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# Gulfcoast Eye Care, St. Petersburg FL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/fl/st-petersburg/gulfcoast-eye-care-st-petersburg-fl. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-07-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/fl/st-petersburg/gulfcoast-eye-care-st-petersburg-fl

## Photos

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## In short

Gulfcoast Eye Care is an eye care center in St. Petersburg, FL. Its AI Score is 41 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 1515 9th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (727) 866-4493 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 739 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | July 16, 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 | 1515 9th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Since 1980, Gulfcoast Eye Care has made it its mission to provide a comprehensive range of services and an unparalleled patient experience. From the state-of-the-art technology we use to treat patients in the most efficient, comfortable way possible, to our incredible team of respected, experienced optometrists and ophthalmologists, we've helped countless patients achieve the vision they deserve. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Gulfcoast Eye Care - St. Petersburg | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (727) 866-4493 | 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 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Another lasik patient success story andrea | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract evaluation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract recovery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Diabetic eye disease | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Evo icl surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Eye surgery risks | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma awareness month january 2015 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lasik | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lasik patient success story jerri | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lasik self evaluation test | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ophthalmology consultation | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Pterygium | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Surgical glaucoma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vision correction surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/gulfcoasteyecare | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/gulfcoasteyecare | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/hours-locations/eye-doctor-st-petersburg/?utm_source=OffSite&utm_medium=GMB | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 1980 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 13 services Gulfcoast Eye Care offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Another LASIK patient success story andrea |  |  |  | From their website |
| Vision correction surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Diabetic eye disease |  |  |  | From their website |
| Glaucoma awareness month january 2015 |  |  |  | From their website |
| LASIK |  |  |  | From their website |
| LASIK patient success story jerri |  |  |  | From their website |
| LASIK self evaluation test |  |  |  | From their website |
| Pterygium |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract recovery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cataract evaluation |  |  |  | From their website |
| Surgical glaucoma |  |  |  | From their website |
| Evo ICL surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Eye surgery risks |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Gulfcoast Eye Care

Address: 1515 9th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, USA. Phone: (727) 866-4493. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Since 1980, Gulfcoast Eye Care has made it its mission to provide a comprehensive range of services and an unparalleled patient experience. From the state-of-the-art technology we use to treat patients in the most efficient, comfortable way possible, to our incredible team of respected, experienced optometrists and ophthalmologists, we've helped countless patients achieve the vision they deserve."


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9th Ave N + 15th St N | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| 9th Ave N + 16th St N | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 16th St N + 10th Ave N | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 9th Ave N + 14th St N | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 16th St N + 9th Ave N | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 9th Ave N + 13th St N | Bus stop | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 739 reviews: Google 739. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Gulfcoast Eye Care is distinguished by its knowledgeable doctors, but patient experiences vary significantly, with some citing poor communication and care. (AI guess, from 739 reviews.)


### What people like

- Friendly and knowledgeable staff


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent quality of care
- Long wait times
- Communication issues with staff


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### are the injectors here nurses or doctors


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


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


### people keep recommending Gulfcoast Eye Care, what for?


### what time does Gulfcoast Eye Care in St. Petersburg actually open?


### does it hurt, and can you ask for numbing


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


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


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


### Do they post anywhere?


### bad experiences at Gulfcoast Eye Care, anyone?


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


### torn between this place and Pasadena Eye?


### Why do people rate Gulfcoast Eye Care?


### Gulfcoast Eye Care, any chance to book in this week?


### best ophthalmology clinic in St. Petersburg


### anywhere cheaper than Gulfcoast Eye Care in St. Petersburg that is still good?


## The AI Score: 41 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. St. Petersburg eye care centers run 26 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gulfcoast Eye Care scores 41, above the St. Petersburg average of 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Gulfcoast Eye Care |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 35 | 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. | Poor |
| 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 | 10 | 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 | 59 | 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 | 61 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 59 | 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 Gulfcoast Eye Care |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gulfcoast Eye Care | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/hours-locations/eye-doctor-st-petersburg/?utm_source=OffSite&utm_medium=GMB | Subject of this page |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | City | #city |  | City Gulfcoast Eye Care 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 St. Petersburg, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in St. Petersburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/st-petersburg/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in St. Petersburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/st-petersburg


### Nearby

- /miami: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/miami
- /west-palm-beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/west-palm-beach
- /boca-raton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/boca-raton
- /tampa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/tampa
- /coral-springs: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/coral-springs
- /fort-lauderdale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/fort-lauderdale


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Florida: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJYXyp9dPjwogRQtH3hybxWms (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/vision-correction-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/cataract-evaluation/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/cataract-recovery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/eye-care-services/pterygium-treatment/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/glaucoma-treatment/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/another-lasik-patient-success-story-andrea/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/eye-care-services/diabetic-eye-disease/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/icl-eye-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/eye-surgery-risks/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/glaucoma-awareness-month-january-2015/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/lasik-eye-surgery-fl/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [13] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/lasik-patient-success-story-jerri/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [14] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/lasik-self-evaluation-test/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [15] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 13, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 22, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [16] gulfcoasteyecare.com, https://www.gulfcoasteyecare.com/hours-locations/eye-doctor-st-petersburg/?utm_source=OffSite&utm_medium=GMB (accessed Oct 13, 2026)