I am SO glad I found this place! I moved to D.C. from NYC 2 years ago, where I had been going to the same stylist and a separate colorist for at least 15 years. I tried a few D.C. places that disappointed, then I found Metropolis! It has a wonderfully calm, quiet and relaxing atmosphere and a super friendly staff. Now I see Jaqueline for both cut AND color -and she is absolutely fantastic! From my very first appointment, she truly listened to my wishes and concerns (I have fairly thin and baby fine hair)--and she manages to deliver the perfect cut and color every single time! Beyond her talent, she is warm, kind, and a pleasure to spend time with. I also love the products the salon uses and sells - they feel very high-end and thoughtfully curated. I highly recommend Metropolis Salon!

Rachel B.

Michael did a great job with my haircut! This is my second time going to him for a short haircut. I was very happy with the results both times. He really pays attention to detail and takes care to make sure you like the look! The whole experience in this salon is lovely. Christina washed my hair and it felt like a gentle massage. The hair washing station is so relaxing, and you are surrounded by pretty plants. Some rainbow light was shimmering in the sunlight, and it was just so pleasant. They also offer you water, coffee or tea. My haircut cost $145, which is not cheap, but I think it's worth it for such a self-care treat. I will be back again. I highly recommend!

Lily F.

Wow, what to say about this place. I rarely get anything fancier than a Pro-cuts/Sports Clip kind of hair cut. It's hard for me to justify spending so much money on a fancy salon where I feel like the place charging $30 bucks next to the Family Dollar can probably do just as well... I'm a changed woman. I wanted a drastic change and trusted my Yelpers and this five star rated salon. From the time I walked in to book an appointment to the time I left, I felt special and very well taken care of. I had Eli and she was AMAZING. I've read the reviews to this place and can probably guarantee that you won't really get a "bad" person when you book it. I was with Eli for 3.5 hours and she made me feel fabulous. I had the balayage and a hair cut afterwards and it was worth every penny. Ugh, I can't believed I could have looked this fly a long time ago.

Sahar B.

Went here for just a haircut without shampoo and wash. I asked the hair salon upon calling if they would just do a dry haircut and they said "yes" and told me the stylist named Eli could do that. I turned down 3 other salons because they wanted to wash and cut my hair, when I specifically asked not to. When I got to the salon, Eli (who was very kind) was surprised about what I asked. She said maybe other stylists do it but she would have to wash my hair. Apparently she didn't get the memo about what I asked for. I caved in, after spending weeks looking for a salon and after driving an hour. I figured I'd go along with the wash now that I was there. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad....turns out, it wasn't to my liking. Eli is very professional and asked me several times along the way if everything was OK. She's very sweet so I didn't mind the cost and tipped generously just because of her bedside manner. The problem I have is with the salon itself, specifically the front attendant should never have said they would be able to do what I asked when they never told the stylist who'd be working on my hair about it. If you don't know for sure your stylists can do a type of haircut/style then maybe you should ask before I'm in the seat. I even sent pictures of my hair and asked if any stylist could do what I asked. They casually responded "yes Eli can do this" I'm attaching pictures of the cut. It is a nice haircut to the general public but for me (who it should matter to) it falls short since it doesn't look good when it's not blow-dried. My hair is different than most and I need it done exactly how I ask or it doesn't work well for me afterwards. I turned down other salons because I thought Metropolis would listen. Nope. Eli is a great stylist and very professional. She was very kind and gentle the whole time. It's clearly the salon's front desk fault for talking about something they didn't know or ask Eli about. If it weren't for her kindness, I would have given this salon 1 star.

TLDR: DO NOT LET ELI CUT YOUR CURLY HAIR! THE OWNER IS UNPROFESSIONAL WHEN THEY SCREW UP! LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF MY LOPSIDED HAIRCUT WITH UNEVEN BITS IN THE BACK! I went into Metropolis in person to ask whether they had anyone who knew how to cut curly hair like mine. I told them my hair was difficult because I'm allergic to styling products so my hair needs to be cut so it lays right on its own. The very nice woman at the front desk told me that Eli or the owner could do it and booked me an appointment with Eli the following week. I also asked whether it would be okay if I brought in my own shampoo and conditioner because I was allergic to most kinds and she said it totally was. I told Eli I wanted only a couple of inches off, conservatively long layers, and no hair above my shoulders. I also told her that putting in shorter layers doesn't work well for me because shorter layers don't curl well on me. My hair was kind of frizzy that day because the my shampoo and conditioner formulas had changed and they weren't working as well for my hair anymore. Eli talked me through the haircut, and I was optimistic, but as the haircut went on I got kind of worried. When she was done, my hair was a puffy, uneven mess. I had never left a salon with my hair looking anywhere near that bad. I pointed out that the very bottom of my hair was noticeably longer on my left side. She trimmed the bottom a bit on the left until she said she didn't want to cut any more off, and frankly it was making me a bit nervous, so I said okay. She said that she could wet and dry it again, and I told her that I didn't want to damage it by heat styling twice in one day. She said that if I let her rinse and dry my hair again, she could spruce up the cut and shape afterwards. I told her that if she was offering to style it again for my benefit, then no because I didn't want to heat damage it again, but if she wanted to style it for her benefit because she thought it would help her finish cutting it, then okay. After she rinsed my hair and left me under a machine that took *forever* and only dried the top of my hair, she didn't go over my hair to spruce up the cut like she said she would. When I asked her to trim the uneven pieces in the back, she fluffed them up into the rest of my hair and told me they were fine (they're not). I put my hair up in a bun for several days after that because I didn't want to deal with what Eli had done to my hair. When I washed and styled it as usual, I found that the bottom of my hair was still longer on my left, but the shortest layers were significantly shorter on my left than my right. Also, the way the very front layers were cut kind of interferes with my curl pattern. After a week, I called Metropolis to ask if I could stop in to speak with a manager because I thought it was best to show them the problems with the haircut, and I hoped someone would trim the weird uneven bit sticking out in the back because I couldn't reach it. After some back and forth about telling me I could come in that day and then telling me I couldn't, and the owner not calling me when he said he would, I called to check in and the owner got on the phone and acted very aggressive, telling me he had been there during my appointment like it was some sort of accusation, complaining that my haircut had taken over an hour and a half like it was my fault (when in reality I hadn't wanted to be there that long and was just doing what Eli had requested), telling me before I even had the opportunity to talk to him about the haircut that, well, *he* had some *feedback* for *me* (his emphasis), and that they don't revisit haircuts after 2-3 days, which no one ever told me when I got my hair cut even though Eli told me I could come back if it wasn't working. He also said he had overheard me talking about my conditioner and wouldn't be blamed for my hair being frizzy (which wasn't the problem, but he hadn't let me tell him about the problem). I asked for a text number or email address where I could send him pictures of what my hair looked like, and he told me I could go ahead and send them if I wanted but he never gave me info on where to send them. He also snapped at me that they don't give refunds and he wouldn't let me "push" what I was pushing, which I didn't understand because all I had asked for was to show them the haircut (because I didn't want them to tell someone else with hair like mine that Eli knew how to cut it) and for someone to cut the uneven bit sticking out in back which I had already asked Eli to cut when I was there the first time and couldn't reach myself. I hate to admit if, but after getting a bad haircut that will take months for the lopsided, short layer to grow out and having someone snapping at me and insinuating that I was a liar who was somehow trying to cheat him, I cried.