Here Is Where To Buy Prescription Glasses in Bangkok

I was needing to find out where to buy prescription glasses in Bangkok. And, at the time we were shopping in Din Daeng… buying a few things at Fortune Town.

Now, so you know, this is an awesome place to find anything IT related. It’s a massive multi-storey IT shopping Mecca… with lots of other different stores around it, including optical shops.

So, for years I’d been using a cheap pair… that I bought at a street stall on Sukhumvit Road for 100 baht (about USD $3.20)! The power I bought was 1.0. And, I was only using it occasionally for reading up close.

Yet, after a while they were starting to fall apart!

And, the weird thing is… I did notice some time ago that the lenses seem to have a different magnification. So, when I was looking through say the left side of the lens in comparison to the right… they didn’t seem the same.

So, who knows what the exact magnifying power was! Yet, what can you expect for 100 baht, I guess. Thus, I thought it was time I should invest in a proper pair of glasses!

Now, I hadn’t done a lot of research on where to buy prescription glasses in Bangkok… as I haven’t had the need.

Thus, in this We Drink Eat Travel blog post… I’ll share with you some useful tips and information, for when you need to get some glasses in Bangkok.

Hunting Through Bangkok Optical Shops

The brand that I have seen a lot of in Bangkok is, Top Charoen Optical… so, I tried there first.

Top Charoen Optical have many stores in Bangkok! This one was on **Suan Phlu Road**

The service wasn’t very good when I went in, and they didn’t have a good range of eyeglasses that I liked. So I didn’t spend long in there.

So I went to a few other places, and even got a couple of free eye tests. Some of them charge for an eye test. And, they were quoting 300 baht (about USD $9.60)… but I would get that back if I bought some glasses.

The eye tests that I did were nothing like back home in Australia. To me, it wasn’t in-depth. Yet, I didn’t really expect much because they were for free.

The tests came out similar in terms of the power of the prescription glasses they said I would need.

But after walking into about 4 optical stores in Fortune Town, none of them had any styles that I liked.

So Vi suggested we go to Central Plaza Grand Rama 9… which was conveniently across the road. I reckon she secretly wanted to go there for clothes shopping!

My Choice For Buying Eyeglasses In Bangkok

Like Fortune Town, there were quite a few optical shops here too. Some were upmarket selling mainly designer brands. Yet, it was the same story… I couldn’t find any designs that I liked.

I was beginning to think that buying prescription glasses in Bangkok was not going to happen!

That was until I found this store called Eyeclass.

It wasn’t the biggest optical store… But I had a look around at their entire range, and FINALLY found a couple pairs that I liked.

They also have a big range of contact lenses too…

But if you’re looking for contact lenses Bangkok, check out Vi’s blog post HERE.

So I did an eye examination here too and got the power for my lenses.

The frames I chose ended up being half price, which was great. They also had different lens brands and thicknesses too. Because my power was low… I didn’t go for spending the extra to get super thin lenses.

So all up, my prescription glasses with frames and lenses cost 3,800 baht (about USD $122). I thought that was cheap.

And the best part was… it only took them 20 minutes to get my new lenses cut and fitted to the frames I chose!

So, here are the glasses I got…