# Shaaf Eye Center, Rancho Mirage CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/rancho-mirage/shaaf-eye-center-rancho-mirage-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-02.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/rancho-mirage/shaaf-eye-center-rancho-mirage-ca

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## In short

Shaaf Eye Center is an eye care center in Rancho Mirage, CA. Its AI Score is 56 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 | 40055 Bob Hope Dr STE J, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (760) 346-5005 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 410 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Friday |
| Updated | November 2, 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 | 40055 Bob Hope Dr STE J, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Shaaf Eye Center was founded in Palm Desert California by Dr. Mehdi Shaaf, a Board-Certified ophthalmologist, in 2004. Shaaf Eye Center offers a complete range of eye care services from routine eye exams to laser vision correction and other complex eye surgeries such as treatments for Glaucoma, Cataract, Retina, and Dry Eye conditions. We are committed to providing the most comprehensive and compassionate care for our patients. Our entire staff values the relationships that we establish with our patients, their families, and other physicians. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Shaaf Eye Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (760) 346-5005 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:30 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 | Blog cataract visual simulator | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Blog glaucoma protection after 50 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Blog schedule eye exam august | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract self test | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery questions answered | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery reviews | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Common cataract surgery myths misconceptions | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cornea | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dry eye treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma early symptoms blog | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Laser vision correction | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Light adjustable lens | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Night vision correction | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Night vision correction icl blog | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Oculoplastics | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Prevent vision loss be proactive | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Retina | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Routine eye exams | AI guess |  |
| Team | Dr. Mehdi Shaaf |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/shaafeyecenter | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/shaafeyecenter | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@shaafeyecenter | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://shaafeyecenter.com/location/rancho-mirage/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=rancho_mirage&y_source=1_NjMwODA3MTEtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 16 services Shaaf Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blog schedule eye exam august |  |  |  | From their website |
| Blog glaucoma protection after 50 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract surgery reviews |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract surgery questions answered |  |  |  | From their website |
| Common cataract surgery myths misconceptions |  |  |  | From their website |
| Light adjustable lens |  |  |  | From their website |
| Night vision correction ICL blog |  |  |  | From their website |
| Prevent vision loss be proactive |  |  |  | From their website |
| Blog cataract visual simulator |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cornea |  |  |  | From their website |
| Glaucoma |  |  |  | From their website |
| Glaucoma early symptoms blog |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract self test |  |  |  | From their website |
| Retina |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Oculoplastics |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### Dr. Mehdi Shaaf

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting Shaaf Eye

Address: 40055 Bob Hope Dr STE J, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA. Phone: (760) 346-5005. Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Shaaf Eye Center was founded in Palm Desert California by Dr. Mehdi Shaaf, a Board-Certified ophthalmologist, in 2004. Shaaf Eye Center offers a complete range of eye care services from routine eye exams to laser vision correction and other complex eye surgeries such as treatments for Glaucoma, Cataract, Retina, and Dry Eye conditions. We are committed to providing the most comprehensive and compassionate care for our patients. Our entire staff values the relationships that we establish with our patients, their families, and other physicians."


### When to go

Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Country Club at John L Sinn | Bus stop | 5 min walk |
| Country Club at John L Sinn | Transit station | 5 min walk |
| Country Club at John L Sinn | Bus stop | 6 min walk |
| Rancho Mirage - Eisenhower Medical Center | Bus stop | 8 min walk |
| Rancho Mirage - Eisenhower Medical Center | Bus stop | 8 min walk |
| Davis building Parking | Parking lot | 8 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 410 reviews: Google 410. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Shaaf Eye Center is noted for its skilled doctors but struggles with appointment management and patient communication. (AI guess, from 410 reviews.)


### What people like

- Cataract surgery efficiency


### What people do not like

- Long wait times
- Overbooked appointments
- Poor communication regarding scheduling


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 0 of the 30 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Booksy | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Houzz | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MD.com | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| NPI No. | Not listed |
| Porch | Not listed |
| Psychology Today | Not listed |
| RateMDs | Not listed |
| RealSelf | Not listed |
| Sharecare | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Vagaro | Not listed |
| Vitals | Not listed |
| Wellness.com | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Zocdoc | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### do regulars get anything here


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### best ophthalmologist in Rancho Mirage


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


### Anything this place is known for doing well?


### Saturdays at Shaaf Eye, are they open?


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### where does this place post updates


### Any medical supervision on site?


### what does Shaaf Eye actually get right?


### the good stuff about Shaaf Eye, what is it?


### Shaaf Eye or Desert Vision Center: Keith G. Tokuhara, M.D?


### Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Rancho Mirage?


### anywhere on Bob Hope to sit while I wait


### numbing at Shaaf Eye, do you have to ask for it?


### parking at Shaaf Eye, where does everyone put the car?


### opening hours at Shaaf Eye in Rancho Mirage, what are they these days?


## What AI gets wrong about Shaaf Eye

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

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026: 9 Shaaf Eye Center | 40055 Bob Hope Dr STE J, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA |


## The AI Score: 56 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Rancho Mirage eye care centers run 36 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Shaaf Eye scores 56. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Shaaf 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 | 41 | 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 | 30 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 97 | 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 | 56 | 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 | 51 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | 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 Shaaf Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shaaf Eye Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://shaafeyecenter.com/location/rancho-mirage/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=rancho_mirage&y_source=1_NjMwODA3MTEtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D | Subject of this page |
| Dr. Mehdi Shaaf | Person | #team-mehdi-shaaf |  |  |
| Rancho Mirage, California | City | #city |  | City Shaaf 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 Rancho Mirage, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Rancho Mirage: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/rancho-mirage/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Rancho Mirage: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/rancho-mirage


### 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:ChIJXXLb45z92oARDFX7pYI9vrI (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/traditional-vs-modern-cataract-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/blog-cataract-visual-simulator/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/blog-glaucoma-protection-after-50/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/blog-schedule-eye-exam-august/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/cataracts/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/cataracts/cataract-self-test/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/oculoplastics/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/prevent-vision-loss-be-proactive/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/cataract-surgery-questions-answered/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/cataracts/cataract-surgery-reviews/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [13] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/common-cataract-surgery-myths-misconceptions/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [14] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/cornea/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [15] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/glaucoma/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [16] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/glaucoma-early-symptoms-rancho-mirage-blog/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [17] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/cataracts/light-adjustable-lens/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [18] shaafeyecenter.com, https://shaafeyecenter.com/night-vision-correction-icl-blog/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [19] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)