Friends Salon is both warm and inviting. Everyone is so talented in their own way and really takes the time to make sure you love the service you came in for. My family and I have been coming to them since they opened, and even before then when they were across the street. I moved out of state in 2016 and haven't trusted a single person since then to cut my hair since then, and was luckily able to see Nancy the same day I called to make an appointment. This is a very family friendly salon with a wonderful atmosphere. The fact that my family and I have been coming here for decades speaks volumes. I highly recommend giving them your business :) Thank you for always making sure we look our best! read more

For short hair styles for women, feminine for high-expectation asian fathers to approve of, but still edgy with a boyish look, I would definitely recommend the stylist who cut my hair to exactly what I didn't even know I wanted. She quickly and politely helped me find the right words to describe what I was going for, then did it in no time. read more

This is one of the most underrated salons here in the area. I did a walk in and chi Lily cut my hair and she just made my day. Very happy with my hair and service. Thank you so much read more

I've been seeing these wonderful ladies for more than 15 years. Always greeted with a smile from day one. They listen to your request and you come away looking more beautiful and/or handsome than you walked in. I would recommend anyone come here for a haircut or their nails. Any man, woman or child will be more than happy with their experience at Friends Salon. read more

I got a facial and pedicure from here. I know the men are judging me right now but hey...don't knock it till you try it! It was a good experience and my face and feet thanked me after. This is a small basic salon and nothing fancy. The ladies here were super nice, funny, and friendly. read more

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Not a friendly salon. I was a first time customer for a haircut. The staff standing by the entrance did not even greet me, but the customer coming after me got a big smile and hello - that's discrimination, already a bad sign. Once I was on the chair and explaining what I wanted, she suddenly started talking in another language to another staff - that's rude and disrespectful. Then, told me in English to go with the other staff, who ended up cutting my hair. She did a decent job, but it didn't look like what I had asked for. I didn't like that she suddenly pull me roughly from my shoulders to have me sit up, and I thought it was a bit strange that she had me facing the TV the whole time, instead of the mirror, as if I was a little girl who needed distraction. LOL. read more

YOU GUYS, THEY ARE OPEN FOR OUTDOOR OPERATIONS. It has been an excruciating 5 month wait for Lucy to perform her usual magic on my hair, but who cares now, they are OPEN!!! Lucy has been my gal for over 9 years and she is pretty much responsible for all the amazing compliments I get on my hair. Give her a try and trust her! Side note, they also set up one nail and pedicure station outside as well if you want a mani and pedi. Ya'll, this calls for a celebration! read more

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If I could I'd give my friends at Friends 10 gold stars, I've been coming to them for so many years. They are the only one's I'll let touch my hair and eyebrows. They always make the time, even on thier busiest days, they are so fun and friendly and do such an amazing job at what they do. I will forever be a client and highly recommend them. read more

My husband comes to this salon for his haircut and the cost and quality is perfect for him. Today I went in to TRIM my short straight hair and they charged me $35.00. What a huge rip off! I'm happy to pay a fair price for a quality haircut, but to pay this amount for ONLY a TRIMP without shampoo or a blow dry (straight hair), is asking too much. - I just left feeling ripped off and that's just not a way I want to leave anyplace I go. Not for a trim at any rate. read more

These ladies know how to cut hair. They are knowledgeable, kind and efficient. Reasonably priced.

These Ladies are the best at their Craft. Top professional's and very courteous.. -Chris read more

Friends Salon is the best! Vie takes care of both my nails and my husband's (he hates pedicures, but now enjoys them). Vie has a delightful demeanor worthy of mention and does amazing nail work. Lucy is amazing with hair and skin. She is adept with hair color and haircuts that compliment your facial structure as well as ensuring your significant other is happy with the results. It doesn't get better than this...not even in Hollywood! read more

Great service and friendly professional personnel! I always go to Nancy - she's listening carefully, giving a good advice and pricing fairly. Caught myself realizing that I can just relax in the chair and not worry about the result - it never went wrong! Lately, started bringing my 16 and 11 yo daughters here, and they also loved their new styles. Today was a special day for my 11 yo - her first visit to a professional. And after her hair were done, she was sitting there waiting for me and a nice lady who also works there (don't know her name) gave her a whole bag of donuts, it was around lunch time - very heartwarming and memorable, my daughter was very impressed by such a kind gesture. Thank you Friends salon! We'll definitely be back and recommend to friends and family!! read more

Lucy is fantastic! She does a wonderful job. I either show a pic or explain what I want and she does it. I've been going there for years. She's also so sweet and kind. Im very pleased. Prices are reasonable. read more

Best place for an eyebrow wax, the service and location or ideal as well! I'll be making this salon my regular place for eyebrows!

