Mitsu Sato Hair Academy

Always love to leave a good review, as it seems most customers come to Unilocal to post only the bad! Want to give a thanks to Devin and Russell for excellent customer service via phone! Both were knowledgeable and pleasant to deal with! Furthermore, id love to give kudos to Michelle for giving me a great haircut, the first since just before thanksgiving last year (sad, I know!) I loved her personality and she totally understood my difficult desire for perfection! I highly recommend her! Loved her so much I’ll be back later this week for a color with her! The instructors were great too and were sure all customers left satisfied (tho I will say Michelle rocked it even prior to instructor check!) Plus, you can’t beat the price! Don’t be turned off by the fact it’s an academy where they are learning! Seems to me they’ve got excellent teachers, making excellent stylists! Thanks guys!

Last time I came I had a girl named Hannah and she was great! This time I had a boy named Spencer and his mom as the instructor and they gave me a haircut that I hate!!! I will not be coming back!

Absolutely phenomenal people, most fantastic service, absolutely terrific stylist!
They have awesome hours. Fantastic prices. Their consultations are just out of this world. We’ve used them for several years to do all of our models for runway shows and they are always always praised on just how wonderful their hair is.
Yep that’s right, in case you didn’t notice, we just can’t say enough about this absolutely most terrific hair school and all the staff and their ability to consistently train phenomenal stylist. This place will rock your world.

I checked on Unilocal and found this hair school academy. The price is so good so I think I can give it a try. After all, it’s definitely worth it! Amy was very careful to do my haircut. I showed her three hair style picture. She and supervisor discussed with me which one is the best. When she did haircut, she have questions she asked supervisor. From washing hair, cutting hair and blow dry, it took me about two hours. Not bad. I’ll probably go there next time if I need haircut.

I saw Josie and she worked a «hair miracle». I had been coloring my own hair with color from Sally’s for years. I thought my hair was fine and it was, «okay» but Josie made my hair great! She colored my hair, placed subtle highlights, nothing crazy but the health of my hair afterwords – it’s glossy and shiny. That’s the biggest change.
People everywhere are commenting on my hair. No more ponytails :)

Students start the cut and Mitsu himself came by to review and refine everything. It looked great. Thanks.

Great value! They listen and care about what you want. Students are constantly supervised and all their choices and steps are coordinated by the instructors! Because they learn they pay lots of attention. The only disadvantage is the students are typically slow. However the service is affordable and totally worth the time.

I went to Mitsu Sato on a recommendation of a friend and was quite surprised and really overwhelmed after I left. I had a young girl named Ashley take such great care of me. She did my roots and touch up along with a cut, i look 10 years younger! I highly recommend this hair academy and look forward to returning next month.

I was so happy to find this place! The staff is awesome and the students always do the best job possible. Sometimes it takes a little longer than I’m used too, but it is a school and that is to be expected. I’d rather a student take their time and do a good job, plus the money you save is well worth the time. I’ve never had a bad experience, and the one time I wanted something corrected they were happy to help me with it and it turned out great! For the service and the price, you really can’t beat it!

I’ve come here several times and have always been pleased with the results. My fine hair requires a firm hand in order to hold any kind of shape — and the students here do a great job at delivering a cut that works with my hair type.
Yes, as mentioned in other reviews, the stylists here take their time. This joint is not for someone who wants a quick, in-​and-​out appointment and as they are students, I can make my peace with that. I have no problem with the instructors being actively engaged and making suggestions or the students asking questions as my head is being worked on. In fact, I encourage it. I get the results I want at an extremely reasonable price, they get to learn, and I simply have to invest a little more time.
On my last visit, I saw Ashley and she did a great job with my cut. I have to hand it to her though — my highlights are amongst the best I have ever had. Blonde highlights are hard to pull off without looking streaky and mine look amaaaaazing. Thanks so much, Ashley!

The quality of the cut was fine. I’ve had better and I’ve certainly had worse. I’ve never had a school that took *this* long for any haircut, though. You have to plan on at least 2 – 3 hours. For me, that’s a deal breaker.

I have had a few cuts here ever since i found out about their services from one of my cousins. I came in today and got a cut from Ramona. It was the best cut i’ve had here, ever. She works clean and she did exactly what I wanted and maybe even better. Thanks!

