Tell us how you spend your day and your optometrist recommends the lens that suits it, and tells you why. No more than three options, every price on paper, and if they’re not right within sixty days, we change them at no charge.
If that’s you, it isn’t your fault. Usually nobody asked how you use your eyes, or showed you the difference between lenses. Bring your old pair in and we’ll tell you what went wrong.
If you just want it done well
Or you simply want it done well.
An optometrist who explains what they recommend, and why
Help choosing frames, with a free 30-minute styling appointment
Lenses from Hoya, Rodenstock and Essilor, shown side by side
Every price on paper, and half today, the rest over up to 10 months
Your first pair or your twentieth, everyone gets the same care.
★★★★★
“This is the very best standard of service, advice and support that I have experienced.”
It means something different to everyone who says it. These are the three reasons people give us.
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Real care, and real time
Forty-five minutes for your eye test, and a team who takes the time to listen and explain. Nobody hurries you, and nobody pushes you.
A thorough eye check. Never feels rushed.Google review · Cheadle
02
Clinical care to a higher standard
A 3D OCT scan of the layers behind the retina, available with any eye test: where glaucoma and macular disease start. Gold and Platinum eye examinations for the full picture, and our own dry eye clinic since 2017. Every eye test is done by a GOC-registered optometrist.
The optician undertook a thorough examination and covered more areas than I expected.Google review · Cheadle
03
Frames you won’t see on everyone else
More than 20 designer and independent brands.
From Tom Ford and Gucci to small makers in Barcelona and France, chosen by people who love eyewear. Then lenses from Hoya, Rodenstock and Essilor, with varifocals made to measure for your eyes.
Choosing frames was a pleasure, not a chore.Google review
Sohail Khan and Abra Arshad, optometrists and directors
Why we started Abra & Co
If your glasses never felt quite right, it probably wasn’t your eyes.
Over the years, opticians split the eye test from the glasses. The person who tests your eyes rarely sees what you leave with, and the person who helps you choose never hears what you said in the test room. That gap is where the headaches, the varifocals you never got used to and the lens you didn’t need come from.
We were trained that way too. So we built Abra & Co the old way: one team, one conversation, from your eye test to your fitting.
Your optometrist recommends your lenses, and tells you why, in the same visit
What you tell us goes on your Personalisation Card, so you never have to say it twice
And if something isn’t right, you come back and we put it right
4.9 from 600+ Google reviews · five practices · GOC-registered optometrists
The same five steps at every practice, whatever you spend.
Step 1
We get to know you
When you arrive we ask about your life, your work, your hobbies, your screens and your driving, and note it on your Personalisation Card, so everyone who looks after you knows.
Personal service. Not rushed.Google review · Heald Green
Step 2
Your eye test, 45 minutes
Time to do it properly. Then your optometrist tells you which lens they recommend, and why, based on what you told us: “Because you said…”.
Explains everything in detail and happily helps with any issues you have.Google review · Winsford
Step 3
We show you, side by side
No more than three options, with pictures of the difference and every price on paper. It’s totally OK to say no because of the cost. You’ll never be pushed.
No pressure to buy anything you did not want.Google review · Middleton
Step 4
Measured to the millimetre
Your dispensing optician measures you and the frame, so the clear part of each lens sits exactly where your eyes look. Then the glasses are adjusted to your face when you collect them.
Took their time and made sure I was satisfied before I left.Google review · Winsford
Step 5
We look after you
Free adjustments, a free glasses MOT and minor repairs while you wait. Things don’t always go right first time, so if they don’t, come back: we find out why and put it right.
I have been coming for many years and the care remains exceptional.Google review · Heckmondwike
4.9 from 600+ Google reviewsGOC-registered optometristsLenses from Hoya, Rodenstock and EssilorIndependent and family-owned
If the fit or the style of your new frame isn’t comfortable, or your lenses aren’t right, within sixty days of collecting them you can choose an alternative frame or lenses, at no charge.
We recommend with confidence, and we would rather you told us than lived with it.
Membership · from £10 a month
Peace of Mind Eyecare
Looked after all year.
Your eye examinations and advanced scans covered for a simple monthly fee, so you can come in whenever something doesn’t feel right, not just when you’re due.
Thirty minutes with a dispensing optician, reserved just for you.
Thirty minutes, reserved just for you, with one of our dispensing opticians. We look at your face, your colouring, your prescription and your day, then bring you a short list of frames, not a wall, and tell you honestly why each one works. No pressure to buy.
You don’t need to know lens names. Just tell us what bothers you.
The right lens starts with how you live, not with a price list. Pick the line that sounds like you. If none do, your optometrist works it out with you at your eye test.
Things don’t always go right. What matters is how we put them right.
If something isn’t right with your new glasses, come back and tell us. We check the prescription, the lens and the fit, find out why, and put it right.
Free adjustments
Slipping, pinching or sitting crooked? Pop in to any practice and we adjust them for free.
A free glasses MOT
We check the screws, the hinges, the nose pads and the lenses, then tighten and clean everything.
Repairs while you wait
A loose screw, a new nose pad, an arm back in shape. Minor repairs are usually done while you wait.
Diamond is what we’d choose for our own eyes and what most people choose. Gold is a genuinely good lens if budget matters, and often the right start for a first varifocal. Platinum if you want the very best, especially with a strong or complex prescription. We show you the difference in the practice.
Can you put new lenses in my own frames?
Yes, at all five practices. Bring the frames in and we check they are sound enough to take new lenses, then measure and fit them as if they were new.
What if I can’t get on with my new glasses?
Come back and tell us. We check the prescription, the lens and the fit, find out what isn’t right, and put it right.
Do you adjust and repair glasses?
Yes. Adjustments are free, so is a glasses MOT, and minor repairs are done while you wait.
Do I need an eye test to choose frames?
No. Book a free styling appointment, and bring your prescription if you have one.
What do lenses cost?
Single vision from £112, varifocals from £389, for standard-thickness lenses. Every option is priced on paper before you decide, and you can pay half today and the rest over up to 10 months, interest free.
Book your eye test, or thirty minutes of styling. Either way, you’ll leave knowing what’s right for you.
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GucciItalian luxury
MontblancRefined classics
Etnia BarcelonaBold colour, from Barcelona
LoolIndependent design 
