# Coastal Eye Care, Ellsworth ME: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me. 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/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me

## Photos

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## In short

Coastal Eye Care is a doctor's office in Ellsworth, ME. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Doctor's office |
| Address | 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA |
| Hours | Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (207) 667-6300 |
| Rating | 3.7 across 33 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 | 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Coastal Eye Care | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (207) 667-6300 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Eye examinations | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/coastaleyemaine | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.coastaleyecare.net/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Coastal Eye Care

Address: 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA. Phone: (207) 667-6300. Hours: Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Black House Museum at Woodlawn | Museum | 6 min walk |


## Reputation

3.7 average across 33 reviews: Google 33. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.)

Coastal Eye Care is distinguished by its effective cataract and lens replacement procedures, although it faces challenges with wait times and billing practices. (AI guess, from 33 reviews.)


### What people like

- Cataract removal and lens replacement procedures


### What people do not like

- Long wait times without communication
- Billing errors and poor customer service
- Difficulty contacting the office by phone


### 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


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### Booking here, how does it work?


### which one, Coastal Eye Care or Coastal Health?


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


### best doctor's office in Ellsworth


### what time does Coastal Eye Care in Ellsworth actually open?


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


### is there a way to spread the cost here


### same day appts, does that ever happen here


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### who is actually holding the needle here?


### Why do people rate Coastal Eye Care?


### Somewhere to park near Coastal Eye Care?


### Worth the hype at Coastal Eye Care?


### last update from here was when?


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


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


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Doctor's offices on the registry run 13 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Coastal Eye Care scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Coastal Eye Care |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 65 | 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 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 57 | 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 a doctor's office: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-med-spa. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-med-spa


## 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 Coastal Eye Care |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coastal Eye Care | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.coastaleyecare.net/ | Subject of this page |
| Ellsworth, Maine | City | #city |  | City Coastal 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 doctor's offices in Ellsworth, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best doctor's offices in Ellsworth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/ellsworth/doctors-office
- Best businesses in Ellsworth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/ellsworth


### Nearby

- /portland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/portland


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Maine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJpUxHh6PxrkwRkSfro1rAtf4 (accessed Jul 10, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)