Garcia’s Barber Shop

The best barber shop I’ve been to around a military base. They take their time even if it’s packed and treat you with genuine care. You feel really good when you’re done. If all you’re looking for is a quick clip with no personality, go somewhere else.

Great haircut from Janie… Will go back… good old fashion Barbershop, after going to the same Gal for 20 years she moved out of town… Thx to Unilocal I found Garcia in down town Carlsbad & decided to give it a shot, happy I did. Thx Unilocal

I’ve lived in San Diego County for 27 years, but only started going to Garcia’s Barber Shop about 3 years ago. I wish I had found them much sooner. It’s a fantastic shop with super friendly barbers… Janie, John, & Bob. Any of them will give you a great haircut. And, their prices are great… especially for seniors!
Adrian S.

Sucks went for my first time and barber didn’t faded my hair up good and left my beard cricket ! He didn’t look like he knew what to do. And I know know for a fact it was done up wrong is because I am a barber out of town on vacation. Worst experience in a barber shop, don’t waste your time or money going !!! YOUVE BEEN WARNED!!!

I should start off by saying that my husband is in the Navy and has missed a lot of milestones with our two year old son, so he was really looking forward to taking him to an old fashioned barber shop to get his hair cut. I called ahead of time to ask about the wait and they said it shouldn’t be a problem since they had five barbers working. We showed up about two hours before closing and there was only one or two other guys waiting and most of the people in the chairs were nearly done.
My son sat patiently waiting, so excited to see everyone getting their haircut and to be there with his dad. We waited. And waited. And waited. One barber saw us looking at our watch and said it wouldn’t be long now, that everyone was just about done. That’s when we looked around and noticed that everyone WAS done… they were just all clearly trying not to be the first one done so they wouldn’t have to do a child’s haircut. This was confirmed as one guy stood up and left with a complete haircut, and the barber swept the entire shop instead of taking my son (who was still happily reading a magazine). When another barber said, «You have a young man waiting on you» the barber insisted on sweeping the floor instead and made a joke about being a better sweeper to the other barbers.
We finally gave up at that point and left, which sent my son into hysterical tears because he had so wanted to get his hair cut while his dad was home. For having so many military photos posted around the barber shop, they should be ashamed of the experience they gave this local military family today.

I’ve lived in Oceanside CA for 13 years and for the first year and a half I had to wear a bad haircut because I just couldn’t find a quality barbershop, and I looked everywhere. I’ve been coming to Garcias for a long time and that’s because I’ve found a real good shop. All the folks that cut your hair do a great job and always have something to talk about. It was hard to find a replacement for Tell’s barbershop in Santa Monica, but I found one!
They can cut everyone’s hair, all styles all lengths. Very reasonably priced for a shop in Carlsbad with parking available in the rear.
When you’re done you can go next door for some good food at Garcias Mexican restaurant.

Most places you get what you pay for at Garcia’s you get MORE than what you pay for. Lawrence has cut my hair for years and he is great. Always friendly and he treats you like a king. Abel the head honcho runs a great operation and best of all he is a Dodgers fan.

The barber’s were really friendly, nice and very knowledgeable. True Barber Shop!!! Had a lot of shop talk going on and the quality of haircut was top notch.

Great place for a haircut. I use to go to Supercuts on El Camino Real in Carlsbad and the lady that did my hair for years left to go to school. No one else in the place came close to cutting my hair right. I live in downtown Carlsbad so I thought I would try Garcia’s. I would pass by the barber shop whenever I went to one of my favorite Mexican Restaurant, ‘Garcia’s’, so I stopped in. It was great! I never go anywhere else now. Love the old style attention with the lather shave. Just great! John usually cuts my hair but when he hasn’t been available they all do a great job.

I love this place, been going here for about a year now. Great cheap classic barber chops and in and out in 20 minutes or less. Perfect for guys, not so great for the ladies. All the barbers here are legit and have been cutting hair for like 100 years it seems! Can’t go wrong for $ 12

I’ve been going to Garcia’s for about the last 9 years. I have had a cut by everyone in the shop and can’t complain. It’s nice to take my 2 sons there as well, it reminds me of the old school barber shops that I used to go to with my grandpa. Nostalgic!

old school barber shop a few blocks from my office. WYATT (my seven-​year old) and i stop by every six weeks or so for a haircut. he always waits for JOHN (influenced by the TOOTSIE POP bribe) and i take whoever is next available. usually a pretty good hair cut. always a good experience. a CARLSBAD institution since the fifties.

Friendly people, good cuts, great prices. Old school barber shop, in the best way.

Super friendly barbers in a genuine way. No stupid superficial talk. Great place, olé school style. Places like this are disapearing. I highly recommend this shop.

I visited Garcia’s last month hoping to find my new barber shop since I am new to Carlsbad. Unfortunately, the experience was less than spectacular.
I got a pretty basic fade but the woman who did my cut seemed more interested in talking to her co-​worker than focusing on my head. The end result was not horrible but wasn’t good either. The fade was not very clean or straight and I ended up touching it up at home afterwards. She did do a decent job fading the neckline but it was a little crooked as well.
In all fairness, I have only visited this place once and I have heard good things from others but a barber shop is only as good as it’s worst set of scissors. I would probably give them another shot, but I’m going to check out the other Barbers in the area first.

Great price with great service. The barbers are very friendly and you leave with a satisfying cut.

Great place for a cut. Exactly what its supposed to be.

My new barber shop in the village, they have a big screen tv, and there are always several barbers working so you don’t have to wait. They are open earlier than most barber shops in the area too so I can get my cut in the morning and get to work a little later

I vacation here in Oceanside and was looking for a good barber shop. Found it! These guys are good, price was very reasonable ($ 12) … great attention to detail around the ears, shave cream/​straight razor for extra clean cut. Parking in back. Good State Street location. Tim is right, back in time and just what we need :)
I can’t recommend these guys enough … this will be my barbershop home away from home!

Old fashioned Barber Shop in Downtown Carlsbad Village. I have been by this place several times while visiting State Street, so finally decided to try it out. It is exactly what you want in a barger… Very quick, easy, and affordable, and the workers are all very nice. I Didn’t have to wait at all either…