

Lorali is wonderful! Her knowledge of eyewear is amazing and she has the best most unique frames around. I have bought many pairs there and I get compliments on my glasses everyday!! read more

This place is awesome and has great customer service. When we stepped in we were helped promptly, the owner has amazing taste. After asking you a few questions about your personality, Lorali bounces around the shop picking out unique options. She picked out a ton of different glasses, and half were really awesome. I was leery of going to a store like this for lack of selection, but that wasn't the case. The cost is also about what you'd spend at LensCrafters, but with better options, better service, and better quality. YOU MUST GO! read more

To see or not to see - that was the question! After meeting Paula, Lorali´s eye-doctor, I had the answer! To me this was almost a miracle, for so far I had quite a hard time at three different optometrists to figure out my right diopters. After that I was ready to move on to Lorali herself, who definitely is a PRO in glasses. She cares about the material which is used for the frame, how light the frame itself would be, if it matches the shape of your face and the position of your eyes and even if it´s right for your style and your personality. These two ladies love their jobs and are in the know, for sure! Furthermore they are so kind, friendly, patient and generous and full of passion. "The customer is always right" is their motto - and truly, as a customer I was quite pleased and felt like home at Lorali´s cosy, "livingroom-ish" place! After 27 lucky years wearing only contacts I transformed into a glass person within several months!!! Meanwhile I have two different frames, respectively accessories - an androgynous one and a more elegant, feminine one. I like both of them a lot and just started to save money for the next cool stuff at Lorali´s :-) read more

I'm not finicky when it comes to doctors and just kind of go wherever for my vision care....until now. This will be the only place I ever go to, even if I move. I had my vision checked by Dr. Paula Fadhl-Pohl - who is so nice, warm and welcoming that I felt I was talking to my good friend. Lorali is excellent! I'm terrible at picking out frames that compliment my face shape and she found me the perfect frame on the first try! She has a great eye for fashion, excellent selection of unique frames, super cute boutique, and both Dr. Fadhl-Pohl and Lorali provide excellent customer service. I highly recommend this place to anyone seeking an eye doctor or glasses. I'm so excited to start wearing my new glasses - which is saying a lot, since I hate wearing glasses and haven't worn them in 7 years. read more

No one has ever fit and pick glasses for me so beautifully as Lorali! I was a contact girl until she came my way...thank you, Lorali!

New branch opened in Bellevue. Called Lorali's. Bought a frame and had lenses made. When I couldn't get comfortable with the new glasses, Lorali said my prescription was wrong. When I had another optical shop check the glasses, it was found that the lenses were of wrong power and the optical center was off. I have another pair of glasses I've been wearing for two years with the same prescription. When I told her that she made the glasses incorrectly, Lorali said my other pair was off!. Not only would she not admit to any wrongdoing, she would not even consider 1. redoing the glasses; 2. refunding my money; 3. or even give store credit. Amazing arrogance and unprofessionalism. Super expensive to boot. kyle read more

Being new to the world of needing and finding glasses I wasn't sure what to expect. After a dissappointing trip to Costco's dept. I went to Lorali's hoping a small business owner would be a better solution. I could not have been more impressed with her knowledge and professionalism. She showed me a wide range of frame and lens combinations with a sense of what looked good for me. She imports a lot of unique styles and if you desire personalized service and unique choices, She is the one to visit. If you want cheap glasses and frames, go to the chain stores. If you want great service, great frames and someone who knows the glasses business, go see Lorali. read more

