Sand Canyon Barber

I have been coming here since I moved to Orange County 5.5 years ago, and I often drive a little out of my way to come here. It is a rather easy place to get your haircut. I have had my hair cut by 4 – 5 of their barbers over the years, and for the most part, I’ve always been happy. I think a lot of people come to Unilocal to gripe, and it is rarer for them to come here and leave a positive review. Of course, everyone has very particular opinions on how they want their hair to be, and I also know that my hair sometimes takes a week or two to grow out to the point where it is exactly the way I like it. I will be moving soon further away from South Irvine, and I guess I may have to find a place a little closer to me, but I will return here anytime I am in the area!

This is my 6^th time here for haircuts. Great service, great skills. At 63, I have had haircuts for decades and have always been critical of where I go for it. At this place, I have been a happy customer every time. I would recommend this place to any of my friends. Find Tom in particular. He is the corner chair on the right.

Went there today and was pleased by the décor and friendly atmosphere.
The haircut was great.

Do not waste your time and money here
There is nothing worst then a bad haircut.
I told the guy 4 times not to cut it short and of course he did.
How hard is it to give a regular men’s haircut.

This place sucks! Wish I could give it ZERO stars. I came in with my son today. Tried calling ahead to make an appointment, but they don’t take appointments– walkin only. Got there and there were 3 people waiting. (2 people working) I asked if I needed to sign in — I was told there was no need for that and we were 2^nd in line. Just then 2 other barbers came in, as did 3 other customers. We waited and waited, while everyone was helped BUT us. After an hour of waiting, we walked up to the chair as the barber, Neal, finished up with a customer. Just then another customer walked up to the chair as well. I said I was next, but he got upset and wanted to be helped right away. The barber, Neal, asked us if he could help him first, but I said no because we were there first and had been waiting about 30 min longer. Well that turned into a HUGE explosive temper tantrum by the other guy. Yelling and cussing in front of my kid. Meanwhile the barber said nothing and said he couldn’t remember who was first and so on. After the man left he remembered that we were first. after 5 min, the man came back to keep yelling and cussing at me my AND my 5 year old son. The barber still said nothing to the irate customer. He actually tried again to get me to let the man go first. Customer service here sucks. I won’t be back.

Don’t go to this place. They have one really good barber (older Asian guy) but they have terrible customer service. And they charge $ 1 extra to pay with debit/​credit for haircuts that already cost $ 19.
I wanted to wait for my barber and was push off repeatedly to some lady. They kept saying how slow he was, blah blah blah. Terrible experience. I left without getting a haircut.
Hopefully he moves and takes his customers.
Avoid this «barber shop»

Where did Theresa go? She does a great job. Tiffany is great too! Both are able to give great haircuts. My 7 year old loves the place and I do to. I don’t understand all the negative reviews unless your way too Irvine… er, I mean picky about your haircut.

STAY AWAY! There is a reason this place got so many negative reviews.
After checking Unilocal and seeing all of the bad reviews of this place, I was very hesitant. I went anyway because I was in a hurry and it is very close to my job.
I am beyond disappointed. I should have listened to my fellow Unilocalers.
This is by far the worst haircut I have ever received. They can’t even do a simple buzz cut right. There are uneven patches of hair all over my head. I was rushed in and out, and they did not listen to a word I said as I told them what I wanted on my head.
Save your time and money, there are much better barbers in Irvine.

Very nice place and you get a good cut at a good price. Been going there since they opened and its always been a pretty consistent experience (much more so than competitors in the same price range — the turnover in those places is really high). Recommended.

Want to mess up your hair and pay money for that? This is the right place. Tiffany mistakenly shaved my sideburn and asked me to pay the whole amount when she was done even though she messed up my hair really bad! She thought I’m Iranian and said bad things about iranian and how cheap they are! (I’m not iranian) I will try to post a pic of my hair! Pay more for the place next door and save your hair!

