Sweeney Todd Hair

This place was beyond terrible. She ruined my friends hair. Not once but twice in one day within 4 hours. Would not recommend having Keri do your hair if you want a form of ombré. She’s very friendly and has great personality and did a GREAT job cutting her hair but didn’t do what my friend asked and showed (by showing her a picture of exactly what she wanted).

This place use to be good, its getting worse. People are not very professional about attending phone calls donot give appointments and turn down clients. Its not even clean any longer. After cutting hair the gilrs don’t clean directly take the other client.

Service was excellent!!! Had a 4:45 appointment and was taken right away!!! Can’t complain one bit!!! The staff is very nice and friendly!!! Definitely go their for a haircut of you can!

I had an excellent experience at Sweeney Todd, Loren was my stylist and she knew exactly what I wanted before I even spoke! She was very pleasant and friendly! The entire staff were very upbeat and professional. Shop was immaculate, Will definitely go back as a matter of fact it’s my new go to salon! Thank you ladies

Very very long waits even with an appointment. Why the heck do they take appointments that they cannot keep. 30 – 60 min wait with an appointment. Last time, finding a new place. Haircut is ok and the hairdressers are all very nice.
The hairdressers have to answer the phone constantly the owners refuse to hire someone for the front desk. This is just a cheap body shop with owners who only care about money.

This place is the best! Especially Kelly!
I have been going here for about 7 years and everyone is so friendly. The prices are reasonable and it’s never too difficult to get an appointment.

Depending on who cuts my hair, this place is hit or miss. I used to love this place so much and came here all the time when I lived in NJ. Now I usually get haircuts if I’m in town and in need of a trim, so I can’t always coordinate with the stylists I prefer.
My favorite is Kelly, she’s friendly, personable, and actually knows how to work with long hair, and doesn’t mind putting in the effort. She isn’t overly chatty, but does make casual small talk. More than anything, she’s able to listen and sense whether the customer wants to have a conversation. I once had someone who yakked the entire time, asked a lot of questions, and I can’t speak for everyone, but I kind of enjoy quiet haircuts, relaxing, sitting in the chair, as they fix my hair, make me look better, Lol.
Anyway, my past few visits have been lackluster. I tell them to trim only off an inch from the bottom because I like it long. And then I specify layers all over — I need body and added volume, as well as face framing layers. I guess each girl interprets this differently, but it seems more often than not, they take that as an excuse to snip a few ends here and there, calling it «long» layers. Umm, meaning you aren’t really changing anything, just maintaining what I already have. Layers had grown out, because there had been shorter layers in the first place, so in order to get that back, you need to cut more than the very bottom. Yeah, the prices are good $ 19 for a general shampoo ($ 5) and cut ($ 14), but I don’t want to pay $ 19 bucks for a 5 minute process where nothing changes. It looks the same, absolutely no body, no layers, nothing. I can’t even tell a difference.
Maybe I got unlucky, and she didn’t understand what I was trying to get across.
At the very least, I had a trim and got the ends cleaned up. If I come back next month to visit family I guess I have to be super specific: I want an inch off the bottom, face framing layers, top and bottom, and layers all around/​through the back, from the top of my head to the very bottom.
In general, the girls are super sweet, the place is a nice open space, and you don’t feel overcrowded. The white décor is simple and calming, making it seem more spacious, plus the natural light from the front.
Small waiting area, can get busy but never totally filled up. Have magazines there for customers to read, but I notice the staff usually takes them and keeps them at their stations. A popular place — men, women, and children come here. Usually you can get seen right away if you do a walk-​in in the early/​late afternoon on a weekday. But there were times I came, and I had to wait 45 minutes as a walk-​in. They do good business — my fault for not making an appointment. Also appointments are super easy to make too. They usually have a time frame close to what you originally requested.
Really love this place. But I either need to be more upfront about what I want, or talk to them like they’re idiots, and I feel mean doing that.

It is hard to judge a place like this on just one visit, but this seems like a place I will visit again.
I went in during the middle of the week, early afternoon which usually is a good time for most haircutting places. The wait was short, and I went from my hair being kind of long and messy to shorter. I came out looking like the haircuts I would get at my previous trusted place. The price is in the same range too, so I did like I would do there and give them a $ 20 bill which covers the cut and a tip.
A lot of places in this area end up in two categories… 1) A manly man barber shop where people get fades and everyones hair is cut with electric clippers primarily. 2) A salon which is more targeted towards women, and usually has higher prices. Plus men never review those types of places so I have no idea if its for me.
I’m not picky, I just want a place I can go in and trust them to clean me up a bit so I am glad I found this place.

