Salon 718

Hands down my favorite salon anywhere! I have thick, dark, curly hair and a lot of it and Karina has taken me through great cuts with short hair, in-​between lengths while growing it out and now long hair as well as highlights that are so natural people think they are! I’ve been going here for over four years and while I’m very loyal to Karina I can say that the other stylists are very talented as well… Plus they’re all just cool people :-) Great quality for great prices and personality that’s rare in a high-​end salon these days.
Note: My previous salon was a high-​end, SoHo salon and from my first cut at Salon 718 I’ve never looked back.

Really friendly and talented staff! I feel comfortable with them and trust their experienced intuition. Will go again in the future!

I’ve trusted my hair to the talented Michaela for the last 18 months, when I started transitioning from heat damaged straight hair to healthy, bouncy curls. I always get compliments on my style, both cut and color. I am also super happy to find a salon who supports my ever changing moods in hair color. Every 3 months, the people I see on a daily basis never recognize me. The power of a great makeover!
Thanks to Salon 718 for keeping my hair looking fresh, stylish, and healthy!

Karina is a fantastic stylist. I went from blonde to a reddish blonde. She really listened to all that I wanted and executed it perfectly. She also gave me a great shoulder length cut. Everyone in the salon was friendly and attentive. This place is a gem!

Just had my hair cut by Josh at Salon 718 and it looks amazing! I moved to New York 2 years ago and this is the best cut and style I have had since I got here. All the staff were really friendly and made me feel very much at home. I left having already booked my next appointment, saving myself 10% too which was a nice treat!

It’s friendliness of the staff and stylist makes me feel bad about writing this. I went to this salon because I was looking for a cheaper alternative to Devachan. Which at $ 78, I should’ve went to a jr stylist or bit the bullet and just paid more for someone I know can cut curly hair. I really don’t like my haircut. She cut it too short, which I usually don’t get upset with because it’s hair it will grow back, but I don’t like it because it’s not really in a style. I should have held my ground more when she put mouse in it. I knew mouse wouldn’t work, but she insisted that this was different and unlike other mouses. But wrong my hair looked like I stuck my finger in an electric socket within an hour. When I came home and restyled my hair with products I like. I notice that my hair has even less shape, imagine 70’s bowl haircut but curly. And one side is noticeably longer. It’s like she got my curl pattern wrong.
I did see people with straight hair that I thought their hair looked cute. But if you’re a curly girl, I can’t recommend this place. I’ve actually had better cuts from people who straighten it and then cut it.

A belated response to the salon’s response to my original review. I definitely really did appreciate that Karina fixed the cut at no cost. She did a great job listening to me and corrected many of the problems with the cut, including the lack of layering around my face and the back (which even my husband, who doesn’t notice anything, said «looked funny» originally — and then said looked «way better» after Karina went to work on it). So that’s all great. I was no longer vaguely unhappy every time I looked in the mirror. I definitely left with the impression that Karina cared about what I wanted and that she had the skills to fix bad cuts.
However, it shouldn’t have taken a return visit to fix a botched job to find a stylist who would sit and listen to me and look at my hair for a few minutes before rushing into a cut. And even during that consultation, Karina managed to convey to me that what I was looking for was somehow «very unusual» among their clientele and that’s why Jenn didn’t deliver it, because she couldn’t believe I wanted it — which made me feel like a bit of a freak (who definitely didn’t belong at that salon) but also proved my original point — that there was never a proper consultation regarding what I was looking for.

