TC Vision Quest

Excellent customer service from Dr. Ho & more importantly her staff-​yes!
Price gouge-​no!
GO!

Great no nonsense optometrist. Also very affordable. Just be aware that since they are good and cheap, you need to make appointments way in advance, if you need Sat or after school. I strongly recommend Dr. Ho.

I now live in Austin and I just had another exam with Dr. Ho to update my contact lens and glasses prescription.
When I called, they were booking 2 weeks out and I didn’t make an appt because I needed something sooner. The receptionist called me back the next day with a slot that had freed up due to a cancellation! I was grateful & impressed that she had remembered and was able to accommodate me.
You fill out a form while you’re waiting and I LOVE that the option to do the «extras”(like dilation) is on the client form and you just check yes or no. I have had unpleasant used car salesman-​like pitches from other optometrists about why i NEED this extra test for $xx.xx and I always hated that pressure. You do not have to deal with that here! Thank goodness! The receptionist did a couple of basic things like the eye puff (glaucoma test?) and prescription estimate (you look at a little red barn and the machine focuses and unfocuses) and the doctor does the rest in the exam room.
Dr. Ho was very pleasant and professional. She really took the time to explain things like the changes in my prescription and showed the pictures of my eye and explained what I was looking at. She also gave me some samples of contact lens solution.
I don’t have vision insurance and the exam total came out to be $ 89. I would come back here again and again and I would recommend her to anyone looking for an optometrist.

Wearing glasses for decades and can say I’ve never had a better optometrist. (She also does contacts.) Dr Ho is extremely thorough, methodical, and caring. She knows how to treat complex vision problems. She also works well with the Costco opticians next to her office. Her fees are reasonable.
NOTE: Dr Ho has moved to another location in Austin,

I just saw Dr. Ho for the first time, and I am so pleased to have found her. Here is the scoop:
1. You need an appointment. Currently she is scheduled out 3 weeks (!!) in advance. The wait was worth it.
2. Her prices are very competitive.
3. She was VERY efficient. Her assistant was out for an emergency while I was there, so she very efficiently managed her patients, the desk, etc. with minimal waits.
4.She was also very thorough. I’m confident in my prescription because of the attention she paid and the extent of my exam. I paid for only the base appointment, but received two tests I have not had previously. She also took the time to talk about a couple of my concerns and had really good suggestions I’m excited to try, and helped me identify a couple of contact use behaviors I could stand to correct (and I thought I was doing it right!).
5. In addition to the usual contact solution samples, she walked through why certain ones were better than others (preservative-​free, or includes a moirsturizer, etc.), and I feel like I left knowing a lot more about eye care products.
I highly recommend visiting Dr. Ho if you’re in the market for a vision exam.
I also highly recommend buying your glasses from Costco’s optical department. My last pair of glasses (frame & lenses) from a store in the mall cost $ 500ish without vision insurance. The pair I priced out today (frame & lenses)? $ 130. To my surprise, the department also carries some designer frames – Oscar de la Renta, Fendi, Ray Ban, etc. They do not do one-​hour service like the places at the mall, but if you can afford to wait the approximate two weeks, it’s well worth your time.

I have been going to Dr. Ho for years. She is always professional, prompt and willing to tolerate my mild case of hypochondria. And to be completely uncouth, I think she is adorable. I just want to pinch her cheeks after my visit, but i feel as though that would cross a line so I have never done it.
Be warned, she is very popular. Always call ahead for an appointment. Even if you prescription for your contacts doesn’t expire for three weeks, go ahead and call to set an appointment. If not, you’ll be sorry and wearing dingy, gross contacts until she has the time to see you.

Dr. Ho is fantastic! Super fast & efficient but very thorough and conscientious at the same time. They get tons of walk-​ins being adjacent to Costco, so you’re better off making an appointment. BE ADVISED: they do not have a bathroom. You’ll have to trek into the tire center or into Costco itself.

I’ve used these folks before and was very happy with their professionalism and price. Be aware that their low cost makes them extremely popular. I called for an exam and was told that the earliest they could get me in was in 3 WEEKS! Not good when you need to get new glasses for a trip. If you are looking for an inexpensive optometrist, this is a great one. Just know that you won’t get in right away. :(

The smell, which WAS from the tire store and was, by all accounts, the pungent rich aroma of stinky stinky rubber and petrochemical TIRES, is now completely gone.
For those of you paying attention and for those of you who care, the great and thorough Dr. Ho had the ceiling and walls sealed off between Costco tire store and her office. If that is not a good enough reason to trust her with your eyes, I just don’t know what else to say.
Her office now smells like EYES, not tires. Run, don’t walk.