After a couple of bad experiences with haircuts, Friends salon is a nice breath of fresh air. I have a bit of an unusual haircut, (prefer to grow out the front a bit) but they followed what I asked for perfectly. They were very nice, and it seemed like a reasonable price compared to other places. It was also done very quickly and efficiently. read more

I been going to Friends salon for 15 years best customer service!!! All the girls in there are always so nice and always greeting you with a big smile. read more

I've been getting my hair cut here for years. Decided to give it a try for a color correction I needed from a different shop. They did amazing! So happy with the recommendation and final results they did! read more

In desperate need of a haircut. Layers all outgrown, split ends, lots of tlc needed for my hair. Went to see Lily at friends salon, love my haircut! Lily is the absolute best. read more

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Pro-Touch who? This is my official go-to place. Most of the ladies from Pro Touch Hair & Nails from across the street decided to branch off and open their own salon, hence the name. They're friends! What they've been able to accomplish, especially in such a short period of time, is amazing. EVERYTHING is brand new and immaculately clean, with fresh paint on the walls, cute chic decor and state of the art nail/pedi equipment. One would expect that their prices would be higher with the overhead of the new place-that's not the case at all. They're priced about the same as Pro Touch's old prices, in the meantime, Pro Touch's new owners have RAISED the prices on a lot of services. I won't go back there. Nancy handles my hair (color, low lights, styling, etc), haircuts for each of my 3 kids including my ridiculously picky tween, and my eyebrow waxing. I have another place I like to frequent for pedis, especially since they're cheaper, but if there's ever a time that Carla C. (BFF Extraordinaire) needs a cut/color/whatever, I'll happily oblige and find something to busy myself with there... :o) I really want to give these ladies my business. Their customer service is off the hook. Some nasty haglet came in and tried to poach MY Nancy when I'd had an appointment; she was so rude and vocal and DOWNRIGHT hateful to poor Le that I felt awful. They were so polite and maintained their composure even in the face of her bitchiness that they really deserve 6 stars. All they need now is a website with their bios and prices! I'll keep comin' back. read more

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I've been going to see Lucy for about four years now. . She always makes me look beautiful before the family wedding, this time for my daughter's wedding. I'm so happy and excited to have beautiful highlights. Lucy never fails to make me feel like a movie star! Wait, tell you meet all the other gals there. They do with the most beautiful nails this time I had French manicure on toes and nails wow great job. All the other gals are so nice too! read more

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Tammy did my nails here the other day and I found them to be pretty good overall. I went back to acrylics and got pink glitter (not the powder, just polish) for the tips and clear for the rest of the nail. It cost me $22 bucks. Acrylics usually go around that much so I seemed satisfied with it. As far as quality goes, she did a pretty good job but when I inspected them the next day, I noticed that she didn't really clean the rest of the residue on the inside of the nails (backside) as good as she could have. Also, I'm use to having my manicurist at least do some kind of maintenance to my skin.Tammy told me this would cost me an additional $5. The salon wasn't busy when I came in so she never felt rushed or anything. She gave me what I asked for so I don't have many complaints. I would go back, but just make sure that she does the clean up and you should me good. As for the rating, I knocked down a star because of the cleaning and the fact that although the nails looked good, the skin growth that wasn't cut off like normal looked bad.. The other star is because all the business concerning the $$ was all hush hush and on the down low whispers. This type of business practice makes me feel like I'm scheming and I really don't like or appreciate that. I'm all for a bargain but I want consistency... meaning that if I come two weeks from now, it's gonna be the same price as before.. read more

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Loved the haircut!! Probably one of the best cuts I got in the Bay Area. The lady who cut my hair was skilled and fast. I was charged $45 which is quite reasonable. read more

