Park Jun Beauty Lab Atlanta

Since the owner was changed recently, the service has become terrible. It seemed they got double or triple reservations in 30 min; I was asked to a seat as soon as a previous customer was gone for shampooing his hair. All his hairs were around the seat floor, and a lady finished my hair cut in about 10 min and another guy sit to my chair when I moved to a shampooing area. After drying my hair by an assistant in a different chair, it was done. The lady did not come back for trimming or anything. No pre– shampoo at the beginning either. It was not worth $ 25. I expected a good service like before but it was the worst experience as a two years customer over there. I decided to look for other hair shop.

I love going here to get my hair cut since it always comes out perfect.
But…
I decided I wanted to color my hair black to blonde ombré and made an appointment. After sitting and getting my hair process for three hours, the stylist then discuss the price for me and it was outrageous (don’t want to mention the price, too ashamed that I had paid for a crappy job; since I assume prices would range 80 – 140)!! I was shock after hearing the price and on top of that the horrible results. I was really disappointed in the results I had when my bottom half of my hair was super bleach blonde and the top was an orange tint. I didn’t see any ombré effect but some people love how my hair look and some people questioned why I only dye half my head bc they didn’t see the ombré effect. Not only that, a few pieces of my hair wasn’t even dye at all so I had a chuck of black on top of my blonde/​orangish hair. I came back a week after getting my hair dye and chopped off 6 – 8 inches bc the dye damaged my hair so bad. After cutting it I can finally run my fingers through my hair without it knotting. I’m really upset with the amount of money I paid for something that didn’t come out right. Next time I’ll ask in advance of how much it will be and don’t go by the listed price of $ 80 they had have on there menu and who can actually do the process correctly. But for cuts, definitely go for it!

Ask for Rei! She is simply awesome! I got my hair cut and colored today (copper brown-​ish color), and I love it. Upon finishing up, Rei asked me whether I’d like to straighten my hair or have some curls at the end, and I wanted curls. She made those beautiful curls by using a flat iron, and I just love them so much! (Now I’m actually thinking about getting a perm). Thanks Rei!
I do not speak Korean but we had no trouble in understanding each other. Rei really knows what she is doing and she is very good at it! I walked in this morning (11am on a Saturday) without an appointment and was told to come back in a hour. The service was great and their staff were all very nice. My experience at Park Jun’s was just great. I am so happy that I went there today (instead of the other nearby place where the staff were so impatient) and really enjoy my new hair style. Will definitely come back again!

my hair is very thin and dry but hair stylist sarah did a good job for me i really love and enjoyed my new hair style =) i will come back again

I’m happy to announce these guys are my top choice once again. They indeed listen to their customer concerns and have implemented the suggestions and addressed the complaints I had fromy previous review. Glad to see a business that cares about their customers. I recommend them highly. #goParkJunGo p. s. have a positive day.

Ask for Rei! She stayed with me until after closing on a Friday afternoon/​night to do my hair. She is so sweet and always suggests the best options for my hair. They always wash and dry your hair, straighten it, and use product to protect/​strengthen your hair. Recently I’ve been going to get my hair colored, which is quite pricey… The cut itself is affordable, at about $ 25. To color costs 80 for long hair… and for highlights is more on top of that… I left with a negotiated price of $ 140… although it should have been $ 160. It’s quite pricey, but they do know what they’re doing, and I have never been disappointed with the results here.

I went and got my hair dyed for the first time ever in my life so naturally, I was a nervous wreck. Rei (?) I believe, had the prettiest blonde-​ish hair color so I asked her to dye my hair that color. The results were not what I was expecting. The blonde was too bright and I had too many choppy looking highlights making me feel like I had just stepped back into 1996. Since I never get my hair done professionally and just cut it myself at home, I was uncomfortable telling her I didn’t like it.
However, after going back to my hotel (I drove 4 hours to go to this place based on the reviews here), I simply couldn’t live with it and it stressed me out so much I had a mental breakdown.
I went back to Park Jun’s 4 hours after I had left and just told them I hated how my hair looked like choppy highlights. They were extremely understanding and apologetic and though they were fully booked the following day, given that I had driven 4 hours and needed to trek back home, the receptionist squeezed me in right at opening.
So I left with a lighter heart. Then Rei called and said she’d stay after hours and fix my hair for me! So I headed back and really, she was the only one left past 8, and she stripped some of my bright yellow out and helped blend in the color better.
I was extremely pleased and thankful for this kind of service.

