Blo Blow Dry Bar

Blo Dry Bar E 64^th is my favorite place to get a Blo in Manhattan. As a neighborhood UES resident that lives conveniently on 65^th street. I must say that the service is excellent. The salon is always clean and well maintained. The staff is very pleasant and friendly. Lori always warmly greets me when I arrive and I feel welcomed. I have been a customer at this location since the summer of 2013 and have always been very happy with my results. I have had various stylist do my hair throughout these past 3 years. However, there are some notable stylist that I feel have gone above and beyond. My go-​to stylist is Donna, she is very skilled and always knows the right look for my hair. When she does my hair the curls are never too tight, the volume is the perfect amount. All the proportions including silkiness is just right. Another great Blo stylist is Jenny, I especially recommend her if you are looking for a curl that last. When she curls my hair the curl can last an entire week. Overall I am happy with my experiences, so if you are looking for a blow out and happen to be roaming around the UES I definitely recommend Blo. I’ve been meaning to write this review for a long time, but better late than never. I like to pay forward.

Nice place. Made an appointment by phone. Very nice and clean salon with good hair products. Great bouncy blow out. Lasted for days. Ask for Jenny!

Clean place. A friend and myself went in yesterday for our blow out appointments. We had a black tie event at 6pm. After the blow out I looked in the mirror and did not really see any beachy waves as I requested. Pieces were not beachy waves, let alone a curl of any kind. I sat back down and she tried correcting and teasing it for some body (which I also requested). Rather it looked flat and frizzy. Less than an hour after my blow out, it appeared that my hair was blown out five days prior. Not something one would expect. I have easy hair for blowing out and styling any which way. Messaged my issue with blo bar’s website after the event. Received a reply back and was informed contact the blo bar location we were at. Why would I when I did ask for it to be corrected prior initially leaving. Spoke with Emma this morning and she did offer appointments for that day. Human nature kicks in and one would hope propel would be unbiased, but honestly what are the odds. Stated did not wish to go back to the same location. Emma’s offer was so, so, her undertone said it all though. Asked if we could come in Saturday, she offered 9:45am or very late at night. Asked about h other location and she informed no. Called a couple of hours later and inquired with Lori which time slots are available for Saturday. She informs me noon and 5:30pm. Hmm. Possible cancelations transpired. However, when I told Lori who it was after she told me the availability I heard her tone change. Emma called back and left me a voice mail staying they don’t do ‘free’ appointments on Saturdays. HUH. Different story from earlier when she didn’t inform that and did offer 9:45am or bear close. Corporate informs me things as such don’t become escalated at their level. Well, it’s about a location. My question is who handles that. Overall customer service is a an extreme disappontment.

As a salon owner myself it’s hard to find someplace that is worth splurging on something you can do for yourself. But today my daughter and I both had amazing blow outs at Blo on 64^th! I found them using Unilocal and they were the only place on here who could get us both in on a Saturday morning last minute. We couldn’t have been happier! Thank you Blo!

Blowout was not good. I wanted it curly and other professionals have no problem doing it. It hasn’t even been a couple of hours and it’s straight. NOT worth the money at all. So disappointed. I’ll be sticking to either my local place or dry bar from now on.

I booked this appointment because I’ve heard good things about Blo (fast, friendly, no frills, good hair) from friends and the location is near my apartment. I work in PR for a number of prestige hair care brands and should have known better than to go to a new salon but the proximity was too tempting.
I really wanted to love it but I am incredibly disappointed.
It is NYE so I wanted to treat myself to a professional blowout for a really special holiday look. I went in with my naturally straight hair and sat down in the chair for my consultation. She barely looked at me. It was early morning before I had to be in the office and I guess she hadn’t had her daily caffeine dose yet.
I explained that I wanted volume at the crown with big «Victoria’s Secret Angel» loose waves but I gave fair warning that my hair is naturally straight, thick and heavy so holding curls is often a problem.
My hair was shampooed lazily, not behind the ears or along the nape of the neck and the water switched between ice cold and scorching hot. She was completely oblivious. I kindly mentioned when the water was cold and when she nearly burned me I mentioned again only to get an «Oh.»
Once in the chair she faced me away from the mirror so I couldn’t see what was happening. It felt like my hair was being blown straight I asked twice and she said not to worry. I wanted the round brush, with large rollers so the hair could cool and set. Using the curling iron only at the end to lock in the style. I wanted her to tease at the crown to create volume. I wanted BIG hair. I have a masquerade party tonight for New Year’s Eve.
She turned me around and my hair was stick straight. The same way it dries naturally. The same way I arrived at the salon. She then proceeded to curl it with an iron.
When she was done I had loose curls that were pretty… but looked like I did them myself. I literally could have just curled my hair at home with an iron and saved time and $ 50.
There was no blow out with this blow out.
She seemed surprised that I was unimpressed. I told her honestly that I could have created the look myself. There is no volume at the crown she did zero teasing. There is no fullness and bounce. It’s only been two hours and the curls have completely fallen. It is stick straight from the root to about my shoulders with slight bends at the ends.
In a few more hours I predict it will be straight. The way I walked into the salon this morning. I 100% will need to redo it myself if I expect it to look decent for a party that lasts past midnight.

