This is a followup review for the one written on October 27, 2024. Within 2 days of positing my photo & review, I did finally receive a phone call from the owner and he went over what happened and we simply didn't agree and there was no apology. In short, this was a botched attempt at grooming this little Yorkie. End result, I have to say in all honesty, It did get better. I asked for a refund and I got a refund and I am pleased with that part of it. I did take my Yorkie Minnie to her original groomer which is about an hour away and she couldn't believe how uneven the cut was and how botched this poor dog turned out. I learned the hard way, if you have a good groomer, take the drive if possible. PJ Noah I feel, just couldn't handle a dog this tiny Yorkie. Thank you for refunding me. Best to you. read more

We hav taken our dog here for the last four years and we are part of the monthly membership which is really convenient because we can bring him in for a bath once a week and he gets his monthly haircut. Parsa is great to work with and they love our dog at this location. Mr. happy always has a nice haircut and smells good because of this salon. read more

PJ Noah PetSalon - Lake Forest - Mr Happy - Pet Groomers Near Me - Lake Forest, California

We all love this place! We have been coming here now for several years. Linda is the best with the pups. She is always so kind and takes her time. They are always very convenient and timely. Today was one of those days on my end and kinda was so helpful. This review is long over due. Thank you for all the kindness read more

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Hi, This groomer does a awesome job grooming our maltepoo. The workers go out of their way to tailor the grooming we want personally for our dog. I would recommend this groomer to anyone. read more

This salon is AMAZING! I'm always greeted and and assisted by the wonderful staff, especially Parsa. He is so accommodating and goes out of his way to always make sure each and every customer and pet have the best experience. Thank you Parsa and team for taking such great care of my family! See you guys soon! read more

My dog has never acted like this when I pick him up at the groomer. My little guy is sore, lethargic and unsocial with me. He's NEVER acted this way and I've had him for 13 yrs. I don't know why his bum/hips are so sore but he cry's every time I pic him up. He's acting scared and extremely withdrawn. I thought this would be a great place to take him on my vacation, I was wrong. They showed me a video of him and I thought it was silly but now... I'm not so sure... if they were rough with my dog, and I believe they were.... Actually with the way he's acting I know they were. I'm not going to read your reply past it saying (how he was cared for) as it means nothing to me. It's an excuse. People if you bring your dogs here they don't care about the animal, the are rough. They care only about money and will, as you can see blame the customer or dog shame you lol. The owner is pathetic, if you want to feed this man's pocket at the expense of your dog's safety and comfort that's on you. I'll stick with pet smart. PJ said my dog was difficult, at pet smart they've never and I mean never had anything but kind praise for my little guy, these people are the first people I've EVER encountered that has had a bad word to say about my pup. They seem to blame a lot of other customers and their pets for their bad business practices. Don't go here read more

My review was flagged and removed for clearly depicting an accurate situation that took place. This location is extremely rude. Staff willingly hangs up on you when you ask too many questions. Horribly unprofessional customer service. After four years as a client, I will never step foot here again. Then, after telling management, I will not be back I had about seven phone calls back to back from other supervisors demanding, I speak with them. I'm moving on. Don't continue to call your clients after they tell you they are going elsewhere. 2nd REPLY TO BUSINESS - I am even more upset of the business reply and accusations made against me. I was sitting next to my family during the conversation. I was in no way shape or form rude, aggressive or abusive. I work in the public eye as a motivational speaker and am Christian. This is yet another reason I can not continue to provide business to a company that flat out lies. I'm beyond disappointed in the morals of this company. It seems that by airing my experience publicly I am now being accused of being some sort of maniac on the phone. I'm honestly in shock. Moral here is...an employee messed up and didn't use his best judgement by bulldozing me and hanging up. People make mistakes. I get it. I just wanted it addressed with management. That was all. But instead ever nothing gets flipped to make it look like I was the wrongful party. Shame on you all. This is so sad. What is even more disturbing is that when I spoke with the manager I had severe bronchitis and didn't have a voice. I had even apologized for continuing to cough into the phone when I spoke with Parsa. Yet, I supposedly shouted at the employee? Yet had barely a voice to speak in the first place. Again, shame on you. So the general public is aware, the initial phone inquiry was due to missing an appointment because I'm disabled and was hospitalized. I was even willing to provide ER docs which goes against hippa but had no issue doing this. How sad that this was the reply from the business owner. So glad to have seen this all now before providing them more business. What's even more disturbing is if you read through previous reviews explaining very similar situations, the business never apologizes for an unfortunate customer service error. Every single rebuttal from this business blames the client and flips it. I've read about 20 poor reviews, all of which have the exact same responsive situation. Looks like this business will never take accountability for poor customer service will continue to reverse it and lie. read more