I am an Asian American who always goes to Asian places to get my hair cut. It’s hard for me to describe how I want my hair, and I want to be slightly open to the hairstylist’s discretion on what might be a better take on it. It’s been hard to find the right places for this, but usually Korean hairstylists can figure it out, especially ones that are from Korea or have largely Korean clientele.
Like other reviewers have said, my hairstylist also could not speak English too well, but I trusted her judgment, and she asked me some questions to get a sense of what I wanted. She did a great job and was extremely meticulous. For example, she compared my sideburns for the longest time to get them cut at the right length, and she asked if I’d cut my hair myself previously; apparently my sideburns were unevenly cut.
Another reviewer had said they rushed a haircut at the end of the day. I had gone in the middle of the day, so I can’t speak to that. Perhaps it’s safer to go when they’re not as busy, but I was able to walk in without an appointment and get seated for my haircut relatively soon. And it was one of the longest haircuts I’d had in a while.
I’m taking off a star because the price is a bit steep. Park Jun’s is a chain from Seoul, and it employs fashionable hairstylists who know what they’re doing. I was willing to pay the price because I’m not from the area, but if I were, I’d feel somewhat confident about finding a cheaper, comparable place. After all, in Houston, I’d gotten satisfactory, awesome haircuts from a very kind ahjumma running her own shop; I’m sure you could find a similar, better deal in Atlanta, with its much greater Korean population. IMO Park Jun’s is a relatively safe place to try and get a good haircut if you need an Asian haircut.

I used to go to a place on Buford Hwy before the owner moved to another location. In search of somewhere I could trust my hair with, i did a good amount of research and finally decided to give Park Jun a try.
Cookie (yes that’s her name :)) was my stylist of the day. I needed a good trim and refresh of my hair color. Cookie, together with her assistant took great care of me. She picked out a beautiful color and did an outstanding job with it (given that it was 7 months ago since I last dyed my hair, my hair color was all kinds of messed up).
During the time I was waiting for the color to sink in, Cookie led me to one side of the salon where they had a guest computer. Minutes later, Cookie’s assistant came over with a small bag of chips and a stack of magazines. Sipping the green tea I was offered not long after i walked into the salon, I was impressed by Park Jun’s hospitality.
From dying my hair, washing, trimming, and then to finishing up with a hairstyle, Cookie and her assistant were focused and professional. Cookie was also very patient and took time to teach me some hair styling tricks. And even though I could not speak/​understand Korean, we had no trouble understanding each other.
In addition to their great service, the price was also very reasonable. Would definitely go back to Park Jun again.

I had a bad haircut experience at Park Jun today. Hyun rushed my haircut. I asked for heavy layer, but Huynh said that heavy layer would take too long and said he would only cut medium layer. Even that, he did not do a good job. I left with the same bang and same hair length as I came in with. I showed up on time for my 6 pm appointment and was probably one of their last customers of the day. I understand they were all anxious to go home at that time of the day, but if they did not want to cut hair that late, they should not have scheduled appointments that late. Yes, the hair cut INCLUDING ironing and blow drying took 5 minutes total. This used to be my favoriate hair salon, but I have seen their customer service and quality decline significantly over the past few years as their business gets busy and busier. With this bad experience, I am not sure if I would want to go back there again.

This place used to be good but now it’s okay now. A lot of new stylist without that much experience. Paul cut my hair, didn’t really understand what I wanted and it only took him 5 minutes to cut my hair. Going back again to re-​cut my hair with different stylist this time. I won’t be going back again and my husband too.

I was able to get a $ 50 look, style, and cut for $ 20!!!
Park Jun’s Beauty Lab is a great place to get a cut. A friend recommended it to me and I read the good reviews here at Unilocal and decided to give it a shot.
I got matched up with Paul. I showed him a picture of a style that I wanted. Which was close shaved sides, long bangs… fringe stylish. He did a great job, fading the corners of the head where the top and side meet. Thinned out the top and told me I needed to grow it out longer in order to look exactly like the picture. He did a great job.
Only thing that kept this review from becoming 5 stars was after I got my hair washed and dried. Paul disappeared. He didn’t come back to style my hair or put product in it. Didn’t even say bye. But I didn’t take too much offense to it. It would’ve been a nice touch.
So the biggest point about this place is that you can get a really good cut for a cheaper price than what you normally pay. Also, it seems like the stylists here don’t know how to speak fluent English so I recommend bringing in a picture of a look you want to look like and showing it to them.

I am Brand New to the States, I came from the middle east, and had hard time in finding a very good beauty salon to have my hair cut. Finally I decided to try Park Jun, as it was recommended to me by a Korean lady. I asked for Lisa to cut my hair. She did a great and fantastic job, absolutely like my hair salon in my country. She used a very special way in cutting and took time to complete it, an that is what I need. She is so nice and the other guys are so friendly. I would like to recommend this place to all my friends.