Love that they are open Sundays! This place came to my rescue after all the other nail salons were closed. I looked up this place on my Yelp App for my Evo and found it very quickly since it was 3min from my house. I called and made an appt at 12 which wasn't necessary since when i went they were not even ready to do my nails anyways. I had my eyebrows don while i waited for my nail person to help me. Once i sat down a gentleman helped me. I liked him because he didn't talk much. Call me crazy but i like just relaxing and watching the TV. I talk all day at work. I would go back. I had my nails done gel french tip for 30.00 and my eyebrows for 8.00 bucks! * They accept credit cards! read more

I have been getting my back waxed for quite a few years and recently found this place. Lily does my back now and i cannot believe how painless it is. For anyone who thinks its that bad....grow a pair ok. I had been having someone else doing it and it was always painful and i mean SUPER painful. Lily is so good at it i could easily pay double to be honest....40 dollars for my back. I go about once a month or so and it gets easier every time. read more

Ive gotten amazing service here. First off i get gel manicures here and she does an amazing job. Also they do my daughters hair so cute. I only come here for my daughters haircut they give amazing service so sweet and great cuts. read more

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Cannot recommend this place enough. My family and I always go to Nancy and she always does an amazing job, I always tell everyone I know to go here. Quality work for an extremely fair price. I love the ladies here and they're all so sweet too! read more

Best price for hair nails and a wax. Come to the one stop shop. Friends salon I've been coming for 10 years read more

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Amazing full service salon, Lucy did a fantastic job on my hair. Amazing!! The colors are perfect, vibrant, on point and in fashion!! Check out my photos. An amazing transformation. Thank you Lucy! read more

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Inexpensive high quality haircuts right in the neighborhood. They are also full service so the whole family comes here: color, dry, cuts, nails... The whole shabang. They tend to do the haircuts on the short side, so make sure you let them know if you prefer more hair on your head. They take all credit cards except for Amex. Remember to tip. read more

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I used to like them for kids haircut. Before pandemic they charged $25 for little girls hair. They increased it to $40 for a short cut and asked for tipwon't go back. read more

5 stars for Tammy! This review is strictly for manicure and pedicure. Tammy is such a sweet lady with tons and tons of experience (10+ years). I've been to other places that's cheaper, but the quality sucks. Have you ever been in a hurry to get your nails done because you had other errands to run? I have and Tammy is the way to go. She is quick, yet still does a better job then everyone else. I've been to a lot of places where they would take as long as 2hrs to get my mani and pedi done. Time is money people! read more

Pros: Girls are quick Precise Friendly My toes have never looked better! I usually pay more and end up with crooked lines at the tips, and sour attitudes for bringing it to their attention. It is kind of far from my house, but I don't care. This is the only place I will go to now Cons: Girls are ALWAYS trying to get you to cut your hair, perm, etc. etc.... it get's annoying after a while. read more

I've been going here for a few years and have had probably half a dozen haircuts or trims. Unfortunately, my last experience here was so bad that I'll never go back. Last month my boyfriend and I stopped in for haircuts the day before our first vacation in five years, in Europe. I had a grown out bob and asked the stylist (the older woman) for an angled bob, shorter in the back with slight layering on the outside. She proceeded to cut and style my hair and I thought it looked fine, until that evening when I saw that the back was crooked. The next day we went back and I asked her to straighten out the back. She took me right away and proceeded to work on my hair. She was being kind of rough and yanked out one of my hoop earrings with her hairbrush. It happens, no big deal. What happened next is a big deal though: she was using electric clippers on the side (on my hair? I'm not sure) and proceed to hit my neck with them a few times. When my boyfriend and I got out to the car he noticed my neck was bleeding. She had nicked a mole on the side of my neck with the clippers. I went back in and she wasn't present so another employee cleaned and bandaged my neck. The area welted up pretty badly in a square shape and then scabbed over. I have plenty of pictures. I had to deal with caring for and keeping it covered all the while on my vacation for three weeks. Even worse, it now appears to be scarring so I had to buy a $20 tube of Mederma and am applying it daily in the hopes to lessen the scarring. As if this weren't bad enough, the haircut ended up not looking good as the back was way short and the front left long, so there was no smooth angled line. Also, the layered ends are already splitting one month later and looking fried which makes me wonder if the clippers were used on the actual hair ends. I'm looking forward to getting my hair fixed elsewhere as soon as I can afford it. read more

