Opticians in Cork City - recommendations please

fuzzball

used egans to get my prescription and went to specsavers to get the prescription filled as i wanted a pair of sunglasses as well.

my 12 y.o. son now needs glasses , he has his prescription made out so i may end up looking in specsavers as well.
from speaking to my sister there is no0 come back with them if the frames get damaged so back to egans , although i think a pair he likes will be the clincher.

elainesnuffles

Went to crowleys today to get my son tested for colour blindness, girl working there was really nice and couldnt have been more helpful,

I would reccomend them

deRanged wrote: »

mawk wrote: »

crowley's on grand parade

that's where I go too. very helpful people.

elainesnuffles

Went to crowleys today to get my son tested for colour blindness, girl working there was really nice and couldnt have been more helpful,

I would reccomend them

deRanged wrote: »

mawk wrote: »

crowley's on grand parade

that's where I go too. very helpful people.

elainesnuffles

Went to crowleys today to get my son tested for colour blindness, girl working there was really nice and couldnt have been more helpful,

I would reccomend them

deRanged wrote: »

mawk wrote: »

crowley's on grand parade

that's where I go too. very helpful people.

elainesnuffles

Went to crowleys today to get my son tested for colour blindness, girl working there was really nice and couldnt have been more helpful,

I would reccomend them

deRanged wrote: »

mawk wrote: »

crowley's on grand parade

that's where I go too. very helpful people.

charlemont

Vinta81 wrote: »

Specsavers - I've been SO unhappy with the place. i know travel down to Clonikility to get my glasses.

They are appallingly bad.

charlemont

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

My exact reasons for using the city center branch was the hot Northern Irish optician

At least I think she was hot, I could never really see her. (dark room + crap eyesight)

Yes she is super fit..:)

angaryaintjust

Not to doubt tennis village's experience with Orlagh burkes, but I've been going there for 13 years and have only recently realised the service is in fact terrible, having not gone anywhere else I had no baseline. I went into the vision express clinic in Merchants quay and found them far better. In Burkes never kept fully in the loop, i wasnt even told what my prescription was until I asked, they have a terrible selection of frames, they dont do fittings either, I had been finding frames too tight for years and I have only recently been told that your size can be checked and it is writtten on the inner side of the frame arm, the lens index I was using was ridiculous for my prescription, waay to thick glass lense, when for half the price i could get far thinner plastic lenses. For years burke told me I could get laser eye surgery when my prescription settled, she never told me when I became ineligible, had to discover that one myself. My very last visit she menioned in passing i had a thin retina without mentioning any of the risks or even specifically i should avoid contact sports because of that. Despite having spent literally tens of thousands there and going for dozens of visits I was never recognised, always had to consult the file.

sporina

AnotherTool wrote: »

Leonie Lyons on Bridge Street. Fantastic optician. Myself and all my family have been going to her for years

did she work in Dalys before?

rubicon99

Used eagans in Cork City last year. Never seen so good in my life

mrskinner

Any recent updates on this topic?

sporina

i went with Daly's and still with them - they are fanntastic.. real customer service

lostinsuperfunk

I'm still with Daly's too - always find them excellent and they seem to keep on top of new technology. The initial price tag is probably lower in Specsavers but when you factor in service I find Daly's to be better value in the long run.

Be right back

I would recommend Dalys too...