Anyone who thinks this is a great place to get glasses needs to get their head (not eyes) examined. I went to this place because of the positive reviews on Yelp (they need to put some of the negative ones first) about what a genius she is about glasses. When I arrived in her store, I was shocked at the very LIMITED amount of glasses on display. I kept looking for another room to see if I could find more glasses. I should have left immediately after I perused the very limited product. Lorali chose several pair of glasses for me, most of which I hated because they looked awful on me. I finally settled on a pair which I wasn't too crazy about but I already had put in too much of my time. She said I was going to get hundreds of compliments on them. Hah! I never got one in the entire time I had them. In fact, my relatives and one friend (who I admire because she is seriously upfront when I ask her opinion) thought they detracted from my face. But this is not the end of the story. On my next eye appointment (not with Lorali's Optical), I was wearing these glasses (only pair I had until my 2nd year appointment) & my doctor asked me why I was taking the glasses off when reading something (I told him I couldn't see well when reading) since they are bifocals & I should be able to see fine when looking down. So he takes the glasses & puts them on a computer (which is a real cool machine and the latest technology) and it shows all the areas of a pair of glasses and what they represent on the eye in different colors. He then points to these TINY areas at the bottom of the glasses and tells me this is the ONLY area of the glasses I am looking through for "close up" reading! I wish I could show everyone exactly what it looked like. I mean, you really wouldn't be able to see well looking down to read because the section of the glasses to allow this were minute. I was furious since I paid over $1,000 for a pair of glasses that were not made properly for my eye issue. I guess it's a lot cheaper to make the glasses with a much smaller area for your bifocal (lower area of glasses). I never went back & never will. It wasn't worth my time. P.S. I saw a woman on my way back to my car (parking is extremely difficult on Main street in old Bellevue & it is a very "high rent" district) who was wearing a pair of glasses I thought looked terrible on her and I asked her "did you get your glasses from Lorali's?" and yes, indeed, that is exactly where she got them! DO NOT go to this place unless you want to pay a lot of money for a pair of glasses that will most likely look terrible on you. And Lorali is absolutely no genius on picking out glasses that look good on you. And it doesn't make any difference whatsoever how long you've been in a business. And big deal if all the glasses come from Japan & Italy. She is married to a Japanese man & my understanding from her is they visit once or twice a year to Japan & she loves Italy. I can hardly believe she goes to Italy & brings back glasses that do not have the fashion style & edgy looks I've seen when in Italy. read more

I have gotten several pairs of glasses from Lorali and have been extremly happy with all of them. She is so knowledgable and intuitive about what works for each person. Also, she provides great customer service and has strong personal relationships with the frame manufacturers so if there is a problem, she can get it fixed. You can't go wrong. read more

Lorali told me I could not replace the broken temple of my glasses because they were discontinued. As she made the call to the manufacturer, something in her body language made me suspicious. I am glad I checked at another store, because they ordered the part I needed immediately. I have bought glasses from Lorali several times, unfortunately, I will not be back. read more

She is awesome at finding the perfect frames for each person. Excellent service. We've bought 4 pair from her.

Lorali provides exceptional customer service and has a unique collection of eyeware. Even though I am moving from thee area I plan on returning when I'm in Bellevue. Dr. Fadhl also does an excellent job. read more

I got the cutest glasses! I have been searching, I cannot say how many optical shops I have been to, and I wasn't finding anything special. Lorali has an incredible talent for finding the frame that is right for your face. At previous shops I felt like the sales people were trying to talk me into thinking that something looked good on me. I got into the habit of telling the sales people that I would ask if I needed any help and would like to browse independently. Lorali had on the cutest frames so I was sort of interested in her input, and then she was just so lovely. No hard sell, she just knows what looks good with your features. I get new glasses just about every year b/c I get so tired of looking at the same thing on my face, I don't think I will ever shop any place else for eyewear. read more

Can't say enough good things about Lorali and Dr. Paula. I'm new to the whole glasses thing, so their confident expertise helped me alot. Would highly recommend this shop to anyone and everyone. I get compliments on my frames daily and the polarized lens are great!!! Thanks, Lorali and Paula. Keep up the great work. read more

Lorali has been my optician of choice for the last two decades. This woman is the kind of professional that comes along once in a lifetime. Stylish, very well informed with stellar business acumen and definitely pro-consummer, Lorali's extensive knowledge of all things optical, which includes an uncanny ability to put the right frames to a face, will keep you coming back for all your optical needs. One especially amazing thing about her is that she really does aim to please and is willing to go the distance to make her clients happy. I have extensive knowledge of the range of opticians out there, having had many in my nearly sixty years of wearing glasses. I'm staying put with Lorali. Be good to yourself and pay her shop a visit. There are some great little pastry shops, restaurants and clothing stores right there so you can make a morning or afternoon of it. Just go in and let Lorali work her magic fitting frames to your face to get an idea of what I'm talking about! read more