Taz Curtis, OD

Hey Taz,
You are a great eye doctor. Been coming there for years. Problem is, I tried to come in today and was rejected at the entrance of the store because I am not a Costco member. You should make sure that their employees know you don’t need a membership to visit you as a doctor. Bummer.

Smooth talking, fast working Dr. AND he got my prescription wrong. Wouldn’t re– check my eyes when I confronted him after getting my new lenses. Said he was booked but the office was empty and it was just after opening. Said I could reached, but I travel for a living so that’s 8 weeks. I’ll never go back. Giving one star because I can’t post zero.

I’ve been seeing Dr. Curtis inside the Arden area Costco since I started needing contacts in 2010. He is polite, informative and easy going. I often times call for same day appointments and I get right in. Basic contact lens exam takes 15 minutes. I pay out of pocket for the exam and it has always cost about $ 100. He also gives me a fresh pair when I leave, which I always appreciate. Will be a patient for years to come.

I decided to try out this optometrist because it was convenient in location and I trusted Costco. I had kind of a weird experience. I paid for a contact lens exam and he asked me what he thought my previous contact prescription was. I told him I didn’t know, but guessed –2.75. He then took my word for it and wrote it down in the prescription. Luckily, he gave me a trial pair because he switched my brand but if he hadn’t, I would have ordered $ 100+ of the wrong kind of contacts. Now I have to go back and redo my prescription.

Dr. Curtis is my favorite! I’ve been seeing him for about 7 years now. He’s really friendly and gets you in and out in about 15 – 20 minutes. You can tell he loves his job and enjoys working with his patients.
I highly recommend seeing Dr. Curtis. I live in Natomas and come all the way to Costco just to see him.
It’s also very convenient when it comes to ordering your contacts or getting glasses as the Costco optical center is right outside of the office. Costco has pretty good deals on frames and sometimes has sales for ordering contacts.
Lastly, they do accept most insurances and just started accepting VSP.

I put up with the traffic on Busy-​ness 80 just to visit Dr. Curtis! And man, that is love… that traffic it beyond brutal. But he keeps me crawling along in the fast lane, and it’s always worth the time and bother. He is fun and works hard to get it right… I have a very difficult prescription to fill and he keeps doling out the lenses until we find a match, and tweaks are no problem. He has genuine concern for your eyesight and ocular health. Pricing for the exam and for eye products (glasses and contacts) cannot be beat.

After many spontaneous visits to Dr. Curtis office while visiting Costco I finally made an appointment. Missing a meeting at work, I showed up at my appointment time & was told Dr. Curtis was not in the office & they tried to call but they had the wrong number. I hope they take the time to make sure they have the correct phone # in the future.

Dr. Taz was quick and friendly. I’ve gone here before three years ago and forgotten just how cool, and funny the Doc was. I showed early and the appointment before me was late so I was literally out before my appointment time. He made a very useful recommendation on using readers for computer work and it’s helped immensely. The pricing was the best I’ve seen.

WIthout a doubt, the most entertainment you will have at a vision check-​up. Dr. Taz is also a very good doc. The person at the front desk helped me sort out insurance, and make an appointment. I liked that it was a quick appointment, 15 minutes max, and I was out!

He is the best!!! Absolutely love him! He is goofy and easy to work with. I always look forward to my visits with Dr. Taz.
Fast service! If you have an appointment you are in and out in under 15 mins.
Convenient! They have a huge selection of frames right outside the office. All of the frames can be fitted for regular glasses or sunglasses, within reason. And they have a large selection of contacts as well.

Not too happy with my visit. Not so much the doctor but the front desk. I called to get a pricing for exam and to renew my prescription. I was told it would be around $ 69. I also asked if they took my insurance and they said they didn’t, that they only took VSP and Spectra I told them it was fine that I could pay out of pocket. I actually called twice two separate weeks and they told me the same info. I finally go to my appointment and I was charged $ 109!!! Oh and after I pay them she confirms they take my insurance WOW! LAME! But that I have to go back during the week so she can call them and confirm. How inconvenient, why couldn’t they call when I called to schedule? She acted like she didn’t know who told me this info. Based on her bad attitude I will not be coming back. I’m sure it was her who scheduled me and told me pricing over the phone… I’m sure there aren’t many more employees working for such an small office.
Either way, my appointment was fast, doctor rushed through and was out in like 15 min. Never been out of an appointment that quick. But he was okay.

I have been seeing Dr. Taz Curtis for over 10 years and have had exceptional service at every appointment. After being diagnosed with a rare eye condition I came to see Dr. Taz for a second opinion and he was able to ease my mind while also being very professional. He goes above and beyond while also being down to earth. If you are looking for someone to take care of your eyes look no further than Dr. Taz. I highly Recommend him!

Dr. Taz is kind, gentle, personable, and best of all he does a great job of getting the perfect prescription for my eyes. I will continue going to him instead of the awful opthamologist who is on my health plan.
Edit– I have to add that I am so happy with their office hours, availability on Saturday, and they can usually get me in within a day or two.