My hair looks terrible and I’m going out to a black tie event tonight. So disappointed. Wish I hadn’t dropped $ 50 here. What a waste. I suck at doing my own hair — but even I can give myself a better blow out than this crap. Thanks for nothing.
Update:
Blo did indeed contact me. They told me my hair looked good, and that I was wrong to dislike it. That is truly dumbfounding in this situation. I’ve worked in the service industry my entire life. The appropriate response in this situation is for the staff to apologize, and ask how the situation can be rectified. The inappropriate response is tell me that my opinion is incorrect. Opinions are inherently subjective — Blo doesn’t get to say that my opinion is wrong. They would have been better off saying nothing at all. At this point, I believe there are also customer service issues at this establishment and sincerely hope they do not contact me again.

I really wanted to love this place. I’d never treated myself to a blow out before and was so excited. Their website is so nice, fresh and inviting. I was excited to chose from the style menu and feel pampered after a long day of work. When I arrived, the receptionist was pretty rude. She seemed annoyed that I had to talk to her when I checked in. Then I waited around for a long time (even though I had scheduled an appointment) and several of the stylists were just sitting around eating pizza and garlic bread. There was trash on the floor and everyone just seemed like they couldn’t be bothered with anything.
The woman who styled my hair was curt and my experience was anything but relaxing. She didn’t show me a style menu like I expected. She just sighed and said as if she was annoyed, «So…what do you want?»
She washed my hair with cold water and kept telling me to RELAX but then wanted me to lift my head up just a few inches and keep it there suspended which made my neck cramp. She only did one wash step (shampoo I’m assuming) no conditioner. Maybe that’s how it’s done in blow bars. I don’t know.
Then she left me in the chair and went over to a style station where she had told me to put my bags. She didn’t say a word to me. No, «Ok, come with me.» or anything simple like that. She just left. I stayed thinking she was coming back or something and I finally sat up awkwardly and she was just staring at me blankly. I made a confused face and she said, «Move your bags now.» I came over to the station and said, «Ok, where should I put them?» And she said, «Um, I dunno… over there.» and pointed to another station chair. Wow. No effort to be kind or make the experience special at all.
The chair I sat in was covered in someone else’s hairs from before. When she began the blow dry, I thought she was going to rip the hairs from my head. She styled my bangs first and they were sticking straight out like a cartoon. She said, «Like that?» and I said nicely, «Um, no, they look stiff, if you let me use the dryer and wet them again I can just show you and do them myself.» I did them so they were swept to the side like I had told her I wear them and she got all huffy and said, «OH. So you want them TOSSLED. You didn’t say that.» I pretty much shut down after that and wanted it to be over. I stared at the pizza trash on the floor and tried not to get even more upset as she yanked my head back and forth hurting my neck.
My hair looked fine in the end, but I was frustrated and felt tense and pissed off instead of relaxed. I don’t get it. I’m going to try Dry Bar next time. Maybe they make the experience feel special. Or even just… normal.

Seriously love this place. I have never had a bad experience. always take me on time and get me out in the time they say when you book. which is pretty important when you have to get back to work or go to an event. All the staff are personable and fun, its like being with friends. unlike other blow out places where you feel somewhat uncomfortable.

This review is for Mariana. I am visiting from LA for a wedding and Mariana was very professional. She did exactly what I asked, she gave me curls that were tight so they would fall perfectly by the time of the event. I got a ton of compliments, the style lasted the whole night. Would definitely recommend her!

The front desk was notified we were running late and had told us we had a 10 min grace period. Which we got there in 8 min. Once we started our hair the bride in our group didn’t get her hair washed because they didn’t have time! Not until we asked and complained did they wash her hair. Then the front desk lady came to me as I was getting my hair dryed saying they wont be able to do the style I want because we were 30 min late, which is a complete lie (which I proved with phone logs). Very rude, did not get the style I wanted because of the front desk. I could’ve done it myself at home. However, my hair stylist was a sweetheart and it was out of her hands.

