Stuart Lowe, OD

I don’t write many reviews but Dr. Lowe was so great that I felt like writing him one and he definitely deserves it. He is very very caring, patient, careful and knowledgeable. I had a great experience and will definitely come back. Although hopefully not too often because that would mean I have more eye problems. But I highly recommend him!

Dr. Lowe is precise and personable. I felt well taken care of and had a great time doing it. I couldn’t recommend him more!

I’ve been to a lot of optometrists in my time and Dr. Lowe without question one of the best. He spends time with you and works creatively to help find a prescription that works, is expert at what he does, and is extremely warm and friendly. I recommend him very highly.

Dr. Lowe is an incredibly good doctor. I just moved to the Bay Area and was in need of a yearly checkup. I have been wearing glasses since I was a kid. In a matter of seconds and without looking at my eyes Dr. Lowe was able to understand my eyes. He is experienced enough that he was able to pinpoint the pattern of how my eyes have changed from childhood to adolescence to an absolute T. He was very thorough in my checkup. He asked many good questions and made suggestions in how to make my eyes the most comfortable.
An extra positive, Nancy in the office is an absolute delight. She was extremely helpful with getting my health insurance setup and ready to go prior to me coming. She was very thorough in explaining what my insurance covered and what it did not. Plus, she has a super positive vibe and great energy.
It is safe to say that I have found my permanent eye doctor in the bay area. I would go here even if my eye insurance didn’t cover it. That is how good these people are!

I went to see Dr. Lowe today. He was very nice and attentive. I love his sense of humor, because I have fear of go to optometrist for some reason, even had a history of shedding tears. He simply eased my fear. I didn’t feel any kind of uncomfortable or fear in his office. I’ll refer to all of my friends and family! Thank you Unilocal!PS: like the staffs as well!

I’ve been a patient of Dr Lowe’s for a few years, and I’m very satisfied. He does a very thorough and comprehensive job examining my eyes, and he took the extra time and effort to dial in my contact prescription so that I now see better than ever!
Dr. Lowe and his office staff are very friendly, helpful, and professional. Appointments always start on time, and my contacts are ready to be picked up a week or so after my appointment. Highly recommended!

Dear Dr. Lowe,
Thank you for coming in on a Saturday to see my wife and I.
If Washington ran as well as your office does, there would be
no deficit, immaculate towns and perfect roads.
I’m glad to see the rest of the Bay Area loves you like I do.

Very nice and out going. This office is very clean and all staff was friendly. I did not have to wait. Dr was on time. I will go every year for my check up with Dr Lowe. He was fantastic. Thank you!

Writing this review right after my first appointment today with Dr. Lowe. The office staff are great, and Dr. Lowe is a 30 year industry vet who does not have any problems taking the time to thoroughly answer any of the questions you may have. I recently moved to SF and am thankful for finding Dr. Lowe because though I have always had great eye doctors — I have never really enjoyed eye doctor appointments. This was an enjoyable experience and to my surprise, it was much less expensive than my old eye doctor who I had been seeing for years.

I had a really simple eye exam today. It was like $ 50 cheaper than what LensCrafters quoted me. And the whole appointment was quick and straightforward, and Dr Lowe is super easy to talk with. Thanks for helping me find this place, Unilocal

I’ve gone to him for 8 years and routed my girlfriend (turned wife) and sister to him and they feel the same way that I do… he’s great. I trust him, find him to be personable/​chatty and highly recommend him. No complaints.

I’ve been seeing (no pun intended) Dr. Lowe since the late 80’s! He guided me through contact, discussed the pros/​cons of lasik with me, now dealing with my over-​40 eyes and he’s just great! The office team is super nice and professional. I can’t recommend them highly enough. As one reviewer remarked, your eyes are worth it!

Dr. Lowe is a wonderful optometrist. He’s so great that I’ve been seeing him for 27 years. Even though I live in the North Bay, I still drive into San Francisco to see him for an appointment. He is really as good as it gets!

