Frequently Asked Questions

As an Independent Private Practice, we have full control over the services we provide, the products we love using and how we want to conduct our eye care business. This means we can offer the best service, have one-hour appointment slots, fully comprehensive eye examinations, have the time to listen to you & your needs, and provide the best quality niche frames, lenses, contact lenses and sunglasses. We are a family business and our sole interest rests in looking after you & your eyes and making you feel great in your eyewear.

Going to the opticians should always be an enjoyable experience. When it comes to perhaps your most important sense, you expect an optician to care for your eyes using the highest possible standards. At Eyedeal Vision in Chingford, from the moment you walk through our doors, we will be by your side, guiding you through your whole eye journey. We feel there is nothing worse than waiting around for your appointment, being left to browse thousands of frames, or waiting for advice. Each client visit is by appointment, so we can always offer you our undivided attention.

Whether you’re simply popping in for your annual eye exam, or you’re choosing a new piece of eyewear to complete your look, our family team will be there to offer those all-important recommendations & expert advice, in a laid-back and friendly way.

Eyedeal Vision started from scratch over 30 years ago, having seen over 45,000 patients in that time. In 1999 we moved to our spacious practice – although during our time here, we have made some extensive improvements, we now have a luxury boutique showroom and a dedicated private styling room for when you choose your fabulous new eyewear.

When you walk through our doors for the first time, we’ll ask you to relax in our waiting area whilst we get everything ready for your eye journey.  If you’re a few minutes early and would like to have a guided browse at our eyewear collections, please let us know. You might find something that you love!

When it’s time for your appointment, your optometrist will say hello and invite you to step into one of their spacious and relaxing examination rooms. They will ask you some questions about your general health and lifestyle. Your eyes will then be tested using a variety of methods, ensuring every aspect of your vision has been thoroughly checked. You can rest assured that by visiting our Opticians in Chingford your sight and eye health will be in the very best of hands. It’s truly a family affair here at Eyedeal Vision. Mac Magudia and his two children, Bhavita and Kalpesh are all fully qualified opticians. They also have specialist qualifications making them the ‘Eyedeal’ people to visit regarding your visual health.

Don’t take our word for it, we have plenty of Client Testimonials for you to read. Visit our family of specialists today. If you would like more information, and impartial advice or to book an appointment, call Eyedeal Vision today on 020 8524 2887 and a member of the team will be happy to help you.

We allocate 1 hour per client and in some instances more. This allows us to spend time with you and assess your needs. You won’t be rushed. We want to cover all aspects of your eye health and understand your visual needs. For us, you are not seen as a number. If you want an eye test that is detailed, tailored to you and incorporates every possible check to ensure your eyes are healthy, then we are the right opticians for you.

We have the latest technology and equipment. We always update our equipment regularly and upgrade our technology when available. Most of the equipment we use is the same as top eye hospitals and private hospital eye clinics.

Bring a list of any medication you take, all your glasses & sunglasses, your previous prescription if are a new client, details of any eye conditions or eye complications you may have had in the past and your lovely self.

Please bring any reading materials, digital appliances, phones, and anything else you require a specific vision for. The more information we have about what your eyes do and need, the more tailored your experience will be.

If you ride a motorbike; please bring your motorcycle helmet with you, so we can find the right frame to fit under your safety gear.

Our vision is that each of our clients receives world-class eye care, which we passionately believe they deserve. We are proud of our reputation for providing thorough eye examinations using the latest technology as well as offering tailored advice and recommendations. It has however become increasingly clear that our vision of reassuringly thorough eye care is not compatible with the NHS-funded (free) sight test. For some years we offered enhanced upgraded eye tests to all our NHS clients, as we never felt the NHS test offered a high enough quality of eye care. We have always wanted to offer the best level of care to all our clients; given that we have the skills and technology to do better. As of April 2022, due to the reasons above, we chose to no longer claim from the NHS and do not offer NHS eye tests.

Joining the eyecare plan is easy; all we need is your email and bank details! You can sign up now and start receiving your benefits immediately or wait until your next visit and we will take care of everything then. Just call us on 0208 524 2887 or email sales@eyedealvisionopticians.co.uk

The eyecare plan is a monthly direct debit (GoCardless). It’s very quick to set up, all we need is your email address. It takes 2 minutes to set up, quick & easy!

The adult eye care plan is £9, with no upfront costs. Your benefits start immediately.

Yes, we do! Our children’s eyecare plan is £6/month. If a parent has joined any one of the eyecare plans, then the children’s plan is reduced to £3/month.

Yes, we do, for adults, this is £13/per month and for children £9/month. The plan includes all eye examinations, screening imagining scans, contact lens checks and 10% off any purchases including contact lenses.

Yes, of course! You can join immediately without any upfront costs.

We no longer offer the Free NHS Sight Test, which only provides a basic level of clinical care and time, something we no longer feel comfortable offering. In the past, many of our NHS clients would upgrade their eye tests to include scans etc. We now offer all our clients our most advanced eye examination which includes all scans, tests, and screenings, enabling you to receive the best clinical care without comprise or restriction.