I’m a bit late in reviewing this salon. The pros: the general salon staff is really, really lovely. The space is well decorated and super cute. The cons: I paid three digits and came out looking like Alice from Dilbert.
One of my favorite natural hair guru/​youtubers recommended the Salon and Michaella, the owner, who cut my hair, so I was expecting something fabulous. I have long, natural, curly hair. When I walked in, my hair was almost down to my waist– it had grown too long but I do the work to make sure that it always stays conditioned and moisturized. The stylist complimented me on my hair and then in the same breath told me that I needed a $ 30 conditioning treatment… redflag? Yup. The consultation was actually super short. My hair was cut in 10 minutes. I was totally confused when the stylist walked away. I kept asking the staff around «this isn’t the hair cut, right?». It was. It was a weird combination of uneven and blunt. I kept being told how «great» I looked… but c’mon. I’m no emperor, I know when my situation is fcuked. I wasn’t thrilled and was given the same «I let my curly girls live with their cuts for a while. If you don’t like it, I’ll adjust it for you» line. Nope. Negative. Never. If you can’t bring your A game with a new customer, I sure as shit don’t want to see your B game when you’re salty about having your work questioned. When I woke up the next morning I found pieces of cut hair on my pillow. That was really… something else. I trusted this person with my hair and this was the level of care she took? After that I decided not to go back or to even bother calling them. I went to my sister’s stylist who fixed my hair. She blew it out before cutting it and showed me how my hair had been hacked. I was really saddened. Maybe they don’t know what they’re doing or they just don’t care, who knows. But if you have a lot of hair, if you’re a natural curly girl, if you’re looking for an alternative to the average cut and blow out routine you can do a LOT better than Salon 718.

Just moved to the neighborhood and desperately needed a cut. I just got the best haircut I’ve had in NYC. And I’ve done it all — Park Avenue posh salons, TriBeCa mid range and East Village no frills but solid cuts at good value. The vibe here is lovely — very professional and polished but still casual, welcoming and friendly. I hadn’t had a cut in a while and was an awkward maniac during my consultation with Karina. I was all over the place with what I was saying I wanted. Karina somehow cut through the noise and gave me the low maintenance shoulder-​length cut I had in my head. My husband loves it too. And Josh (assistant) is super nice– great shampoo! Also the first time 20% made this a great value. But I’ll totally go back and pay full price. Already booked my next one!

Aiyana!
I sat down for my consultation with Aiyana and immediately felt that my hair was in capable hands. Two things I stressed: the desire to color my hair brown and a trim, emphasizing the word trim. I think I said trim at least three times when booking my appointment and four times during my consultation with Aiyana.
Appointment day yay… okay there was a little hesitation!!! Aiyana achieved what I thought was impossible… Brown highlights! Now on to the trim… again success!
My hair is happy and I am happy! Looking forward to a long healthy hair relationship!
Next appointment, 6 weeks and counting!

I went here with high hopes. First time customer, nice discount for that. But I still can’t figure out why what happened to me here happened. They seemed to have the best intentions and then their actions spoke the opposite.
My hair was thick and at my shoulders/​mid shoulder blade in the back.
When I arrived I talked to the stylist and told her I was ready to get a short cut. And she pretty much cut my hair in 25 minutes while working on 4 other people at the same time. Yes, I counted, it’s a small place, she was overbooked.
I told her to go ahead and cut more and her approach was telling me over and over again that she didn’t want me to be upset with a short hair cut.
She finished and it was a hair cut half way done.
She had repeatedly said,“You can always come back and they’ll fix it up for free.“
I went home, called them and they gave me an appointment the next day.
Next day, the owner and a stylist sat down with me and I told them what had happened, I wasn’t upset but the hair cut was halfway done. I was ready to go shorter, let’s do it.
They washed my hair.
I sat down in the chair.
Two minutes into the cut the stylist got a call from their other location (the receptionist interrupted the session to tell her) –her next client, three neighborhoods away, was waiting for her.
5 minutes later she was done.
The owner of the salon, from across the room behind us, called over, «That cut looks GREAT!»
My hair was still soaking wet.
It was at that point I knew they had no idea what they were doing.
Down to the owner as well.
When one cuts a woman’s hair that is thick it takes time.
They do not give enough time to their stylists and the owner is more than happy to rush you out the door.
The stylist looked oddly guilty as I tipped her even though the re-​cut was free.
There are three areas of my hair that are clearly longer than they should be; they were missed in the rush of the 10 minute hair cut.
The owner seemed very pleased with herself.
Back to Manhattan for me to find a descent stylist and salon…
AND No, the pic the OWNER is mentioning was a starting point to discuss that I wanted a shorter hair cut. All the stylist did was try and talk me out of getting it short.
Why? Because she had no time to properly cut my hair short. I’ve since shown my hair cut to several other stylists and they all agree that based on the missed sections that are longer than all the rest, BOTH my visits to this slap-​dash salon were RUSHED.
FYI, I was scheduled to have my hair cut by the owner the second visit and she passed me off to someone who had 10 minutes.
STAY AWAY!