This is just a shit show. I worst experience for myself and for my poor puppy. Took my 20ek old puppy to get his 1st groom done. He came bake yo me bleeding all over my daughter due to the groomer cut his nail way to short. Came back spelling like someone riled him in oil and dirt he was greasy now he as more tangles than he did when I took him in. Kept calling him her and couldn't get the name straight . Then came out and told me how this dog needs training. They had my puppy for almost hours to look and smell worst than I when I dropped him off . So discussed with this place now I have to find and experienced groomer and have him really cleaned Just a pathetic place please do not take your animal her if you love them!!! They will be scared for a while You all are pretty amazingly pathetic call your prospective return clients liars!! The one thing I do not do !! We recently had our puppy groomed and he did beautifully just more confirmation that your staff are incompetent and do not know how to handle young dogs!! I would recommend as a owner not to call clients as well and tell us we are wrong and nothing happened and we are Liars you really look very unprofessional and pathetic!! I would recommend anyone with young dogs NOT to use your facilities as you as an owner are rude unprofessional and you all made my puppy so traumatized let's not forget bleed the only thing you care about is how many people to get in and make money that is very obvious !!! read more

My mom only used this groomer after they opened up years ago. At first, it was the owner, and now Parsa, his son. My mom recently passed away. Her being so ill, I didn't have time to take the dogs for care. It was embarrassing and sad how bad they got. I can not tell you how amazing they are with this. It is always incredible, but this time far, it surpassed any other. Thank you for making her pups family. Now my pups. I highly recommend this place. I can't even say enough. Thank you!! read more

I have a English bulldog who weighs 50+lb. And a 7 month old pitbull/Englishbulldog. We have taken one of them to petco and petsmart and she always came home smelling like wet dog. So my boyfriend and I took them somewhere new. They were super amazing and took us in even though we were super late for our appointment. My bulldog is very strong when she wants to be. Like any dog they will let their parents cut their nails and wash them etc. without to much of a hassle. So I expected my dog to get agitated when they clipped her nails or washed her face. Because of the dog breed she is I thought it was perfect when they told me that they took breaks with her. And we also communicated that if they weren't able to do it then to just leave it be. But they went above and beyond with accommodating my dogs. When we came back they didn't smell like wet dog and that was great! One thing I will say though is that because my dog has wrinkles she has one above her nose that gets dirty and gross. When we got back home I wanted to see if they were able to do it or not. It was still pretty bad. But like I said I could be that she was putting a fight up. But either way I like to clean it because I put on a certain cream. So all in all I would definitely come back again! read more

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The pricing here is very high! I brought my Yorkie here many times for a full cut, grooming, etc. It's the same price for my French Bulldog ... very short hair... The same price? I asked many times to clean my frenchie's ears and pee pee. Ummm...not clean . Will probably look another place to go ! read more

