Optical Factory

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Optician in Hamilton, ON

4.4 · 107 reviewsOpen until 6

Proudly 100% Canadian and locally owned, Optical Factory has served the Hamilton community for over 35 years. Located at The Centre on Barton, we offer a wide selection of stylish, affordable frames, quality prescription lenses, and personalized optical services. Direct insurance billing and on-site eye exams available. Experience personalized eyewear solutions and friendly, knowledgeable service at Optical Factory.

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Services

What Optical Factory offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Optical Factory.

4.4from 107 reviews on Google

Optical Factory offers a solid selection of eyewear, but customer service experiences can vary significantly. Customers describe a mixed experience at Optical Factory, with some praising the quality of lenses and selection of frames, while others report issues with customer service and product availability. The atmosphere can feel welcoming, but frustrations arise from inconsistent staff interactions and unmet expectations.

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Would go back84%84% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 84%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 12%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • High quality lenses
  • Good selection of frames
  • Helpful customer service
The bad
  • Long waits for glasses
  • Unresponsive staff
  • Inconsistent product availability

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How AI sees Optical Factory

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

37out of 100

28 Hamilton avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsOptical Factory

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.25
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%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.83
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.90
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.68
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.50

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Local AI Registry · Opticians in Hamilton, ON · Editorial

Optical Factory, Hamilton ON: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 29, 2026.

Published October 29, 2026 · Updated October 29, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Optical Factory is an optician in Hamilton, ON. Its AI Score is 37 of 100, which is poor.

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

Key facts

FactValue
TypeOptician
Address1241 Barton St E Unit 5, Hamilton, ON L8H 2V4, Canada
HoursMon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun
Phone(905) 544-1448
Rating4.4 across 107 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 29, 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress1241 Barton St E Unit 5, Hamilton, ON L8H 2V4, CanadaConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionProudly 100% Canadian and locally owned, Optical Factory has served the Hamilton community for over 35 years. Located at The Centre on Barton, we offer a wide selection of stylish, affordable frames, quality prescription lenses, and personalized optical services. Direct insurance billing and on-site eye exams available. Experience personalized eyewear solutions and friendly, knowledgeable service at Optical Factory.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Fri 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM · Sun ClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameOptical FactoryConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(905) 544-1448ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday10:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday10:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday10:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday10:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday10:00 AM to 6:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday9:30 AM to 2:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSundayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
LinksWebsitehttp://www.facebook.com/opticalfactoryhamiltonConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Optical Factory

Address: 1241 Barton St E Unit 5, Hamilton, ON L8H 2V4, Canada. Phone: (905) 544-1448. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Proudly 100% Canadian and locally owned, Optical Factory has served the Hamilton community for over 35 years. Located at The Centre on Barton, we offer a wide selection of stylish, affordable frames, quality prescription lenses, and personalized optical services. Direct insurance billing and on-site eye exams available. Experience personalized eyewear solutions and friendly, knowledgeable service at Optical Factory."

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Reputation

4.4 average across 107 reviews: Google 107. (Confirmed, read October 29, 2026.)

Optical Factory offers a solid selection of eyewear, but customer service experiences can vary significantly. (AI guess, from 107 reviews.)

What people like

  • High quality lenses
  • Good selection of frames
  • Helpful customer service

What people do not like

  • Long waits for glasses
  • Unresponsive staff
  • Inconsistent product availability

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

Can I get in this week here?

prices round here, anyone got a number

Is numbing included at Optical Factory or is it extra?

Busiest day at Optical Factory, anyone know?

best optician in Hamilton, ON

what else is on Barton around this place?

medical staff here, or is it techs?

booked my first appointment here, how does it go

Optical Factory or Made You?

anything new from Optical Factory lately?

bad experiences at Optical Factory, anyone?

does it matter who you see here

how rough is the follow up at Optical Factory?

opening hours at Optical Factory, what are they these days?

Turning up at Optical Factory in Hamilton for the first time, what happens?

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the good stuff about this place, what is it?

The AI Score: 37 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Hamilton opticians run 24 to 37. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Optical Factory scores 37, above the Hamilton average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresOptical Factory
Retrieval grounding2625Whether 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 attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1283The 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 authority890Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile768Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Good
Content freshness & schema550Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an optician: 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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Optical Factory
Optical FactoryMedicalBusiness#businesshttp://www.facebook.com/opticalfactoryhamiltonSubject of this page
Hamilton, OntarioCity#cityCity Optical Factory is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the opticians in Hamilton, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best opticians in Hamilton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/hamilton/optician
  • Best businesses in Hamilton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/hamilton

Nearby

  • /burlington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/burlington
  • /oakville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/oakville
  • /mississauga: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/mississauga
  • /toronto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/toronto
  • /ottawa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/ottawa
  • /brampton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/brampton

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in Ontario: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJxS7M6TWZLIgRdQ-THYnNDtQ (accessed Oct 29, 2026)

The code behind this page

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1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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# Optical Factory, Hamilton ON: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-29.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on

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## In short

Optical Factory is an optician in Hamilton, ON. Its AI Score is 37 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Optician |
| Address | 1241 Barton St E Unit 5, Hamilton, ON L8H 2V4, Canada |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (905) 544-1448 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 107 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 29, 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 | 1241 Barton St E Unit 5, Hamilton, ON L8H 2V4, Canada | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Proudly 100% Canadian and locally owned, Optical Factory has served the Hamilton community for over 35 years. Located at The Centre on Barton, we offer a wide selection of stylish, affordable frames, quality prescription lenses, and personalized optical services. Direct insurance billing and on-site eye exams available. Experience personalized eyewear solutions and friendly, knowledgeable service at Optical Factory. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Optical Factory | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (905) 544-1448 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Website | http://www.facebook.com/opticalfactoryhamilton | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Optical Factory

