Ideal Eyes Optometry & Eyewear

Ideal Eyes Optometry & Eyewear is an optometrist in Burlingame, CA, serving patients with eye exams, eyewear, and contact lens services. The practice sees patients as young as three years old and offers comprehensive adult eye exams, children's eye exams, myopia management, dry eye and ocular allergy treatment, digital eye strain care, glaucoma, cataract, diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy screening, emergency eye care, surgical co-management, laser vision correction consultation and co-management, and contact lens fitting for soft and hard lenses including single vision and multifocals, along with glasses and sunglasses. The office holds a rating of 4.80 based on customer reviews.

Dr. Gloria Surh is the practice's optometrist. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, she moved to the Bay Area in 2007 and received her Doctorate of Optometry in 2004 from the University of Waterloo in Ontario. Her background includes work as a research scientist in Seattle and a residency at St. Erik's Eye Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. After ten years of general practice, she opened Ideal Eyes Optometry in 2013. Jean Chan serves as the practice's optician and brings more than 33 years in the optical industry, beginning as a lab technician at Lenscrafters in downtown San Francisco, later becoming a general manager and helping open the first Lenscrafters in Hawaii, and earning her optician license in 1990. The team has worked together for almost seven years, and the staff carries over 40 years of combined experience focused on matching patients with the latest lens technology.

The office is located on Burlingame Ave, near the Burlingame Post Office, the Fox Plaza Mall, Burlingame Creek, and the spire from the old Burlingame City Hall, all within a short walk of the practice.

The practice has served the Burlingame community since 2013, with Dr. Surh building a neighborhood optometry office rooted in family-focused care and decades of combined optical experience.