# San Francisco Eye Institute, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/san-francisco-eye-institute-san-francisco-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/san-francisco/san-francisco-eye-institute-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

San Francisco Eye Institute is an eye care center. Its AI Score is 61 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 | 711 Van Ness Ave #310, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 9 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (415) 421-8667 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 954 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 | 711 Van Ness Ave #310, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | San Francisco Eye Institute is a comprehensive eye care center founded by Dr. Margaret Liu, a highly experienced and Board-Certified Ophthalmologist. Dr. Liu and the eye doctors at San Francisco Eye Institute are dedicated to improving vision with the most advanced eye care treatments available. They specialize in cataract surgery and a range of vision correction procedures including Visian ICL, treatment for Dry Eyes, Glaucoma, Corneal Disease, and Diabetic Eye Diseases. They also operate Pacific Vision Surgery Center, a state-of-the-art on site eye surgery center. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | San Francisco Eye Institute | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 421-8667 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Allen s icl story | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataracts | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Chris icl story | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Corneal disease | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Corneal diseases | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cornea procedures | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Diabetic eye diseases | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Diabetic eye disease treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dry eye syndrome | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dry eye treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Jim p s cataract surgery story | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lasik | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Leslie s icl story | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Michael s cataract surgery story | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Oculoplastics | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Presbyopia | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange rle | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Robert s cataract surgery story | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Visian ICL | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vision candidacy quiz | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vision correction | From their website | Business website |
| Team | Dr. Margaret Liu | Founder | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/sfeyeinstitute | AI guess | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/sfeyeinstitute | AI guess | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://www.sfeyeinstitute.com/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=san+francisco+eye+institute | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/pvf-eye-institute-san-francisco | AI guess | Business website |


## Services and prices

These are the 19 services San Francisco Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vision correction |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataracts |  |  |  | From their website |
| Corneal diseases |  |  |  | From their website |
| Chris ICL story |  |  |  | From their website |
| Glaucoma |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Cornea procedures |  |  |  | From their website |
| Dry eye syndrome |  |  |  | From their website |
| Jim p s cataract surgery story |  |  |  | From their website |
| LASIK |  |  |  | From their website |
| Leslie s ICL story |  |  |  | From their website |
| Michael s cataract surgery story |  |  |  | From their website |
| Oculoplastics |  |  |  | From their website |
| Presbyopia |  |  |  | From their website |
| Refractive lens exchange RLE |  |  |  | From their website |
| Robert s cataract surgery story |  |  |  | From their website |
| Vision candidacy quiz |  |  |  | From their website |
| Allen s ICL story |  |  |  | From their website |
| Corneal disease |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Diabetic eye diseases |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### Dr. Margaret Liu

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Role | Founder | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Visiting San Francisco Eye

Address: 711 Van Ness Ave #310, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. Phone: (415) 421-8667. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "San Francisco Eye Institute is a comprehensive eye care center founded by Dr. Margaret Liu, a highly experienced and Board-Certified Ophthalmologist. Dr. Liu and the eye doctors at San Francisco Eye Institute are dedicated to improving vision with the most advanced eye care treatments available. They specialize in cataract surgery and a range of vision correction procedures including Visian ICL, treatment for Dry Eyes, Glaucoma, Corneal Disease, and Diabetic Eye Diseases. They also operate Pacific Vision Surgery Center, a state-of-the-art on site eye surgery center."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turk Street garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Peet's Coffee | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Van Ness Ave & Eddy St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Salty's | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Kitchen Aloha | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Van Ness Ave & Eddy St | Transit station | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 954 reviews: Google 954. (Confirmed, read July 9, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 954 reviews.)


### What people like

- Efficient and friendly office 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


### do they shut Saturdays


### anything new from San Francisco Eye lately?


### picking between the two, is Pacific Eye the safer bet?


### Booking here, how does it work?


### On a budget in San Francisco, is this place the one?


### Any medical supervision on site?


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


### Are the hours on Google right for San Francisco Eye?


### people keep recommending San Francisco Eye, what for?


### can I ask for numbing at San Francisco Eye without it being weird?


### does San Francisco Eye ever have cancellations


### Why do people rate San Francisco Eye?


### going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea


### is there parking at San Francisco Eye or is it street only?


### paying in instalments, is that possible here


### best eye care center in San Francisco


### bad experiences here, anyone?


## What AI gets wrong about San Francisco Eye

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

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 1, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026: 7 Haight Street | 711 Van Ness Ave #310, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA |


## The AI Score: 61 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco eye care centers run 26 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. San Francisco Eye scores 61, above the San Francisco average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | San Francisco Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | 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 | 25 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 87 | 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 | 64 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 60 | 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 San Francisco Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco Eye Institute | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.sfeyeinstitute.com/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=san+francisco+eye+institute | Subject of this page |
| Dr. Margaret Liu | Person | #team-margaret-liu |  | Founder |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City San Francisco 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 San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /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
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

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


## References


### Sources cited

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