I almost don’t want to write this review because Sweeney is the best kept secret in the East Brunswick area.
I have received regular hair treatments at Sweeney for a few years now — cut, color, highlights. Each of the stylists does uncommonly good work. Seriously. You can’t go wrong with anyone who works there. (Though, Kelly may be my personal hair goddess.)
The prices are very fair. It’s easy to get an appointment. For walk-​ins, I’ve found that they’re spot on with time estimates (e.g. «We can take you in 40 minutes»). As one might expect, the wait is a bit longer on weekends and before major holidays.
Other than the lavish magazine selection, the place is pretty no frills. You get a plastic cape. No one is going to hand you a cup of coffee or complimentary glass of champagne. But, that’s just fine. Because they cut great hair.
I should also add that the stylists are very patient with customers and with each other. There is a good vibe in the place. I think this is why the stylists seem so happy and turnover appears to be so low here.
I also like that they don’t aggressively push products. You may say, «Wow, my hair looks really silky.» and they’ll go, «Yeah, that stuff is great! It’s right over there on the shelf if you’d like some.» However, the fact that this place isn’t a running commercial for Matrix makes me happy indeed.
I never thought I would spend so much time extolling the virtues of a salon — rather unfortunately named — Sweeney Todd. But, there it is. They’re great at what they do.

Meredith, thank you so much for taking such good care of my sister, Judy, for her ultimate buzz cut. You helped make a potentially bad time enjoyable.

Fantastic hair stylist in the Milltown area! They cut my hair exactly like I wanted which is surprisingly something that’s hard to come by! Prices are extremely affordable too! I highly recommened Sweeny Todd Hair!

Even after moving to Glen Ridge, I always make it a point to get my haircut here whenever I am in the area. I have never waited for more than a few minutes (although I do put a reservation down), the stylists are generally pretty friendly, the cuts are inexpensive ($ 14) and very fast. Granted, I have a very easy cut (3 on top, 2 on the sides) but you’d be surprised at how some of the chain places like great clips can mess it up. They also have e-​mail promotions from time to time. Although I only started coming here the past few months, I have really enjoyed my visits here.

I know what everybody’s thinking… why doesn’t this guy go to a BARBER SHOP!!! I’ll tell you why. I have no patience. I can not stand walking into a barber shop and there being like 8 guys ahead of me no matter what time of day and the Barber is working at a ladi-​freaking-​da pace. I know I know… the comradery… the manliness… the classic feel… all those things your supposed to get in the barber shop I could care less about. I don’t want to be that good of friends with my barber, because it’ll just piss me off when they inevitably screw up my hair. At some point… they all screw up. What it comes down to is I am not a patient person and just want to walk in or set up an appointment and get out asap. I’ve been to most barber shops in town and found that Emilly at Sweeny Todd’s does just as good a job as anybody. I used to go to Shannon but recently I’ve just been getting Emilly more. Everyone there is very nice and for now I’ll go 4 stars but when I am inevitably dissatisfied… I will update.
P. S. I know everyone has a bad day so it may lead to a bad haircut at some point, but I think anyone working with hair especially needs to put that all aside. Odds are your problems will be solved in the morning and my head will still be screwed up.

Terrible haircut. stylist couldn’t be bothered listening to me and just kept sawing away while I was trying to talk to her – perhaps because I’m older? Because my son and his wife get cuts there and are treated fine, but she acted like it was way too much trouble to be bothered with me. Gave me a really stupid looking haircut in a style I particularly don’t like, and also because my hair has kinks it looked even worse after I washed the products that kept it in place out. Inexpensive cuts aren’t a bargain when you end up looking like you did it yourself. I would never go back there.

It’s Holiday time~that means time to brighten your look to help put you in the mood too celebrate, looking your best. refined, fresh, professional, congenial stylists to provide just the color, cut, and style you want! (As wild or conservative as you like, temporary or semi-​permanent. Their artistry will not only make you Unilocal with pleasure, but scream & shout too! Yeah, I think you can buy some confidence here with their knowledge of the most up to date techniques, imagination, and their personal «WOW» factor. Try & find that anywhere else.
All that & more @ modest prices. You’ll soooooooo thank me. Not to mention they are in a great strip mall of Edible arrangements, deli, jewelers, italian place, seafood… go there… go crazy! You’ll be glad you did!
PROMISE!

Love having Danielle as my stylist. She always listens and does exactly what I like to my hair.

Nice people who are competent at cutting hair, and doing my roots and at a very reasonable cost. They are a wonderful value. There are other budget hair places available but I’ve noticed they not only have a lot of turnover in staff and make you feel like you are less important than cutting your hair fast and getting on to the next customer. Sweeney’s seems to keep most of the same hairdressers year after year and they have always made me feel like they care a lot about how happy I am at the services they provide me. I highly recommend them.

Great experience here! Everyone is friendly, helpful and patient. Shannon cut my hair and I’ll be going back to her specifically to get my cut maintained. I showed her pictures to give her a rough idea of what I wanted and she gave me exactly what I had in mind. And the place is dirt cheap, $ 13 for a cut, $ 16 for a cut with a wash. They also give out coupons, I got one for my next visit for 50% off.
I can’t get over how awesome my hair is, love this place to bits :) Thanks guys!