I was very pleased with the single process color and the bang trim I received. The trim of my actual hair, however, has got my stomach in knots. I was very adamant that I wanted about an inch of dead ends trimmed off. When the stylist suggested two inches, I repeated that I’d be more comfortable with one inch…1.5 at the maximum. Everyone (including the instructors) was oohing and ahhhhing over my style when it was done and I felt great. That is, until I noticed that instead of the 1.5 inch maximum I indicated, my hair had been cut at least 5 – 6 inches. I am absolutely devastated!!! :(

Pros: LOVE my haircut, LOVED my hair stylist, LOVED the price.
Con: It took 2 hours and 45 minutes to give me a medium length A-​line cut with bangs. They are students after all. I was late to work. To be fair, I didn’t tell them that I needed to be at work at noon since it was a 9:45am appointment– I just figured that was PLENTY of time.
Conclusion: I will absolutely go back, but not on a day when I have work scheduled within 3 and a half hours of haircut start time.

I have been a client at the neighboring school (which I won’t say the name, but their initials are P.M.) for over 2 years when my good friend was attending school there. She graduated and moved on to another career field. Kept going to the other school, and the services just kept getting worse and worse. They really dropped the ball this last time, and I was looking for another school (I’m on a budget and can only afford school services) to correct the horrible color boo boo that I had.
I have got to tell you that Mitsu Sato Academy is totally the most awesome place in my book now! The stylist looked at what I had, asked what I was wanting, we talked, and then she went and got her learning leader who was a color expert. We all talked about what I wanted, and the consult was a nice amount of time. Even before any color was applied to my hair, I knew that the end result was going to be excellent. The stylist did a great job of applying color evenly, and constantly was checking with me to make sure I was doing o.k. while she worked. She was very tidy in her work, and made sure she cleaned any color that got on my skin quickly so that it did not stain my skin (I really appreciated that because, once it dries it doesn’t come off easily). Mitsu himself, came over and looked at her work and offered a few suggestions on application. I felt very honored that a salon master would care that much about his students work, but this guy REALLY does.
The color turned out wonderful! Oh, I felt so much better about myself that I didn’t have to walk around with orange streaks in my hair anymore. I mean, if you like orange streaks, and want orange streaks, good for you. I’m 54 though, and I cannot rock orange streaks like some of the younger crowd. My gray is gone, my hair is a beautiful chocolate brown with a hint of red tone in it. It is fabulous.
A wonderful job, by a wonderful young lady, and overseen by a master. What more could I ask for. Well, I’ll tell you. Like I said before, I’m on a budget, so I was a little worried about how much this was all going to cost when the time came to «pony up». And, I didn’t mention before that I had taken my daughter with me to get her bangs trimmed, so I knew that was going to add on to the cost. My jaw dropped as I found out that all services (including the extra bowls of color required for my very thick, course, hair) cost significantly LESS than at the other school. And the quality of work was by far much better. I am very impressed with this little school, and I am going to tell all my friends about it. And, of course, I will be going back myself from now on!

I’ve been here twice for full highlights, and have left both times completely impressed!
I have really thick, curly hair, so I know it’s a huge pain for stylists to do full head of highlights, but they never complain, and always do a great job! It might take an extra 30 – 60 minutes compared to getting it done at the salon, but for ¹⁄₃ — ¼ the price, it is SO worth it!
The students are very nice, the instructors walk around constantly checking out their work, and the students aren’t afraid to ask questions when they’re a little unsure (which makes me feel a lot more comfortable letting them work on my hair!).
I would definitely recommend coming here for highlights/​color jobs — even if you’re not necessarily looking for bargain hair, because it still looks like you went to a fancy salon.

First I will just say, I could have done a much better job on my hands and feet. Had I known what I was in for, I would have stayed home and whipped out the polish myself.
There was maybe 20 colors to choose from, all mauves, pinks or oranges. NOT my favorite colors. I chose a red-​ish color and proceeded.
They used the cheapest products and equipment available. The pedicure was done in an office chair with a plug in foot bath with a board on top with some towels. The girl did a very sloppy job putting on the polish with streaks and clumps everywhere. I had an instructor come by and I informed her of the shoddy work and she had the girl fix it, but it still looked horrible. I just wanted to get out of there. For my «manicure» my nailbeds got butchered. I opted for no polish, but a clear coat. She only covered about ²⁄₃ of each nail with the clear polish. It still looked like crap and I just wanted to get out of there. I talked to the receptionist and she rescheduled me to fix it tomorrow (at no cost), but I don’t know how badly I want to go back in.

