Cuttin-Up Barber Shop

Friendly, quick, and easy. They cut fades like I want, and charge a fair amount. $ 20 plus tip for a men’s haircut is good for this area. The staff is friendly and welcoming to all. I’ve been going here for the past two years, and won’t change barbers unless I move out. Recommended.

Amazing haircut. The best of my life. This is a real barber shop that’s been around forever where they take time to learn your name. While the wait can be long, it’s only because they take time doing their job.
I cannot recommend this place enough.

I’m a summer transplant here in DC. I’ve been to one other barber in the DMV who Unilocal claimed was the best in the area. That guy butchered me!
I came here and hung out in this place for a little bit. Stoney, the owner, ended up cutting my hair. He had me chit chatting for a bit. This was cool since I’m not a talker. I told him about my last experience with a barber. He responded, there’s no such thing as a had haircut.
I told him that I was from Central Florida, which he claims is the area to great barbers. I agreed. Stoney gave me one of the cleanest cuts. He took care of my frizzy Dominican hair like his grew the same. Fantastic price considering he’s a DC shop. $ 20.
Only tips to share are:
Remember cash unless you’re cool with the $ 25 card requirement. He’s worth more than a $ 5 though.
He doesn’t take Discover.
Not a long wait, but doesn’t take too many appointments. Wouldn’t take mine anyway. I waited maybe a half hour. Definitely worth the wait.
I’ll definitely be back.

Stoney, the owner, cut my hair. I am extremely picky about my haircut, and I change barbers frequently if they do not try to meet my specifications. Smokey listened to me and consistently stopped his work to find out if I was happy with the length of the cut. He gave me one of the best cuts I had received in 4 years of migrating around the barbershops of DC and Maryland. I will definitely be back!

There is little to redeem from the past reviews once you experience this place yourself. The guys working at the shop unapologetically watch TV and banter with each other while they take upwards of an hour to cut a single man’s hair. They also allow their friends to wander in and out of the shop and move their friends in line before everyone else. I’ve also got the sense that they are not open to servicing other cultures than their own. With the neighborhood changing rapidly, it will be good riddance to see this place go.

They were prompt, professional & friendly. They’ll definitely be my DC barber while I’m visiting.

HORRIBLE experience. I asked for the same haircut I had (medium-​length men’s hair with a part combed in the middle), and said it had been about a month since my last haircut. The woman completely ignored me and essentially gave me a fade, with the longest hair on my head being about an inch and a half. Rather than take off a month’s worth of growth, she took off about 3 months’ worth. At the end of the haircut, she said «Now you don’t have to comb it!» WTF – seriously? Avoid this place at all costs unless you are interested in a completely random change to your hairstyle.

Juan cut my hair. What a !@#$%&! mess. After beseeching him to tell me in advance if he was uncomfortable or inexperienced w/​cutting women’s hair, and sharing my horror stories of the mannish marine haircuts other barbers had given me, that’s exactly the cut he gave me. Not feminine in the least and worse yet, not even at all. It’s forgivable if a male barber who is used to having male clients can’t quite manage the subtle curve of a women’s barber cut (even though he insisted that he could), it’s another if he can’t cut nappy hair evenly at all. After spending over an hour shaping and shearing and picking out and inspecting my tiny 2 inch bush, he concluded that he «thought it was pretty much even», but advised me to come back when it was less busy to have him take even more time on it. I was immediately unhappy when I saw the mullet fro I’d ended up with. About a half inch around the hairline and three inches on the crown. While I appreciated his offer to keep working on it, I don’t think a quick shape up should take two visits and 90+ minutes of my time. He was also quite a chatterbox and would put down the clippers every time he spoke– which I found to be annoying given how long this simple haircut was taking and how many other people were waiting in line for him to finish. There were several fellas who walked in the shop and left when they learned that the other barbers weren’t around. Several more sat in line looking worried as Juan worked on me. I feel like I now know why. Unfortunately, I can’t recommend this particular barber at all. This haircut goes into the hall of fame as one of my all-​time worst and every time I look in the mirror I feel like I’ve been jacked again.

