Carolina Center for Eye Care

I have been going to this practice over 20 years and have always gotten the best and most considerate care. Appointments are timely, they give me complimentary contacts prior to ordering and always do a thorough exam. I cannot imagine trusting my eyes with anyone else.

This was my first visit to Carolina Eye Center and I couldn’t be happier with the professional and friendly care I received. I had significant vision issues and Dr. Owens and Dr. Ball explained everything to me using examples and words I could understand. Dr. Owens personally called me the next day to see if I had any other questions. Everyone I encountered during my visit was extremely attentive, caring and helpful. I was able to find stylish glasses at a very affordable price. I could pick and choose different options for frames and lenses that were within my budget. I highly recommend Carolina Eye Center Try them and you’ll “see” why!

This is the best place I’ve ever been for eye care! I could tell the doctor genuinely cares for my eye health above all else. I never felt like they were pushy or selly. Tanya helped me pick out my glasses frames, and she took the time to compare all options with my insurance to see which would cost less for me. I really appreciated the time they took on me and that they treated me so nicely and not like just another number. Thanks guys!!

I'm not sure what has happened since i've last been here in 2017 but i feel like things have gone downhill and i will be switching to a new office. My appointment was at 9:30. It took almost an entire hour and most of that was me waiting in the eye exam room for the doctor. Maybe they are short staffed but I see my PCP faster than the time it took the eye doctor to come into the exam room. They are also not up front about costs unless you ask and now i wish i knew to ask about exam costs before i wasted my time. We have good eye insurance VSP, and the exam cost me $104. When in the exam room he asked if i'd consider contacts and I said i'd be willing to give them a try again, and so he said he would order me a free trial pair to test out. He didnt mention, i'd also be charged $55 for a contacts exam! I couldnt even tell you what part of the exam was for the contacts..Charging a separate fee for that just seems obtuse especially for that price. I was also there a week prior to ask about cost for getting my lens replaced in my sunglass and was told with my insurace it should be right at $100. Well it was $140 so i was given false information. So for my eye exam today and my lens replacement (not frames) I paid $240. With good insurance! They also charged me $39 for a screening which is apparently optional at every other eye doctor locally, but required here, and yet again that it is an extra cost. I have a $10 co pay for an eye exam, I asked for an eye exam so when i was there i thought all of this "stuff" they had me do was for the $10 co-pay eye exam. Go elsewhere.

Great experience. They saw me on the same day when other eye doctors in the area had a 3-week-plus wait. The place is new and clean. Dr. Owens was very affable and friendly, and expertly removed a foreign object from my eye without any pain or discomfort, explaining his process the whole way. While I waited to see Dr. Owens, the other doctor (who I did not work with) was working on a small child in the room next to me. Listening in he was schoolteacher-level of good with that child. I was very impressed. Best experience I've had in a long time. Shame they don't do dentistry as well.