H&Q Beauty Salon

I get my hair washed and cut here. It’s awesome! The barbers (which are all Chinese women) are super nice and speak English too, they’re not fluent but they’re pretty good at it. They usually talk to each other in Cantonese while working but trust me, they aren’t gossiping about you or not focusing.
The barbers always get what you wish for, the perfect hair cut, hair dye and many other special hair treatments! They also have facial, massage, mani pedis and waxing, go check with them! Elin is very nice, she talks with you to keep you entertained! Come here to get your beauty on!

Called in multiple times to set up a time for a cut. No one answered. Walked in and and was told I should call next time. Bad customer service.
Told the lady i needed to grab cash at the Boa and never went back.
Would have gave a rating based on their hair cutting service but was never given a chance.

This place is very good, friendly staff, great service.

I take my mother with Alzheimer’s here to get her hair washed because she simply can’t do it on her own anymore and won’t let me do it for her either. Yesterday, I left her here with a worker named Sue, who proceeded to talk in Chinese with another salon worker in a pretty rude way about how dirty my mother’s hair is.
Sue’s rude Chinese conversation got translated back to me in English by a young woman who works for me and was with my mother the whole time. Funny how that works, right?
I asked Sue why she did that. She came up with a reason that had nothing to do with her conversation with the salon worker.
So now we have both rudeness and dishonesty, all wrapped up in one nasty person.
I used to think it was a special treat to bring my mother here, especially when she had other people like Nancy wash her hair. Now I think this is bullsh*t and we should not even put up with this. Perhaps Sue should take the $ 3 tip I gave her and just give it back to me. Or perhaps she should start thinking of a new line of work, one in which she doesn’t have to handle other people’s hair. Or perhaps her nicer co-​workers should explain to her — very slowly because she still doesn’t get it even though we’ve been customers for years — what having this illness means. Or perhaps we should just take our business elsewhere. I just didn’t want to do that before I stuck it to her on Unilocal

I’ve been going with the same hair stylist, Jenny, for as long as I’ve been living here in SF. That’s really a long relationship! I’ve been with her since she was at Jenny’s Beauty World, and now at HQ Salon (previously MD Salon). I feel bad I haven’t left her a good review here in such a long time.
Even though I cut my hair only once a year, Jenny always remembers me and the conversations we had. It feels like visiting an old friend and catching up. I wish I could shout to everyone to cut hair with her and help the business grow even more; they are mostly locals now. I tried switching a few times, and always regretted because of the mess ups, so I swore not to change. The stupid thing is my hair style is not hard to get, and I don’t understand why they can’t follow directions.
Jenny, you are the best! I decided to start cutting my hair more often and so I’ll see you soon! Thank u for all these years of keeping me happy with my hair.

They do a good job and aren’t expensive.
Nice people. Good service.

I just called to make an appointment with Dawn. They told me he sold the shop and went back to China. I have no idea where I’m going to get my hair cut now.

This is my best hair-​cut in years. Asian lady, who gave me hair-​cut, is so nice and talkative that won’t let you just sit and get bored during your hair cut. She takes care of hair during cutting, like she’s cutting her own hair.
I am totally impressed with her style. I didn’t tell her about what kind of hair-​cut and style I want so I just thought to give a shot and asked her that what do you think? She suggested me that is my personal favorite hair-​style.

‘Dawn Cai’ is superb at the art of refining hair.
Dawn is one of the only business owners that «thanks you» for your business.
I have had many hyper-​expensive hair-​cuts in Los Angeles, but Dawn’s
technique is the very best in San Francisco. His scissors method is like a surgeon.
It is so appreciated that he produces the look you request.(!)
At the price ($) for services, a better haircut ‘deal’ can not be found anywhere.
I completely recommend Dawn to anyone that really cares about their hair.
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Rude customer service over the telephone I was advised that they do waxing services, JUST NOT FOR MEN.

Dawn was a miracle-​worker: he really took the time to give me a professional haircut, carefully measuring all sides so it came out perfectly. He was humble, polite and meticulous. Couldn’t recommend him more highly!

well. we had been to MD salon a few times and I totally agreed with the other said that blonde hair lady is pretty lousy. Dawn is different. He is professional. He did a very good job on my husband hair cut and he is very satistied with the outcome. We definitely will return to MD salon. We are your fans and your local loyal customers. Strongly recommended!