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. The groomers are exceptional. They go above and beyond when it comes to customer service. They listen very well and address your pet's needs. However, this review is *strictly* about the owner who has the worst customer service ever. How and why he is in the customer service industry is beyond me. When working with customers he does not try and listen to their needs or wants, especially if they are trying to explain issues they've had in the past. He belittles and argues with customers to the point of no return. It even feels like he's talking to children when he's having these conversations. I would never make another appointment at this salon - even though the groomers are great. I would afraid if the owner does something more stupid like poison my pet. All pet lovers, BEWARE! P.S., "Jonah" better known as Sayeed will probably come in and write a long statement about how great their salon is and that he feels sorry about blah blah blah. Just ignore... he is trying to toot his own horn. read more

This pet salon is a TOTAL game changer! Our previous experience with groomers and our terrier mix, Olive has not been good. She is protective and can get aggressive around people. When we arrived for her appointment, we were greeted and they began to work with her to get her comfortable. Before I knew it, she was running around the salon happy as ever ready to get groomed. She walked right into the back of the salon and didn't even realize I was gone. When I came to pick her up, she was a totally different dog! Happy, tail wagging and even okay with people. We will definitely be back! read more

Bella went for her first time at PJ NOAH PET SALON! First let me say the gentleman that works the front is extremely genuine, courteous and explained everything , All costs and step by step of the process! Prices were affordable. Since it was Bella first time he let me know how she did there when I picked her up. Bella was very happy and looked amazing when I picked her up ! Very happy with service! Would recommend! read more

PJ Noah PetSalon - Lake Forest - Bella - Pet Groomers Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Great stylist! My dog came out beautiful and soft! I love the bows they put in her hair. So cute. Service was excellent and quick. Thank you for getting me in so last minute on Father's Day! read more

There are places in the area that are so much better than here. My number one complaint is the owner. He is rude and condescending, likes to talk to people like they are children. I put up with it for a long time thinking they always did okay with my my little one, but after taking her somewhere else, it wasn't worth it. read more

We've been bringing our Maltipoos here for the past few years every two weeks. Generally speaking they are a good groomer. We've had good and bad experiences. Certain groomers here are really good and attentive but others not so much. We even had a minor injury once when the gal accidentally caught our pups ear fur in the electric nail buffer and pulled a little piece out. It bled a bit but wasn't too significant. We just put topical antibiotics on it for a few days. There was only an apology which we accepted but no compensation like a free bath or discount. We new then that they were greedy. We were very new to the area and liked the location so we kept coming here. Slowly their charges for our pup kept getting higher and higher. Extra charge for dematting... and then some other bogus charges. I began to make them give me a quote before I dropped her off, but somehow there was always extra charges when I'd return for her until I was fed up. I know it's the owners being greedy because the nice staff seemed uncomfortable charging me a higher price than they'd quoted me. Her average $45 groom plus tip ($10) went up to $87!!! Plus tip! What?! And that doesn't include the extra $50 if we wanted her ears painted a cute color. Their Laguna location was just as bad. And I won't even get into the rude passive-aggressive owners. There are plenty of other reviews to confirm that. We had a family meeting and decided it was time to search for a new groomers. We found a way better one, Lillix Pet Groomers. They quoted me $38 and actually charged me $38 when we picked her up! It was awesome, no extra charges for doing their job! read more

What an amazing experience , the groomers are so nice and they are very good at explaining everything and answering any questions you have, definitely will be going there again, love the way they groomed my puppy and she's was very happy and didn't look stressed out at all , I recommend this place read more

PJ Noah PetSalon - Lake Forest - Pet Groomers Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Out of all the places I have gone to take my dog for grooming, this is the best! Completely satisfied with the whole service! I wanted a certain haircut for my dog and they actually listened to my needs. For the price and everything that they did, it was worth it. They actually did everything they said they would, other places forget to do something. read more

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Took in our dog last minute (day before Christmas Eve). My dad booked her appointment same day and this will be our permanent place from now on. We previously took her to another haircut place and after her visit, our girl shook and ran from us. It was a terrible feeling to see her react this way, so finding another place to take her was a bit frightening. Luckily, our girl came back so happy after her haircut here! They gave her some adorable bows as well. Thank you team for taking such good care of her! read more

