Christine Yoon

i’m new (ish) to toronto and hadn’t had an eye exam in 3 years due to being a poor ski bum and feeling content with less than perfect vision. i finally have benefits through my partner’s job and so i decided it was time to get some new glasses. after much googling i stumbled upon one 5 star review of Dr Yoon on Unilocal.I liked that her office wasn’t a huge chain store that cares more about selling glasses than patients’ eye care and decided to roll the dice and make an appointment.
Dr Yoon made me feel comfortable, explained everything thoroughly and encouraged me to ask questions. The exam was the most thorough one i’ve ever experienced and i learnt a lot about my eyes. including an astigmatism that i never knew i had!
Her office does not sell glasses (not sure about contacts but she definitely had trial packs) which I appreciated since I already knew I would be purchasing new frames from
and was not looking forward to fending off some salesperson! i wish i had’ve known this in advance as i played down how much i wear contacts thinking that i would have to give excuses as to why i didn’t want to buy them on the day. now i will probably have to pay for another exam to get fitted for contacts (i’m a fool!). aside from that and abrupt receptionist i had a good experience and would go back.
the cost of the exam was $ 98. if you don’t wear contacts then the price drops a couple bucks.
Ps. as the other reviewer mentioned, the eye drops that allow the doctor to see into your eye better makes you very sensitive to light. it also made it difficult for me to focus for a couple of hours so i would definitely recommend bringing sunglasses for the trip home and planning to just rest your eyes until it wears off.