Barbers don’t listen to what you request and somehow saying a quarter inch off the top means an inch and a half. Spent 45 minutes here and still walked out with an awful haircut. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone who plans to be seen in public in the weeks following their trip here.

Rude and bad service and haircut. This girl that called Tiffany is very rude and have no ethics when dealing with customer. Never going back to this barber shop again

I have a 2 and a 4 year and they’ve always taken extra special care with them! They do a great cut no matter who you go to. Fast, no appt, reasonably priced. Easy! I love this place!!! Will keep coming back for years to come :)

This place doesn’t even worth one star!
I’m so frustrated with this barber shop; The owner is very rude, argumentative and has ‘ZERO’ Customer Service. Tiffany the owner as I learned from the other workers has no experience in cutting kids hair and has ‘NO’ clue of business ethics.
Tiffany was so mean when moving my sons head around while she was cutting his hair and she was also giving him an attitude and talking to him very rough.
She did a terrible job on his hair and when I asked her to cut it shorter to fix it she had a total attitude telling me that my sons hair is wavy and there was nothing wrong with the hair cut. When I requested her partner to adjust my sons hair because she was busy, she refused and told me that I had to pay again or call the police if I don’t like it. While she was adjusting his hair, she started talking loud with a total attitude… I asked her politely to stop talking and finish what she started.
When she was done, I asked for her name and license number but she refused to give me the license number and thats when she became really RUDE with her tongue.
Unfortunately this was not my first time at this !#^%?&@$ place and all the guys I usually cut my hair with where on vacation. This woman’s attitude was miserable!

Finally found a great barber shop. I recently relocated to Irvine and have tried a few shops with no success. I stopped into Sand Cannon Barber shop and was lucky enough to find Tiffany. She is awesome! I got the perfect hair cut and she has a new customer for life.

I have never been more ill treated in my life. The worst service ever. I will never return. RUDE!!! No sense of good customer service… outright embarrassing! !!

Not a fan. The staff was totally rude. I was on the receiving end of a seriously dirty look after trying to tell the hairdresser how I wanted my daughter’s hair cut. The haircut was nothing special. The kicker was being overcharged. After giving them a coupon for $ 2 off, they said the total was $ 14. Now I read here that the normal price for a kids cut is. $ 14. Either their prices when up, or they overcharged us. Bogus.

They charge $ 1 if you use a credit card so in return I took off $ 1 off my tip. The cut was good, lots of fancy moves that did not do a thing. The haircut is overpriced on purpose to cover for customers not tipping. The added $ 1 for credit card purchases is the worst business plan ever. You end up with crappy reviews on Unilocal.Customers always remember the last part of the experience and most likely they won’t return.

First and foremost, this is not a barber shop. This is important because some people actually like to go to barber shops.
I’ve gone to Sand Canyon Barber twice and have gotten my hair cut by two different guys.
I focus on three things when I go somewhere to get a haircut — cost, time and quality.
Cost — $ 20 for a simple men’s haircut. Not bad considering the area.
Time — Fairly long. Don’t come here expecting a quick haircut. I think the first time I came it took them almost an hour to trim my hair. I think it takes a while because the stylists are really into their art. They’re focused and mostly quiet.
Quality — Great! I’ve never had a stylist cut my hair and put product (Crew?) in it and THEN show me and ask how it looked. But dangit, it looked good!
I’d give them 5 stars and make this my regular spot if I could get in and out quicker on weekdays. I think I’ll keep looking around but I’m sure at some point I’ll be back.

Not very unique, but a decent haircut for a fair price. About the equivalent of supercuts.
I came in for a quick lunch haircut. The haircut wasn’t very quick and my stylist (yes, not barber) barely spoke to me. Looking at the menu, I was daunted by the fact that mustache trim and facial wax were both listed, but I guess there’s nothing wrong w/​a progressive barber.
Other than that, it was a solid haircut.