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My second time coming to Empire Hercules barbershop. Once you enter, you will see certificates on the wall for "Best from the east bay" from 2018-2024 (except the year of 2022 if I am not mistaking). I even complemented the rewards after I decided to believe them the rewards were not fake. Okay! I've been trying for years to find a good haircut salon for my only boy who happens a to have a beautiful straight long hair and I decided to stop looking for a salon and go to a barbershop. Googled best barbers in the East Bay and Empire came up first and also happen to be the nearest. We decided to give it a changed and before I went in, my son has already had an ugly haircut from BG HAIRCUTS here at San Pablo (I also gave them a review w pictures and the messy haircut they did to my son). We were a walking and someone who I don't which to provide his name took us in, which it was nice of him to do so. We talk and I knew he was not going to fix it completely but I told him to at least work his magic to try to make it look better, he did. I told him we were going to wait and come back to do the real magic so we did. This are the results. From how I wanted and finally have my son his hair grow back to the how it turn out to be. He is kind and nice, no doubt about that. Asking me questions about my son having the same name as his to asking offering me water. He also told me that the style I wanted is not much popular and I understand that but I am not most people. I don't like my son's hair cut to be clean w all of the details, if you want that, this is the place. All I wanted was messy natural haircut. Keeping simple, same style just shorter. Say no more, picture speak more than words and if the price of $60 dollars were worth it to pay. I personally think not.

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Love the ambience and barber! Easy to get an appt online! My grandsons loved their cuts!

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Really like the vibe and the service here! Brian is great and gives me a fresh cut and beard trim!

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Jen is just amazing. Tell her what I wanted and her mastery with scissors went to work!!!! She is…read moreso loving and personable... We like to talk stories and before you know it I'm ready to go home.

Like another reviewer, I had been getting my hair cut at another business for more than 10 years. I…read morecalled one day to make an appointment with Song only to find out she wasn't working there any longer, and no, they didn't know where she was now. Hmmm... Some quick sleuthing led me to 1581 Salon and ah! Satisfaction. I usually don't Yelp my super favorite businesses for fear it will get too crowded but not so here. Song has been cutting my hair for more than 14 year and I look forward many more years of fresh cuts. Becoming Song's client was a serendipitous occurrence. After many years of growing out my hair, it was time to be more clean cut. I went to the aforementioned shop where L. was my regular barber. As a walk-in on L's day off I reluctantly sat in Song's chair. It was the only day I had that week and I really needed a haircut. Twenty minutes later I was so satisfied with the haircut and that was it! That weekday became my haircut day as I was too embarrassed to tell L. I preferred Song's cuts to hers. It was at least 6 years before I dared to come in on a day the other one was working. By that time I was sure she wouldn't remember me any longer and frankly, didn't care if she did. What I really like about Song cutting my hair is the simplicity of it. I'm a man who gets his haircut every 6 to 8 weeks. No perms, no coloring, nothing. I want the same cut... every time. Maybe a little shorter in the summer... maybe. And that's what I get with Song. I get in, I get out. Chit-chat if you like, silence if you're not in the mood to talk. Either way, in 25 minutes or less I'm walking out of there feeling good. Professional, skilled and reliable. This is a satisfied customer. The shop is local so I don't need to drive far. I can even walk there. It's clean, well lit. Nothing too fancy and the prices are very reasonable. Try it out!

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Hailie's Haircuts - Uneven

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Oanh and her husband Sean have been cutting my hair and my family's hair for years. We've gotten to…read moreknow the hard working couple over a span of almost ten years, including the threading lady. We're proud regulars here. Cleanliness is well kept here from restrooms to the work stations to the waiting area. I appreciate any business that takes sanitization and cleanliness a priority. Sure a business/barber can learn all that they can during their cosmo/barber school but will they actually apply it? Not many do. It's a must to sanitize. Here, you can be confident and sit comfortably in their chair knowing they've taken the time to make it an S.O.P., regardless of how busy it is.

My sibling went in for a haircut, showed many reference pictures on what he wanted. It was all done…read morewrong one side is a little longer than the other ending all of the full thickness of hair he had , then the stylist proceeded to tell him it was "too" thick to cut with scissors and she would "have" to be there longer and proceed to use a "shortcut" method of the razor, to be honest is that not the point of a hair stylist to actually know what the client wants and know how to actually at least try and achieve that style, rather than passive aggressive comments that ultimately led to disappointment overall. You ruined a teens self esteem! This really took a toll on him mentally, his hair means everything to him. Instead of giving him what he wanted, you gave him what you wanted which was honestly really bad! Imagine how a he feels with a haircut that looks like way different then what he wanted. Shame Shame Shame !!!

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Hailie's Haircuts - Before (last cut in April).

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Before (last cut in April).

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