4.5 stars… I’m remembering this place now because I desperately need a haircut and plan on coming by this weekend! There are many reasons why I like this place, so let me count the ways:
1. I have very thick, half wavy/​half straight hair… and a lottttt of it. I’ve seen countless hairdressers and well, I’ve had too many bad experiences because I don’t think a lot of people know what to do with my hair. They just panic. I haven’t had one bad experience here = happy me. Sarah is excellent and not to mention, sweet :) …Hmm and the guy who cuts right next to her is very good as well (I forget his name!).
2. As a Korean, I feel like it’s okay for me to say this stereotype and that is this: Koreans tend to have trouble keeping track of time (like, keeping track of appointments). We actually ditched this other place nearby because the guy made us wait for 45 minutes for our appointment and still didn’t show up! Needless to say, we haven’t had a problem with Park Jun.
3. My entire family comes here and the staff always remembers us and well, everyone likes a personable experience. Yay for customer service.
4. Affordable. At comparable American places, I’ve spent upwards of $ 45 (not including tip)… I spend about half here (not including tip).
5. I guess the only big negative thing is that my Korean is not that great, so communication is a little tricky at times. This is probably why I don’t ever come here alone… but if you don’t speak Korean, it is still possible to get the haircut you want — the staff is willing to listen and figure something out (I’d bring visuals).

Came here once because I love how Koreans cut hair. The place is full of women hairstylists. The service was great and my hair came out looking good, but the only thing is that it is hard for me to communicate with the stylist or carry a conversation. All of the hairstylists only speaks Korean.

So ever since my first review, I’ve been coming here about once a month for my trim. I always ask for the same stylist (Sarah), and she consistently does a good job as she knows how exactly I like my hair done.
You pay $ 25 for a cut that would cost $ 40 or $ 50 at an American place, which makes me happy enough.

So I finally went to Park Jun after doing a lot of research on good Asian hair places. My Korean cow worker suggested that the manager of the place, Lisa was the best stylist there. So, my friend and I made an appointment with her.
Pros of the whole experience was that Lisa was very detailed with both of our hair cuts. My friend had short hair to start off with and wanted to make it even shorter. Though I thought it will be a 5mins job, Lisa took her time to make sure that the styling was right. Also, as the other Unilocalers mentioned, the price was very reasonable ($ 30 for hair cut).
Cons. We both made an appointment for 2oclock and my friend went first. I was waiting for my shampoo while she was getting her hair cut but it never happened because they were too busy. My stylist just sprayed water on my hair to cut it.
Also, most of the staffs there do not speak English. There are some that do that can translate but be ready and bring pictures of how you want the hair to be. I also noticed that for coloring, they use REVLON hair color out of the box. Yes, one of those that you can find at Target. Quite frankly, when I saw that, I was done with this place.
Overall, this is a good place to go to if you know exactly what you want and if you want to got a hair cut for a reasonable price. However, they do seems to follow Korean trend of hairstyle and I was not too crazy about that. After all, I would never go back to this place knowing that they do not use professional coloring, but if you are ok with that, it is not a bad place to get your hair done. Stylists are decent.

I’m surprised to find such a great place in a quiet plaza. The stylists are mainly women and they are very nice. I could tell the lady that cut my hair was very good at what she did. I wasn’t sure of what I wanted but I gave her an idea. She took time to understand what I wanted and when I asked her for a suggestion, she took time to explain to me what she thought would look good on me.
They didn’t have a lot of seating but there was a huge plasma tv. The seats were comfortable and since they give you a drink, waiting is actually fun!
My cut was $ 20. For me, $ 20 isn’t much or cheap but this place is worth a lot more. When I walked in, I was afraid I’d walk home broke.

Park Jun beats Pika Pika and the other Korean hair salons in the metro Atlanta area. The staff treats each customer really hospitably. There are lockers where you can put your purses in while getting your hair done and each person gets her own key. I’m sure there are other salons with that idea but I dunno, it was cute to me. The lady cut my hair exactly the way I wanted it to — all for $ 25.00 including tip ! Pleasantly surprised with my trip & will return here soon.

Here’s the disclaimer: I am a guy. Having said that, I will share my experience at Park Jun Beauty Lab Atlanta, a prominent chain that began years ago in Seoul. Park Jun was a talented stylist in the Myong Don section of the city and became pretty well known in Korea. He cashed in on his name and began opening offices in LA, NYC etc. Of course, he’s not actually cutting hair in the Atlanta office, but his disciples are doing an impressive job. At least on me. First, they slip you into a gown, wash your hair and get you a cup of tea or soy milk while you wait for your turn. The woman who cut my hair wasn’t much of a chirp-​er, which I liked. She consulted me first before snipping away at my straight, black hair, which hadn’t been cut in two months. She did a good job — a lot of layers, just the way I like it. But get this — she began giving a free scalp massage, saying my scalp wasn’t in the healthiest condition. She slabbed some rosemary or minty extract and worked on my skull. It was orgasmic. Pure and simple. The cut cost me $ 18, but I had no choice but to hand her another five bucks. How could I not?