I went here in the summer to get 13 inches of hair cut off, so that I could donate it. Even though this was my second tail, I was still EXTREMELY nervous. Long hair gives me a sense of security, you know? I also think that I look funny with short hair. But anyway, it's for a good cause. So, I found this place on Yelp. I requested Ly as Yelp says that she's awesome. I told the hair to do WHATEVER SHE THOUGHT WOULD LOOK BEST on me. She knew that I was pretty antsy as she asked me probably like 4 times if I was sure I wanted to go through with it. She's so cute. She did a pretty good job with giving me an A-line bob. It was so drastically different from my longggggg hair, but many of my friends said that it looked good. She took her time, which I really appreciated. I hate it when hair stylists rush whenever there are people waiting. But not Ly! She was great. I was nervous the whole time she was cutting because she managed to carry out a full on conversation with me while she was cutting. (I always get nervous when dentists, hair stylists, etc. talk to me while they're working on me.) Ly is so sweet. I highly recommend her. The pricing is really good. Only about $15 for my extremely time consuming hair cut. I think they charge extra for long hair too, so a typical cut probably costs like $12? Good price, great service! However, the parking lot is a little small, so be aware of that. It's easy to find - right on the corner of Bascom and Union. I will definitely be back next summer when I go to donate my 3rd ponytail! read more

The salon I normally go to raised their prices this year, so I was in search of a new place to get a badly needed hair cut. Lo and behold, Yelp comes out with a newsletter recommending some salons in the area. After reading through all the reviews for the different salons, I decided to check out Friends Salon. I walked in around 2:40pm on a Sunday afternoon, and the ladies were quite busy, but I didn't have to wait long at all. I barely sat down and one of the stylists was ready for me. Her name was Lily and she did a wonderful job cutting my hair. She was very friendly, listened to what I wanted and made a recommendation here and there. She even took the time to flat iron my hair as well. She was quick and did an excellent job. She cut my hair shoulder length like I wanted, added layers, thinned out my hair and cut a few bangs. My hair turned out way better than I would have expected, and all for only $15 (w/ no shampoo)! That's only one third of what I normally pay, yeah! I will definitely be back. The salon is bright and airy and the ladies are really friendly. No chemical smell like some salons have. They welcome walk-ins, no need to make an appointment. In fact, all the people who came in while I was getting my hair cut didn't have an appointment. read more

All of the stylists here do a great job! I always leave here happy with my cut. And Vi is the best for manicures and pedicures. If you have any ingrown nails she is the one you want to go to. read more

I found this place on Yelp about a year ago, and I absolutely love this place! I am so glad I found my new hairdresser here because you know how hard it is to find someone you can trust with your hair! I always see Le for all my hairstyling needs. She's awesome at highlighting! I usually call before I come in just to make sure they aren't too busy, but if I just walk in, I might have to wait only 7 minutes tops. Everyone here is super friendly and I love how they've decorated the place. They pride themselves on customer satisfaction, and Le always makes sure I'm happy with her work. She even tells me if I don't like it, tell her! They also do mani/pedis and waxing, but I haven't used those services yet. This place is totally out of my way, but it's the only place I'd go to now! You won't be disappointed! read more

I love this place! I called around for a very last minute hair color before going out of town. Le was able to get me in and did an amazing job on my hair cut and color. I was even able to get a gel manicure while the color was setting. The salon itself is very clean and well kept The staff all seem very nice I have gone back to Le again for a haircut and have gotten so many compliments. The price is right and these ladies know what they are doing. Will definitely be going back (in fact I have a pedicure appointment in the morning:) ) read more

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I had a great experience at Friends Salon! I have had long hair for many years, but decided to go for a big change and get a bob! I wanted to try a new salon, so after reading the Yelp reviews, I decided to try this place and hope for the best. Lucy cut my hair, and she did a fabulous job!!!! I was a little wary when she didn't shampoo it, and she did quite a bit of the cutting when my hair was semi-dry or dry, but whatever she did, it worked! I absolutely love my new short hair, and she cut it so nicely that it is really easy to style. I cannot believe it was only $15. I am definitely a fan of this place and will be back :) read more