When you go to a doctor or dentist do you care how nice the office is?

As long as it’s clean . . .

It’s nice to be in pleasant surroundings, but it wouldn’t put me off if the building was a bit worn. As @marinelife said, cleanliness is the most important thing.

I probably wouldn’t pay attention. If it was extremely flashy, I might be impressed for a second, and if it was horrific, I’d leave…but old paint would not bother me.

It has to be clean. If it is too fancy I think they are being paid too much. If it is too shabby I think maybe their equipment is in a similar state.

If it’s too flashy, I would wonder if the rates that the doctor/dentist pays are really inflated to pay for his new fancy furniture.

No, not really. So long as it’s decent & clean.

My favorite doctor worked out of a small, old, run-down office building, but it was kept clean. I want a doctor that is friendly and one who seems to care and will listen to my concerns. That’s what I care about the most.

I prefer the office to be pleasantly painted and furnished (and of course clean), because I find that emotionally as well as visually reassuring (after all, a doctor’s office is not usually a place we want to be).Two year-old magazines do not instill my confidence, but if I like and trust the doctor and his staff, that’s of paramount importance.

I want it to be well painted and appointed, clean and I want the furniture and decor to be reasonably up to date. If it’s old and dingy (paneling on the walls, old ratty carpeting, old dental equipment) I would be leery.

I used to clean offices and one of the places we cleaned was a dentists office. The place looked like it hadn’t been updated since the 70’s. Even the dental equipment they used looked dated. The place was sanitary, I’m sure, but it had a funky old building smell to it. I’d never go to a dentists office like that.

I prefer a modern dentists office. Like this

I used to clean a veterinary clinic as well and it was actually much nicer and more inviting than that dentists office, the worst thing about the place was the fur we had to sweep up.

Clean.

My dentists office is fashionable, modern, and very tasteful.
I walk in, and immediately feel overcharged.

As long as I like the dentist, it can be a worn down place.

I want the waiting room area and anything that is immediately visible to be clean and well-maintained. It doesn’t have to be fashionable, just not falling apart. The cleanliness is most important to me. Once I’m in an exam room, whether doctor or dentist, I’m looking at cleanliness again.

As others have mentioned, if the waiting areas have things like video games for the kids (yes, I’ve seen this) or new flat screen televisions or extremely fashionable furnishings, I assume that this is part of what I’m paying for and really, I don’t want to.

Squalor would have me covering my mouth and heading for the door. Flash would have me covering my wallet and heading for the door. Balance is the key.

Some doctors & indeed dentists, don’t have the time to dress up their surgery, or maybe they just don’t have the patients…aye thangyoo.

I prefer it to be nice, clean, and with few people in the waiting room. I hate when doctors over book! I also understand that the insurance companies have pretty much forced them to.

Better be fairly nice to keep me around. I dropped an eye doctor in a local mall because of horribly stained ceiling tiles over the supply room. I feel like details are important, and rotten ceiling tiles may be a symptom of negligence, I’m out on that with my caregivers.

I took my ex to a doctor that was “known” for signing DMV medical forms. I felt like I needed a case of purell after sitting their.

It doesn’t have to be fancy, but I don’t want to feel like I need to wash all my clothes just for walking in there.

I like it to be comfortable, not too shabby and not too clinical. Something in between is nice.

Clean, no bugs, plenty of mags, place to hang your stuff. A water cooler with paper cups is a nice addition. One thing I hate in waiting rooms is a TV. Fancy renos suggest higher fees to me. Only improvement I would relish is wi-fi.

I had one elderly doctor I was very fond of and whose treatment was quite helpful whose office clearly dated back to the 30s. It was a museum piece suitable for the Smithsonian. I haven’t seen him for several years and am afraid to call for fear that he is dead.

Pleasant and clean, but it doesn’t have to be fancy or modern.

Waiting rooms aren’t very large. It doesn’t cost that much to make them nice. I do agree too fancy can make feel I am paying too much. However, it isn’t so much that I paid for the decor, but that they target a wealthier clientelle. I do get the impression that offices that deal with the poor a lot, don’t treat patients like they have a brain in their head, and they focus on what insurance will pay, instead if discussing options for treatment, which bothers me. I seem to do better in offices that are at least a little bit fixed up; some sort of attention to a nice atmosphere for the patient. But, it doesn’t always pan out. I have bad experiences with medical professionals all the time. Something with me.

I also don’t like florid decoration. I have been in doctors’ waiting rooms that look like brothels.