I came here for the first time under the recommendation of my roommate who came home raving about his £9 haircut so I, being a student, decided to give it a go due to the fact I can only really afford to get my haircut once or twice a year. I walked in just after 11am and all of the hairdressers were sat around on their phones or blowdrying their own hair and it took someone about 5/10 minutes to actually approach me and ask what I wanted. When I finally was seen to I went downstairs where my hairdresser washed my hair which was fine regardless of the fact that she was clearly not focusing as she was talking to her colleagues and trying to track down clean towels.
I was then shown to her station which was absolutely filthy, big piles of hair were pushed into corners on the floor, she had no idea where all her utensils were and continuously rummaged around to find what she needed. I told her I wanted the ends cut off and my layers touched up as I have quite long hair. The outcome was absolutely not what I wanted, she cut way too much off and instead of the layers being subtle and blending in they're very sharp and noticeable and completely uneven. Because my hair was wet I couldn't really see just how bad it was so I waited for the blow-dry. To my surprise (and slight horror) she used absolutely no heat protector and just went about blowdrying my hair with plastic hairbrushes. I asked for a slight movement for the blow-dry but no curls which she appeared to understand but what she delivered were princess curls using a really old straightener that had wires hanging out of the cord, and again no heat protection!
If I'm honest I should have probably stopped the haircut half way through but I have had experiences where I think it's going really badly but then it turns out actually really nice so I kept my hopes up - which is a mistake I'll never make again. If you're a bloke I'd recommend this place, as the majority of the clientele seemed to be men (and the £9 price for Covent Garden is also a bonus). But for females I really wouldn't recommend this place, I don't know if it was just the hairdresser I had, I won't name names, but I really did not enjoy the whole experience. Also I paid £28 so it wasn't as cheap as I thought it would be. read more