Came here for a fade and a shape up. WIthout prompting, I was continuously reminded by my barber that he could cut asian hair just as well as other types of hair. This should have been a sign.
I had my front lined up and when cutting my widow’s peak off my barber pushed so hard that it hurt and bled. The bleeding continued all night and for the next couple weeks I had a huge scab on my forehead from where he pushed in the clipper too hard.
After getting home, I had to cut my hair in my bathroom as the entire back and side was lopsided and not even. Asian hair grows straight out and any slight difference in length shows! Too bad I didn’t catch it in the barbershop (easier to see black hair against a white wall).
Service was very friendly and fairly quick but won’t be coming back here and wouldn’t recommend it for anyone with asian hair and yes I just ended with a run-​on sentence.

Hours says open 9am. Website says 10am I sat outside in my car from 9am till 10:15 noone showed. The phone # noone answers.

I needed a quick trim and I was in the area, so I stopped in. First of all, it was very clean, I was greeted with a hearty «What’ s Up», I didn’t have to wait you long, and Juan hooked me right up. I will be returning very soon. Juan and Anthony are the men!

After trying 6 other barbershops in the area since I moved to DC a year ago, I finally found this gem. I used to travel up to Bethesda to get a haircut before but since I’ve found Juan, I haven’t had to be inconvenienced since.
The staff is diversified and friendly so if this isn’t typically the type of barbershop you would try, give this one a shot anyway.

I couldn’t disagree more with Adrian below, and seriously… saturday afternoon. Everybody and their mom gets their haircut on Saturday afternoon. It’s as childish as complaining that the check-​out line at Safeway is long at 7:00 PM right after everybody gets off work. o_​O
I just went here based on the other Unilocal reviews I read because I wanted something close to my new place. Stoney cut my hair and he was great. I gave him minimal direction because. I don’t know anything about hair. But he ran with it and gave me one of the best haircuts I’ve ever had. For only 20 bucks. for a place in the middle of the city. He seems like a really good guy who is genuinely interested in his clients and was fun to talk to.
As for the barbershop reference — that’s just tasteless and completely off the mark (not that I’ve seen any Barbershop movie but based on the commercials I’d say it’s something like a hair cuttery version of The Nutty Professor or something). There was a wide variety of people that walked in through the door, everyone spoke well and behaved respectfully, and even the kids (who I’m assuming just got out after school and were waiting on their father) were very well-​behaved. It really is the kind of place where anyone would feel welcome, and Stoney definitely does his part to maintain that atmosphere.
Definitely recommend this place.

Lettie cuts my hair now, she’s super quick and does a great job and I always pay for it if I don’t get it done here. All the staff is very friendly.

Adrian above needs to get real. This is a barber shop on a Saturday – you might have to wait. I always call ahead and make an appointment and have never had to wait more than 15 or 20 minutes. Bring reading material if you can’t handle a wait. Even if you don’t, they have at least 50 back issues of Men’s Health and other good magazines there for you to peruse while you wait, not to mention a huge flat screen tv. I’ve forgotten her name, but the older latina lady in the right corner (Lina?) is such a sweetheart and gives me a fantastic haircut every time. She doesn’t grind the clipper into the scalp like some do. She also always shaves my neck with a straight blade and gives me a little shoulder massage to finish it off. Fantastic. I never have to worry about getting a crooked or stupid looking hair cut. It’s always perfect. The black guy on the right, Stoney, is really pleasant too and his clients seem to all be returning customers. I highly recommend this place. And $ 20 for a legit, reliable haircut in DC is not bad at all. The only place I know with a cheaper price is the Hair Cuttery and they can be very inconsistent. At cuttin it up I know I always am going to get the same nice lady who does a great job. Go here – but let me go first!

1:11
As in 1 hour, 11 minutes.
That’s the amount of time from when I dropped the quarters in the meter until I returned to drive away. Way too much time to get a haircut on a Saturday afternoon.
With hard-​wood floors, clean white walls, photos of all kinds of hairstyles, framed barber licenses on the wall and a 42″ flat screen TV, Cuttin’ Up exuded professionalism on every level. Except one: service.
The wait was forever and there was clearly a need to pause every five minutes for impromptu debates about not-​so-​earth shattering topics (how involved should parents be in their children’s athletic careers, what are we –the barbers-​ordering for lunch today, who owes who money, etc.). As a neighborhood joint, with a clientel that all seemed to know the barbers, this place might be a good spot to relive the joys of the movie Barber Shop and catch the game. and the location across from the Washington Center does make this convenient, but that’s where the good news ends.
As for living up to the motto printed on their business cards: «We Strive for the Perfect Cut», these folks need to get their eyes back on the prize. And out of my wallet… I almost forgot to mention that $ 20 is the cost for a basic fade. Ouch!!!