HairPlaceNYC

Bought a groupon deal and Maki did a great job on my hair cut and highlights. I wasn’t sure what color I wanted for the highlights and went along with her suggestion but I am so glad that I did. She is so knowledgeable and I love my highlights and hair cut as well. She made me feel very comfortable and overall I had a great time with her! Make sure you make an appointment with Maki. She is awesome!

Alex was super sweet & great at fixing my hair.
I found this place through Groupon & then did my research on Unilocal to see how well liked the stylist were. We all know NYC has a thousand so-​so stylists and to be honest, I’m tired of the so-so’s. I needed a cut & color bad. It was a choppy, shoulder length mess with some brown color that was fading & showing the previous ombré look that didn’t look ombré any longer. The ends were damaged & a frizzy mess & I just felt helpless.
So I walked in & was greeted warmly by Andrew the owner who gave me a brief consultation. He’s laid back & nice. He recommended me to Alex & she was great, personable, and easy to talk to. She took her time, which I love. No1 should rush a haircut, just saying.
Anyway it’s an awesome cut & as close as possible to the picture I showed her. I would recommend her with no doubt. I’ll be back.

Hair place is great. Andrew is so patient and makes sure that you are happy. I am a chemo patient and I bought 2 wigs that I love. I had a small issue with one of the wigs after purchasing and I sent it back and they repaired it quickly at no cost. No questions asked. they have a great selection too. I had bought a wig at a different place before I found hair place and I hated the way it looked. I went back for a hair cut and they charged me $ 80. When I brought one of my wigs back to hair place for a haircut they did not charge me. I highly recommend hair place especially for wigs.

Great color, cut and blow dry! Went in for a change and Tenzin gave me just what I needed. I love my swooping bangs and long layers — thank you!

I woke up one morning to find a patch of hair gone. Mortified and devastated as more hair fell out, I had to get a wig. I didn’t know where to go and took a chance of the Hair Place. It was so easy to get a reservation online and the initial consult was complimentary. Alex was my stylist and she was kind, helpful and knowledgeable in getting the right piece for me. The consult was in a private room, a small room but none the less private. I am happy to say I have been back since for a haircut with Alex, well, more like trim as my hair is growing back now.

These people were so insensitive to my friend and there was no basic explanation at all. One would hope that someone newly diagnosed with cancer, about to lose their hair, would get treated well and gently and the different options explained clearly. Instead, someone who it seemed knew nothing about wigs put us in a tiny hot closet and just started putting wigs on my friend. No explanation of the options. Then someone else who knew what they were doing a bit more helped out and she was a bit more helpful, but still. My friend knew what she wanted, and they weren’t even listening to her. At the end, the owner finally talked to her only to give her his card to hand to her nurses. It’s a rip off. These wigs shouldn’t be this expensive, and for people with cancer, I found them very unhelpful and really just ripping off the insurance companies. We didn’t end up getting a wig. She didn’t get ANY wig since she didn’t want a repeat of this experience somewhere else.

Andrew was so helpful and kind in helping me select my wig. He explained the difference in styles, real v synthetic hair, how to maintain the wig, etc. A caring individual, he made a fraught process into something that was enjoyable. And the product — I’ve gotten nothing but praise for my wig. Everyone I encounter says it looks real, and the color and style are flattering for me. I’ll certainly be going back for any wig needs. Thank you Andrew!

Found this place through Groupon over a year ago and have been coming back ever since. Maki is great and goes above and beyond to make sure you’re pleased.

Hairplace NYC is an extraordinary hair salon with a heart. My mom met with Andrew as she just started Chemotherapy. Andrew truly understands the sensitivity surrounding this difficult time and gives his customers real attention. His products are exceptional from wigs, eyebrows, and hair extensions. He is the reason I went back to his salon to get extensions for my wedding. Alexandra talked me through all hair extension options very professionally. I was thrilled to go back 2 weeks later to get cut and glaze. She even clipped in my extensions to get the full effect of my wedding hair. One of the best experience I’ve had at a salon.

Amazing salon. Got my hair colored for the first time here and I was really happy with the results. Alex my stylist was so friendly and answered all of my questions. Recommend to all.

Absolutely love Maki. I’ve known her since 1998. I’ve been pretty much following her whenever she goes. Her personality is awesome, but yet her color and cut skills are way beyond awesome. You can’t ever find someone like her. I totally depend on her when comes with my hair. Trust me. You won’t get disappointed.

This place is amazing. I’m incredibly picky & they’ve been wonderful from the moment I walked in the door. Customer Service is fantastic. The shop is lovely as well as convo entry located to the 4,5,6. And every single person was great… but specifically Alex.
Alex is the best!!! I can’t praise her enough. I wanted a complete over haul and she gave me exactly what I was looking for with minimal direction. She quick, efficient, sweet & I absolutely love her. I’ll def be back.