Terrible Service - The owners here are sooo cheap and the mistreat pets. We thought something was off when our dog always hated going there. Hi literally did not want to get out of the car when we get here. These guys completely overcharge and then make a big stink about it. Go somewhere else where they actually care about dogs. The owner flat out said he doesn't like pets and does this just because it makes good money. read more

I go here mostly because I can always get in last minute. The one I usually go to I have to book two weeks out. I swear I spend more on my dogs grooming than my own. Uhh not sure I should admit that. For $75 (with tip) we get the works. But for some reason one bow on one side. They used to be John Paul pet salon and left that franchise - not sure what went down. But a nice back up if your pup needs a beauty treatment. read more

PJ Noah PetSalon - Lake Forest - Just one bow? - Pet Groomers Near Me - Lake Forest, California

I love love this place the staff are very nice and they always do a great job on my baby. So friendly and so fast. Very professional. I will never choose another place over This location. HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT read more

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Outstanding service; Gabriella and Gino look forward to being pampered by the PF Noah staff. E. Peterson read more

We tried PJ Noah Pet Salon for the first time! It was a great experience. They took so much care with our girl who had surgery on her back for a herniated disc that burst six weeks ago. Parsa was so kind and considerate. Rafael did a great job on her! We will be going back! They were so careful! Price was reasonable. read more

It is the worst place to bring your living pet. Today My puppy and I experienced the worst. The owner/partner is a man that only cares for the money. He should not run this type a business. He is not kind, not caring, not compassionate with pets, not professional. I had to leave and asked to give my pup back. Even they started service with shampoo and drying. Adela is a nice person but she just have to follow what this mean owner asks, which is just to do the job because he wants the$$$. I left crying w/my puppy. I couldn't beleive such a liar, unprofessional place. Don't beleive in other reviews please! I'm very honest and serious. Don't take your dogs or pets here. This place is HORRIBLE! read more