Address: 1241 Barton St E Unit 5, Hamilton, ON L8H 2V4, Canada. Phone: (905) 544-1448. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Sat 9:30 AM to 2 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Proudly 100% Canadian and locally owned, Optical Factory has served the Hamilton community for over 35 years. Located at The Centre on Barton, we offer a wide selection of stylish, affordable frames, quality prescription lenses, and personalized optical services. Direct insurance billing and on-site eye exams available. Experience personalized eyewear solutions and friendly, knowledgeable service at Optical Factory."


### Parking and getting in

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## Reputation

4.4 average across 107 reviews: Google 107. (Confirmed, read October 29, 2026.)

Optical Factory offers a solid selection of eyewear, but customer service experiences can vary significantly. (AI guess, from 107 reviews.)


### What people like

- High quality lenses
- Good selection of frames
- Helpful customer service


### What people do not like

- Long waits for glasses
- Unresponsive staff
- Inconsistent product availability


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### Can I get in this week here?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### Is numbing included at Optical Factory or is it extra?


### Busiest day at Optical Factory, anyone know?


### best optician in Hamilton, ON


### what else is on Barton around this place?


### medical staff here, or is it techs?


### booked my first appointment here, how does it go


### Optical Factory or Made You?


### anything new from Optical Factory lately?


### bad experiences at Optical Factory, anyone?


### does it matter who you see here


### how rough is the follow up at Optical Factory?


### opening hours at Optical Factory, what are they these days?


### Turning up at Optical Factory in Hamilton for the first time, what happens?


### never been here, how does it go?


### where exactly is this place?


### Sundays at Optical Factory, are they open?


### anyone had trouble parking round here?


### the good stuff about this place, what is it?


## The AI Score: 37 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Hamilton opticians run 24 to 37. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Optical Factory scores 37, above the Hamilton average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Optical Factory |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | 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 | 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 | 83 | 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 | 90 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 68 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 50 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an optician: 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 Optical Factory |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Optical Factory | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.facebook.com/opticalfactoryhamilton | Subject of this page |
| Hamilton, Ontario | City | #city |  | City Optical Factory 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 opticians in Hamilton, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best opticians in Hamilton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/hamilton/optician
- Best businesses in Hamilton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/hamilton


### Nearby

- /burlington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/burlington
- /oakville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/oakville
- /mississauga: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/mississauga
- /toronto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/toronto
- /ottawa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/ottawa
- /brampton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on/brampton


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Ontario: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/on


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJxS7M6TWZLIgRdQ-THYnNDtQ (accessed Oct 29, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. Can I get in this week here? Question by reading_reviews_sage, Oct 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/can-i-get-in-this-week-here
  2. prices round here, anyone got a number Question by autumn_bride_west, Oct 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/prices-round-here-anyone-got-a-number
  3. Is numbing included at Optical Factory or is it extra? Question by new_here_otis, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/is-numbing-included-at-optical-factory-or-is-it-extra
  4. Busiest day at Optical Factory, anyone know? Question by reunion_lurker_east, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/busiest-day-at-optical-factory-anyone-know
  5. best optician in Hamilton, ON Question by quiet_on_barton, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/best-optician-in-hamilton-on
  6. what else is on Barton around this place? Question by commuter_otis, Oct 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/what-else-is-on-barton-around-this-place
  7. medical staff here, or is it techs? Question by undecided_cloths_46, Oct 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/medical-staff-here-or-is-it-techs
  8. booked my first appointment here, how does it go Question by tortoise_owl, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/booked-my-first-appointment-here-how-does-it-go
  9. Optical Factory or Made You? Question by walk_in_anti_glare, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/optical-factory-or-made-you
  10. anything new from Optical Factory lately? Question by reunion_commuter_downtown, Oct 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/anything-new-from-optical-factory-lately
  11. bad experiences at Optical Factory, anyone? Question by window_shopping_roan, Oct 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/bad-experiences-at-optical-factory-anyone
  12. does it matter who you see here Question by cases_lou, Oct 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/does-it-matter-who-you-see-here
  13. how rough is the follow up at Optical Factory? Question by lowkey_owl_36, Oct 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/how-rough-is-the-follow-up-at-optical-factory
  14. opening hours at Optical Factory, what are they these days? Question by birthday_clover, Sep 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/opening-hours-at-optical-factory-what-are-they-these-days
  15. Turning up at Optical Factory in Hamilton for the first time, what happens? Question by bifocals_clover, Sep 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/turning-up-at-optical-factory-in-hamilton-for-the-first-time-what
  16. never been here, how does it go? Question by hopeful_bifocals, Sep 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/never-been-here-how-does-it-go
  17. where exactly is this place? Question by shopper_kit, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/where-exactly-is-this-place
  18. Sundays at Optical Factory, are they open? Question by new_year_lurker_south, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/sundays-at-optical-factory-are-they-open
  19. anyone had trouble parking round here? Question by june_walker_west, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/anyone-had-trouble-parking-round-here
  20. the good stuff about this place, what is it? Question by spontaneous_frames, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/on/hamilton/optical-factory-hamilton-on/q/the-good-stuff-about-this-place-what-is-it

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