My review is especially for Alex, at Hair Place. She’s wonderful!
I was having a hair emergency related to my out of state wedding, and Alex pulled together hair extensions for me in basically NO TIME. She knew I was anxious, on a short timeline, traveling out of state (did I mention anxious?!), so she even came in on her day off to get me straightened out.
Hair extension are expensive! However, I researched a few different places, and the cost was the exact same, down to the dollar. So, I figured I’d go with the person who made me feel most comfortable. Alex. Alex. ALEX! I have no hesitation recommending her to anyone, not just for hair extensions, but for a haircut and blowout, too. She trimmed my extensions (bc I didn’t need to be Rapunzel!), then curled it with just the right amount of wave. She was also very quick about it, too. My extensions were the clip in, so not a terribly prolonged procedure.
Alex also went out of her way to ensure I had the right color extensions. We spent some time picking the color (then you place the order and they arrive in about a week). Well, since it was getting close to my wedding, I had gone tanning. My skin was slightly darker, and my hair was slightly lighter. Alex to the rescue! She dyed some of the extensions so we had just the right match. Amazing! I think it actually looked even better bc with subtly highlighted extensions, the hair was multidimensional and looked extremely natural. This was already 100% human hair, btw.
A+ for Alex! :)

I love this place! Alex has cut and dyed my hair twice, and she does a great job. The color is exactly what I wanted and lasts forever. She’s also very attentive and willing to discuss what you want with you. Thanks, Alex, for my new hair!

Maki is great, I get people asking me «who does your hair»? And she has a personality to kill. I wouldn’t go anywhere else. If you meet Maki, you will be addicted!
Jerry M

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December and started chemo in January…
When me hair started to fall out, I went with Andrew searching for a wig…
Out of my experiences during this difficult time, meeting Andrew brings a smile to my face. He has been one of the kindest, warmest and most compassionate people i have known. He truly understands that this is a difficult time and he cares… Thank you Andrew for being such an incredible human being.

In my first go-​round with breast cancer, people helped me believe that losing my hair, and playing with wigs was a good thing — I would get better, and my hair would grow back. Sadly, I found, at the onset of my hair coming out in clumps, many of the shops catering to cancer patients, were often filled with opportunists preying on patients’s hearts, minds, and pockets. I did find one fairy godmother of the local wig world, and she helped to turn my lost hair, into something fun. But, she was in NJ.
What I also didn’t know back then, was that the wig was not only part of the uniform, but coloring and styling were supposed to be part and parcel of it. I was wild eyed, young, and innocent.
My hair did grow back, lush and thick within a year. I went on to play with its color. My hair was so full and wavy, often I was asked if I was wearing a wig…
Flash forward to this Xmas. For more than two years, I was living with Stage IV breast cancer with my own hair on treatments that didn’t damage it. This year’s Xmas present was different — a call from my radiologist warning me to act fast — the cancer had spread in a month’s time all over my liver. I had little time to think about side-​effects, only treatment.
Soon I was on chemo, choosing one that promised only to cause hair-​thinning, not loss. Within weeks, I went into self-​image dis-​repair. Oops, they did not tell me all the side-​effects, including alopecia in 90 percent of the cases. My hair began slowly shedding all over my sheets and clothes. In the depths of this freezing winter, I was chasing wigs from both Harlems (Spanish and a 125^th St.), to the Wig District near Penn Station, before branching over in drips and drabs to stores for cancer patients. And, a few of them were without as much mercy, as I faced years before, if not a little worse.
It was tough to choose the right wig, it was not for fun, anymore. The cheaper synethetic wigs had caps that made my scalp itch, or would frizz up. Because of the extent of the cancer, I could not be consoled that my hair would ever return. I could not stop treatment.
It was at this point, someone made me an appointment at Andrew DiSimone’s NYC Hair Place. Andrew assigned Tenszin. For one of the first times in my recent journey, I could try on as many wigs as I would like in private, take pictures of how they looked, and be reassured by the stylist of somehow finding the right one. She was so very patient, even when I could not make up my mind.
Several days later, Tenszin called me with a great surprise. Andrew has several secret boxes for patients without insurance, and he let her hunt through them. On a Friday, the 13^th, I was gifted with a recycled, hand-​knotted, real European hair wig! IT does not scratch me, I am a little scared of hurting it, but it is beautiful, and I look beautiful in it, too. It was such, an unexpected and special gift at what seems like the darkest point in my life. In exchange, all Andrew asked was a kind word in a Unilocal review.
I did purchase the eyebrow wigs, and they were applied. They are, also very comfortable, and look amazing. I even show them off to people, who examine them in amazement. I watched another stylist apply hair extensions to a client who just wanted longer hair without the hassle. All in all, this place is a terrific salon serving all types of clients from healthy to ill with the same respect and goal to make a client look as lovely, or handsome as possible.
My dearest thanks and blessings to all at the NYC HairPlace! XOXOXo

This place is worth 6 stars, got my highlights, haircut and style done. I bought the groupon deal and i was afraid if i was going to be treated differently as compared to the customer who pay the full price. All my fears were gone after the first 20 minutes i spent there. Great customer service, very happy with their work. I would highly recommend this place. Definitely going back.

A little dirty and the color they gave looked very unnatural on me despite asking for a natural and thin highlight.

Got the Best. Highlights. Ever. last Saturday at Hair Place NYC with Suzie.
This place is a gem; also a relaxed, friendly environment.