Sam & Anna Optics

I have found my optician!!!
The people here are friendly, pleasant, professional — and most importantly, are gifted in their craft. The choice of frames is amazing and the prescription was filled accurately. This was followed by patiently fitting my new glasses perfectly.
I limited my evaluation to 5 stars — only because there was no option for 10.

This is a wonderful gem of a neighborhood shop! Sam and Anna are husband and wife who provide excellent service with a friendliness and sense of humor all to rare in NY retail. Sam is quite knowledgeable, patient and skilled. They inform you without trying to up-​sell you. Recently, they went out of their way to get me new glasses incredibly quickly when I lost mine and didn’t have a spare. I really appreciated them going the extra mile. I have been living on UWS for decades and am sorry I only found them recently. Anna and Sam are a great UWS institution.

My ophthalmologist recommended «Sam and Anna Optics» to me. I agree with all the other 5 star reviews. Sam was a craftsman in sizing and preparing my glasses. He understood the «look» I wanted and helped me find it. He was very personable. He went out of his way to make me satisfied and happy with my glasses. Going to this optical shop was a very good experience.

Rip Off!
i went in to get contacts with my own prescriptions and she said she had 4 contacts left.
Here is thr bad part. She charged $ 10 each! I pay 24 of them for $ 150!
I ended up getting 2 since I really needed them but, this place is really ridiculous.

I can’t say enough great things about Sam and Anna: they are professional, personable, congenial and consummately dedicated to their customers’ comfort and total satisfaction. I was drawn to their lovely business site by another rave review on Unilocal,and boy was I happy I made my was to their location. Sam was infinitely patient, showing me virtually every frame (and there are hundreds and hundreds among which to chose) in his shop. He was also immensely helpful in rejecting frames that didn’t fit my face, were an unflattering shape, had the wrong bridge for my nose, etc. After forty minutes, Sam, my wife and I narrowed the choices down to four, and from there, I selected the pair I purchased (Silhouette) and love.
The quality of the lenses cannot be overstated. Clearly, Sam is a master craftsman. He and his wife run a business that is utterly devoted to customer service excellence. They are lovely people and wonderful business owners who immediately restore faith in the those of us who believe that independently owned (Mom and Pop) shops can offer something that Lenscrafters et al. cannot — highly personalized service at the highest level. I cannot recommend Sam and Anna Optics highly enough for both glasses and sunglasses. The Maui Jim sunglasses and Silhouette glasses I purchased are not only the best-​looking glasses I’ve ever owned, but my visual acuity has never been better. Given the outstanding quality of the product, the prices are reasonable. Thank you Sam and Anna!

We are visiting from San Francisco and my son sat on my glasses and bent the hinge. I searched on Unilocal for eyeglass repairs in my area that weren’t LensCrafters. As my glasses are expensive and I wanted attentive attention paid to repair them. Anna’s was a calm, and professional experience. My glasses are now perfect. I would highly recommend this shop.

I enjoy the gentle energy of this husband & wife optical shop. Sam has real skill with Silhouette frames: he brought mine back to perfect condition after I sat on them, and only charged a small fee, like $ 15. I scheduled an appointment with the eye doctor at their shop and she did a thorough exam. I think this shop is a gem.

Great frame selection. Sam is very friendly and very concerned that glasses fit properly. The lenses were high quality and cut to perfection. I am really happy with them. Got 2 pairs and even had my Oakley sun glass frames fitted with new lenses when prescription changed. Pricey but the customer service and quality product well worth the price. I will go back!

UPDATE– I looked up the listing to get the phone number and noticed all reviews have disappeared. I hope that tweaking this will bring them back because this establishment deserves a good presence on Unilocal.
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Just got my second pair of progressives from Sam & Anna… I wore the first for four years and would still be wearing them if my prescription had not changed. Unlike almost ALL other glasses I’ve gotten elsewhere the lenses were still in almost perfect condition — which speaks to the quality of their product. This is all the more remarkable considering the fact that I abused these rimless glasses terribly… Sam did a masterful job repairing them for free one day after I mangled them in my sleep and stepped on them getting out of bed — they were as good as new by the time he fixed them.
After I walked out of the shop with my new glasses I felt like a new man. They fit so perfectly I could hardly tell I had them on. In addition to the great service, selection, and skilled work done here, customers also walk away with a nice, large microfiber cleaning cloth and cleaning solution that are also better than products I’ve gotten elsewhere.
If you need glasses my advice, from a guy who doesn’t rave about too many things, is to try this place out.