Bay State Eye Associates

Bay State eye is a great optometrist. Always have a great selection of glasses and sunglasses! Their staff are very nice and helpful. Kristen is my favorite

Best optometrist I’ve been to in the (almost) twenty years I’ve worn contacts and glasses. The doctor was extremely educated and thorough, and the gentleman at the front desk was fabulous! He went through the details of my insurance and not only dealt with my irrationally based, obsessive hunt for new frames, but gave great feedback and suggested several pairs that were great picks. His honesty about which did/didn’t look good was extremely refreshing and cut my browsing time in half! (If only my husband were so straightforward– I’d probably never be late!)
I will be sticking with this office from now on :)

Very friendly, professional staff. Did not have to wait to be seen. Glasses will be ready in about a week. Satisfied customer.

Dr Edelstein and his team are terrific. Great service and friendly atmosphere. They are competent and professional as well!

Absolutely wonderful operation. Very few businesses have that genuine «neighborhood friendly» feel to them anymore. Not only is the staff professional, when I make an appointment I’m always seen by the doctor on time, which is a modern day miracle in the health care field. The doctor is very thorough and hospitable and actually found that my previous optometrist misdiagnosed my contact prescription and now my vision is much improved. I would recommend bay state to anyone.

Dr. Edelstein and his associates are a fantastically entertaining, helpful and personable group. The quality of service and attention you receive at this office is far superior to any chain eyewear retailer you might go to. My children and I have been going to this office since moving to the town nearly 3 years ago. I wouldn’t dare go anywhere else!

I love Dr. Edelstein! He’s the only optometrist I have seen since moving to Massachusetts, and I don’t plan on seeing anyone else. Ever! (As in, I hope he never retires!) Anyhow, my dad has glaucoma, and the doctor has always been very good at addressing the overall health of my eyes. He’s also very confident in the materials he recommends for to vision impaired, like myself. I have a lot of light sensitivity at night, and after he advised trying the anti-​reflective coating on my lenses, it seems like this issue has improved slightly. Also, my eyes tend to get really dry when I wear contacts, so he is really familiar with the materials lenses are made from and takes the time to explain why he thinks a specific kind would be better suited than another.
I’ve seen a couple comments that the office/​frames seem dated. I’ve always been able to find glasses I love, and I feel completely confident trusting the health of my eyes to Dr. E.

Dr. Edelstein was very professional and his office staff was warm and welcoming. He thoughtfully listened and recommended the right glasses and contacts to best suit my lifestyle. The prescription was absolutely perfect and this has not always been the case with other optometrists. Whenever my glasses need an adjustment his office staff is happy to help. Dr. Edelstein is available to his patients even on an emergency basis which is rare nowadays. I would highly recommend Dr. Edelstein.

I went to see Dr Edelstein because he is near my house but I did not know I would enter the Twilight Zone. He told me my vision and glasses were fine, did a Diabetic exam of my eyes and then suggested that I should order new glasses because they were covered. I have never used these glasses and resent the fact that I was pressured into buying glasses just because they were covered, which in my opinion, made me a party to something very close to insurance fraud. Anyone want a pair of distance glasses? Nice frames… but not needed.

I ended up going to see Dr. Edelstein because he was affiliated with the vision plan we had at our office, and his office was close to where I work. The office seemed old and dingy so I was a little unhappy with the first impression. The girls working in the front were nice though, and soon I was called in to meet with Dr. Edelstein.
I explained that i needed a new contact prescription because mine had run out. I let him know I had been using Acuvue daily contacts and liked them, but the central air in my office building was leaving my eyes so dry I couldn’t make it through the day without removing them. I had heard they offered the Dailies in a moist version, and was hoping to try them.
For some reason, he refused to prescribe the moist version of the Acuvue daily contacts I requested, insisting they were not going to be good for me. Instead I had to take two other kinds home with me, try them out and then come back in a week. I did not like either kind, so when I returned for my follow up visit, I requested the daily Acuvue Moist contacts again. He said he had other contacts I could try and then come back in another week for a follow up if I wanted. But he would not write the Acuvue prescription for me and had the nerve to suggest that maybe my eyes were too dry for contacts. Even though I had been wearing contacts for a few years, and just noticed an issue at my new office building.
There was no way I was going to take another sample, and return again in a week. I’m pretty sure it was just a way to charge my insurance company for yet another office visit. I did not have the time, it seemed unnecessary and I didn’t want contact brands pushed on me because the Doctor had some sort of deal with the company. I went somewhere else, got my Acuvue Moist Daily Contacts prescribed and have been very happy with them. If you were thinking of going here, I’d think twice. And I definitely would not reccomend Dr. Edelstein, that’s for sure.

