Roy at The Cutting Room

Recently switched from a big name chain of men’s hair salons to try out the Cutting Room and was not disappointed! I couldn’t be happier with the friendly and quality services Roy provided. Not only was pricing good, but the hair cut was exactly what I asked for. Roy is very personable and makes the experience a real joy. I’ll definitely be back and look forward to it. Would recommend to anyone looking to get out of the big name franchises and try something new. The best part, not getting hair products shoved down my throat!
Thanks Roy!

I was pretty excited about my first trip, as I was desperately seeking a «go-​to» barber in my new neighborhood. Visited on a Thursday during normal business hours and the door was locked without any note of explanation outside. Waited for around 30 minutes, knocked, tried calling, etc. to see if someone was just late for work or out to lunch, but ended up leaving. Everything seemed a bit odd. Lights were all on and blinds opened, one car parked right out front (with a dog in the back seat and all windows closed) as if employee was there, but no luck!

Roy is an excellent barber. His attention to detail is outstanding. I’ve been coming here for almost a year now and can’t even think of getting a hair cut or beard trim anywhere else.

First off: The Cutting Room is a weird little place. «Walk-​ins welcome!», a sign in the window says. So I walked in and was confronted by… walls? There was an empty waiting room and no greeting party, but it appeared that a collection of barbers/​stylists just might await in private rooms on either side of a hallway leading to the back. So I headed back, passed a bunch of closed doors, got that Maybe you shouldn’t be here sort of feeling, turned around and —
«May I help you?»
Um, sure, guy! Just looking for that Welcome. For the walk-​ins, you know, like on the sign.
About a half-​hour later I had what appeared from my vantage point to be the best haircut I’d ever received. So that was nice.
I still don’t quite get The Cutting Room’s deal, but I DO get Roy the Barber’s deal: for a few dollars more than something like Supercuts you get an exceptionally attentive, almost impassioned haircut. Roy clearly takes great pride in his craft — you know that even if the client-​cutter telepathy doesn’t quite yield the results you envision, you’ll definitely at least walk out looking GOOD (hairwise).
In my experience, though, the telepathy is spot on: I let my hair grow for 3 months and then get it cut back, so it’s not like the guy ought to remember exactly what worked last time. But he pretty much does. It seems to involve a degree of layering and attention to the weirdnesses of my bangs (fringe?) well beyond what I’ve had at the numerous other barbers I’ve frequented. And my hair ends up growing out evenly and hanging naturally with no interference. Which is what I want, because if I had to mess with my hair I would not have time to write overly long Unilocal reviews.
One other thing: for just $ 28, Roy delivered as sublime a straight-​razor shave as I can imagine existing. At least six different hot towel wraps, two lather/​shave cycles, massaged-​in aftershave gel, even a steam machine going in the background… yeah, some high-​falutin’ oldtimey shop out there probably can one-​up the experience. But for $ 28? I’m ready to wager against it.