Dawn was kind enough to repair a bad haircut I received from the young lady in his shop 2 days prior. If you venture to this place, I can recommend a great haircut from Dawn only. He’s a master. It’s really hit and miss with the young ladies there. Some of them seem to barely know how to cut hair. So if you don’t want to gamble with your haircut, wait for Dawn!

Worst hair cut ever. The lady in golden hair kept messing up my bangs, I told her to cut it no shorter than my eyebrows and go in a swing shape.
After she messed up the first time, her scissor just kept on going up and up, until my bang was sooooo short that it stood up like a guy’s. FU!!!
She was so rough on my hair when layering, (if that is even called layering, i could’ve done the same at home).
Girls, don’t come here for a hair cut, esp not when that golden haired lady is cutting it. I haven’t hate to look at my hair this much since 1^st grade in elementary school when someone made it look like an onion. This one is worse than an onion.

Nice and reliable people and –they always take me very quickly after I come in. Hope they keep it that way!

So shortly after writing the review of my first experience a month prior, I actually went in for a second time, learning from it and calling ahead to make an appointment. Luckily, the wait was nil, and I stopped by immediately.
Something that I didn’t mention in my first review is that they generally don’t acknowledge people when they come in. I’m not entirely sure if that’s a byproduct of having people wander in to get a newspaper or something else altogether, but as a genuine customer, it sends me mixed messages. I say this now because it’s happened on both of my visits and this time around I was more keen to notice others’ as well when they would walk in.
While my first cut was a bit on the slow side, it was thorough. Not the best cut I’ve ever had, but good enough for this very picky metro guy, and I give the benefit of the doubt because I believe it takes more than one visit to develop a proper rapport.
That said, my second cut was technically performed well and again diligently thorough, but it was just not good at all for me. I asked to keep the same style but make it a little shorter. What I got was just shy of a military shave. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a metro guy with the Duke Nukem ‘do.
The great thing about haircuts is that you continually need them, so one bad cut isn’t the same as a bad tattoo. The crap thing about haircuts is that for most guys, we have a limited number of them before we no longer have hair to cut, so it feels a bit like part of you has died, or akin to watching some godawful romantic comedy and never being able to get those 90 minutes of life back.
Maybe it was my fault for not communicating clearly, or maybe something was lost in translation; I don’t speak any Chinese, and their English isn’t very good. I may be back in the future, but I would need to bring someone fluent in Chinese to make sure when I leave my appearance is what I hoped for when I walked in.

I’m about as picky with stylists as I am with dentists. I’ve been shopping around for stylists for years and I’ve never settled on one until now. On a whim or maybe because I’m too lazy to hop on a bus and wait in line w/​all the other people at the salons on Irving & Clement, I dropped by here.
Dawn worked on my hair and he did a pretty good job. I just told him what I wanted, no sample pictures shown and he went to work. Not a lot of talking (good for me because I don’t like chitchatting. Just pay attention to the hair please) and he was very meticulous.
Price is right. The salon is bright and clean and service was excellent. I guess I’ve finally found my stylist!

Don’t get the lady to cut your hair! If you go, ask for Dawn. He takes a longer time (unless you want quick and sloppy) to do the job and actually listens to what you want. He will also tell you if the style is not do-​able. I also get my hair permed there, and he does a good job and very cheap. Overall, I recommend Dawn very much.

The Asian guy with the dirty blonde hair gave me a nice cut, exactly as I had requested. He wasn’t like the other barbers I’ve been to lately that kept chopping even when I told them I wanted to keep it long. $ 14 for a men’s cut, can’t complain.
I’ve only been there once, but i’ll be sure to return.

I’ve been here once. And I will never return. My bf lives very close to here so one day I decided to try out the place and get my haircut.
Here are some pluses:
–they take walk-​ins
–it’s very cheap, i spent $ 15 on my haircut
–the haircut was acceptable
Here is a negative:
–the lady that cut my hair kept coughing into my hair. and i did NOT get a shampoo. so GROSS. That’s enough to make me never want to come back again even though BF lives so close.
I walk by the place all the time so I know the same lady still works there.