Rockridge Optometry

I recently took my six-​year-​old son to Rockridge Optometry and saw Scott Yokoi. We could not have had a better experience, and Dr. Yokoi (who spent two hours with my son) was patient, kind, and, most important, thorough. At the end, though he was pretty sure he knew what was going on with my son’s eyes, he recommended that I take my son to a specialty eye clinic (instead of encouraging us to purchase glasses right then and there). He has since called to follow up. I would not hesitate to recommend Rockridge Optometry for kids and adults!

I have been going to Rockridge Optometry for over 40 years. I see Dr. Donald Sarver once a year and am always very pleased with his professionalism and excellent results with my contact lenses. Eight years ago I moved to San Diego, but I still come back to Rockridge Optometry every year.

I have been seeing Dr. Don Sarver for 30 plus years, and have always enjoyed my annual visit.
The staff and facility continues to grow and improve. I have often recommended Rockridge Optometry and will continue to so so.

I love the folks at Rockridge Optometry! Been going there since I moved to the Bay Area 26 years ago. Dr Larry Sarver is terrific… both for contacts and glasses. He and Dr Don Sarver have both squeezed me in for last minute emergencies (broken blood vessel in my eye… looked worse than it was). Can’t say how wonderful it is to have an eye doctor who doesn’t over book and can handle an emergency situation.

Today I had a truly pleasant experience at Rockridge Optometry with Dr. Cindy Sakai. Every step of the way throughout my eye examination she explained exactly what she was doing and why. The exam was very educational and thorough and I was made to feel very comfortable throughout the entire process.
I would recommend Rockridge Optometry and in particular Dr. Sakai to everyone currently browsing Unilocal and trying to find a practice to get their eyes examined. I will most certainly be going back here every year, as long as I still live in the area.

I always have pleasant experience at Rockridge Optometry. Both of the Dr. Sarvers are very nice and always explain what they are doing and answer all my questions at a level I understand.
By comparison, I am self employed and no longer have vision insurance so I thought I would try Costco. What a mistake! When I left Costco, I had no idea what my vision would be like if I used their prescription to buy glasses. I had no confidence because they did not show me what my vision would be like with the prescription they gave me. So instead I went back to Rockridge Optometry before ordering glasses and I am very glad I did.
The staff at Rockridge Optometry is very friendly and the service is professional. I recommend them to everyone.

Friendly and knowledgeable staff! Dr. Sakai was friendly and had some great information, and the eye exam was painless and efficient. I will definitely be going back!

Dr Yokoi is great. I’ve been dealing with Keratoconus and wearing SynergEyes lenses for over 8 years now, and Dr. Yokoi has my contacts fitting like never before! Staff is friendly and helpful.

this is a lovely place.
i always have a good time when i visit, and the service is top notch.
dr larry sarver is a champ, and he has gifted, enthusiastic interns and assistants.

Very nice people. Unfortunately, the lab they are using is sub-​par. Expect delays and expect defects. You can return the purchase and get the money back but you can never get back the time wasted.

Dr Scott Yokoi knows his stuff. I’ve been a patient here for 15 years. Solid care and great front office. It’s like Cheers where everyone knows your name!
Take your eyes here.

I’ve never been disappointed with the fit of my contact lenses (or with my vision). I believe my astigmatism makes contacts a bit of a tricky fit for my eyes but Dr. Larry Sarver has always been able to fit them for me very well.
I’ve been going to him on and off for probably over 20 years except when I lived out of town. When I moved back to the Bay Area, I can say it was a joy to be able to to back to Dr. Sarver because other optometrists I had been to in the interim were not nearly as good (to the point that I had trouble even seeing well at times).
Dr. Sarver is quite personable, professional, and totally knows contacts.
The main optician for fitting of eyeglasses is also a very nice guy and really knows what he is doing. I forgot his name but he has adjusted my glasses for me and replaced nosepads on a walk in basis in the past.

I have been seeing Dr. Sakai for a few years and find her to be really good. I usually go with my son for back to back appointments. Dr. Sakai is very thorough and even will take the time to call you back to discuss your exam. The other thing I like is that they are not very pushy in terms of filling prescriptions or extras for exams.

