Optical Solutions

This place is great. The owner is really friendly, and the turn around was so quick!
I would recommend to anyone buying glasses or getting new lenses.

This place is awesome, the owner is a very pleasant, courteous man. He fixed up both of my glasses for less than $ 40 with a 30 day guarantee, and these 5 year old frames are as good as new! Just as I was about to go drop $ 400 for new frames, he fixed the frame I thought couldn’t be fixed. I am surprised it took me so long to come here. If you have broken frames or need lens replacement, come here!

¹⁰⁄₁₀ would recommend. Super friendly staff, great selection of vintage (and new) frames, and very VERY affordable prices.

This store is awesome. I got two beautiful pairs of glasses from them. The man there was kind, courteous and helpful. And he gave me $ 184 off on my lenses and frames. Also this business does free UV coating on all their lenses. He says «there are some things you just shouldn’t charge for.» Prices are very good. Frames are beautiful. They have name brand frames at low prices. And off name quality frames at good prices also. I recommend people go there instead of paying $ 200 or $ 300 a pair some place else. They do eye exams on Thursdays.

The star is mainly for the cat, Señor, who seems to be the most hospitable thing about this location.
I called in advance to make sure they could provide one hour service and was told if they carry the prescription, my lenses could be done in an hour. I went in on my lunch break, didn’t take long for the gentleman to read my rx on my current glasses, take my measurements and ensure I could pick up my frames with the new lenses by 5 pm. Everything down to the price seemed good.
Initially I was told he had the lenses, but I received a call while I was on the train, minutes to 5 pm, telling me he didn’t have the lenses. This wasn’t a major issue, even though I asked him before paying my money, another day wouldn’t have mattered. When I called him back because I missed the initial call, he snapped «yeah, I called you at least ten times!». I brushed it off and was told he would get the new lenses tomorrow, and I could pick them up around ¹²⁄₁ pm.
I called today minutes before my lunch at 12 to see if the glasses were ready, no answer. I called again after one, and again no answer. I waited and called back to see if maybe he wasn’t near the phone; he picked up, said hello, and when I said hello, he hung up. I thought that he didn’t hear me, so I called again. I gave him my name and told him I was checking on the status of my frames, he said, «Yeah, I know who you are, you’re messing up my phone!». Confused, I said excuse me, and he repeated what he said and told me, «You don’t give people a chance to call you back! Your glasses will be ready in 15 minutes, calm down and take it easy sweetheart!». I told him thank you and I will never do business with him again, and hung up.
I saw a review that said he was rude, but one bad review out of many good ones steered me to checking out his location. Never again.

Excellent experience. Go in with a little time, the store is small but the selection is vast: new hip frames, never-​used frames from past decades (new vintage) and artistic, elegant and funky European and Asian styles that are not ‘ugly.’ Some very high end selections. You can also go in on a low budget and get a complete pair that you like! Owner doesn’t hover but helps you as much as you need. He’s dedicated to a satisfied customer, and goes the extra step.

Broken glasses??? Bring them in! He fixes them! OR get new frames for your lenses! Sweet deal! I got mine for $ 39 & my mom’s for $ 29… can’t beat it!

Heard great things about this shop and its owner.
Great selection.
Unfortunately does not take medicaid or Fidelis.
But he said in the new year this should change.

Went to Optical Solutions today to get my glasses fixed, and I must say the guy did a great job with putting the temple and hinge back in place. I love my glasses, which I bought at Cohen and they told me it couldn’t get fixed. Their solution was to buy another pair. I searched on Unilocal and read the reviews of this place and decided to go. I highly recommend this place. I will definitely be going back for my next glasses. Nice selection of eyewear and reasonable prices.

