Salon Riz

Adorable place, a bit outside my designated «neighborhood,» but so worth the extra blocks distance. I’ve been there three times since December. I tried it based on positive Unilocal reviews and I confirm them! I have a bob haircut which appears to be a simple haircut to do. Since this is my go-​to style when the alternatives disappoint, I can attest that it is NOT a simple hairdo to do. And i can always tell when something is slightly awry-​it just won’t work! Disclaimer: I am a hair perfectionist. The lovely, patient receptionist listened to my hair neurosis and recommended Claudia to straighten up my imperfect bob.
Great recommendation! Claudia is great! She listened and in short order, razor cut my thick frizzy hair and made it look great. She also managed to easily match my grown out hair color. Because the cut is so good, it is easy to do myself. Got lots of compliments on both the cut and color! I will be back often!

Total happy gateway from a typical Manhattan salon. Walked in and immediately tuned out to a calm and peaceful environment and homey décor that made the time pass by so quickly. Claudia was professional and friendly and gave me a nice layers haircut that was exactly what I wanted!
I will definitely come back and recommend to anyone that is looking for a combination of peaceful experience and professionalism.

Love Mike and Love Claudia! They’re just the best and this is the coolest and best hair salon in all of NYC bar none! Prices are pretty affordable and both Claudia and Mike and the rest of the staff or so fun and friendly and I feel like family there. And of course they give amazing haircuts! Couldn’t recommend this place more.

I came here with high expectations, yet they exceeded my expectations. I expected to have a good haircut. It was not just an awesome haircut, it was a great new experience with those lovely people. Definetly I recommend Salon Riz.

Salon Riz is a cute salon with a great staff. The salon is welcoming, warm, and genuine– not pretentious at all, which I love. They always offer you water, tea, or wine and make your experience pleasant. I’ve been coming to Mackenzie for over a year now and have always been very pleased with my haircut, and they seem to be getting better each time. Additionally, Mackenzie is so nice and I always have a great time chatting with her while I am there. I frequently get compliments on my haircut, which is nice since the prices at Salon Riz are very reasonable. For a 30 minute men’s haircut, it is $ 41, which is a great price, especially since it’s an excellent cut. Compare that to when I went to barber shops in the Village charging $ 28 for a 10 minute hack-​job on your hair. The extra $ 10+ makes a huge difference in the quality of haircut and overall experience.
I highly recommend Salon Riz and Mackenzie. It’s a great value for a great haircut. And sometimes you might see a celebrity, like the last time I was there and had to try my best not to be obvious that I was excited to be sitting next to a Tony award-​winning Broadway star… Be sure to make an appointment. I think they take walk-​ins, but it’s been very busy lately as their business has picked up since they are a great salon.

I found this salon through Unilocal.This was actually the first time I had used the app and I was very happy with the results. Salon Riz came very highly recommended and my experience reflected what the reviews had said. I have had long hair for about 15 years and decided it was time for a change. I saw Claudia who gave me a long bobb and exactly in the style that I had asked for. She knew exactly what to do with my hair before I even showed her pictures of the style I wanted. Cutting 8+ inches off of your hair is a big deal and she did an amazing job! I live the cut and the way she styled it once she was don’t cutting. I will definitely come back and see Claudia again for my next haircut! Thank you!

Great that Mike finally has his own place.
Super nice guy. You not only gain a great hair style, but a new best friend too.
Highly recommend.

I popped in for a haircut on Halloween weekend. The salon was easy to find, had a very welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Claudia was my stylist. She asked me what I wanted, we talked about what would be a good amount to cut off and she got to work. The haircut was pretty quick (which I like!) and at the end, she touched up my bangs in order to make sure they were cut just as I wanted them. I will definitely be back again.

I have followed Mckenzie from two other salons to Salon Riz. She and all of the staff are fantastic. The décor makes this salon seem like a far away destination in Vermont. It’s cozy and relaxed and they always have fresh foods ready for your taking. I need to stop recommending this place to people because it is getting too popular. :)

Hey all… Short and sweet. I spent way too much time trying to decide where to get my hair cut, but Unilocal reviews helped. I am so glad I landed on Salon Riz and met Tony. He was talented, gentle and confident, the perfect match for me. I have thick mid length hair that needs layering and thinning. He knew exactly what to do and I love my hair cut. I will definitely go back!

Cozy, thoughtful salon with incredible staff! I came here with high expectations after a friend recommended Mike and seeing all the amazing reviews. Salon Riz exceeded my expectations in every way.
I came into the salon with long, drab, flat hair. However, I’m an indecisive person sometimes and wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted (i.e., length, style, color etc). I showed Mike an array of hair photos and basically let Mike work his magic. Mike gave my hair color, texture, volume… Basically everything I could’ve hoped for and more.
On top of his skilled scissor hands, Mike really takes time to talk to you and get to know you. So happy with my experience at Salon Riz and will definitely be back!

I went into salon riz with a complete hair emergency. Claudia came to the rescue. She was so sweet and empathetic about my hair situation which was fried in June by being over processed with blonde highlights. It is now severely damaged and falling out. She immediately treated it with pure argan oil and reassured me that my hair will improve with continuous treatments and with time. She gave me a wonderful cut and it looks much healthier now than it did before I walked in. I feel confident that Claudia will be able to nurse my hair back to health. She took so much time with me and I was so grateful for her kindness!