If I had written this review 6 months ago, I would have given it 5 stars, but based off of today's experience, I'm really sad to say that all I can give John Paul Pet Salon is an almost two. I shouldn't even round up.. I called this morning at 9:45am to make an appointment and the gentleman on the phone gave me a 10:30am appointment, great! Unfortunately, there were some last minute problems, and at 10:15am, I called to apologize for the need to reschedule to a later appointment time. The man on the other line stated, "You know, we schedule our groomers based on people like you coming in at your appointed times.. I suppose she can stay later, but only if you can come in at 12." I apologized once again and accepted the new appointment time, to which he replied "You better be here at 12. And I mean exactly twelve o'clock." Wow. Thanks dad. At about 5:00pm, the same man called to tell me my two dogs were ready for pickup, so I immediately left to go get them (I was scared I would get yelled at again if I didn't). When I arrived, the groomer, Claire, told the man up front that I was here to pick up my dogs. He was rude to her, not seeming to understand what she was asking him to do.. he finally got my two dogs and immediately said "Ok Claire get your stuff so you can finally get out of here" (I was there at 5:15p, they close at 6p by the way). Well hello to you too. This guy is obviously a charmer, because his next line was: "CLAIRE, PICTURE? WHERE IS THE CAMERA?" Then when my dogs wouldn't stay still for the photo (as I warned him they would not), he blamed ME for them not staying still, saying that they are hyper because they saw me. Wtf? First of all, I NEVER said you could take a picture of my dogs (and trust me if I see them on Yelp or FB I'm having them taken down), and secondly, if you are blaming ME for them not staying still, why didn't you take the photo before I got there? It's not like I randomly showed up, remember you called me to say they were ready. If getting a picture of them was part of being ready, THEN THEY WEREN'T READY. As I was leaving, I was asking the same guy about changing my dogs' account details; he was rude and awful and extremely impatient, and kept saying "You know, you don't understand what I'm saying. Listen.." Uh.. if you didn't interrupt me in the middle of my sentence, you would be able to answer my question. Eventually I gave up asking my question since he kept interrupting me, which helped me make up my mind that I'd never return to that pet salon again. At the end of it, Claire the groomer did an OK job with the dogs cuts.. not great. The cut is slightly uneven in different areas of both dogs, and quite a bit longer than I like. I would have asked her if it was possible to correct it, but the super rude guy told her to pretty much GTFO. For $140 total for the two dogs, that really sucks. When I first started to go to this salon, man was I so excited to get out of the Russian Roulette of groomers routine I'd get at other places: the staff was exceptionally friendly, and all of them greeted not only me, but my dogs, as their friends and their own pups. Not this place now. The previous owner, Brian, who was always so nice, no longer works there, and has now been replaced by the man in this story, Sayed. Good luck with your new business venture, Sayed! Treating people like crap isn't going to get you anywhere.. my dogs are like my kids, and I would never trust my kids to someone like you. ---- Addendum to my review, after the reply below: 1) I don't appreciate being blamed for you overworking your own staff. I never said this appointment was an emergency and would have been understanding if ya'll just said the schedule was full! And how am I supposed to know the industry is busy the weekend before? You apologize IF this wasn't conveyed properly? How about.. not even a mention of it on your part? You DIDN'T convey anything, how are you trying to pin this on me? 2) Are you really trying to make me feel bad for tipping generously? Paying it forward because I am assuming Claire tried her best, is that not okay? Claire was extremely sweet, so no, it was not your employeeS that were rude. Just the one, get it straight. and that one employee is the only reason I'm leaving. Despite the unsatisfactory haircut today, I still would have happily returned, had it not been for the rude conversations. 3) I'm SAD that you're SAD and that I FEEL your staff was rude. Um I didn't FEEL your staff was rude, your ONE staff member IS rude. What kind of customer service reply is this? Barely apologize, or acknowledge any wrong doing, and condescending on top of that? Downgraded to a 1. read more

PJ Noah PetSalon - Lake Forest - Left: quality of haircut in 2013. Right: haircut fr 2/8/15. Not leaving bc of cut, but bc of customer service. See review. - Pet Groomers Near Me - Lake Forest, California

The groomers at the location are horrible. I went to this saloon at the receptionist was very pleasant and gave me a tour of the saloon. In my thinking they must be good to the dogs since they let you sit and watch. I booked an appointment for all 3 of my dogs. 2 cockapoos and a yorkie. They man that checked us in was rude. An hour or so later the groomer called to ask how I wanted the dogs cut. Told her I would like a yorkie cut on the yorkie and that half the length off the cockapoos with a teddy bear face. Who every cut my dogs haven't a clue how to use a clipper. The cockapoos look ridiculous and tales are a total mess. And one has razor rash and cuts in her santi area. The yorkie s belly is all a razor rash and cut everywhere. I beg you not to take your dogs here. read more

