Christopher Young OD

We love Dr Young. He’s conscientious, friendly and thorough. He takes plenty of time to get the prescription right. His prices are competitive and we always order our contacts through him. His staff is friendly, too.

I don’t often review but when given great service I have to say something.
The last time I was here was 8 years ago, and due to a misunderstanding haven’t been back since. Well today I visited for an eye exam and I have to say, it was a great experience.
Warm, welcoming, punctual, informative… I can’t say enough.
If in the market for a great eye doctor, or just an eye exam give Dr young and Marina village optometry a serious consideration.

This review is for Sharon. I have never went in office before.
But I was in a dire situation (that I did put myself in). My original optometrist had a full schedule and under usual circumstances didn’t want to give me a trial pair. I have very poor eyesight and no glasses, enough that I cant walk very far or clearly drive. I mistook the box I had on my shelf as my own, but were actually my mom’s.
My prescription expired so I called around to several different optometrists in Oakland and Alameda. Spoke to about 8 till I reached this office. Sharon couldn’t schedule me the day I called but if I can send in my old prescription, she could attempt to give me a trail pair that would last me till my appointment the following week.
In the end, Sharon made several phone calls and kept in touch with me. Found out my old prescription limited me to one brand that her office didn’t have on hand and after staying on the phone with my old optometrists for more than 5 minutes. They offered me a pair if I were to go back to them.
I am still with my old optometrists but I would choose this office for the service that I received. Sharon seemed very knowledgeable and told me details about my insurance and dates that I wasn’t aware of.

Excellent service. The staff were new to me, so I was a bit apprehensive. I love Dr. Young, so figured he’d probably have selected good staff.
Well, they were terrific! Fit me with the BEST pair of progressives I’ve ever had. Über-​light titanium frames, so I can wear all day. Special anti-​scratch coating on lenses, so I wasn’t forced into heavier glass ones.
Plus, shape and frame color that work well with my face and my red hair.
So happy! Glasses are a young fortune, so you don’t want to be unhappy.

I love this place! Dr Young gave me the most thorough and informative eye exam I have had in years. My new glasses are perfectly clear and I can see things I didn’t realize I was missing.
The women that run the front of the shop are warm, helpful, funny and fabulously helpful with insurance and frame selection. I am so happy to have found this eye doctor — I will back again and again and will bring the family. Free and easy parking. Great location and selection of glasses and contacts. Sunglasses too!

had a great experience with this place. I’ve tried a couple of other places in Alameda, and so far, I like this one the best.
Dr. Young was professional and personable, and answered all my questions to my satisfaction. The exam was done quickly.

I’ve found my new optometrist!
Dr. Young is amazing! I explained to him my situation with contact lenses I had gotten from my OLD optometrist and he offered to recheck my prescription at no charge (typically theres a charge specially when you’ve used your insurance credit elsewhere). This was my very first time wearing prescriptive contacts and my old optometrist had me purchase a year supply of contacts without a trial. Turns out the contacts were the wrong prescription and they dried my eyes too much. I contacted the office and they said they had a strict no refund policy but they can check my prescription for additional $ 50 and I can purchase the new correct prescription at a discounted rate. Basically they told me I was screwed. After arguing and fighting with them I decided to contact my insurance carrier and they agreed to pay any additional cost for me to get lenses.
So here comes Dr. Yound into play. I took an old pair glasses I had and he changed the lenses on them and gave me a free trail of a different brand of contacts with the correct prescription. We must of spent about 45 minutes trying different lenses until we got the prefect power for me but I must say I LOVE MY NEW PRESCRIPTION! I have not seen this clear in YEARS! The contact prescription is correct, the lenses feel great and my glasses are even better. I can’t believe I spent 4 years of wasting money on a place who continued to give me the incorrect prescription.
This is the place!!!

I chose this place based on all the rave reviews here. Sadly my experience was the same as the one other bad review. These guys acted like they were just waiting for their day to be over — completely disinterested in providing service. When I picked up my glasses they didn’t fit well … they tried for awhile and couldn’t make them fit much better. They said I could come back anytime if I had trouble but they never have time to help.
Worst is that the glasses have always given me a headache — I finally went to another optometrist who checked the glasses and said «no wonder they give you a headache» these aren’t the right prescription”.
I’ve tried to get any sort of service from this place and it just isn’t worth the bother of repeatedly trying to get them to find time to help.
Waste of time and money. For the amount of time I’ve wasted trying to get these guys to make it right, it was cheaper (in terms of my time) to just go elsewhere and start over.

