Adriel Lopez, OD

I cannot recommend Dr. Lopez and his team highly enough.
I originally visited Dr. Lopez for follow up for a LASIK procedure. He was extremely compassionate, knowledgable, and thorough in making sure that everything after the operation went smoothly. Now I am seeing ²⁰⁄₁₅ vision with no complications after surgery.
Additionally, the team helped provide me with glasses for computer use and I’ve immediately noticed a benefit. No more problems with eye strain or eye fatigue when using a computer all day long.
If you need glasses, are considering LASIK, or have any other eye issues, be sure to see Dr. Lopez and his staff!

My family (husband, children and parents) and I have been a patient of Dr. Lopez for many years. We are treated with great service. I have purchased many pairs of glasses from Dr. Lopez’s office in the past. Last year I decided to save money and went to a discount company. It’s true… you get what you pay for. I have an appointment next week for a check up and will be purchasing NEW glasses from Dr. Lopez. My appointment cannot get here soon enough!

I didn’t need glasses until nearly my 40s, so I don’t have much comparison to other optometrists. Dr. Lopez was recommended to me, so I scheduled an appointment and was probably more nervous than the average 40 year-​old, not knowing what to expect. Dr. Lopez was GREAT, very professional, efficient, and funny as well. I was completely at ease. Unbelievably, I enjoyed my experience (let’s leave out the pupil dilation, though, that was not so fun) I took my daughter to someone who was closer for her first eye exam last year and it was NOT a good experience, so just made her an appointment with Dr. Lopez as well.
He also gets a good guy bonus, I got a postcard a couple of years ago that he was being deployed for a period of time. He is back and I’m pleased to support someone who serves his country.
Staff is wonderful, very comfortable office.

The one star above is for the older woman at the front desk who helped verify my insurance, as she was EXTREMELY helpful and worked on the verification for a solid 24 hours for me. Other than that, I would not recommend this place AT ALL. The facility within itself is VERY dated and rather depressing. The assistants and Dr. Lopez did not seem to be on the same page — — the assistant who did the preliminary tests for my eye exam apparently left out two parts of the exam, so I had to have those done AFTER I saw Dr. Lopez. My visit lasted a total of 2 hours. As far as Dr. Lopez himself, he didn’t make any attempt to establish care with me as a new patient, and couldn’t even remember my name without looking at my paperwork. Once he started doing my eye exam, and I would answer the questions as to whether the «left was more clear, or the right (and so on),» he wouldn’t accept my answers. He acted as if there was a right and wrong answer, and I was apparently giving him the wrong one. He kept looking at me like I was stupid, when I was simply answering his questions honestly. I wasn’t going to make up my answers just to satisfy him, as this would skew my prescription. Once the exam was over, he walked me up to the front desk, handed the ladies my paperwork, and then just walked off — — no «Thank you,» «It was nice to meet you,» «We’ll see you next year!»…or anything. I think these kind of things are very important, especially with a new patient… unless he just doesn’t care to have return customers. The younger blonde at the front desk was not friendly AT ALL, and made it seem like any patient she had to even speak to was a huge inconvenience to her. I listened to her «helping» other customers out while they picked out glasses, and she was very impatient with them. I will absolutely not be going back there, and am still waiting on my contacts 2 ½ weeks after my exam.

Dr. Lopez has been my optometrist for more than 10 years now. And by that I mean I went to see him about a dozen times in 2000 for my pre-​op and post-​op evaluations when I had LASIK and didn’t go back until earlier this this year.
Great staff, friendly faces, and good service. I’ll be back when I get my eyes checked in 2026, for sure.

Wow. Just wow. I want to preface this by saying I have NOT actually seen this doctor. I’m wanting to get contacts but I want to get them today. Therefore, I’m shopping around on doctors that are providers on my insurance. Well, this was about the third or fourth place I called. The lady who answered the phone obviously had not had coffee today either. She was nothing but rude and very very impolite. I guess with only having ONE review on Unilocal they must stay very busy. Good luck and if you have any concern towards being treated in a profession manner do NOT go here!

«I once was blind… but now I see…»
Yeah, something like that. Anyway, I’ve been wearing glasses since the 6^th grade (I’m 33 now and looking HAWT in my contacts ;-) and eye exams are like defensive driving for me; it’s an annual rite of passage.
I’ve had bad optometrists and good optometrists. Now, with my first visit to Dr. Adriel Lopez, I now have an excellent optometrist.
His office is nothing much to look at from the outside — a blue house-​looking blink-or-you’ll-miss-it kind of South Austin place. But inside, Dr. Lopez has all the benefits of the most prestigious eye care facilities.
His staff was friendly and courteous, if not a little by-​the-​book. Dr. Lopez himself is everything you want in a doctor — highly intelligent, highly personable and very fun. He makes games out of the procedures while never compromising the exam. He is patient and *extremely* thorough. In my 21 years of eye exams (OMG), I can say that I had tests performed in his office I’ve never had before. He explained each procedure, was willing to answer every question and was accessible. He didn’t just rush through the procedure; he took time to work with me as an individual patient, something I value.
The only thing that prevents his coveted fifth star was the semi-​hard sell at the end of the visit. I’m leaving with my handy-​dandy Terminator-​shades because my eyes had been dilated… I can’t see… but the receptionist is trying to get me to buy all of my contacts and glasses at his place. I expect that sometimes at eye exams, but it seemed out of sync with his character. I had to ask for a copy of my prescriptions, which they finally gave me, but had I not had the presence of mind to ask, they would have simply handled all the ordering of contacts themselves, costing me a pretty penny, I’m sure.
With that said, I have already started recommending Dr. Lopez to my friends. He’s smart, friendly and fun. Winning combination in my book.