Update 5/24/18: Jonah R. replied to my review. I was waiting for the smut response I'd get (based on the other responses other yelpers received)!! And true to form--the tone is accusatory and blamed the customer. Geeeez, at least say sorry even if you don't mean it hehehehe... I'd like to point out, when I called to ASK if I could bring Toby in at 11am or another time/date, they said "no problem." So please, just say you've learned from this experience and indicate that you will make every effort that a pet does not stay any longer than 4 hours (by taking a more thoughtful approach when filling in your schedule and be especially more cognizant when accommodating a last minute add on) and if you do take longer than 4 hours, then be kind, sincere and apologetic to the customer. Most of us get it! Crap happens - but when it's met with rudeness, it's tough for the client to be understanding and want to support the business. Good luck! ---------------------------- 5/19/18 I will not be going to any PJ Noah salon locations, so that wrongful balance will stay on the account forever. hehehehe... After reading more reviews, it seems that the business tone is accusatory Oh man, if only the older gentleman who managed the front desk today wasn't so rash by calling me 2 mins after I left (and left a nasty voicemail) I wouldn't have given a review. Before that call I thought he handled the situation fine... here's what happened- Although I was grateful that they accommodated my dog within a couple hours of when I called. I was unhappy he was there for 6.25 hours!! I would've much rather been scheduled for another day. I was also given inaccurate finish times (3x) I expressed this to the employee and he explained to me the possible reasons of the delay and their grooming process and ended with 'they're not a barber shop and can't get pets in and out in 30 mins but their goal is 3.5 hours.' I said that's fine I understand there are delays but my dog was there almost double the amount of their goal time. I said I was unhappy and do not want to pay full price for the service. (I expected 20% off...) without hesitation he said "don't pay anything at all". I said ok. Thanks. But I knew deep down inside that he wasn't sincere and genuine about doing "the right thing." When I got home I listened to his voicemail and he was irked. He said something in the lines of I should've been happy that they took my dog in last minute and that they're very accommodating- that if I return there will be a $70 balance in my account... geeeez - i definitely won't be back now! I was going to return to give the groomer a tip ( I didn't have cash on hand), but i really don't want to face the hot headed guy! The cut was fine- the "usual" which is on file. This was our go to grooming place and this is the first time I encountered this guy. Because of him, I won't be returning. read more

This is an AMAZING . I took my Toy Minpen PICZEE. To get her nails done. They were EXCELLENT‼. They were very Professional and the receptionist was very welcoming. I highly recommend this SAlON, to any of your BABIES. My GIRLIE, was ver well taken care of. Many THANKS!! read more

I take my dog to the Laguna Niguel location all the time and was expecting the same amazing customer service here. My main complaint is the owner/front desk man. I did not even get greeted as I walked in. He seemed like he didn't know how to check my dog in. As I was waiting in the lobby he proceeds with a demeaning attitude to tell me that if I miss my appointments there will be a fee to which I responded, "I understand, but I am here now." He continued to talk and I decided to ignore him given the fact that I was AT my appointment. The groomer then lets me know my dog is matted and will need to be cut short. I just requested it be left as long as possible while she proceeded to continue to tell me it will be short anyways. All I said was leave it as long as possible, even if that means short. I then left and realized the horrible reviews this man had and called to express my frustration with the customer service I got, only to be yelled at by the owner and not acknowledging anything and them refusing to work on my dog. Unfortunately this put a bad taste in my mouth towards both locations and definitely will not be going back. I have a pet peeve for bad customer service and this was not it. I strongly recommend you do not go here. read more

We took our dog, Delilah, to this salon for the first time today and it was bar none, the best experience we have had at a pet salon with her. We got Delilah at a shelter a year ago and she is a very nervous dog. Outside of my family and I, she tends to be very afraid of people. Today was no different and when we first arrived at the salon, she was shaking and barking. Amazingly, the groomer, Ally put her immediately at ease. It was astounding. Other groomers we have gone to would just pull her into the grooming area, but Ally took the time to get to know Delilah and make her more comfortable. Within a minute, she was petting a much more calm Delialh. When we came to pick Delilah up later, they told us that she had been following Ally around the whole time. Knowing how tough Delilah can be around strangers, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Also, the grooming work they did was excellent. Delilah looks great and the price was on par with other groomers that we have gone to that didn't impress in the same way. Kudos to John Paul Pet Salon and particularly to Ally. It was a great experience and we have definitely found the best salon for Delilah. read more

This place is awful. The manager is rude and the grooming and all services are over priced. We went here for over a year always on the fence about the place, but did so for the convenience as its close to our house. They called us saying our dog would be ready by a certain time and I arrived 30m after that time and he was still being worked on. I heard him crying as they were cutting his hair. When my wife complained when he my dog was eventually ready she got shit from the manager. We will never go back again. read more