This was a very disappointing experience. I came in with my mother in law as a treat before a day of shopping. The hostesses were very nice, and so was the girl that seemed to be the manager. However, when it was our turn to get washed and blown out, I was greeted by a stylist who seemed miserable and angry to be there. I told her I wanted the Holly Would (lots of curls and volume) and I left with straight hair that I could have done myself. I’ve been to many blow out salons in NYC and this was by far the most disappointing experience I’ve ever had. I’m not sure if it was just the stylist or if that’s how the place operates, but I won’t be spending money there again to figure that out. It’s a shame we had to start of our fun day with terrible service

To my dismay, Blo Blow Dry Bar was A-​OK in my book.
It wasn’t the best blowout hair experience I’ve ever had.
I came with a group of girls last weekend to celebrate a friend’s bachelorette party. Upon arrival, the receptionist gave all of us a glass of champagne which was nice and sweet.
When it was my turn for the stylist to wash my hair, she barely squeezed all the water out of my hair before having me return to her station. Water was dripping down my back. Note: At least give another towel to dry off.
I feel like there should be actual pictures of hairstyles completed or guidelines on how it would look rather than a picture book of drawn out women with the hairstyles. Also, it would be helpful if there was more of a variety/​selection to choose from.
My hair stylist was nice, but my hair turned out like how I normally curl it. I think the majority of the girls could agree with me that we could have saved the $ 40 for something else but the concept of the blow dry bar was fun and exciting. At least this was a fun activity to have done for a bachelorette party. Will I ever do it again? Debatable.

I was looking forward to trying a new blowout place but unfortunately I wanted to walk out as soon as I walked in. The «stylists» there didn’t look a day over 20 and were sitting in the salon chairs texting when I entered. As my hair was washed I was afraid my clothes would get wet because no cape was used. When she combed out my hair I asked for one because water and hair was getting everywhere. She said all they had was a towel. Not impressed. Cut to one stylist giving another a shampoo and the receptionist applying her makeup at one of the blowout counters as additional customers walked in. She continued to apply while asking them if they wanted coffee or tea while they waited. Overall extremely unprofessional and unimpressed. However the girl who did my hair didn’t do a bad job so I didn’t leave totally unhappy. However I will never go there again.

I wanted to love this place so bad because I work a few blocks away from this location. So I booked an appointment online super easy on Thursday evening because I was having a girls night out Friday. So when I come in the girls were so whatever, no emotions whatsoever. I’ve worked on costumer service for the longest and I know when a place meet those standards. Anyway I didn’t pay mind to that because at the end of the day all businesses have their flaws some days. The girl that did my hair was ok, however she did not know how to straighten my curls properly. I asked for a straight voluminous style, this means the hair FOR SURE has to be straight with volume not FRIZZY looking. To top it all off I asked her to straighten my bangs to the back so it can somehow look decent (obviously if I’m asking is because I’ve done it multiple times before) and she said «I cant do that because your bangs were cut to the side, just let it grow a little more» really?!. So disappointed I just wanted to get out to put my hair back in a ponytail. Which I ended up doing.

Michelle did an absolutely fabulous job with my hair. She was extremely thorough and professional — showing me pictures of previous clients on her iPad to demonstrate the differentiation between «curls» and «waves» to ensure that I was getting exactly what I wanted. She also was very friendly, energetic and welcoming. It was like having my hair styled by my best friend.
My appointment was at 1pm, and when the party I was hosting started at 9pm, my hair still looked like I had just walked out of the salon! I received dozens of compliments all evening, and it even looked fantastic the next day. I’ve been to Dry Bar a few times before and my experiences there have always fallen flat — this was my 2^nd time to Blo and once again I was blown away ;-) I will absolutely be recommending Blo over Dry Bar to all of my friends!

This place is the best! I told my stylist that I wanted a side part because I was going to pin my hair to the side after the blow out. Not only did she do an amazing job, but she pinned my hair up for me. My hair looked amazing, I will definitely be back.

I live on Long Island and work in FiDi, and I had a date after work in the city but didn’t want to go home to change and get ready. After looking around I decided to try out this place and I am so happy I did!
Michelle gave me a fantastic bouncy blowout that gave me so much confidence! She even boosted my confidence while I was in her chair. Michelle definitely added to the whole experience of being pampered and putting me at ease. I’ve already told a bunch of my girl friends to check this place out cause I know they’ll have the same great experience I had.

I feel bad giving 2 stars, but «Meh. I’ve experienced better.» is accurate. And I wouldn’t return given other options.
The booking process was easy. The phone people were friendly. I was offered a drink when I walked in, and also they took me early. And it’s got a super cute outside, complete with their own little bench. And the music is good and poppin’
What I didn’t like– bathroom in the back was jam packed with misc. stock items. The «menu» of hair types was super overused and torn. My stylist didn’t listen to me– instead of volume, I got straight and flat. And the products were no good, so next day I had to wash hair (vs. some places I don’t have to wash my hair for 3 days!). I also got a ton of long black hairs all over me and my bag…
I paid extra for the massage… that was nice, but not sure worth $ 10. Those chairs were was uncomfortable on my neck, and the overhead lights are super bright, so not very calming.

I was a little uneasy at first reading previous reviews, but I am so glad I still decided to give this place a shot. The place was so clean and the staff was very inviting and I immediately was served a complimentary glass of wine.
I always wear my hair straight so my stylist convinced me to try a soft, beach wave which she stated was the most asked for style. All I can say is WOW! I loved how my hair bounced with volume that I have never seen on me before. I will definitely be coming back here!