Grace K Wong, OD

I’ve been a patient for Dr. Grace for almost a decade. As another reviewer said, an eye exam feels like a visit to an old friend. Dr. Grace is exceptionally thorough and patient. When the contacts maker one changed the formulation of its lens, we went through countless follow-​up visits, translating to no income for her. She is the consummate professional who is also friendly. Dr. Grace never forgets to give you the rebates for your contacts. The savings add up!

She is phenomenal. Really helpful. Spends extra time with each patient, yet the wait to see her was approximately ten minutes. Did numerous exams and listened to my concerns. Handled my eyesight from multiple approaches to try and help the problem. Very nice person and her entire office is pleasant and helpful. High recommendations.

Dr. Wong was a great help in picking out a new pair of contacts. My old lenses weren’t actually fitting quite right and over the course of a few weeks, she let me try a couple different types out (for free) and checked out my eyes. I arrived on a pair that works great.

I’m so glad I found Dr. Wong. I’ve been nearsighted all my life, and while I do not have any specific problem besides not seeing clearly, I’ve had quite a few bad experiences with contact prescriptions being slightly off and rushed exams.
Nothing like that with Dr. Grace. I went to see her when I moved to the US, and chose the clinic because it’s a couple of block from my house and they’re in network. I wasn’t expecting much.
I’ve been able to get an appointment within a week every time, and I’ve never waited more than 15 minutes before seeing the doctor. She spends time with you, and is very very thorough. No 10-​minutes visit here. She will ask a lot of questions, explain everything, answer all of your questions, and always goes the extra mile.
On my first visit, she saw something in my eye that was a little weird (some spots), so she had me come back for a specific exam, just because she wanted to make sure it was benign. I had many questions, all of them were answered, no rush.
For both contacts and glasses, her prescriptions were spot-​on, and given after an oh-​so-​thorough exam. When I got new frames, she spotted a scratch (that I honestly cannot see myself) and had them repaired.
To top all of this, she is incredibly warm, nice, and funny. Unless I finally decide to go with LASIK, which I’ve been wanting to do for decades — procrastinator, much? — I won’t ever go to another eye doctor.
The only thing I found a bit lacking was their selection of frames. Not very big, but I still found something nice.

Best eye doctor. It was such a pleasant moments doing eye exam. She was thoughtful, very intelligent and explained many things about my eyes. Very polite. Not just the doctor but all the staff working there are very nice too.

I have been a patient with Dr. Grace for over 20 years. I can’t say I have ever had a doctor this long in my life. I never want to loose Grace. Like all other patient comments she’s so caring and nice. She always remember something about you and is an excellent professional. I had a retinal detachment that I wasn’t aware of that Grace caught 15 years ago. I was really scared but Grace checked up on me after I went to see a retinal specialist. Years after she still keeps an eye on my left eye. I can’t ever get LASIK surgery but that’s due to her good advice for me. She’s never against second opinions even though her recommendations are most likely going to be the right opinion.
Trust Grace as your optometrist. She’s one of those doctors that you are ever fortunate to take care of your eyes! Seeing is believing!

i never write reviews on Unilocal.i only do if i have an amazing experience or a horrible one. thankfully this was an amazing experience. i was recommended to dr. wong from my insurance company. i hadn’t had a checkup on my eyes in over two years, so i was overdue and was desperate for a quick appointment. without even expressing my concern about getting an appointment quickly, i had called towards the end of the work day and they said that their last appointment was a cancellation and they could fit me in… in an hour! so great. i mean, they could’ve easily scheduled me another day and just went home early. it’s very close to my house, so i biked over and the receptionist was very friendly and attentive. then dr. wong saw me right away and was by far the most informative optometrist i’ve ever had and i’ve been going to optometrists since i was 7! she was amazing, friendly, funny, informative and genuinely passionate about her work and her patients. just wonderful. thanks!

I went for a second visit in as many weeks to Dr. Grace Wong’s Pasadena location. I had a serious change in my visual acuity and wanted her to check my eyes. She noticed that I had some swelling and bleeding without a moments hesitation she asked for my retina specialist’s name and told him that he needed to see me asap. Must say she did scare me a bit but I was comforted with her take charge actions.
Good news is my problem is minor in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks again Dr. Wong for being concerned and compassionate.

Dr. Wong is extremely attentive and patient. I have a pretty unique eyesight and she was able to come up with a perfect solution over the couple visits it took to get the perfect fit for my contacts. I would highly recommend Dr. Wong for your vision needs. Great specialist with excellent customer service.

I’ve long been a Costco optometrist kind of person since that is where my budget-​conscience mother brought me to get contacts back in ’97. I had no idea how pleasant a visit to the eye doctor could be, until I made an appointment with Grace Wong! She’s got a good vibe, is easy to talk to and clearly makes an effort to connect with her patients. Every move came with a «warning» (no part of the exam was ever uncomfortable, though, I promise) and she even made sure to say the thing coming close to my eyeball was not going to puff air at me without me having to ask. I guess the eyeball puff was scarring to others as well! A big plus was the option of having imaging done on my eye instead of having to go through the process of getting my pupils dilated and then avoiding the sun all day. It was worth the modest extra cost. I really liked Dr. Grace Wong and would recommend her to anyone. She was very patient with me through my confusion with insurance and broke down every cost.
As a secondary note, the front office has the craziest design scheme, but I kinda totally loved it. Looked like the splash screens from the Rugrats cartoon. Remember those?

