A trial relocation back to my home town has lead me to have to find a new place to get my ever…read moregraying hair cut. Once again, I took to the Yelp to look for a salon here in the Central Valley. Alas, I was unable to find a salon with any Yelp reviews worth the chance, but I did come across the Starting Line-Up Barbershop. Let me say that I have not been in a barbershop in probably 2+ decades, but I'm glad to have found this one. I booked my first appointment online with Roger and received amazing treatment. My hair can be difficult to cut due to cowlicks, and a bizarre growth pattern, but Roger handled all of it like a champ. The cut was perfect, the service was exceptional and I'm glad to have found my new hair place. This is a very cool barbershop. No frills, unlike the salons of SoCal that I was used too, but at the end of the day, a great haircut is what I want. I just had my second appointment this morning and it was even better than the first. Reasonable prices with monthly memberships available. Great service. Clean space. Great music. Discount for booking online. Yelp check-in deals, too! #score

We finally found THE PLACE for the BEST haircut in Tulare. Thank you Luis , it's soo nice to have a…read moreBarber who not only says he understands what you want, but does it !!

If you want a good haircut, and your way , Gabe is your man ! Highly recommend him and his shop !…read more Thank you !

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS SHOP. We walked -in our two boys,…read moregranted early Saturday morning, and had an hour and 5 minute wait. During the wait there was no communication from any head barber. Explicit music videos played on the four overhead TVs. Two Barbers took breaks while a third barber just sat and talked. We felt like nobody wanted to cut hair. I guess to no fault of the staff, but this is clearly an inexperienced shop. The barbers are young. My youngest boy had his hair cut. The top was uneven and his cut looked bowled NOT FADED Cost $28 Our oldest boy did not want his hair cut here so we left.

Went in today asked for a skin fade to a one and trim up top. Owner cuts the side to a one doesn't…read morefade so I had to tell him yo are we gonna fade it as well and he gives me a dirty ass look and says you said a 1. He fades it then proceeds to do a straight blade cut digging into my head starts cutting my beard which I didn't ask for. The when he cuts the top he flattens my hair down and just does a damn bowl cut all around.My fade is uneven and not done right as well as the top of my hair now. I'm very pissed don't come her for a haircut in the morning he thinks he's fats but is very sloppy.

I've been growing my hair for 2 months and i needed a bit of a clean up but i still wanted long…read morehair. I asked the guy to cut 2 inches off the top and a skin fade on the side. He proceeded to cut about 6 inches off the top and made me look like an idiot and now I have to wear a hat for the next 3 weeks. He cut my bangs as straight as a ruler. Thanks :/

It has taken me awhile to post this. I've gone over whether this was necessary and I'm resting on…read morethe fact that one mistreated veteran is one too many. I'm from a military family, generations of Marines, Air Force, Army, and Navy. My family has served in WWII, Desert Storm, first on the ground in Fallujah, and now in the air in Korea and Germany. I share this as background to illustrate the level of dedication to service and sacrifice my family and many families provide to this community and this country. We have been fortunate in that we have not lost anyone physically in battle. However, we have many who suffer the deep and harrowing consequences of serving in the military and sacrificing so much for the people of this country. I stress this, again, to force the realization that we can never know the stories that each person carries when they cross our paths. Near Father's Day I picked up my hero, my big brother, our Marine, from a Veterans Home we were able to get him into after years of fighting addiction, homelessness, and complete detachment after we lost our eldest brother to Cancer. It was the one enemy our Marine couldn't eliminated from our big brother's body and when we lowered him into the ground, our Marine struggled to live in a world without his hero. This blow to the family brought us all to our knees. No one more than my brother and our mother who ended her own battle with cancer this February, yet another blow to our family and another reason for my brother, our Marine, to want to be outside of his mind and body, escaping into addiction. However, this past Father's Day, we picked up my brother from his refuge from homelessness and planned to help him get cleaned up before spending the day with his kids. He's been on the path to healing and he was excited to spend Father's Day with his twins. We went to 4 different barbershops in Visalia. The first two were busy with a line of guys who had appointments and both barbershops were apologetic and one even took my number in case he had a no-show. East/West barbershop was our 3rd try and seeing that WALK INS WELCOME was blasted across the front awning, we were hopeful. Upon walking in, the two youngish men clearly relaxing on their phones made little effort to acknowledge my brother. They both said they couldn't take a walk-in and one even moved as if to escort my brother out of the barbershop. I stood there confused and with a sick turn of my stomach. Yes, my brother, our Marine, looked disheveled and like he is living on hope and prayer. That's because his is! My brother left with a dismissive, "Happens all the time, Sis," He is a very proud man and to see him take it in stride sent me reeling, made me want to jump out of my skin and say something I'm sure I would regret. We left and made our way to The Oval, where he said, "shoulda started here anyway.." For those who don't know, The Oval is an area that the homeless frequent, a place a recovering addict avoids at all cost. We found a shop, they cleaned him up and even gave him a straight razor shave topped off with a hot towel and the respect each individual should be given no matter who they appear to be. A paying customer should be treated with this kind of dignity, especially if the paying customer is a veteran of one of the Armed Forces. My brother, my hero, our Marine, has gone above and beyond to be of service. Not only did he serve his country with pride, he went on to be the youngest on a team in sales, made 6 figures, owned property in several states, traveled around the country, lived a life we never imagined possible, only to find himself alone in a two-bed-room, breaking bread with fellow servicemen who have lost everything and are slowly return to us. All of this, to say, Do Better. Honor your fellow man and woman. Judge as you wish to be judged. I hope when the owner reads this that he has a good long talk with his team and stresses the importance of compassion and kindness. It goes such a long way, much longer than the mind numbing doom scrolling that these young barbers felt was more important than providing a veteran with a haircut. Just do better.

