Barber Shop & Co
Reviews
Very disappointed! I read some good reviews and figured we'd give them a try because we moved over near Central Park. I took my 12 year old son in for a haircut. There were only two barbers working...a man and a lady. While waiting I asked if they did straight razor shaves and the lady said yes. So, I decided to get my head and face shaved...mostly because I love the hot shave cream and towel and find it relaxing. I had the male barber take my son since, like my son, he was black and I figured he'd have plenty of experience with his type of hair. The lady begins to shave my head with an electric razor! I'm sitting there thinking "did she hear me say 'straight razor'". Then just when I was really beginning to wonder what she was doing she covers my head with a cold, wet towel. Then she applied cold shave cream to my face and head and proceeded to shave me with the straight razor. My son's hair looked okay, but his lines weren't nearly as clean as his usual barber at Kingdom Cutz....the guy never used a razor to define his lines. When we got home I checked my head and found that their "professional" shave had left more stubble than my home shave and a completely missed section on my head. I also checked my son's cut and found that the gentleman had completely missed cleaning up over his right ear...long hairs and no line. So, I took out my clippers and fixed my sons hair, then took a shower and shaved my head and beard with my Gillette Pr Fusion razor, which gave me a much better shave than the Barber Shop & Co.! I'm not sure where the good reviews of this place came from, but my experience was very different...and I don't usually write reviews or complain about bad service. Maybe they have other barbers that do a better job, but I won't be going back and risking waisting more money!
Didn't offer s shave for my head. Only some of the barbers use a razor.
Best cut!