Eye Glass (眼鏡) is an optometry shop on Level 2 of Hong Lim Complex at 531 Upper Cross Street, in unit #02-66 directly facing Hong Lim Food Centre. The practice pairs primary eye care with a curated eyewear counter, offering comprehensive eye exams, contact lens fitting, glasses repair and a same-hour express glasses service in a relaxed, friendly environment.
The shop's most talked-about service is Express Glasses: new prescription spectacles ready in about 30 minutes, made for broken, urgent or everyday situations that can't wait. Alongside it, the team handles fast, dedicated glasses repair and troubleshooting — especially emergency cases — comprehensive vision tests and ocular health examinations, and contact lens examinations with fitting tests to find the most suitable lenses for each wearer.
Eye Glass operates in collaboration with Spectacle Culture, whose founder Benn Tan and his team commit to staying current with technology updates, best practices and customer care, backed by state-of-the-art equipment and certified optical specialists. The lens offer extends to customised, FDA-approved contact lenses that help control children's myopia, and multifocal lenses for clear far and near vision.
The frame wall leans designer and distinctive: Seiko, Dun, Yellow Plus, Rudy Project, Slitec, Staffan Preutz Design, Maui Jim and Japonism, spanning blue light options, driving eyewear, digital lenses and UV-conscious sunglasses. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7pm, Saturday 10am–5pm and Sunday 10am–3pm; reach the team on +65 65350266 or [email protected].
On the second floor of Hong Lim Complex, in unit #02-66 facing the ever-bustling Hong Lim Food Centre, Eye Glass (眼鏡) runs a different kind of optical shop. The Upper Cross Street practice pairs full primary eye care with a genuinely useful promise for anyone who has ever snapped a pair of spectacles the day before an important meeting: new prescription glasses, ready in about 30 minutes.
That express service is the shop's calling card, but it sits within a much broader offer. Eye Glass positions its work around a duty of care — treating every customer with what it calls the most careful and individual approach, combining stylish eyewear with the latest innovations in contact lenses, all delivered in a relaxed and friendly environment.
At the core of the practice are comprehensive eye exams — vision tests paired with ocular health examinations, offered to every patient, every time. For contact lens wearers, or those curious about making the switch, dedicated contact lens examinations involve comprehensive fitting tests designed to find the most suitable lenses for each individual's eyes.
The people behind the counter are certified optical specialists working with state-of-the-art technical equipment. Eye Glass operates in collaboration with Spectacle Culture, whose founder Benn Tan devotes himself and his team to keeping abreast of technology updates, best practices and customer management — an end-to-end service ethos the shop aims to deliver with every consultation.
Anyone who has broken their only pair of glasses knows the small crisis that follows — commuting, working and simply getting through the day become surprisingly difficult. Eye Glass has built its Express Glasses service around exactly that frustration: come in with a broken or urgent situation and the team aims to solve the problem within 30 minutes, prescribing and fitting high-quality new spectacles on the spot.
Repair is a service in its own right, too. The shop offers fast, dedicated glasses repair and troubleshooting, with particular attention to emergency cases — a practical lifeline in a dense, working neighbourhood like Hong Lim Complex, where office workers, residents and food-centre regulars pass through daily.
Beyond the express counter, Eye Glass pays close attention to specialised lens needs. Parents will find customised, FDA-approved contact lenses designed to control children's myopia — a growing concern for many families. For those juggling distance and reading vision, multifocal lenses enable clear sight both far and near.
The shop also keeps pace with modern screen life and lifestyle demands: blue light lens options, precision digital lenses, all-in-one glasses and eyewear suited to driving all feature in its gallery of recent work.
Eyewear here leans designer and distinctive. The brand line-up includes Seiko, Dun, Yellow Plus, Rudy Project, Slitec, Staffan Preutz Design, Maui Jim and Japonism — a mix of Japanese craftsmanship, European design and performance eyewear. Maui Jim covers the sun-protection end with UV-conscious sunglasses, while Rudy Project caters to sportier users.
There is an educational streak here as well. The shop's blog and gallery — from "Foods for a healthy eyes" to pieces on eye fatigue versus computer eye strain, and UV and blue light — encourage customers to understand their eyes, not just buy frames.
Eye Glass opens Monday to Friday from 10am to 7pm, Saturdays from 10am to 5pm and Sundays from 10am to 3pm. Appointments can be made through the website, and the team can be reached on +65 65350266, by email at [email protected], or via WeChat, Facebook and Instagram under EyeGlassYJ.
Whether you need a same-day pair of spectacles, a child's first myopia-control lenses or simply a thoughtful eye exam from specialists who take the "care" in eye care seriously, this Level 2 shopfront — perched above one of Singapore's best-loved food centres — makes a convincing case for skipping the mall optical chain.