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Walk-Ins Available | No Appointment Necessary
Ask About Senior, Military, & First Responder Discount

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Meet Your Optician

Hi Folks. Do you like your glasses? Do you have a love/hate relationship with them? Do you see pretty good but not great? What about the dizzying array of options and the confusing manner in which they are portrayed? We will make things easy and very transparent - forgive the pun! WE LOVE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS! Check us out, ask questions, or let us diagnose any issues you have with your glasses. We don't charge for diagnosing problems. In fact, we don't charge for a lot of things. Profit is secondary. If we take care of you, then profits will take care of itself.

Give Bowen Optical a call at 828-698-0614, and stop by for a visit at 176 Four Seasons Mall, Hendersonville, NC 28792

Men Choosing Eyeglasses - Hendersonville, NC - Bowen Optical

At Bowen Optical, Our Services Include

Prescription Glasses and Sunglasses
Children’s Glasses
Occupational Glasses
Reading and Computer Glasses
Sports Goggles and High Contrast Lenses for Golfers

Eyewear Accessories
Low Vision Aids (Various Magnifying Aids)
Difficult and Unusual Prescriptions (I Enjoy A Challenge)
24-Month Warranty on Most Frames and Most Lenses
12-Month Warranty on Remaining Frames and Lenses

* WE DIAGNOSE VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH YOUR LENSES *

We want to WOW you!

Here Are Some of My Qualifications:

NC Licensed Optician
30+ years' experience
Member of The NC Opticians Association

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Don't make the same mistake I made...Buy your glasses from Bowen Optical!!! I mistakenly bought my first pair of glasses from my Optometrist and over paid. Get your Rx from your eye Dr. and then immediately head over to Gary and let him fit your glasses. He does a great job and goes above and beyond in taking care of his customers. Not only did he make a second pair for me he also fixed the frame of the pair I did not originally buy from him and he mailed my glasses to me when I was out of town so I would have them for the long drive home.
You won't be disappointed. Thanks again Gary!

- Lisa C.

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Great guy, understands and fixes quick, I'll only go here from now on, after wearing glasses about fifty years, and I've had some other good experiences (along time ago) but from now on I'll deal with this man only.

- Tamansn S.

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I went to another optician and got my original prescription lenses. Multiple trips back trying to make them understand something was wrong with my lenses resulted in nothing but frustration. I struggled with those glasses a year with terrible eye strain, literal pain in my eyes, and constant frustration.
Then I went to Gary Bowen who tweaked my lens prescription and made my first pair. OH MY GOODNESS! Almost immediate relief from the constant strain, no more struggling! Then, being a jeweler doing close up work, I had him make me a pair of "work" glasses. Using them at my work bench or on the computer is another OH MY GOODNESS! I feel normal and able to function again. It is so good to go through the day with some semblance of normalcy, without the eye strain and resulting stress.
Don't struggle with the mass produced typical optical shop junk. THANK YOU to Gary Bowen and his great staff! VERY highly recommend!

- Greg P.

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This is, without a doubt, the best and most reasonably priced optical shop I’ve ever found. I was having problems with the apparent thickness of my lenses made at other places. A neighbor referred me to Gary at Bowen. Gary made lenses for me that both looked and functioned better, for a reasonable price too! Ever since I always go back to Bowen and all the members of my family too, adults and children. I get true personal service with fast completion. If I or my children break something, they usually repair it right way, while I wait (of course,if it can be fixed-children!). I haven’t gone anywhere else for years now.

- Resolute 1.

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This is a rare find! To receive such great personal service and to have your lenses custom made in house with such precision and quality is still available only at one place. Bowen Optical is that place with Garry and his entire staff making you feel like family. His prices are very reasonable for the service and quality you receive. I will not go anywhere else.

- Gary W.

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Dr. Bowen is by far the most skilled and experienced optician in WNC, and he is one heck of a nice fellow to boot!

- Alan H.

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Don't make the same mistake I made...Buy your glasses from Bowen Optical!!! I mistakenly bought my first pair of glasses from my Optometrist and over paid. Get your Rx from your eye Dr. and then immediately head over to Gary and let him fit your glasses. He does a great job and goes above and beyond in taking care of his customers. Not only did he make a second pair for me he also fixed the frame of the pair I did not originally buy from him and he mailed my glasses to me when I was out of town so I would have them for the long drive home.
You won't be disappointed. Thanks again Gary!

- Lisa C.

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Great guy, understands and fixes quick, I'll only go here from now on, after wearing glasses about fifty years, and I've had some other good experiences (along time ago) but from now on I'll deal with this man only.

- Tamansn S.

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I went to another optician and got my original prescription lenses. Multiple trips back trying to make them understand something was wrong with my lenses resulted in nothing but frustration. I struggled with those glasses a year with terrible eye strain, literal pain in my eyes, and constant frustration.
Then I went to Gary Bowen who tweaked my lens prescription and made my first pair. OH MY GOODNESS! Almost immediate relief from the constant strain, no more struggling! Then, being a jeweler doing close up work, I had him make me a pair of "work" glasses. Using them at my work bench or on the computer is another OH MY GOODNESS! I feel normal and able to function again. It is so good to go through the day with some semblance of normalcy, without the eye strain and resulting stress.
Don't struggle with the mass produced typical optical shop junk. THANK YOU to Gary Bowen and his great staff! VERY highly recommend!

- Greg P.

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This is, without a doubt, the best and most reasonably priced optical shop I’ve ever found. I was having problems with the apparent thickness of my lenses made at other places. A neighbor referred me to Gary at Bowen. Gary made lenses for me that both looked and functioned better, for a reasonable price too! Ever since I always go back to Bowen and all the members of my family too, adults and children. I get true personal service with fast completion. If I or my children break something, they usually repair it right way, while I wait (of course,if it can be fixed-children!). I haven’t gone anywhere else for years now.

- Resolute 1.

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This is a rare find! To receive such great personal service and to have your lenses custom made in house with such precision and quality is still available only at one place. Bowen Optical is that place with Garry and his entire staff making you feel like family. His prices are very reasonable for the service and quality you receive. I will not go anywhere else.

- Gary W.

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Dr. Bowen is by far the most skilled and experienced optician in WNC, and he is one heck of a nice fellow to boot!

- Alan H.

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