Review #635 None Elite Squad…read more This place is Hip, theres always Hip Hop or Corridos tumbados playing on the speakers ..theres a pool table and a young staff working the Barber seats.. theres about 10 seats in total.. hardly any waiting cause theres always someone available unless you have a Barber you came to see in particular. Theres plenty of parking.. my only thing is the music is super loud if youre under the speaker in the waiting seat..other than that its cool. The haircuts are good..only thing is at times to fix a mistake.. some may end up cutting a little more than you wanted .. but the ones who we have gotten service from have all been cool and down to earth. I say try it

I'm really disappointed with my experience today. I had an appointment at 7:30 AM with Alberto…read moreTorres (aka Jrcutsz), who has many 5-star reviews on the Booksy app, so I expected a professional experience. Instead, he canceled at 7:28 AM -- just two minutes before, while I was already waiting at the barbershop. He didn't notify me in advance. The day before, I politely asked if we could start earlier at 7:00 AM, but he never replied, so I assumed the original 7:30 AM appointment was confirmed. When I reached out to ask what happened, he responded rudely and said it was because he couldn't start around 7:00 AM -- but he should have informed me earlier instead of canceling last minute.

I found my barber (Blendedbymj) on TikTok just searching for barbers out in Montebello, and I'm…read moreglad I did. From the first cut, I could tell he really knows what he's doing. He takes his time, pays attention to detail, and makes sure everything is clean and sharp. Every time I leave the chair, the cut is fresh and exactly how I want it. The vibe is solid too--professional but still chill, which makes the whole experience even better. If you're looking for someone who consistently delivers clean, fresh haircuts, I definitely recommend checking him out.

This is my favorite shop, Andrew has been cutting my hair since 2018, gives the perfect fades and…read morethe place is always clean, playing sports and music. I Recommend

Ruben is a amazing barber. My father in law took me here for a fresh cut. Ruben ever since has been…read moretaking care of my hair. He does take his time and detail work on perfecting a fresh hair cut. The other barbers know what their doing. Patience is key. They all have master the art of cutting hair. Cute dogs roaming around. Hair cut price at $20.

These guys are great. Plus just a joy to hang out with. But if your concerned about time. Their not…read morelike the rest. They do the job that needs to be done. In an efficient way. That I appreciate. Saying this for thinking many times what's the $40 bucks for? I don't want nor do I have time for my simple hair cut to take an hour. No fluff, no frills, no BS. Out in around 30 minutes. That's me. So give or take all for 1/3 what you would Pay elce where. Good guys, void cuts. Good Shop. Great price.

I ask for a 6 year n top and a mid fade bro decides for himself to give me a drop fade and started…read moreworking on my beard and mess up and didn't finished my beard on top First and last time going

Great service, ask for Chico! Amazing barber and very professional and Rolando is great as well and…read morevery friendly and always upbeat.

One of the best barbers in Montebello, the owner is really cool and got jokes and stories to keep…read moreyou entertained during you visit definitely recommend!

Great family barber good with kids and adults very knowledgeable on sports and great haircutsread more

Here is what you need to know about thick Asian hair: it does not cooperate. It does not lie flat…read morebecause you asked nicely. It does not taper because some guy with a certificate from a six-week barber program waved clippers in its general direction. It grows outward with a kind of structural defiance, perpendicular to your skull, and it has humiliated more barbers than you'd think possible given that roughly two billion people on earth are walking around with some version of it. You have two options: you find someone who understands the architecture of the problem, or you pay eighty-five dollars at some place in Silver Lake with exposed brick and a cocktail menu and hope that the price tag correlates to competence. Often it does not. Tony at Checkmate Barbershop charges forty dollars. The shop is in Montebello, which means it is not trying to be anything other than a barbershop. No reservations. No app. No hot towel upsell. You walk in, and if Tony's chair is open, you sit in it, and he does the thing that a surprising number of expensive barbers cannot do, which is cut your hair correctly. A one on the sides, tapered up, trim the top -- the kind of straightforward men's cut that sounds simple until you're the person holding the clippers and staring at hair that wants to project horizontally from the fade line like it's staging a protest. Tony navigated it with the quiet precision of someone who has solved this problem a thousand times and doesn't need to narrate the process. The taper was seamless. The top was shaped without being overthought. The cut looked right the day of and -- the real test -- still looked right a week later, which is when most mediocre haircuts reveal themselves for what they are. The shop itself is contemporary and clean, the kind of place where the design suggests someone cares but not so much that you feel like you're being charged for the aesthetic. The music was excellent and omnivorous in a way that told you something about the people running the place: The Specials drifted into Mungo Jerry drifted into something from the mid-eighties, the kind of rotation that makes you want to sit in the chair a little longer even after the cut is done. The vibe is friendly without being performative. Nobody tried to become my best friend. Nobody ignored me either. It was the Goldilocks zone of barbershop social interaction, which if you've ever sat through a forty-five-minute cut with a barber who won't stop talking about crypto, you know is not a trivial thing. Forty dollars. Walk-in. In Montebello. For a precision fade on difficult hair that holds up better than cuts I've paid nearly three times as much for. The math is so simple it's almost embarrassing that it took me this long to find it.

Mario hooked me up with one of the best cuts I've had in a long time. Super professional, easy to…read moretalk to, and skilled with the clippers. The cut came out clean and fresh, and the whole process was smooth from start to finish. The shop is clean and a chill vibe. Highly recommend checking him out at Checkmate Barbershop.

Great barber, ambient is chill and nested deep in the roots of East Los Angeles and Boyle heights.read more

A staple in ELA ! Was one of the most popular barbershops before everyone started cutting hair or…read moreopening their shop. Used to go there in my Middle school/ HS days. One Saturday, my current barber cancelled on me last minute . I couldn't afford to wait around and needed a cut fast. I called Alex and squeezed me in immediately, on a SATURDAY !! Was really satisfied with the cut AND the price ! 2 thumbs up !

Its hard to leave this bad review as we had a good experience on our first two visits. First time…read morehere my son got his haircut by the Young woman at the far end. Second time here. He got a haircut by the Young man, right next to the front window. He liked his haircuts both times. Came in for a third time yesterday and the young man next to the window was busy and had a couple of appointments. So the owner pointed out a barber sitting in the middle. 10 minutes into the haircut. The owner comes over and starts showing this barber how to cut my sons hair!!!..... like literally coaching him through the haircut for almost another 15 minutes. I realized this barber is an apprentice and just learning how to cut hair!! When the apprentice barber finished up, I could tell that the cut had uneven in the back. I pointed these out to the owner and he was pretty dismissive saying that a "blowout has to look like that". When I asked the owner why he didn't tell us upfront that this was an apprentice barber, he literally said "how else are they supposed to learn". I know that a apprentice barbers are allowed to cut hair under the supervision of an Experienced and licensed Barber. But this is crazy!!! I feel that this should be shared with customers upfront. Never offered any type of remedy and were still charged the $30 full price!!!

One of the barbers has his pitbull running around. Lounges at me and i felt a sharp bite scrape my…read morestomach! The owner of the dog didn't even stop the dog until i told him i was bit! They shouldn't let a ptibull without a leash run around a public establishment! What if its a kid? No apologies no nothing. My stomach has a red arc shape mark from the dog.