Alex Barber Shop

Best barber shop in the neighborhood! They take their time and always end up happy with my haircut. I tried a lot of places and they are consistent and professional. Highly recommend it!

Don’t go to this place with your kids. I would always see this place and think that I might take my son there and try. Today, I took him for a haircut and I had my other child in the stroller sleeping. When the owner saw me with the stroller, he didn’t even offered helping at the stairs and was rude from the start. I managed to get inside and when he started to cut my son’s hair, he was so rushed and harsh. My son got uncomfortable by his razor and to be able to comfort him, I tried to stay on his side. The owner who was cutting the hair told me to sit down so rudely and talking in Russian (I think it was Russian) with the other workers and they were so rude and commenting. He didn’t even make any nice contact with my son any smile nothing. I felt so bad for him because he looked so scared. So, I told the owner that we will never come back again and he responded, I don’t care, don’t come again. At the end of the cut, I gave them my card and they told me that they don’t accept cards and it is only cash, oh, well. It was the last thing I needed because I didn’t have enough cash with me. I decided to either go get some cash from an atm or my husband (He was coming towards the area with a cab) so I told them that I will be back with cash maybe from atm. So with my 4 year old and my baby in the stroller I left. I wouldn’t in my life guessed that they followed me! I talked to my husband on the phone to wait for him to get some cash. While we were waiting at a bus station, the two workers came towards me and treated me as I was a liar or something. They were telling me that why I didn’t go to an atm. In few min later, my husband came and gave me some cash and I gave them. No tip as you can imagine. That was some horrible experience…

Consistently a great haircut for a reasonable price. Alex is an old school barber and has trained the younger guys to have his attention to detail. People who have lived in the neighborhood for a few years and tried the other places wind up coming here. My kids love coming along because they always get a lollipop.

I use to go there all the time and the service was ok. Not bad, not great. Then I decided for fun to get a haircut along with my 5 year old daughter. Well, what a mistake that was. They only took 5 minutes to trim my daughters hair and did not even dry her hair. When I asked then if they could dry them they said in a rude way that they are not a salon. Then charged me $ 18 for her miserable cut. I asked why it was so much (mine which took 15 min costed $ 16) and they got got really rude menacing me in front of my daughter. I took off telling them I would never come back while they were gesturing us to get lost. I guess customer service does not exist in their vocabulary.

Small barber shop in Manhattan but nice service and cut my hair very excellent and price not too expensive. I love this spot… Pepsi

$ 16 for a cut? Heck yeah. Isaac gave me a great cut today — best in the neighborhood!

On a whim I decided to try this shop which is in close proximity to my workplace. I was mistaken in this venture. As a person with mixed background my hair texture often poses a challenge for stylist and barbers unfamiliar with its nature. I asked when I entered if they were competent with texture and they welcomed me assuredly. My barber– Isaac, was friendly, polite and prompt. When He finished I couldn’t have been more disappointed. My fade was uneven, and when I asked if he saw what I meant he told me my texture gave the appearance of uneven hair. $ 27.00 total and not a shred of concern, sympathy or apology.

It depends on who you get. If you get the kid, then you’re going to have a good haircut — a great value given the price.
If you get the father, though, you may as well take a weedwacker to your head and save yourself the time. He will not listen to you. Let me repeat that: HE WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOU. You can ask for whatever style cut you’d like (I simply wanted him to take an inch off the sides, and less off the top — the exact words I use at any barbershop), but you’re going to get a very short, choppy (seriously, it looks patchy. I’m not the most vain person, but this is just awful) cut.
The kid is decent, though. I gave it a year, I’m done there. I’ll be free finding somewhere else.