I’ve had glasses for four or five months now and I knew eventually I’d have a problem as a «newbie.» Sure enough, the screw in one of my hinges came loose and the lens popped out. I don’t have the tool to tighten the screw, so rather than travel a couple dozen miles back to my optometrist’s office to address my needs, I looked for a place close by that might be able to help me out. I called Bay State down the street from me and they told me I could bring in my glasses and they’d see what they could do.
I was greeted immediately as I came through the door, I told them I called earlier, and someone took my glasses for «a tune up.» My glasses were returned to me structurally sound and the lenses were crystal clear, all of this free of charge. I was very appreciative, and I’m glad to know Bay State is in my neighborhood.

I have been a patient of Dr. Edelstein for about 20 years now, even though I’ve since moved out of Waltham. He’s very thorough, does a good job of explaining any changes in my prescriptions, and has (I believe) very competitive pricing. His staff is also great — always there with a smile and willing to help answer any questions you may have.

My family have been patients of Dr. Edelstein for many years. Dr. E is very patient and explains everything he is doing. He has a beautifully renovated business and very stylish adult and children’s eyewear to choose from. His staff is very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. They take their time to educated me and my children about available options and we have never felt any form of sales pressure. This place gives great service with very reasonable prices.

This is a great office. Dr. Edelstein is very thorough and he is knowledgeable about what he does. He takes the time to explain your vision problems. For instance, I have slight astigmatism and doctors at the chain store eye places have never pointed that out to me.

LOVE THIS LOCATION! Dr Edelstein has operated this business for years. I think I first came to him in the early 90’s.
His staff is very friendly and helpful. When they fitted me for contacts and I was having a lot of trouble, they honestly said, go for LASIK. Forget the contacts. I didn’t heed their advice and tried contacts elsewhere years later. That didn’t work either.
Years later and $$$$ in the hole for contacts I can’t use (and lots of aggravation trying to get them in or out), I got LASIK and am much happier for it.
Why didn’t I listen to you guys?
Of note, they can squeeze in appointments rather quickly. Love these guys. Good location right off Moody.

Pros: great optometrist, easy access, good availability.
Cons: limited glasses frames and slightly old building.
I went to this optometrist for the first time. There was easy parking on the side street. The front desk staffs were polite but not exactly warm. The store look a bit old, but clean, and had limited glasses frames priced between 90 – 250 $. I was there for a eye check-​up (contact lenses exam was 60 $ extra). The optometrist was very professional and friendly. He made me feel very comfortable and trustworthy. He explained every step before each procedure. He was not pushy and did all the necessary tests to ensure good eye health. I definately recommand this place.

Why is a girl enshringed in designer threads hobbling around like a baby giraffe, bear-​hugging complete strangers, and mistakenly slathering on conditioner as strangely sticky moisturizer? Blind as a bat and completely miserable. Why and how I lost and could not replace my contact lenses is another matter. I made an appointment with a google-​d and seemingly reputable optometrist.
Even in my pathetic blearly-​eyed state, I thought I had walked into a Baltimore city, run-​down, stuck-​in-​the-​early-​90s optmetrist’s office. The plastic racks were yellowing and Adrienne Vittadini was laughably referred to as designer eye wear (I’m in my 20s, not 50s).
Frivolities aside, the office workers were pleasant and helpful and Dr. Edelstein was very amiable and marvelously quirky. Being color blind, he painted some of the paneling in his office BRIGHT PINK, dare I say, MAGENTA. He uses some of the most advanced machines I’ve ever seen (and clearly I’m an expert on this matter) and he’s very knowledgable about eye balls. Apparently, the president of my univ. is a patient along with many Brandeis students.
However, I couldn’t get over the feeling that he wanted me to order contact lenses and a new pair of glasses from his office. However, his prices are much higher than 1800CONTACTS so I could not be tempted. An eye exam is $ 135, which made me want to weep bloody tears out of my sightless eyes…(in Texas, it would be less than half that!). Compared to other eye doctors in the area, I’m assuming that’s normal especially since a trial pair of contacts and every diagnostic test conceivable are thrown in.