Welcome to Orpington Eyecare Centre

Orpington Eyecare Centre is your local independent Opticians. We provide a comprehensive range of eyecare services using state of the art equipment and the latest techniques to examine your eyes. At Orpington Eyecare Centre we treat you as an individual and tailor our services to your needs. As well as comprehensive sight tests, we can supply and fit contact lenses. We are also an accredited centre for the Bromley minor eye care service (BMECS) scheme. More About Us

Eye Care

At Orpington Eyecare Centre, we take the health of your eyes very seriously. We use cutting edge technology to give us an accurate indication of the condition of your eyes. Our experienced optometrists can carry out a thorough examination and scan of your eyes, as well as monitoring and assessing of existing eye conditions. Read More

Reviews

  • Updated review. 28th January 2026. Today was my two year check up. As always the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. Dr Patel was excellent with the eye test and explaining everything. Once again excellent service 7th May. It was just a small issue with my glasses, but as always were well treated and looked after my staff. Can never fault the service or the politeness of the staff Dr Patel and his staff are brilliant. They handled my cancelled booking with care. Thank you Mary The eye test is throughly done by Dr Patel. Have I been attending for a few years now. I like that I can see my previous visits results and compare with this latest eye tests. I like that you get a text reminder the day before your appointment. Would fully recommend for eye tests

    Papa Tools Avatar Papa Tools

    Fantastic optician - Nish and the team provide great wraparound care, and everything from the thorough eye tests to the efficient admin provides excellent service. Particularly recommended if you have small children (who are entitled to free eye tests on the NHS). Nish is very good at putting them at their ease and making the experience relaxing and fun. Highly recommended.

    Suzanna Fitzpatrick Avatar Suzanna Fitzpatrick

    Lovely practice with superb professional Optician and Staff to support. I really love the personal touch of the practice eg they know who all the clients are and by name, other chains do not have that. And because they are independent, their treatment offerings are quick different too. You never feel rushed either. I would recommend to any one and wouldn’t go back to a chain again. I’ve been s customer for over 4 years now and feel very safe with CoVid adaptions

    Rachel Lewis Avatar Rachel Lewis
  • I suffer from dry eyes and blepharitis. After doing some research, I came across IPL ( Intense pulsed light) and after 2 sessions at a different clinic, I set up an appointment with Orpington Eyecare centre, where I had another 2 sessions. Mr Patel answered my many questions patiently and he offered advice on how to alleviate the symptoms of blepharitis and dry eyes. He also gave me a lot of advice on which eyedrops to use, which tablets to take and how to use a wand for dry eyes. I felt the treatment I received from Dr Patel, including the IPL sessions, was more thorough than at the first clinic and that he used better equipment to assess and treat me including radio frequency technology. The lady at the reception is also very sweet.

    Chloe Avatar Chloe

    Very fast appointment service. Very helpful and efficient, felt safe during this lockdown period. Pleased with the service that I received.

    Annie Evers Avatar Annie Evers

    First check-up in two years due to lock-down. Thorough check and prompt referral for cataract treatment. Very grateful.

    anthony pycroft Avatar anthony pycroft
  • Great care and swiftly seen

    Christine Martin Avatar Christine Martin

    Very professional and friendly service. Took time to explain all the tests and what the results meant. Premises very clean and spacious, no COVID concerns! Will definitely return when I need new glasses.

    Graham Hick Avatar Graham Hick

    I have seen Nish at Orpington Eye Care for over 5 years. The customer service is exemplary, from start to finish. The front desk is friendly and the customer is treated as an individual, and not like being on a conveyor belt. My new specs were expensive but are supremely comfortable, if a bit more than I planned to spend. Eye test is thorough and professionally carried out. Nish is my go to optician. Thanks to all OEC. Mark Whiting. 👌

    Mark Whiting Avatar Mark Whiting
  • Very efficient and personal service

    michael bedworth Avatar michael bedworth

    We were recommended to see Mr Nishit Patel and we are so glad we did. He and his staff were very welcoming, made us and our 11 month old very comfortable when attending for her eye examination. Thank you very much and look forward to visiting you again for our eye care needs.

    Miten Patel Avatar Miten Patel

    Very quick service got things sorted

    Mavis Lennard Avatar Mavis Lennard
  • The best optician and new glasses experience I have ever had. Very professional all the way through the process. Excellent advice regarding choice of frames and lens type resulting in a very great pair of glasses even tho I have a complex prescription. Because of my prescription new glasses can be a bit disappointing but not these, they are superb. Thank you!

    Rosy Newman Avatar Rosy Newman

    I FOUND MY FIRST VISIT YESTERDAY VERY SATISFACTORY. WELL RECEIVED AND VERY PROFESSIONAL.

    ROBERT GOWER Avatar ROBERT GOWER

    Well organised, friendly and professional opticians. My first encounter with them was via an emergency appointment. My daughter (aged 8) managed to get some grit in her eyes while walking down the high street and it was quite painful as, understandably she kept rubbing her eyes. After visiting 2 local health care providers who both refused to see her as we didn’t have an appointment, we came across Orpington Eyecare centre and the owner thankfully fitted us in immediately in between patients. Mr Patel is a brilliant practitioner with dedicated, caring staff. We will be using this opticians going forward. This is an independent opticians and the quality of care is evident. I highly recommend.

    REBECCA Avatar REBECCA

4D HD Eye Health Check

We are pleased to be the only Optician in Orpington to offer retinal scans with our state of the art Optical Coherence Topography (OCT) machine. This specialist piece of equipment provides a 3D image of your retina and allows us to detect and monitor many diseases including Glaucoma, Diabetes and Macular Degeneration. Read More