Decided to check out this salon, since I live nearby and the reviews looked promising. It can be hard to try new places, and I hadn’t found «the» place since I’ve moved to the neighborhood. Plus, I’ve had plenty of bad experiences with supposedly great salons giving me crappy cuts. However, at Salon 718 I got a fantastic haircut; my stylist listened to exactly what I was looking for and nailed it. All the stylists seemed invested in doing their best work; all their clients I saw were walking out satisfied and looking great. Glad to find this place! It’s a little on the expensive side (though certainly not unreasonable for the neighborhood), but I walked out feeling that the price was worthwhile. I will definitely be back.

I’ve gotten several amazing haircuts from Jonathan — each time I come in open to doing something a little different and walk out feeling lighter, fresher, and confident in my hair!
The salon is clean, well-​lit, and comfortable, the staff is incredibly friendly, and the products are a great quality.

I’ve been getting color with Karina for 10 years… I refuse to go anywhere else! She’s the only one who knows how to do my highlights just how I like them! Highly recommend this salon and stylist. Warm, friendly and accommodating!

This is review of both the salon, its employees, and their pricing.
Let me start by saying that I love this salon, it makes me feel at home every time I go there. I have an amazing time and come out of the salon feeling beautiful and taken cared of.
They use amazing products and the staff is incredible! The coloring they do is wonderful. I have only wonderful things to say about their work.
Now, I don’t mind paying for work that is being done to my hair. I understand the neighborhood and work calls for an expensive price. I am fine with that, BUT, the last time I was there my stylist gave me a TRIM, literally. No styling, not a new haircut or style, nothing serious and I was charged the full price of a haircut, a whopping almost $ 90. For a TRIM. That is not okay by me, there should be a different charge for a trim, something more reasonable. This is not at all on the stylist or the staff, but is on the owner. I love the salon and my stylist, but practices like this are a big turn off.

I love Eddie. He’s a professional — every time he recognizes you, and every time asks what you want. You can get the same old thing or mix it up. Eddie listens, he’s upbeat, and he KNOWS HAIR. In addition to color and texture advice, Eddie has advised me on managing chlorine from swimming, and really turned my hair around. Eddie is by far the best salon professional who’s ever helped me take care of my hair — bar none. Do yourself a favor and walk into this salon. As you see from other reviews, the whole crew is great.

I love this salon! The first time I came, I saw Jen and I told her I wanted layers but not to cut too much off. She cut it exactly how I envisioned! My hair has grown out nicely since then and she’s now my go to stylist!
The atmosphere of the salon is great. Everyone is so upbeat and cheerful and willing to help with whatever.
I highly recommend this salon and Jen!

I’ve lived in NYC for 3 years now and have yet to find the right salon until I was referred to salon718, and specifically Karina, by a friend. I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am with this salon and with the haircut I got with Karina. Such friendly staff and Karina was so knowledgeable, helpful, and really listened to what I wanted. She even asked questions about things I never thought to bring up for a haircut. I’ve already scheduled my next appointment and will only go back there from now on for my hair needs!

Wow Karina did such a great job and made great suggestions. Looking forward to next time.
This place is nice good vibe on and poppin

For years i was toying with the idea of doing a big chop. After having a large hair fallout crisis, i decided to take the step. I was referred to Salon 718 by a good friend who’d had a color, cut, and blowout there.
I was very nervous and hesitant, as i’ve never had my hair cut above my shoulders. My stylist, Aiyana