First Barber Shop

It’s been a while, but it’s great to see that First Barber Shop has changed so much. Before when it first opened and when my family was one of the first customers, it was empty and failed to attract many customers. Now, it changed so much that most of the seats are filled.
Overall, it’s best to get your haircut by the owner or the owner’s wife.

If I could give zero stars I would. This place sucked! She buzzed off more than I asked now I have patches. But what do you expect from a place that charges $ 6

Worst hair cut ever & very rude. Save your money and don’t come here. Big mistake. My son cried the whole time

I’ve been coming here to get my haircuts since last fall and have not been disappointed once! I get my cut from the lady close to the register and every time it doesn’t feel rushed and leaves it very nicely cut. I plan to keep coming here as long she remains at this place.

I don’t normally leave reviews but I felt the need to warn others. Just like others have said, you do get what you pay for. Based off my haircuts, I am almost positive somme of the barbers here aren’t licensed. I have gotten 3 hair cuts here and will not return for a fourth. I do have a regular barber but he has been out of town that I feel back to this place.
My first visit was rather surprising. I would have given 4 stars hadn’t I returned for the other 2 haircuts. I am very skeptical about older Asian ladies cutting my hair. Every experience has been a bad one. However this one was different. I sat at the first chair on the right. The lady was nice and stirred up a conversation every now and then. She took her time with my haircut, which I what I prefer, every fast hair cut turns out bad. After we were done, I was shocked at how well my hair turned out. It was really exceptional compared to by regular barber. None the less, I tipped her 5 dollars and said I would be back in 2 weeks. ⁴⁄₅ stars for that lady.
Upon my next return I got an older gentleman in the back left corner. No conversation took place but he was kind as well. He said he could do a fade, but the final product looked nothing like one. Left a great deal of hair along the edges around my hair, that was disappointing. When trying to line up my hair, he cut off a little more on the left side along with a little bit of my eyebrow! He kept going like nothing happened. Then he started shaving the little pricks of hair on my face, I got a horrible red rash of razor burn all over my face after this. It didn’t go away for a week. At the end I still tipped 5 dollars, not for the work but just because I like to be generous. ¹⁄₅ for this guy
I figured I just got one of the bad ones at this place, so I tried one more time. My third visit, I walked in and was greeted by the man who seems to be the owner (he wears an apron) He was finishing a snack and called for a different older Asian lady to cut my hair. I was really hoping he would as the last 2 times I saw he seemed like he knew what he was doing. I figured what the heck, the last lady wasn’t bad, maybe she won’t be as well. Remember what I said about older Asian ladies cutting my hair? Well she definitely fit the stereotype. I asked for a 6 on top and 3 on the sides. My whole head was a six. She didn’t take the time to cut certain areas with scissors like others do. Cleaning my edges was horrible, she cut off way to much hair on the sides by my forehead. I hate that look when you can see other smaller hairs growing around the sides, especially with a 6 on the sides. My side burns ended up uneven. She tried shaving my face too but I stopped her quickly after my last experience. My hair cut literally lasted 15 minutes. I knew before I even saw in the mirror it would not look good. I was kind enough to tip her 4 dollars and left.
In all 3 experiences I was very kind. I never showed signs of rudeness, and the gesture was returned. Even though my first experience was good, I do a better job cutting my own hair compared to my last two experiences. I recommend going somewhere that is more then $ 5/​haircuts
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Love this place been going there for years now. Ask for either Mr. Dang or Vinh. Only two that can cut hair.

Unfortunately, the level of service you get really depends on which person you get., which is typical for any type of grooming service. Today I went in to get a haircut hoping for the same experience I’ve had in the past, but I left disappointed.
This mid-​late 20’s 2^nd generation man asked me to sit down at his station. Immediately after he spoke, he turned to talk to another person sitting down? At that point, I was not sure if he was going to help another person or if he had miscalled my turn. I turned back to face him and he told me to go sit down, so off I went. I sat and waited while he continued speaking with another person waiting, fiddling with his phone, perhaps completing the text message he was writing.
After he’s done writing his text message and checking his emails, he walks over and puts the cape around my neck. I hear several beeps come from his phone, so checks the status and responds to some additional texts. Next he begins to cut my hair. I was not quite sure what he was thinking at this point or whether his head was in the clouds. One thing I knew was that he seemed aloof. He yawned really loud several times throughout the hair-​cutting. After several snips, he asked if I was Vietnamese. I declined and said no. I was not sure if that determined whether I would receive a good or bad haircut. Unfortunately, the fate of the haircut was determined by my response to the Yes/​No question.
5 minutes into the hair-​cutting, texting some friends, he walks off to take a leak. In my mind I am wondering if this person was really a licensed barber or just a family member dragged in to help the business. I’m sitting in the chair staring at others get their hair cut, while I wait. Finally, after serveral minutes waiting, I hear what sounded like a toilet flush, then the paper towel dispenser lever going crank, crank, crank, (as you usually hear when someone’s ejecting paper out of the dispenser).
Out steps my barber and he returns to cut my hair. For some odd reason, he begins to part my hair in the opposite side that it was originally. That’s strange, I thought. I figured that he would be paying attention to which way hair was parted. He began styling the hair as if it was parted the other way. Odd, very odd. After several more yawns, I knew he most likely did not want to be there nor knew anything about customer service.
Long story short, you get what you pay for. Who knows, for me, this may have been a one off, specific to the barber I got. But you know with these $ 5 hair cut, I guess I got what I paid for literally. A haircut worth only $ 5 and nothing more. These days, customer service does a lot for return customers. And with a lot of businesses, nothing is worse than losing a repeat customer.

The place is great I’ve been going here for a couple of months now. $ 6 bucks for a skin cut. They really do a great job keeping me looking fresh!!!