# Target Optical, Waterloo IA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ia/waterloo/target-optical-waterloo-ia. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-01.

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## In short

Target Optical is an eye care center in Waterloo, IA. Its AI Score is 49 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 | 1501 E San Marnan Dr, Waterloo, IA 50702, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 10 AM to 7 PM · Sat 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (319) 226-6555 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 188 reviews on Google |
| Updated | November 1, 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 | 1501 E San Marnan Dr, Waterloo, IA 50702, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | We make eye care easy at Waterloo Target Optical, located at 1501 E San Marnan Drive. Get quality eye care, stylish frames, and great savings. We accept major insurance plans for a hassle-free experience. Shop top brands like Ray-Ban, Coach, and Oakley, plus Target favorites like A&A and Cat & Jack. Pair frames with specialty lenses or choose top contact lens brands. Enjoy our 90-day guarantee. Schedule an eye exam today with our Independent Doctors of Optometry. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Target Optical | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (319) 226-6555 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Contact lenses | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Frames | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Prescription glasses | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://local.targetoptical.com/ia/waterloo/1501-e-san-marnan-drive.html?cid=yext_4221&y_source=1_MTIxODExMy03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ== | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Target

Address: 1501 E San Marnan Dr, Waterloo, IA 50702, USA. Phone: (319) 226-6555. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 7 PM · Sat 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "We make eye care easy at Waterloo Target Optical, located at 1501 E San Marnan Drive. Get quality eye care, stylish frames, and great savings. We accept major insurance plans for a hassle-free experience. Shop top brands like Ray-Ban, Coach, and Oakley, plus Target favorites like A&A and Cat & Jack. Pair frames with specialty lenses or choose top contact lens brands. Enjoy our 90-day guarantee. Schedule an eye exam today with our Independent Doctors of Optometry."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Target - Crossroads | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| LongHorn Steakhouse | Steak house | 2 min walk |
| Amigos Mexican Cuisine and Cantina | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Panda Express | Chinese restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Jimmy John's | Sandwich shop | 4 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 188 reviews: Google 188. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 188 reviews.)


### What people like

- Worry-free protection plan for glasses


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent service and management
- Problems with prescription accuracy
- Limited options for frames


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### cheaper than this place in Waterloo without it being sketchy?


### What eye care center questions is Waterloo asking AI most?


### pain wise, what is it like here


### Worth the hype at Target?


### anyone been on a Sunday, were they trading


### Finance options, anyone used them?


### opening hours at Target in Waterloo, what are they these days?


### ordering here online, does that actually work?


### where does this place post updates


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


### bad experiences at Target, anyone?


### how much is a first visit around here


### Is Target run by medical people?


### does Target ever have cancellations


### Somewhere to park near Target?


### best eye care center in Waterloo


### torn between this place and Cedar Valley?


### the good stuff about Target, what is it?


## The AI Score: 49 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Waterloo eye care centers run 25 to 54. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Target scores 49, above the Waterloo average of 41. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Target |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | 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 | 40 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 98 | 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 | 63 | 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 | 63 | 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 Target |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Target Optical | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://local.targetoptical.com/ia/waterloo/1501-e-san-marnan-drive.html?cid=yext_4221&y_source=1_MTIxODExMy03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ== | Subject of this page |
| Waterloo, Iowa | City | #city |  | City Target 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 Waterloo, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Waterloo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/waterloo/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Waterloo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/waterloo


### Nearby

- /west-des-moines: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/west-des-moines
- /marshalltown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/marshalltown
- /cedar-rapids: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia/cedar-rapids


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Iowa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ia


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJY8cjUD5S5YcRvsfnr_FIFJs (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)