This place price gouges pretty badly. I chose them because of the good Unilocal reviews but it was never worth the cost. Most places charge about $ 100 for the eye exam and $ 15 – 20 for the extra contacts prescription (though I’m not sure why, since they don’t do any extra work for it).
I’ve ordered contacts once on this prescription, it hasn’t even been two years, one year and a few months and Rockridge Optometry decided not to re-​up my contacts prescription.
I called them and they want over $ 200 for me to come in and renew my prescription. I’ve had contacts for over 15 years and have gone up to 5 years without renewing a prescription and my prior optometrists didn’t have a problem refilling them at all.
This would be like my physician saying that every month I’d have to come in to get charged for an office visit instead of just refilling my birth control at the pharmacy.
I’m never coming here again and I’m telling everyone I know what Rockridge Optometry did, and how much it’s gonna cost me to go get my prescription renewed somewhere else.

Larry Sarver is great! Medical professionals have higher expectations than us mortals. Where RO excels is with the courteous, friendly, and professional technicians that do the upfront work with patients on the machines before they see the doctor. Less than adequate technicians can ruin a medical office experience for the patient, but no worries because at RO everyone I have interacted with has been of the highest water.

I’ve been going to Rockridge Optometry for something like 40 years – back then I saw Morton, the father of the two Sarvers, Donald and Larry, who are there now. Donald has been my optometrist as long as he’s been there, and he is excellent. Very knowledgeable (he has taught at UCB’s optometry school), thorough, careful, and thoughtful, he knows what he’s doing and personalizes his knowledge to your needs. I trust him. He has a great staff, too, who remember you and go out of their way to accommodate you. In all these years I’ve never had a complaint, and my husband goes to them too. He is as pleased as I am.

Normally I do not write or would like to make negative comments but I had to do this one because I was very disappointed with their service.
Went in on ⁹⁄₁₅ for a new set of glasses and were promised to get the job done within 8 – 10 business days. Finally got to pick it up on ¹⁰⁄₂₀ after countless phone calls made from our end yet without much helpful explanation in return. And every time I called, they always said ‘I’ll get back to you after talking with the lab’. Well, only 2 call backs were received out of 7+ phone calls I made during this 5 week experience. Wouldn’t go back. Frustrating 5 weeks of service I didn’t have to have.

This is only a review of filling a prescription, I have no experience with the doctors here.
1-​a very nice man who would adjust your frames even if you did not buy them here.
2-​very nice front staff.
3-​crappy parking.
4-​not great selection. I ended up getting a pair of frames that were the color I wanted, but really too big for my face. I have been really unhappy with them. I really wish that the woman helping me had just told me that straight out, rather than going along with it.
In fact, when I went back for an adjustment, another person acted surprised that they had helped me select these frames. Maybe this particular woman is no longer employed there, in which case this review is moot. However, I am SO THRILLED it’s been almost 1 ½ years since then, because now I have the justification to go to NEXT eyewear and get a cool pair that will really fit my face.

I was extremely impressed with how nice and pleasant all of the staff was at Rockridge Optometry. It was one of the best healthcare office experiences I’ve had. Ever.
It seems like with all of the office administration that most independent health care providers have to provide, a lot of offices get bogged down and overlook the day-​to-​day interaction with patients. This is not the case here. I was extremely impressed with how nice everybody was at this office.
They also had a really wide selection of modern and stylish eyeglass frames and staff members were available to spend quit a bit of time, if necessary, to help patients pick out the right glasses.
The one downside is that many other people seem to agree that this is a great provider and it can take more than a month to get an appointment. That just means I have to plan further ahead and I will definitely recommend their services to others.

I’ve been going to optometrists for the past 20 years, and Dr. Yokoi is the best one I’ve ever had. I started seeing him about four years ago, back when I was considering LASIK. He was extremely knowledgeable, walked me through the pros and cons, and made sure I knew what to expect. In the past few years I’ve learned more about my eye health from him than I had learned previously over the course of my lifetime. He is meticulous, and goes above and beyond to ensure that my vision is the clearest it can be.
Just last week I made a comment about how I still get a slight glare/​halo around lights at night as a result of getting LASIK (which I knew would be a side-​effect of LASIK because Dr. Yokoi had so thoroughly informed me about what I could expect after the procedure), and he immediately looked into whether there were lenses that could improve my vision. I didn’t even know that was an option– I had just accepted that particular effect of the LASIK.
I always feel comfortable asking him questions (e.g. what is that test for, what do you learn from it, is it worth spending the money on, what do you see in the tests, should I be concerned, what do I do if I experience vision problems while traveling in a foreign country, what should I tell them, etc.), and Dr. Yokoi is always patient and informative when answering them.
I highly recommend him!