Wanting to get my hair recently on a Saturday. Usually go to Supercuts, but I didn’t like the people working there that day, so started walking the neighborhood, looking for a simple barber shop. Boy, was I glad I did. Saw Alex’s on the side street and walked in. Quiet, simple, with one guy in the chair getting his hair cut by who I think was Alex. Two other barbers (older and younger). I drew the Isaac, the younger. I haven’t been to a traditional barber shop in about 15 years. Don’t know what I’ve been thinking.
For the price, it can’t be beat. But that’s just the start. He was very casual and conversational, asking me why I chose their place, and where I usually get my hair cut. He listened to what I wanted carefully, and did an excellent job with a combination of the razor, scissors and thinning shears. He shaved the back of my neck with a straight razor and used a hot towel.
I think it’s 15 now for a cut, so I left 25, which is still a lot cheaper than just about anywhere else.
Never had a shave at a barber shop, and they have a great shave and cut deal too. Maybe I’ll try that next time.

wonderful as always
shave+haircut+ tip and they have a wonderful quote «YOUR HAIR ALWAYS GROWS SO WE NEVER CLOSE!!!»

It works for me, I consistently get a good haircut here, and occasionally a shave. I am not looking for anything complicated, just a simple haircut.

Shitty job. The son cut my hair. Incompetent. Terrible attitude. Lack of experience. Uneven long pieces of hair all over my head.
You give them instructions, they do the opposite. Cuts with the wrong scissors, doesn’t even wet hair. At some point he ripped hair off. Hope they go out of business.

Not sure why my review was filtered. I had a bad experience with these guys and wrote a legitimate, heartfelt review. Since I last wrote I spoke with yet another parent who was NOT listened to by these barbers when asked not to give, essentially, a crewcut to a small child. They may deserve 2 or 3 stars for adults who want a decent cheap cut. But don’t bring your children here unless you want their hair shaved off. They will pay no attention to what you ask for.

Alex and his team do solid work at a good price. They are friendly, quick and within budget. They aways seem to be busy when I am there, but move quickly and efficiently so that the wait is never long. Alex, the owner, cuts costumers’ hair from the first chair. As for him!

I will not go here again. I asked for a standard boy cut, but they shaved my little boy’s whole head! When I expressed my discontent with the haircut, all four of the men working there felt the need to argue with me, telling me that «everyone» who comes to their shop likes his haircut, so I should «leave» and go somewhere else. In addition, one of them kept on making snide remarks about me and laughing. The barber kept on blaming my son saying it is hard to cut little boys’ hair because they move around, but I told him he just should have told me he couldn’t cut a little boy’s hair. They said I had to pay for the haircut (which I did), but that I didn’t have to pay tip. I know his hair will grow back, but I just thought this was a very rude way to treat a customer. They told me his shaved head was good for the hot summer, his hair will grow back, and I should just come back in a few weeks and they will do a good job then. I don’t think so. Now I know why there is no wait here, and why Juanito’s is so popular.

please don’t go to this place, do not understand what you would to do — and nor do they care. This is a cheap place with bad quality tools and rude barbers. You should really stay away.

Stay away from this place. They simply do not listen. I went twice because they are close to where I live. I figured I would give them a second chance yesterday. This haircut was even worse than the first. I tell them I simply want a light trim. Before I know what hit me, I look like shit.
Go to the guys at Elite on Amsterdam. I lost them when they moved. Great haircut at pretty much the same price as Alex.

This is a cheap local barber shop where you get what you pay for.
They don’t listen to instructions half the time. If you are lucky you get out with a decent cheap cut, if not you might leave looking like you’re leaving for basic training. I’ve had one bad cut too many and will not be back…

Alex Barber Shop is a really solid simple place to get a haircut in the Upper West Side.
For $ 12 you can get a great haircut from some guys with an accent so thick you will probably have a hard time understanding. I’ll admit they aren’t as friendly and chatty as folks at a salon but you’re also not paying salon prices so there you go. They certainly aren’t hostile, they just cut the hair and that’s it. They give me a good haircut in about 10 minutes I would say (but I basically get a crew cut so that’s an appropriate time frame).
They also offer straight razor shaves which one of these days I will try.
Basically it’s an old-​fashioned barber shop in this world of Supercuts and other such chain salons. If you’re looking for a quick cheap haircut check them out, and if they do a bad job? As my mother would say every time my brother or I did something stupid with our hair «It’s just hair, it will grow back.»

The place is staffed by a couple of older gentleman. The place is a bit old school, but all in all its worth the current $ 12 for a mens haircut.