Many eye conditions are painless and can go completely unnoticed, the eye examination we now provide ensures that everything is checked and gives you peace of mind that all areas of your eye care are examined in detail. A basic eye test without all the extra checks, in our expert opinion, is not the best way to take care of your vision, eyes, and eye health. We don’t feel comfortable offering a basic eye examination and therefore we have included all checks, scans, and screenings as our gold standard to ensure that your eyes are healthy. Our advanced eye examination is available to everyone that wishes to see us.

The eyecare plan covers all and any type of appointment you need without having to pay anything extra for each visit. For example, if you had an eye examination in March but had a concern with your eyes in June and we had to repeat a scan a few months later; it would be all covered by your £9/monthly plan, as it covers ALL your appointments. It’s a more cost-effective way to take care of your eyes, vision, and eye health. You also get an unlimited 10% off all purchases. If you were not on the eyecare plan, you would have to pay for each visit, an eye exam of £120, an EMG appt for £60, and a £60 repeat scan, which would cost more than our monthly eye care plan. The eyecare plan covers every type of appointment or visit and you don’t have to pay anything extra when you need to see us.

Yes, absolutely. The eyecare plan provides the best value for money but if you prefer to pay per visit, that’s no problem at all.

1. We are here whenever you need us.  2. Your visits to us are unlimited. 3. You can cancel anytime, though we hope you don’t as we always strive to provide the best eyecare and niche eyewear.  4. If you cancel and then wish to re-join, our normal pay-as-you-go fee will apply before we re-join you to the eyecare plan.

All our eyewear collections are niche or handmade. Not that we have anything against “designer labels” as such, we just choose not to work with companies that supply mass produced frames, place designer stamps/logos on them and suffer from the disadvantages this mass production brings with it.

Unlike, many opticians, either the High Street chains or other independent opticians, we personally source and hand-pick our frames.  Every year we travel to exciting cities such as Paris, Munich, Milan, Antwerp and Copenhagen to source the world’s finest eyewear. We work with small, independent artisanal designers and manufacturers who design eyewear with the individual in mind. They cater for the person who wants something different, something truly unique, stylish, elegant but above all something original.

If you’re looking for glasses that are different, individual and of a higher quality than what you see in the chains and High Street opticians then you’ll love the collection we have in stock. Many of the collections we work with are only available in a handful of opticians in the UK. So, you really get to see frames that are different from what’s on offer in most places.

But if the designer brand label on the side of your glasses is important to you that’s fine.  We’ll be as helpful as possible and will be happy to direct you to the nearest optician who stocks this type of eyewear.

The eyewear styling is all about you and getting the styling support you deserve from a professionally trained eyewear stylist when you are choosing new glasses. Your eyewear sits centre stage and should always reflect your unique style & personality. Rather than sifting through a thousand frames and hoping you will find the correct pair, we guide you through a process to find the perfect pair of glasses that you will cherish and enjoy wearing.

This is where we discover your needs, lifestyle, and likes/dislikes in eyewear, followed by an in-depth style personality, natural colour profile and facial features analysis. With this guided process we can style you with eyewear pieces that will fit, find the shape & styles that enhance your gorgeous features, complement your natural colour profile, and make you feel great. This is the most exciting part of your eyewear journey where you get to try on styles that you may not have thought of and most importantly find eyewear that you feel your best in.

Absolutely, we offer interest-free payments for your glasses over 3 to 10 months.

Mostly everyone including children. Contact Lenses have advanced hugely. Most prescriptions can be accommodated in contact lenses, including single vision, multifocal, astigmatism, and many more. If you would like to try or enquire about contact lenses, please give us a call on 020 8524 2887 and the team will be at your service.

Yes absolutely. Mac (Rasik) specialises in hard/RGP contact lenses, it's one of his passions.

They are two separate tests. You can have an eye test and contact lens done on the same day or on different days, but they are two different types of examinations.  An eye test checks the prescription for your glasses, your vision through glasses, and the general health of the eyes. Contact lenses check; checks the fit, vision, movement, and compatibility of contact lenses on the eyes. We also check the health of the anterior eye.  Contact lenses sit on the eyeball and glasses sit away from the eyes; therefore, the tests are completely different from each other.

A contact lens check can only be done if your eye test is in date. By law, if your eye test is out of date you will have to have an eye test first.

By car: Parking is available on the Station Road. Between 10-1pm & 2-4pm you can pay by phone. It is free to park before 10am, between 1-2pm & after 4pm. You can also park for free on all the side streets on Saturdays. During the week you can park for free on the side streets, that are on the same side as our showroom, i.e Buxton Road, Willow St, the Drive, Frederica Road, Eglington Road. There is also Chingford Plain Car park near the forest or Richmond Road Car Park behind Boots in North Chingford.

Public transport: The 179, 97, 212, 313, 379, 385, 397, 444 buses will travel on Station Road, Chingford. We have a bus stop directly outside Eyedeal Vision (slightly to the left of us) and one on the opposite side of the road.

Train: We have Chingford Station, which is an over ground service, Chingford is in Zone 5, the station is at the end of the station road and 3-minute walk to Eyedeal Vision. The train line goes from Chingford to London Liverpool Street (vice versa); it is a 30-minute journey and passes through Walthamstow central (Victoria line).