Blackheath Veterinary Surgery Reviews Summary

Category: Veterinarian London

Address: 105 Humber Rd, London, SE3 7LW, United Kingdom

Phone: +442088585151

Rating: 4.7
based on 113 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "A delight to work with Alan and his team."
  • "Super lovely reception staff and the vets are very friendly and thorough."
  • "Friendly, professional, understanding, and highly skilled veterinary practice."
  • "The best we have had so far in London, online booking system is great."
  • "Can fully recommend."
  • "They are super and saved my kitten’s life."
  • "The team are super knowledgeable and caring and really great with my cats."

Cons:

  • "Very disappointed regarding the VIP plan, we were with this vets for over 3 years and have just moved due to work commitments."
  • "The receptionist was terrible. Very defensive, not apologetic."
  • "Receptionist wasn’t at all friendly or helpful upon challenging the bill on the day."
  • "Paying the remainder of the 12 month plan seems very excessive and has really put an awful negative experience on my 3+ years with this vets."
  • "It is really frustrating that we were given inconsistent information."
  • "Completely lacking in client care and professionalism."
  • "Very judgemental, not helpful and always running late."

Animal Care and Treatment

Pros:

  • "Alan and his team saved my little cat's life - the treatment he received was exceptional."
  • "The staff took excellent care of our dog. He had some problems with his leg and it needed surgery."
  • "Care is excellent."
  • "Have had nothing but excellent treatment and advice."
  • "Provides excellent care. Responsive reception team and caring vets."
  • "Dr Alan is always very gentle, knows how to distract the pets and makes the examination like a game for them."
  • "The vets here are very tentative and gives you good explanation to help you understand the problem better."

Cons:

  • "They also have given Nala steroids which has a side effect of making a dog nervous so this severely impacted Nalas nerves even more."
  • "Nala was very freaked out and was also left for 30-45 minutes after being sedated without being monitored by a professional even though her breathing had rapidly changed."
  • "Final straw was charging me a fortune & putting my dog's life at risk for an unnecessary procedure."
  • "Really bad experience with this vets treating my cat. They are all about billing and do not have great care for attention to pets in my experience."
  • "Animals life’s are in their hands and they are truly incompetent - I have now wrote a formal complaint and everyone else who I’ve spoke to with similar experiences I have urged to do the same."
  • "Firstly they charged me over £200 for treatment for my dog's ear infection which didn't work."
  • "I'm sorry I'm writing this, but in my opinion, they did an awful job."

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

  • "Easy parking and competitive, transparent pricing as well."
  • "Highly recommended clinic."
  • "Everyone is also very friendly in the surgery."
  • "I love this place I didn’t have an appointment today but they still managed to fit me in last minute!!"
  • "Never a problem with booking appointments and am always greeted by a friendly face behind the main desk."
  • "And lastly the surgery is benefitted with lot of street parking, so very comfortable to get my puppy for her treatments."
  • "Never any hassle getting an appointment, always on hand to give advice on the phone."

Cons:

  • "If you have arrived to UK in the last 6 months and you are not registered yet with local vet and you have an emergency for your pet - avoid this place as they won’t see you."
  • "The appoinment booking takes longer than any other previous surgergies I worked with."
  • "It has been a bit of nightmare of trying to book an appointment for my dog to be muted."
  • "Booked an appointment online, paid prepayment, filled all the forms just to received a call next day informing about cancelation with no reason."
  • "Think twice before calling them."

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