O’Hara Byrne – The Barber Shop

So, a sad update! … I had been using this barber shop for quite some time and recommending them to all and sundry — everything good. But I’ve been out of town for quite some time so lost touch… wow, how things have changed!
I was recently given a gift voucher for the place. I was well chuffed, and was very much looking forward to getting the value for money and treatment I had enjoyed before.
Alas this was not to be, and I have to bid farewell to O’Hara Byrne and say «back to basics lads!» … I don’t know what’s happened, but the service I received was well below par, and at the end I was given a lick and a promise and all but ushered out the door after my own discarded hair clippings. The chap who cut my hair was quite heavy handed, to the point of discomfort, and when I went to get my hot towel beard trim and shave, well … in/​out/​gone faster than the blink of an eye … none of the leisurely attention to detail that the place USED to be famous for.
Now, perhaps I fell into the trap of letting the owner know I had a voucher up front, so regardless of the fact that he had been paid for my visit months in advance, he wasn’t inclined to give value for money. That would be, well, slightly understandable yet unfair, if it was some kind of massive discount voucher. *BUT IT WASN’T* … I later found out that the person who gave me the voucher had paid *through the nose*, to the barber, at *well over double* what the advertised rates are and what I had previously paid.
So — enough said — I’m not going back and can no longer recommend them — I thought this place was one of the last remaining bastions of «no rip off» … sadly, its not the case — daylight robbery is at home to stay at O’Hara Byrne in Carlow.
Shame guys, shame on you.

Just visited the guys for a hair cut, was just passing through Carlow and found them on Unilocal.Great place, great service, a proper traditional Barbers. Nice touches like free fresh coffee for customers while they wait. Very reasonably priced and every bit the match for Grafton barbers in Dublin where I normally go.