So, I’m writing this review wearing one contact lens. I called because I need a new prescription and wanted to know if they stock contact lenses. Instead of helping me book an appointment or inform me what brands are available he angrily grunted, «What’s your prescription?» at me twice. Dude, I don’t know! That’s why I’m calling you?
It’s very bizarre considering these rave reviews. Perhaps bought? If not, they need to have someone answer the phone who’s not on his man period. I don’t have insurance and was planning on getting glasses as well. Sadly, I’ll be taking my cash money to the local chain today and not supporting this small business. :(

This is truly a great place. It’s pretty rare that you find someone who does quality work for a reasonable prices and is pleasant as well. Over the last ten years I guess I’ve been here four or five times. The owner is a really cool guy and you can tell he really cares about you having the best possible glasses. I’ve bought sunglasses and eyeglasses and I’ve had glasses fixed and gotten new lenses. Always perfect. I wish every place in the neighborhood were more like this. I’d come here even if I lived far away.

Preliminary review, I go to pick up my glasses today. Like everyone here (all but one spoil sport jerk looking to find something to criticize — guess they’ve never worked a day in their life) says, this store owner is one of the most pleasant people I have EVER encountered running a store. Just such a pleasure to do business with — generous, hospitable, helpful, knowledgeable, efficient, and just cool. Leaves you with a good feeling. Even in the best city on earth for customer service (which I believe NYC is), Mr. Reece is a rare bird of cool congeniality and professionalism. I feel instant loyalty and my glasses are now ready in less than 24 hours at a great price, with a free upgrade thrown in. I have to go pick them up. There will be no follow up to this review unless I find something to add then. Brilliant store experience! Brilliant beacon of small business ownership.
Here’s a chance for you to feel really good about giving your money to a local business knowing not only are you supporting your community and local small business owners, but also getting the best price and service possible.

I will never buy glasses anywhere else ever again.
The owner of this shop is a super kind, warm guy who is at once professional and sort of fatherly. Weird, right? No, but really.
I went in there with a strict budget — $ 100 for glasses, including everything. He has frames that meet this criteria (that come in well below it, in fact!), but of course my bourgie ass fell in love with frames that would have put me $ 50 over my budget.
I hemmed, I hawed, I sighed. I tried on all the frames that even remotely looked like they might fit. But none of them were as good as the pair I’d fallen in love with.
So he gave them to me, everything included, for $ 100. What? Stop.
He also fixed my old frames for CHEAP and they were busted up.
The service is amazing, the work he did was great, and on top of it all, you can support a local business in a great neighborhood. Go here! Go here now!

Super nice guy who fixed two pairs of glasses in about 10 minutes while I waited. Posted rates were $ 15/​pair for minor repairs, but he gave me deal!

These people did a great repair. Something other stores would not even touch. All for $ 25 and in 30 minutes… Hard to beat.

The man working there was extremely patient and helpful as I worked through my first glasses experience. I got my eye exam here, and two pairs of frames with lenses for a mere 120 $. BARGAIN! Moreover, when my frames were pinching my nose, I stopped by and he fixed them for me, no questions asked. Not to mention the fact that i can now SEEEEE !!! Seriously, how was I walking around without glasses all these years??!
Not to mention the fact that I moved to San Fran a month ago and just called them to get my prescription, which he happily faxed to me!