I love this place …
Robert and Susan are amazing … They remember there customer and give you great service …
I can go on and on and on … I love them …
Team Dr Young :)

I can’t say enough about how impressed I have been with the level of service I get from this place — especially from Robert. He is super patient with his customers — whether it’s the selection of frames, doing the fitting, making follow-​up adjustments, or sending glasses back to manufacturers, Robert always takes the time to make sure his customers are well taken care of. He never makes you feel rushed, or that you’re taking too much of his time. Sometimes, I actually feel bad that he spends so much time in helping me. This is a place that deserves my repeat business. I keep going back for my eyewear needs.

Thank you for correcting my eyeglasses. I spent the last 5 – 6 yrs thinking my eyesight was getting worst with age. No… the last place I went to for glasses screwed up my prescription and made my glasses too strong.
My glasses are lighter, and the frame is nice.
Free parking in Marina Village Shopping Ctr lot

A great place! Quick service. Dr. Young is thorough in his exam. He is very competent. The staff was cheerful and eager to assist in whatever way. Happy to recommend!

I am sorry to say; I have had only trouble with this place. I could not even be bothered to go back or call them to correct my last glasses that I just found out yesterday at my eye doctor that it did not even have the correct prescription. No wonder all the money that I paid went to waste; since I was never able to use or see out of those glasses. I see all the good comments about Robert; but I had nothing but bad luck with him.
I went there 2 years in a row; and decided to give them another chance after the 1^st year. But definitely I will stay away from this place.
Early this year when I came back and complaint about the 1^st pair of glasses from last year; i was given nothing but excuses.

I agree with Jazmine… go there!
Robert is the nicest, most patient and knowledgeable person you could ever hope to deal with.
His only concern was that I was happy with the choices of frames, lenses and other options. He took the time to explain the pros and cons of every single thing and to make sure everything was perfect.
Great selection of stylish frames and top lens-​making technology.
If I could give 10 stars I would.

Go here!
Robert, the front desk guy, always has a calm voice and pays attention to your needs. He doesn’t rush you at all — very nice.
Dr. Young is AWESOME! He knows what he’s doing and takes care of all your needs. Easy to talk to.
I love the location — just outside the Webster st. tube, Starbucks and Chase close by.

Those 4 stars are for good customer service with Dr. Young, Robert Strena (he’s amazing!) and first impression with the other staff.
I like Robert’s patience and sense of humor. He’s one of the big reasons why this clinic is worth your Saturday noon! Go Robert! You have what it takes to work here and beyond!

Versace, Gucci, Boss, Oakley, Ray-​Ban Oh My!
Marina Village Optometry is a quaint, and trendy one stop for all your eyecare needs!
The office staff is very friendly, and helpful. Dr. Young is very nice, knowledgeable, and you can tell he genuinely cares about your eye heath.
The optometry lab equipment utilized to diagnose you vision and eye heath is current. The front office and eye wear displays are clean and the displays are very nice too!
So if you are looking for an Optometrist that geniunely takes time to diagnose, monitor, and explain your vision health you need not look no more!

To continue with the trend of 5 Stars, I have to say, I was completely and utterly impressed with the level of service I received from beginning to end.
This morning, I called to set an appointment. Robert was very nice and very accommodating with the appointment time. Once I arrived, I signed in, filled out some documents, and was in the exam room.
Dr. Young came in and was awesome. We went through the two exams for contacts and glasses very quickly and were out in something like… 10 – 15 mins.
The rest of the time was spent with Robert, going through their selection of glasses. We came across a pair that we all thought looked good, and a sale was made!
In the end, I walked out very happy with my purchase, very happy with Robert, and very happy with my overall experience with this place.
I will most definitely recommend anyone to Dr. Young and his trusty crew. Btw, they take VSP also.
Keep up the great work!

I’ve been going to Dr. Young for 3 years now. He’s super nice! Angela, who works the front desk, is great, too! She knew my name when I walked in for my appointment, she asked me when my husband and I got married (because I changed my last name), and she’s just plain nice. It’s located in the Marina Village shopping center, so parking is never a problem.

I’ve been going to see Dr. Young for the past year now. He’s conveniently located steps away from my office. I can call usually call in and get an appointment right away!
Last year, I bought new frames from my friend, and took them to Dr. Young to get the lenses put in. He scratched the frame a little. It was barely noticeable, but he ordered a new one for me anyway!!! Awesome service!!!
And since I didn’t use my frame benefits, I was told I could use it on sunglasses. Thanks to the tip, I was able to get a snazzy new pair of Gucci sunglasses for only $ 136!!!
Great service and staff!!!