HE’s THE GREATEST !!
I have been seeing Dr, Curtis, for over 18 years… I followed him to Costco, from his previous location ! He and his staff, are WONDERFUL !! I never realized just HOW GOOD A DOC HE WAS… until I got «Eye Insurance». I’d NEVER had it before, and Dr. Curtis didn’t accept mine. SOO, sadly, I made an appointment, at BLISS OPTICAL, a VERY respected LARGE optical company in Citrus Hgts.
The young woman optometrist I saw, I WILL NOT STATE HER NAME, was cold, dismissive and almost RUDE !! I had arrived ON TIME, dressed properly, and with a cheerful demeanor… there was no excuse for her treatment, I wrote it off to a ‘down day’. That was on Feb.23, 2014.
It is now MAY 13, 2014, after 3 visits to her office, at which times she maintained her «rude, dismissive, and condescending» attitude (perhaps due to the fact that I mentioned I was NOT going to buy my contact lenses from BLISS OPTICAL, because they were much cheaper at Costco) and because I even wanted «colored lenses» in the first place ! She kept insisting I didn’t «LIKE» a clear lens she had me try for an ‘astigmatism’…when, in effect… I was almost blind when trying them on my right eye !!!
I know… this is supposed to be about the «GREATNESS OF DR. CURTIS»…but I NEVER TRUELY appreciated the kind, compassionate, and gentle care he took of me and my eyes… Until I’d left him to save a few $$$$ and use an insurance he doesn’t take.
To end my «tale of woe» this snippy optometrist at BLISS OPTICAL, wrote me the WRONG PRESCRIPTION… ONE FOR A PLUS POWER contact lens, THAT DOESN’T AND HAS NEVER been sold by the «FRESH LOOK» company.
As the very sweet and helpful, Darren, at Costco phoned BLISS OPTICAL… she insisted «I was wrong» not her, for wasting my time treating me rudely, and having me standing before an optician that could NOT FILL her prescription, as she wrote it !!!
WOW…ALL THIS TO SAVE A FEW DOLLARS.
Dr. Curtis, his staff and the COSTCO OPTICAL dept. Are the greatest. They would never or have ever, treated me in such a shameful way… It’s BACK TO DOC CURTIS, FOR SURE… even without insurance to cover the visit !!

Taz Curtis, OD is a very nice person and great eye doctor. He has a very pleasant demeanor and chair-​side manner second to none. He is very professional and easy to work with. He has been my eye doctor for many years, and i would never change unless he retired.

I did not have a good experience with him and am STILL trying to get the situation rectified. They do not return phone calls, they don’t tell you that they are not a preferred provider with VSP so you end up having to spend a crazy amount out of pocket to get an appt. I saw him almost 3 weeks ago and am still waiting to get the trial contact lenses he promised me. I already complained to VSP about them and I definitely won’t return. He may be nice, but he was goofy and he belched in the middle of my exam and didn’t say excuse me. It was gross. Like I said they don’t return calls, and don’t give you complete billing information either. Go somewhere else if you have VSP and wear contacts

Doc does take VSP vision insurance :)
^^ This would be my check in line as I checked in for todays new patient eye exam after just scheduling it as well as one for my man just 3 hours earlier in the day… Yes I appreciated the swiftness and customer service in that act alone…
Have been experiencing non stop migraines headaches and intra ocular pressure for well over 2 weeks when the primary doctor I saw earlier in the week suggest I have my eyes check to rule out something wrong with them being the cause of the migraines from hell…
Located just inside of Costco and an independent eye doc I have to admit that my experience with both the girls manning the intake desk and phones as well as with Doc Curtis was pleasant from start to finish. I was in and out including dilation of my eyes in less than an hour which I loved.
My eyes are in great shape so I was beyond grateful for that quick clarification and on my way with my hand carried written eyeglass script as I get my glasses filled online and unbelievably affordably with high quality too. That’s another area I really appreciated with Doc Curtis; he never mentioned once nor tried to cram down my throat the eyewear sold by Costco like every single private Ophthalmologist has in my lifetime to date has always done and I mean always done…
The exam fee including dilation was more than affordable at: $ 74 smackers.
$ 54 for the eye exam
$ 20 for the dilation
Can’t beat it and served up with a smile, expedient service and even though he is a very chatty Taurus male he was very professional and personable. I’ll be back ;)

Dr. Taz Curtis was definitely very nice and extremely helpful. He walked me through the process from start to finish, explaining everything in great detail on what he was doing. I went in to get an exam for contact lenses. I think his being personable with patients is what made me give his office five stars.
However, I had a bad experience… make that two bad experiences with the receptionist. She just was very impatient, she didn’t explain things very well. When I would ask her to repeat herself because I didn’t understand what she was saying, she seemed to have a very forced smile and niceness that didn’t mask her irritation very well. The receipt she had sent to my insurance had a lot of cross outs, and even when she made us a new one, it was slightly unclear. The $ 40 looked like a $ 4U…no wonder why I had such trouble with my insurance. Not only that, she failed twice to tell me to check an important box on the form that has been giving me a lot of trouble with insurance. She just seemed very irritated when she was asked questions and made me feel like I was asking stupid ones. When it comes to forms, money, and paperwork… I think that it is crucial to be clear, and it would have helped if she were more patient about it. Aside from that bad experience, I still recommend Dr. Curtis for eye exams since his outstanding performance is not contingent on his office employees.

I was skeptical at first because of a bad experience with an optometrist at a different Costco in the Bay Area.
I needed a new prescription for contacts and so I gave this person a try at this location.
He’s pretty cool! Easy to talk to and professional. I recommend this guy to everyone.

i love this doctor! Working in the medical field i know a sucky Dr when i meet them, Dr .Taz isn’t one of them!!!
I do have a vision exam covered under my insurance and Dr. Taz is not a covered provider… BUT i still go to him!!! Hes great and very friendly .The prices are just right and his staff has been very sweet as well!