Had a great first experience here! I have long, straight hair that’s easy to work with so I’m pretty easy going when it comes to haircuts. But after an expensive and just plain bad experience at another local salon I was a bit jaded about ever getting another haircut in NYC.
I got my hair cut by Tony who is newer to the salon. He was super friendly, skilled and easy to converse with. Even though my hair is a pretty easy cut I would definitely feel confident going back to Tony for something more complex.
All the other staff were very friendly. The salon has a quaint, homey feel and the price was better than others in the area.

First impression of the salon is that it’s tiny. But as you walk around you see the jar of pastries and the strawberry infused water, and cute décor with the salon’s logo. And then Mike will say hi, make some jokes and tell you you are in good hands.
I got a simple shampoo + cut and blow dry here. My reservation was for 30 minutes but the haircut itself probably didn’t take more than 10. Mike was clearly very skilled. He told me he was going to London in 2 weeks to work at fashion week. I am also really glad that during the cut he asked me for feedback constantly.
There were a few things I wish could have improved though:
1. The shampoo part was the least comfortable experience for my body in recent memory. The chair was probably too low and there was something constantly sticking into the back of my neck. The water was at first too cold and became burning hot after I told the girl to warm it up, and after conditioning it went back to being cold again. She also kept splashing shampoo/​conditioner/​water onto my face and neck and in my eyes…
2. Mike didn’t put any product in my hair to protect it from the heat of blow dry, which I always do at home. But like I said, it’s part of the charm that this place has no frill.
I am definitely going back because I really like my haircut. Plus the price is very reasonable especially for the neighborhood.

Best hair salon I’ve ever been too
Not only is it beautiful, has a charming staff but also received the most compliments for my hair color and cut
Will definitely come back!

Mike made me feel at home! Totally reinvented me and made me feel confident enough to rock a curly, short look (coming from someone who has been wearing their hair long and straight for 8 years). Great cut, great place!

I always look forward to coming in here. The Salon is both bustling and cozy at the same time. Amazing UWS location. Everybody has been complimenting me on my color and it has grown out beautifully since Mike did it a couple months ago. Today Mike cut my hair and waited on me hand and foot. Hospitality at its finest!

Tamara did such a beautiful job on my hair. So much so that another client at the salon asked me to model my new cut for her stylist! She listened closely to my somewhat vague description of what I wanted, and really did an outstanding job.
Best of all, she didn’t try to blow dry my wavy hair out straight, and she didn’t lecture me about dyeing away my gray hairs (these are my two salon pet peeves).
I’ll definitely be back!

Need a fantastic men’s haircut?
Go to Mike.
Full disclosure: Yes, I am another one of the many clients who have followed Mike to his new establishment, but for good reason. When I first came to NYC, I suffered through 4 – 5 other stylists throughout the UWS that were either heartbreakingly unsatisfactory, way overpriced, or both.
Thankfully, I met Mike at one of his prior salons, and was instantly put at ease. I am terrible at communicating what I want in a haircut, but by means of some bizarre magic power he possesses and I do not understand, Mike was able to cut my hair exactly the way I wanted, thereby accomplishing something that many before him had failed to do.
His consistency and just fantastic demeanour has kept me coming back all these years, to the point where I literally tracked him down when he left a previous establishment because I would not settle for anyone else to cut my hair before my wedding. Mission accomplished, wedding photo album saved. Success!
It’s so fantastic that Mike has now finally opened his own place, and it’s amazing to see what he has done with the space. The attention to detail and desire to make his clients as comfortable as possible is undeniable, and believe me: if a guy is willing to go to all this effort to make the space perfect, he will undoubtedly go to that much effort, if not more, to make sure your hair is perfect as well.
Go to Mike!

Every review so far has been particularly about Mike and those that chose to follow him when he decided to open up his own salon in the Upper West Side. After meeting Mike, I can understand why. He is sweet, hard working, and knows what he is doing. I, on the other hand, didn’t know Mike until my first visit at Salon Riz. I followed Mackenzie to this wonderful establishment.
Mackenzie has been styling, cutting, and coloring my hair since I moved to New York 2 years ago. From my first visit, we hit it off with both hair and personality. I think many women always have an idea of what the perfect stylist is and we are always on the hunt to find that one stylist. We seek someone to be loyal to, someone we would recommend to all our good friends, but not to our «frenemies» because we would never want their hair to look as good as our own. Someone that makes you feel comfortable in the chair (especially when considering cut and color changes) and someone that you can chat on and on with. Mackenzie is THAT stylist. She is the ideal and every girls «hair dream.» I get so many compliments on my hair’s cut and color. I walk out of that chair feeling beautiful, confident, and happy.
The atmosphere that Mike has created at Salon Riz also helps with this feeling. Mackenzie’s previous location felt a little «corporate» and generic, but I didn’t go for the location, I went for Mackenzie. Mike has created a cozy community-​like feeling at Salon Riz, where you feel more like a friend or family, rather than just another client. And clearly he did his homework and hired some of the best talent in NYC. One visit to Salon Riz and you will find your permanent Hair Home.