Simply put… he’s the best! I’ve been seeing Dr. Lowe for 20 years and have ALWAYS been happy. He and his staff are helpful, friendly, professional, but most
of all, they are serious about ensuring the health and well being of my vision! Having had to see an optometrist for years

A truly exceptional optometrist with friendly staff
I really enjoyed my eye exam with Dr. Lowe. He is patient and professional, with a great sense of humor. In addition to having my eyes checked out, I picked up information on contact lenses. He had an answer for every question I asked.

I came to Dr. Lowe’s because of the reviews on Unilocal and I’m so glad I did. I have been wearing contacts for most of life and I haven’t found an eye doctor nearly as good as him. The exam was very thourough, and Dr. Lowe is very friendly and pleasant to be around. I hadn’t had an exam in a while and the contacts I was wearing were in bad shape, and he helped me out without being judgmental.
Nancy, who works at the front desk, is also super nice and helpful. She clearly explains what you are getting and paying for, and she knows what is and is not covered under your insurance.
Usually annual exams are not the most fun experience for me, but my visit to Dr. Lowe’s was great! I will continue going here for a while.
Also, they are open until 6 on some days, which is nice so you can go after work.

Dr. Lowe and his assistant Nancy are both great. I have been going to him for 8+ years and am very happy with his work.
I never felt as though he is ‘selling’ Accuvue over another brand. My current contact lenses are bausch and lomb and although they are cheaper, I think I will switch back to Accuvue which are more comfortable.
Only down side is they are closed on Wednesdays… but I applaud the ability to work only 4 days a week and enjoy life a bit more.

I went to Stuart Lowe’s optometry office in San Francisco last week for my eye exam. I hadn’t had one in over a year and picked his office because it had awesome Unilocal reviews and was walking distance from my apartment.
The receptionist lady (who I think is Stuart’s wife) was friendly, professional, and had this air of competence that I liked. I had an insurance provider most places in California are unfamiliar with, and she was very efficient about calling the provider, processing what they told her, and explaining my policy to me.
Stuart the optometrist was nice, conversational, and thorough. He conducted the standard eye exam for contacts and glasses (including pupil dilation) while chatting with me about his kids. I’d had some light sensitivity problems for a while and brought them up, so he looked at my eyes more closely and gave some possible explanations. He also mentioned that my current contacts were of an antiquated design and gave me new contacts (Acuvue) to try. They’re supposed to allow my eyes to breathe better and cause less irritation. The office is supposed to call me in about a week to see if I like them, so we’ll see how it goes.
The cost for my exam was $ 111 before insurance, which I think is pretty standard.

I have been a patient of Dr. Lowe’s for literally as long as I can remember, I think at least 20 years. Dang, now I feel old really old.
He is knowledgeable, efficient and just plain nice to see every year. I have gotten to know him and his office staff, they remember me (!). A few years ago, he actually called me personally to tell me the great news that they were selling my brand of contacts in the US after a few years of being discontinued– that is personal service. I can only think of one other medical professional that I have had such a high level of care from (my allergist, Denise Smart), and coming from the child of a Dr., that’s a big deal.
He is the best in the City!

I’ve seen Dr. Lowe twice (once for a yearly exam, once for my ocular migraines… sigh). For both he was efficient, gentle, friendly, and wonderful about explaining everything he was doing. He’s reasonable in not pushing tests on you that you don’t need, but also very thorough when you really do have a problem. He is very willing to give referrals if needed. His staff are super friendly and go out of their way to be helpful (for example, they just mailed me a spare receipt for my contact lenses from way back in October just so I could get it reimbursed from my Flex account… and they were ridiculously fast and totally happy to do it). I have been completely happy with Dr. Lowe and appreciate his office being separate from the For Eyes store… it just feels more like going to the doctor and less like going shopping.
As to the person who says Dr. Lowe «pushes» Accuvue contacts, it couldn’t be further from the truth. Not only did he not push Accuvue on me, he didn’t even push the more expensive Focus Dailies– he just said my eyes looked super healthy with the ones I’m using, and I shouldn’t switch. He didn’t even urge me to get glasses since I just got some last year… a major optometrist first for me! I thought the absence of sales pressure was one of the nicest things about my experience.