Unfortunately we live in a world today where a lot of ppl just want something for free. At the same time, times are hard, and the budget conscious try their best to afford the things which are a necessity while trying to save every penny.
Without saying anything that may impact on this business in a negative way, I (who has never wrote a review but felt that out of justice for the kindness and exceptional service that I got, should). would like to thank all the other ppl who have posted with great reviews about this business. as it is what led me there in the first place, and also for ppl searching for a good optometrist… would like to direct you here. Stop searching and do yourself a favor and at the very least go check it out.
I am pretty much blind w/​o my glasses. and if we are searching for an optical shop, its safe to assume that you are just as dependent? However, glasses can be pretty expensive, so I had lasted with mine for at least 6 years w/​o getting a new pair and knowing that my luck was going to run out one day and they would probably break. Well they did and all I was doing was cleaning the lenses and the frame snapped. I didn’t panic bc I had one last pair of contact lenses left. and so I made do with that for 2 days… As murphy’s law would have it, («whatever can go wrong, WILL go wrong.»). my contact tore too and I was once again blind.
Now the night before the contact tore, I had gone into Optical solutions to see about getting my frame repaired. welded or however it gets repaired! The guy said he would charge me $ 30. I was open to getting a new pair of frames bc I knew it was time and I needed a new pair. Those were just getting too old… but me and my boyfriend were in a rush and on a very steep budget so I just decided to get them repaired for the time being. I was going to pick them up in a day or so. On the way hm, I had barely left but for being in the subway tunnels riding the train hm, when I got out there was a voicemail from the store. The guy said my frames couldn’t be repaired bc they were titanium and couldn’t be welded. I was so very impressed with how quick he got back to me though. Very professional and accommodating and told me to come back at my convenience to pick up the frames.
The next day after my contact tore my boyfriend was forced to lead his very blind girlfriend back down there to pick out a set of new frames that would fit my old lenses. Now I had instructed him thoroughly on the look I was after before I got there, and the guy at the store was so patient as we went through frame after frame after frame trying to get one we agreed on, me not being able to see too much how I looked. In the end, he was so helpful, he saw the types of frames we were looking at, and picked out for me a frame he thought I would like and in different colors and so my boyfriend and i were «arguing» (hehe) which one looked best or suited me, but ultimately, he narrowed it down for me (who has real difficulty making such decisions!) and he picked out the frame type that we settled on. I was SOOOOOOOOOO grateful and have I said I LOOOVE my frames!!! I have never in my whole life (had to wear glasses since I was 13. am now 32), loved any of my frames as much as I love this pair and I never thought it would come from a small little shop like this one.
On top of everything, he gave us a discount on top of the price he originally quoted and once again I was forever grateful as tight as we are with money at the moment! Also, in my whole life of wearing glasses, I have never had an optician fit my glasses to the point where I was not having to fiddle with it and scrunch up my nose bc it wasn’t sitting right on the bridge or straight or whatever. He took his time fitting it to my face (I think it took about 4 tries), but when I walked out that store, I was good as gold. Like I had my frames for ages.
If you are a very extravagant person who is looking for a red carpet place with the latest in designer frames, this may not be it for you. but for all others who want practicality and a little bit of style as well as value for money, I highly recommend this place to you.
P. S. My boyfriend cannot stop staring at me now. He loves my new frames. Says I look super spunky & sexy in em. Thanks Optical Solutions! Love and God bless!!!

When my Prada frames broke, so did my heart. I searched around the internet in vain for optical shops that were able to fix more than just a loose screw. Unable to find anything, I turned to my handy dandy note– Unilocal!
The gentleman that works there was very kind and explained that he would need to put in a new pin. In 10 minutes or less, they were good as new AND it only set me back a whopping $ 15!!!
Thanks again =)

A little store full of cheap ‘vintage’ gems? Uh, no, these aren’t vintage, they’re just dated dusty used glasses. Some styles go out of fashion for a reason. And the 80s/​90s and early 00s aren’t old enough to be vintage!
As to cheap prices, most were $ 175 which is common for new glasses.
If you don’t particularly bad eyes there’s no reason not to give them a go, but if you depend on your frames to be hardy and lenses exact, I wouldn’t risk it.

I have to agree with Jesse that «If you want to be coddled and feel like you are buying some kind of luxury fashion eyewear for hundreds of dollars, go somewhere else. But if you want cheap cool glasses that will work equally well on Wall Street or Williamsburg, go here!»
It was cheap, the frames were plentiful, of different styles, and many super cools. Its kind of like the Beacons Closet of Eyeglasses, in that you can have FUN sifting through the choices, plus the bonus of having a kind of ‘seamstress’ right there who is very agreeable in making your purchase just the right fit!
Yes, cash only, but they also assure you that you can come back anytime with your receipt to fix things up if anything goes sour and you need to tweek those rims back into top shape. I was pretty glad I followed the reviews and went there. A+++++
some are saying the prices were high, but i got my glasses– now used regularly for over a year now– for $ 55. so i guess they were sturdy and not expensive.