Needed a haircut taper fade. On Google, choosing wisely, came across the shop not too far from me…read more Called for pricing they do $25 walk-ins. Very inviting ambience, barbers at work, smooth music playing. Definitely a great vibe for me. Sorry for not remembering your name, brother. But he cut my hair great and just what I needed! Halfway through and there was a kid and his mom, waiting on the bench with an appointment lined up for my barber. That's definitely a recommendation for me. I call that comfort barber chair!

I don't visit many barbershops as my husband usually takes my son with him when he goes, that being…read moresaid I'm sure we'll return to this shop many times in the future. After reading reviews I was confident this would be a great place to take my eight year old son and I was not disappointed. We waited about an hour for his haircut as we arrived during their busy time (as pre-confirmed by Google's time estimates), but there were several people in front of us and the barbers made sure to take their time and pay attention to detail with each and every customer. I'm ok with waiting when I know it means quality and that's what you get here! The barbers as well as the other customers waiting to get their haircuts were all friendly and chatty and included my son and I in the conversation. A bonus was that they also didn't seem to mind a sometimes fussy nine month old one bit! The gentleman cutting my son's hair was chatty and patient with him and did a great job! This place just has an overall great atmosphere. We'll definitely be back!

Great haircut, nice conversation, and at a reasonable price. You do need a reservation, though, no…read morewalk ins.

This place is located in which I'm guessing they consider in downtown Tulare. Any who the shop is…read morewell kept and neat and when you walk in you get the bachelor vibe, they have the music playing with a couple of flats screens. You than walk up to your barber of choice I believe it's $17 cut with appointment and $13 walk in, so far from what I saw the guys in there have there own specialty's all there work was really neat. My girl(bff) was visiting from Fontana and was looking for a barber to cut her a Mohawk she requested Theron, he did a great job the lines were real clean and he followed her pic well, her only dissatisfaction was she wanted the cut higher on the neck but she did not let him know. Overall the visit went well and no discomfort with 3 ladies walking in haha.

Took my son here to this barber they do really good work came here once before a while back...read more

Deserves NO stars! The barber that cut my sons hair was muttering and cussing the whole time while…read moredoing my sons hair. I was not aware until we left. My son said the man kept repeating f-n B (i cant spell it out or my comment wont post) constantly and damn. He hurt my sons neck too and was yanking my sons head left and right. My son sits normal and can take instructions. I gave that man a decent tip. Had no idea what my son was going through because every time i looked over at him, he smiled. Seemed to gentle also. The tv was on loud and their was a loud conversation because of that background noise. The man was an old black man.

I'm a mother of 3... two boys one girl, my husband is at work most of the day and it's very hard…read morefor me to find a good barbershop. I always find it hard as a mom to find a barber shop that's kid friendly, and most importantly comfortable for myself. I've been to 4 diffrent shops in Tulare and this place was my favorite. It was two gentlemen and a young lady who were very friendly and nice. They greeted me and my family and made us feel like we were at home. What's important to me is that my kids enjoy the environment and they did. My sons hair came out just as I asked and the barber made sure it was what I wanted. As other shops they'll tell me how it should be. I'll deffinatly be back with my kids.

I went on Yelp because iam new to the area I found Ivans barber with great reviews and I walk in…read moreand Julian helped me right away so he cut my hair and did a fantastic cut very happy with it and I definitely recommend Ivans barber shop I definitely found my new barber

Went to Ivan's on Monday, took my great nephew for a cut and shape from Chris. He did not…read moredisappoint, friendly, courteous, professional, patient and a good personality. Nephew has mixed race hair that hadn't had anything done to it for over a year. Showed Chris a picture, he asked about specifics and boom, done deal just as requested. Very happy, both of us, see you next year Chris! :)

Great barber.Request Justin..awesome haircut every time!!…read morevery clean ,new ,well lit barbershop.Justin will make you looking good!!

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