YES. Finally found an affordable place to get my bangs trimmed and to treat my dried ends to some delicious deeeeeep conditioning!
Love that fact that they’re a smaller school really focused on turning out quality students. Instructors are constantly checking in on students. Joseph was great at giving me a consult before jumping into chopping off all my bangs (oh yes, I’ve had the horror of that happen to me before), and took a good look at my hair before deciding what type of conditioning to slap on. I like that he also didn’t skimp on the conditioning product. My hair will literally slurp up all conditioning treatments, so he had to mix up 3 bowlfuls of that good stuff!
Overall, very satisfied. Yes, it does take a bit longer than traditional expensive salons, but just keep in mind you’re helping students further their education, and they’re really devoted to giving your hair a good ol time here. Me and my mane will be baaaaaack.

Shew… Maybe Saturdays just aren’t good days to have pedicures.
So, I thought students might be forced to do a great job since they are like graded, right? Not to mention, 15 bucks is petty good for a pedicure. So I thought.
I might have added to the disappointment because I cut my own nails a few days prior to the appointment. I just feel like they shouldn’t have to do that. However, I guess I cut them too short because when she filed them they became painful. I won’t fault her for that… that was probably my doing. She did make some small talk whilst messing with my feet. Not too much though, that was nice. Everyone else was just wandering around randomly, but loudly singing along to the pop music that was playing. No one wanted to be there, it was obvious. But hey, it was Saturday.
Anyway, the setup was just a water bucket in front of a desk chair. I expected more from such a fancy named place. The colors to pick from were pretty weak, most of them were orange. Approximately 20 bottles of mismatched sizes and brands all dumped in a box and they let you sort through them.
The actual painting of the toes was disappointing. Paint on my skin. not a lot but still — for a grade, right? Streaky, uneven color. Also, she didn’t do that trick where they do an upstroke on the end of the nail to coat the tip as well. They don’t have a drying station… they let you sit for a while and do a finger test to see if you are dry. They can’t even afford one drying lamp? Isn’t the owner rich?
I really feel like I could have done a better job. As much as Avante seemed impersonal, I would recommend their service if you needed your nails done for a special occasion.
Don’t be like me. I will probably have to repaint before the impending wedding… frickin’ frackin’ bridesmaid.
Call me crazy, but I’m still going to try their hair service. I think they pride themselves on hair, not nails. For 11 dollars, I’m willing to find out. (I’m a sucker).

I shall agree with David A.
I fully expected to walk in here, get a marginal haircut, walk out crying, then get it fixed at a 5-​star place on Unilocal.
Let me just start off by saying, I’m kind of a cheat. I’ve gone to the same salon for the past 10 years. The people that own the place are great. I love them to death and have gone there the whole time I lived in NYC, Boston, then even made an appointment when I flew back home from KC this past fall. I tried to make an appointment when I was back home a couple weeks ago, but no deal. They’re that good that I couldn’t be scheduled in and that good that it’s been the only place I’ve gone.
Sadly, my hair still needed a cut. I’d be willing to lay down the dough for a drastic change but this is the year I have vowed not to do anything major to my hair (thanks to impending nuptials) and just cannot see myself spending so much on a trim, especially since I’m not working f/​t. So I decided to take a risk on Mitsu.
Now I’ve done salon nights before. But that was at some top salons, where I knew any botchy job would be fixed by the charge-​$ 500-​a-​haircut-​owner. This was different. It was a salon school. I’m a bit skeptical.
We walk in and are each taken right away. My salonist, Andrea, has me put down my stuff then walk over to the chairs to get my hair washed. While she was washing my hair, I asked how long she’s been there. They have a 10-​week program, then work at the salon for up to a year. She’s been there since July, so I felt a little better. She washes my hair, then proceeds to start cutting.
Let me just say, you need patience. I am used to getting my hair cut a certain way. She cut my hair in a way I’m not used to and went far slower. That started to make me nervous. It’s my hair after all, and I’m trying to grow it out till the fall. She cut some, then blew dry my hair. After that, she continued cutting and making sure it’s even.
In the end, I couldn’t ask for better. I got my choppy layers, it’s even and she didn’t take off too much. Plus, it just plain out looks fantastic!
I am a fabulous looking fan.