What was great:
Very very very nice people. Definitely gay friendly if that is important to you. Lots of male clientele... and Felix is super cute.
They were extremely accommodating and were able to book me last minute.
They serve coffee, tea, water, etc.
They listened well and executed as best they could (more on that in the second half)
They gave a great head massage with my shampoo and used really nice warm water.
They give you a nice hot towel to wipe your face with afterwards.
The price was awesome. 29 for a mens haircut when all the other salons around are charging 45
They gave a good cut in a short amount of time and I was in and out in about an hour.
What was not so great:
(let me emphasize that it is really hard to be so critical of such nice people, but hopefully they can learn from this and become the best salon in berlin)
The shampoo they used had a lot of lather... which definitely stripped my already dry hair of any good oils it had. This would have been tolerable if they had used a conditioner afterwards... but that was not the case.
I have very very thick hair... so if you don't have very thick hair this place is probably amazing. However if your hair is anything other than the straight and thin variety I would look to go elsewhere... Like most salons, the hairdressers are very very cautious and do not want to thin out my hair as much as they should. I left with what was a very great cut on the sides and back but what amounted to just an average cut on top.
All of that said, I do think I am going back - if only just for the people. In what can be an otherwise cold city by american standards, the people are very warm and friendly. This salon doesn't have my endorsement just yet, but I believe in second chances. I will just take some thinning shears to my own head before I head back... read more