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The Optical Shoppe
The Optical Shoppe in Asheville, NC offers professional vision services including eye exams, eyeglasses, sunglasses and contact lenses. We will treat you like family when you visit, so please stop by! You will love our low prices and personal service. We offer eyeglasses, sunglasses and contacts, and our vision services include exams for glasses and contacts.

Our friendly and professional staff are here to answer any questions you may have. Already have a frame or glasses you love? In most cases, we can put you new prescription lenses in an existing frame, or glasses you are currently wearing. We have an in-house finishing lab, so you can keep your existing glasses until your new lenses arrive.
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The Optical Shoppe offers the highest quality optician services in the Asheville, NC area. We have a wide variety of fashionable eyewear to choose from, and our on-premises finishing lab guarantees you the fastest service possible. Let our experienced opticians help you to look and feel your best. Our friendly and professional staff is here to answer any questions you may have about our company or our services.
Are you in Asheville and looking for eyeglasses? The art of selecting that perfect frame is a talent, and we have perfected that over the last 20 years of experience. Whether you are looking for unique styles or just an everyday pair of eyeglasses, or sunglasses, we have you covered.

We carry Scott Harris including vintage, Cote D'Azur, Cashmere, Caf Boutique, NRG, Kids Central, Tura, Paradox, Casino, and Cargo which includes a free magnetic clip-on sunglass.We have other brands as well in styles and prices to please your entire family. We specialize on you, our patient, and in finding that perfect frame that will make you smile.
Contacts are available to just about everyone these days. From folks with an active lifestyle, to the sports enthusiast, to the individual who works in an office hour after hour. The convenience of contacts is often needed during our everyday life. When you think about contact lenses, there are so many variables, so many colors.
Reviews (10)
Melissa Willingham
Melissa Willingham
Apr 24, 2021
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I wouldn't go anywhere else for glasses- EVER! The customer service and professionalism are outstanding. Thanks to Susan, I had my eye glasses in a week! If you are looking for an intimate experience and an old-fashioned eye exam without all the frills and overhead, this is the place. I will recommend them to everyone I know.
Rachel Reyes
Rachel Reyes
Sep 20, 2019
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Asheville's best kept secret. Had an excellent experience with this shoppe. So, I'm thinking this sweet spot should be more of a shared secret among Ashevillians.
So, how did I come across this shop? I went to Google Maps, typed in optometrists and started making calls. I called and asked for contact fitting appointment quotes from 10 different local businesses. Before calling T.O.S., it was looking like an appointment (including health exam, follow-up, fitting, glasses prescription, contacts prescription, and trial lenses) was going to cost me anywhere between $129-$300. Yes, there's that much
Colby Thompson
Colby Thompson
Dec 07, 2018
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I found this optometrist through google reviews and chose them because they were a small business, close to my home, able to get me in immediately, had great reviews for customer service and told me there would be no second charge on my follow up visit for contacts. The initial visit Nov 2017 went well but I work in logistics and wasn't able to get off work through Christmas. A few months went by before I contacted the Optical Shoppe again to follow up with my contacts.
Although the doctor's schedule had changed and did not align with my work schedule they were able to work with me and get me
L. Mack
L. Mack
Dec 31, 2017
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Popped-in The Optical Shoppe to have my granddaughter's (brand new) eyeglasses adjusted and am so very happy I did! George was genuinely helpful! A little girl, scared enough to ask if "it was going to hurt?" left saying, "That man was really, really nice!" Customer service lives on in this business! We're taking our business into The Optical Shoppe!
Robert
Robert
Feb 05, 2017
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Went to the store to get my glasses fixed. Jackie (the technician) fixed both my regular glasses and sunglasses. We had a nice conversation about the Ironman optometrist. Afterwards, I asked Jackie the cost and it was free. When you find someone this good you stick with them. Jackie and Dr. Ironman will be my new place of business for eye glasses from now on forever. Very good service. Really good people.
Megan Morris
Megan Morris
Sep 01, 2016
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We have been using the Optical Shoppe for years. Jackie has always been lovely and Dr. Cox is great. I recommend them over the national chain stores any day.
Murphy A.
Murphy A.
Jul 31, 2016
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Pretty uncomfortable experience going in to look at frames. Without going into too much detail I just want to say that I would recommend folks find a different optical business to support in Asheville, there are many. And, the owners of this shop should probably do a little more training to ensure that their employees don't put their personal views on customers and/or put their big awkward feet in their mouths and embarrass customers in general and definitely not in front of other customers. Ya know what, just stay away from this place. As if glasses shopping isn't awkward enough.
Stephanie Allen
Stephanie Allen
Jun 21, 2016
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The Optical Shoppe saved our honeymoon!! My new husband and I were visiting the area when he tore a contact (and forgot to bring spares). We must have called every place in the state that sells contacts and no one stocked the kind my husband needed. We began to despair when we found Jackie and she came to our rescue!! She worked with our optometrist back home and had exactly the kind he needed. Our experience with the Optical Shoppe was exceptional from beginning to end!
Sharon Creal
Sharon Creal
Jun 25, 2015
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Very friendly and helpful. Jackie fixed my glasses - the rimless lenses had started to come loose and we were in Asheville on vacation. She made short work of tightening everything and then wouldn't charge me. If I lived here, The Optical Shoppe would be my opticians. They had a fabulous and huge array of great looking frames on display. What you want in a provider on every level. Highly recommend!
Lizzie Corvin-Blackburn
Lizzie Corvin-Blackburn
Dec 24, 2014
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My appointment was at 11:30 and I was done with the exam and fitting for my glasses by 11:50! It was a Friday and they told me my glasses would be ready by Monday. First time I have ever had a doctor allow me to adjust the eye test machine to the precise clarity for my eye sight. At 1:50 I received a call saying my glasses were ready to be picked up. Would not go any where else in asheville. Super nice husband and wife business.