I have been going to Dr. Grace for over 10 years now. I was originally referred to Dr. Carolyn and saw her maybe once or twice early on. I agree with what other Unilocalers have said about the two Dr. Wongs. Dr. Grace is just so much more professional, attentive, and patient. She always takes her time with my eye exam, which is the main reason why I won’t go back to places that crank out an eye exam in 10 mins. When I passed the milestone of the «big 40», developing both near– and far– sightedness, Dr. Grace really took her time to explain the choices in glasses and contact lenses, for driving and reading, both during the day time and night time. She also shared her own personal experiences with progressive lenses and gave me instructions on how to use my new glasses to minimize dizziness. She never tries to up-​sell me anything. In fact, she always looks at my insurance policy and helps me maximize my coverage benefit to meet my needs.
Several years ago, when my 11 year old complained that she couldn’t see the whiteboard clearly, I immediately took her to Dr. Grace. Dr. Grace gave lots of great advice to my teen on eye care (makeup use and removal, rubbing, contact hygiene, etc.) based on her own experience with her teenage daughter. My daughter has gone to Costco once (out of convenience when she was away on summer vacation) and now knows to never go anywhere else for her eye exam /​contact lenses.
Most recently, my dad, having a history of Glaucoma, was seen by Dr. Grace. Because of his dangerously high ocular pressure, Dr. Wong immediately referred him to UCLA for emergency eye surgery. She knew exactly who the local specialized ophthalmologists were and made the referral process super efficient, which was CRITICAL in preventing my dad from suffering further optic nerve damage. Dr. Grace saved my dad’s eye sight!
Dr. Grace has done so much for the 3 generations in my family. I appreciate the excellent eye care that she has provided so much, and I highly recommend her!

I love Dr. Grace! I’ve been going to her for over 10 years now and can’t imagine going anywhere else. Because I’ve been going to her for so long, my yearly exams feel like they’re being done by an old friend. Her professionalism though has remained the same over all these years. I’m also very confident in her skills as an optometrist because she is extremely thorough in her exams. I also appreciate the fact that she doesn’t try to sell me a whole year’s worth of contacts when she knows I can get them cheaper at Costco. I’ve been to other optometrists/​opthamologists before that are very pushy in getting you to buy contact lenses from them and Dr. Grace is nothing like these people.

AVOID THESE OPTOMETRISTS AT ALL COSTS!
I kept wondering why the Wongs were giving me mediocre vision at best, and never really seemed concerned when I wanted better – as if I and my attitude were the problem!!! Neither the contacts nor eyeglasse were great; spot on vision eluded me when I went to the Wongs…
In search of better vision, I went to a OD in the South Bay with good recomendations, and he was great! My vision was suddenly EXCELLENT with both contacts and eyeglasses! He looked at my prescriptions from the Wongs and showed me how far off they were.
Dear Jesus, I would love to get my money back from the office of the Wongs, What a rip-​off! If you want good vision, and concerened doctors – avoid this office in West LA at all costs!
YOU CAN FIND MUCH, MUCH better!

I’ve been going to Dr. Grace for about 5 years now. I was introduced to her through a former coworker (Grace is his wife). At the time, my company didn’t offer VSP so I went to Costco or some other random cheap place. But once I switched to a company that did offer vision insurance, I started going to Dr. Grace. She is so great! She’s always extremely friendly and very thorough with the exams. I love that she’s there on Saturdays so that I don’t have to take time off of work. I’ve been going to her for about 5 years now and she’s been fantastic. As for the selection of glasses in her office, even though they have a decent variety, I haven’t had too much luck there.

I’m a bit biased. Grace is from Hong Kong, speaks Cantonese and so do I. What’s not to like? She’s quick, she’s friendly and gives me honest, helpful info about my eyes. Also, she makes sense of my insurance and just that alone means that I keep going to her. :-)

So I’ve been going to the Wong «sisters» for 3 years now, ever since I moved down here for work. At first I chose this place cause it was close to home and work, and because I thought it particularly nice that these two family members would open a place together. Of course, how young and naïve I was, since not all Wong’s are related. Yes, how white of me. Despite the identical last name, these two look nothing alike and aren’t even fourth cousins twice removed. Anyways, I go to Grace (hence the review) for all my eye care needs. She makes sure that I have all my contacts and stuff for the next year, and always addresses me as Dr., as if we were colleagues somehow. The best part about her is that she doesn’t breathe on you when she’s looking at your eyes through that weird thing they stick on your face when you’re looking at the far wall reading letters. My prior optometrist in San Jo used to get all up into my face and breathe his stanky breath. Not only was he afflicted with a terrible case of halitosis, but it was sorta creepy, like getting your very own breathy pervert a mere 2 inches from your mug. Yeah, gross. I’m glad I didn’t vomit right into said face. So what does that mean about Grace K Wong, the optometrist? Nothing much, other than she has the decency not to breathe on you. Or, it could just mean that she has a future career as an Olympic swimmer since she can hold her breath for minutes at a time without getting obviously winded.
But really, she’s thorough and nice, pretty much everything you could ask for. The prices are pretty standard I guess, though I’ve never gone to another optometrist before (it was always on my mom’s insurance back home). The glasses are somewhat pricey (apparently 800 bucks pre insurance!) but hey, plastic, extra thin, non glare Calvin Klein glasses aren’t exactly coke bottles.