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    Best Barbers

    3.3 (35 reviews)
    InexpensiveBarbers
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Sonny S.

    Just had the worst experience at this location. I've been coming to this barber shop for over 9 months. The owner and the bald employee are great barbers but 3 months ago the young employee was rude to me and my gf so I don't get my haircut from him anymore. Today it was him and an old guy so I waited for the old guy to cut my hair and immediately when I told him how I wanted my haircut (1 on the sides, rounded on the back, comb over and part to the side so I can have a line) he told me he can't give me a line and I told him I didn't want him to give me a line just to part my hair and have a natural line. Now the bald employee arrived. The old guy told me ok and began my haircut and when he told me he was done I reminded him I wanted my hair parted to the side so there could be a line. He said okay and went up all the way with the clippers! Now I got upset and told him he messed up I told him that's not how I wanted my haircut and that the bald guy knows exactly how I get my haircut so the old guy got upset told me ok you go talk to him and yelled out "NEXT!" I got off the seat and waited to talk to the bald guy and when he was free I asked him if he can fix it and I was told only by going zero on the sides and losing the sideburns. The old man placed the blame on me and told me he's been cutting hair for over 36 years and said next time I need to show him a picture of how I want my hair cut or to go to my usual barber. Of course I felt insulted and I asked him if that's what he tells all his customers and then I told him I was upset because after I told him specifically what I wanted he went up with the clippers. I didn't like my haircut but I would pay for it if they can promise me my next haircut would be free to fix my haircut. The bald guy said it was ok but the old guy said I needed to pay. The bald guy told the old guy that I didn't need to pay if I didn't like it and so the old guy said okay but that it was going to have to be explained to the owner. As I walked out my gf told me she overheard the old guy say, "all that for $9.00"...I got PISSED and went back inside to tell the old man I wasn't going to get a haircut from him anymore and he told me, "good Cus I don't want to cut your hair anymore!" I told the guy I didn't appreciate what he said earlier. I didn't argue with him to save $9.00 I was mad Cus he didn't give me the hair style I wanted and I told him I would inform the owner of how I got treated. As I walked off I heard him say idgaf. The bald guy ran out after me and apologized for that guys behavior and told me next time I come he'll be more than happy to cut my hair.

    Joe is about to get down with it
    Louis D.

    Love this shop. My go to barber for 8 years is Jay and when Jay is not here I go to Joe. Both know how to get down with it. All the babers are friendly and old school. The owner is down to earth as well. Love the oldies music that's always on. You just might get to see a different classic car parked out front every week. Other then that. Where can you find amazing babers around for $10 bucks.

    HORROR CHOP
    Nancy L.

    My son's dad took him here yesterday for a hair cut... a Fohawk and it was was TOTAL HORROR CHOP. When he brought him home I was embarrassed for the barber who cut his hair! Patches, lousy line up and the fade was practically a line! My son has been getting hair cuts since he was 2 (now 5) and is more than cooperative. I'm no pro but I know what's up with a good fade & this is a piece of crap job... SMH Had to take him across the street to Montebello Barbers; thankfully it was fixed & properly done there. Nonetheless, I will not be investing in doing business with Best Barbers.

    Manuel C.

    Don't know if I just sat with the wrong barber but he messed me up. Got a fade and one side was 2 inches higher than the other side. Never again.

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    2 years ago

    Best prices in town and great service. The guys there are funny as heck. Definitely recommend them.

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    12 years ago

    Only place I cut my hair. All the barbers are top notch and know what they are doing. Best dudes are Raul, Jay, and Jimmy.

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    10 years ago

    Been getting my hair cut here for 19 years I only go to Raul best barber in there can't say the same for others always ask for Raul!

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    7 years ago

    Been going there since 1997 and still , I recommend this place. Good barbers and good atmosphere. Ask for raul.

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    9 years ago

    Real cool barber shop friendly and welcoming and good cuts for a good price been coming here for a while don't think I'll go anywhere else

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    My favorite is Joe and some other lady that cuts sharp hair and honestly might be the best at cutting fades!

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    4.9(19 reviews)
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    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.

    Checkmate Barbershop…read more Big shoutout to Martin Haro--he's been cutting my hair for the last 9 years, and now he's got his own spot. Opened in 2023, Checkmate Barbershop is the real deal. Whether you're looking for a clean fade, beard work, or just that old-school barbershop feel, Martin's got you. My son and I both go to him--and we're not going anywhere else. 1422 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640 Walk-ins welcome Ask for Martin, Tony, or Adam Look for Checkmate Barbershop on the Fresha App and book your appointment today Support a local, veteran-friendly shop that knows what they're doing. I highly recommend checking them out. #CheckmateBarbershop #MontebelloBarbers #BarberLife #SupportLocal #FadeGameProper #VeteranApproved #StaySharp #FreshaApp #whereitsat #irishcoffee

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