Best NYC haircut under $40?

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Title says it all. Keeping it in Manhattan. Midtown, Downtown or the west side preferred!

 

[gdl203]

I don't know about "best" but I've been getting my hair cut at Astor Place for the last 7 years. Prices went up from $12 then to a whopping $14 now. Never went anywhere else

 

[mack11211]

http://consumer.wahl.com/

 

[BonVivant]

Go to Chelsea Barbers on West 23rd St between 9th and 10th Aves. It is $30 and they give you a traditional men's cut with a straight-edge blade shave. I really like it because the barbers aren't chatty. They just get down to business so you are in and out without the extra crap. SavoirVivre New York

 

[Sartorian]

If you want to go to a stylist, your best deals are Bumble and Bumble in the Meatpacking, or Aveda--the schools. Each of them makes appointments and gives free cuts in exchange for you ceding control over the precise style. But you can't beat free. (I believe it includes a shampoo, etc.) Do an online search at citysearch.newyork.com, or flip through the Village Voice or a Metro/AMNY; they are always advertising for new 'models.'

If you want someone slightly spendier ($50 with tip), very talented with scissors, a woman, who also talks very little, PM me. I'll send you my person's contact info. I've stayed with her through 4 years in NY, including 2 salons, and she's now opened her own. She's Japanese and hip and young, but very skilled at what she does. I've never patronized a single person or establishment so loyally, but I will stick with her till one of us dies.

 

[byuntae]

Hey would you mind pming me her info too? I've been hopping around salons in Queens for awhile looking for someone good with no luck so far..

 

[jleeo225]

+1 re Chelsea Barbers. Only drawback is timing. Weekdays are usually better Saturdays, when the wait can be really long.