# Empire Eye and Laser Center, Bakersfield CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/bakersfield/empire-eye-and-laser-center-bakersfield-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-28.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/bakersfield/empire-eye-and-laser-center-bakersfield-ca

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## In short

Empire Eye and Laser Center is an eye care center in Bakersfield, CA. Its AI Score is 59 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 4105 Empire Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (661) 325-3937 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 847 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 28, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 4105 Empire Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | At Empire Eye and Laser Center, we strive to provide quality care through the latest, most advanced technologies available. We also recognize that even the greatest medical developments are only as good as the difference they make in people's lives. We, therefore, emphasize that the most important person in the practice is you, the patient. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Empire Eye and Laser Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (661) 325-3937 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Basic cataract surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Evo icl | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Eyelid surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Intense pulsed light IPL | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lipiflow | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lower eyelid blepharoplasty | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lower eyelid blepharoplasty eyelid rejuvenation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ophthalmology consultations | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Ptosis repair | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Smile pro | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | SMILE procedure | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Upper eyelid blepharoplasty | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Upper eyelid blepharoplasty ptosis repair | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/empireeyeandlasercenter | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/empireeyeandlasercenter | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@empireeyeandlasercenter | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 9 services Empire Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eyelid surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lipiflow |  |  |  | From their website |
| Evo ICL |  |  |  | From their website |
| Basic cataract surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Intense pulsed light IPL |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lower eyelid blepharoplasty eyelid rejuvenation |  |  |  | From their website |
| SMILE Pro |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Upper eyelid blepharoplasty ptosis repair |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Empire Eye

Address: 4105 Empire Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA. Phone: (661) 325-3937. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "At Empire Eye and Laser Center, we strive to provide quality care through the latest, most advanced technologies available. We also recognize that even the greatest medical developments are only as good as the difference they make in people's lives. We, therefore, emphasize that the most important person in the practice is you, the patient."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Empire & Yokuts Park | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Tommy's Pizza | Takeout restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Bahamas & Empire | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Yokuts Park | Park | 3 min walk |
| Fit & Grub | Takeout restaurant | 6 min walk |
| Westwind & 19th | Bus stop | 6 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 847 reviews: Google 847. (Confirmed, read July 9, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 847 reviews.)


### What people like

- Short wait times
- Friendly and professional staff


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### Somewhere to park near Empire Eye?


### Why do people rate Empire Eye?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### Worth the hype at Empire Eye?


### where does this place post updates


### walk in here, or is it appointment only?


### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip


### services here, what do people go in for?


### best ophthalmologist in Bakersfield


### which one, Empire Eye or Acuity Eye?


### Are the hours on Google right for Empire Eye in Bakersfield?


## What AI gets wrong about Empire Eye

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Empire Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026. ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026: 3700 California Avenue | 4105 Empire Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026: 9 Advanced Center | 4105 Empire Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA |
| Phone | ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026: 661-327-2020 | (661) 325-3937 |


## The AI Score: 59 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Bakersfield eye care centers run 25 to 59. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Empire Eye scores 59, above the Bakersfield average of 45. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Empire Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 70 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 67 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 85 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 28 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 61 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Empire Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Empire Eye and Laser Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Bakersfield, California | City | #city |  | City Empire Eye is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Bakersfield, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Bakersfield: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/bakersfield/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Bakersfield: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/bakersfield


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJuXJe-wdC6oARZuBfMXQikEE (accessed Jul 9, 2026)
- [2] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/look-better/upper-eyelid-blepharoplasty-ptosis-repair/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/see-better/cataract-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/evo-icl-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/see-better/eyelid-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/see-better/intense-pulsed-light/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/smile-laser-vision-correction/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/see-better/basic-cataract-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/see-better/lipiflow/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] empireeyeandlaser.com, https://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/look-better/lower-eyelid-blepharoplasty-eyelid-rejuvenation/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] empireeyeandlaser.com, http://www.empireeyeandlaser.com/ (accessed Oct 27, 2026)