Although they aren't the cheapest of all the opticians in Sunderland (or in general), Dolland and…read moreAitchison are my favourite. I often received mailings from them which have offered a completely free eye test, and I usually take up this offer!The staff are friendly and very professional and are not pushy about selling their products like some high street opticians, even if you are only taking advantage of the free eye test promotion! I always find that the waiting time is also a lot shorter than in other opticians - you get seen more or less straight away, even at peaktime (i.e. weekends). Their frames are generally good quality and they have a lot of designer ones too. The prices reflect the quality really - I am a strong believer that you get what you pay for!

Popped into this store to ask a question about an eye issue, ended up missing out the doctors…read moreappointment & was given the minor eye condition service almost immediately. The staff in this store are unbelievably efficient from front desk to the optician. A certainly well deserved 5 stars from walking into the door to leaving. This store is the only one in the Bishop Auckland area to offer this service, nearest other is Durham or Darlington.

Wow what a little aladins cave this shop is. Very deceiving from the from the front but turns into…read morean endless cavern of every type of antique you might be looking for. Even if you are not into antiques it's well worth a stroll around to see some of the stuff of your childhood and beyond! The Tv show Bargin Hunt has been here & at the sister shop just down the bank. Shop owner is friendly & helpfull.

From the owner: Robsons Antiques is a family run business established 25yrs buying and selling all manner of…read moreantiques including Silver, Glass, cutlery, pottery, cast iron fireplaces, brass, copper North country and Durham Quilts. wwwrobsonsantiques.co.uk

Absolutely crap left me for 5 months without glasses. As got the lens in right eye to strong done…read morewrong. Making excuses on phone and lab doing lenses wrong. Ended up in Sunderland eye infirmary and because of vision express. I'm know going blind and going to see low vision assessment team up Sunderland eye infirmary. To get aids to help me walk around. I had a eye examination up the Sunderland eye infirmary, but not good. As the optromitist told me right lens to strong. Told the optromitist that vision express left me 5 months without sight glasses and the optromitist said that's not good. Bad attitude and managers from all staff on phone. So all I can say is your choice. I went to specialist opticians in sea road and they are very good. Called Buckingham and Hicksons. Very good optromitist Mr Hickson does very through eye examination and helpful lady who helps you out with frames.

Vision Express is based in King St in south shields and has been in the town centre for a while…read morenow, it recently moved from the bottom of King St to the top of King St close to Woolworths. The branch is small compared to the other branches it has in the north east, they offer eye tests both private and to NHS patients. The range of glasses they have in are ok but the prices of the lenses and frames for decent type of frame is far to expensive in my view. The price you pay for one pair of glasses from there you can get 2 pairs of the same lenses and similar frames from elsewhere. Again the staff try the hard sale push on you and try not to give you your prescription if u need glasses stopping u from going elsewhere to get them.

This opticians combines all that you would expect of old fashioned service and courtesy with up to…read moredate equipment and goods. The receptionist here is exceptionally helpful and professional. She has always been ever so good at putting my children at ease when waiting in the waiting area. There is a good range of glasses - although I accept not the range you may find in a large optical superstore in a large shopping centre. However the range is very fair and appears to include lots of modern styles. The same can be said for thier range fo contact lenses. Obviously they don't hold the range of the optical superstores but they do have a good range including coloured lenses, dily and monthly lenses. Service we have received from the opticians themselves has always been first class. Again I must say that in realtion to my children they are second to none. I always worry when taking young children for this kind of eaxmination in case they can see but for whatever reason actually say the wrong thing. Alst time I went I ended up with the impression that in addition to being an optician he was also a child psychologist as he was able to tell when my child had just had enough and had started saying anything because she was bored. Thankfully he didn't write out a prescription for glasses, instead he tried different testing techniques until he had the true picture. Very understanding, approachable and knowledgable. I would certainly recommend them!

I chose this opticians because of a previous review and I was not disappointed. Excellent service…read moreand friendly people. They provide all the modern tests and equipment combined with old-fashioned service. Although I did not need to buy any glasses, I noticed that the prices were very competitive. One possible problem is the parking. You might be lucky and find a space on the road outside the premises, or failing that there is an off-street car park a little further down the road. However, if walking is a problem, their premises at Newton Hall is in a small shopping mall with its own parking area. I would thoroughly recommend this optician.

This ones not just for kids,it's for anybody who loves this type of stuff…read more They have such wonderful things such as Star wars and other film memorabillia.The prices are good.You would'nt get them cheaper even online I suspect. You just have to go in and have a look around to appreciate the items on offer.I always end up with either coming away or wanting something I had seen on sale. They do seem to get a good stock of new goods quite regularly. Well worth looking in here,if you like this sort of thing. Easy to get to by bus or Metro as it's within the central shopping area of North Shields.

Moving image toys is an absolute treat, it is a kids wonderland and a lot of grown up kids as well,…read morethey have some fantastic stuff from highly collectible film memorabilia to star wars shot glasses also they do a lot of wrestling figures and accessories, you could gladly go in and buy every thing they have. In the past they have had David Prowse the man who played darth vader in the original star wars films signing autographs there. You must go and see this place for yourself. You may say that you can buy it all online as well but nothing beats the visual treat in store of seeing what they have up close. Highly recommend for star wars collectors. They have great stuff and amazingly low prices. They also have a great online shop if you don't live in the area. Locally run a definite for buying from here rather then the big rip of shops. Kids will love this place and will drag you back time and time again but this is a plce you will want them to drag you to GO NOW!!!