This incident occurred a while back, but definitely wanted to share my brief but negative experience with this place. Especially since it appears that people still frequent them without knowledge of their unprofessional conduct.
My mom recommended this place to me, as I was in a last minute pinch to get my hair done for an out-of-town wedding, and they accepted walk-ins. When I arrived, there were very few customers, so I figured chances were great that I could get my hair done with no problem.
I was barely greeted at the door when I arrived, but that was the least of my issues. I started looking through some books to select a style, found something I liked (a cornrow style that went up into a bun), and went to let them know. Since there were few customers, most of the stylists were just standing around and talking to each other, and it took them a while to even notice me. When they did, I gave the picture of the hair style to the girl that was assigned to do my hair. No joke, she responded by rolling her eyes at me and sucking her teeth. From there, she showed the pic to the other stylists, and they all started laughing and talking amongst themselves in their native language. Then she goes in a back room, leaving me up front in a confused state as to what had just happened.
A few minutes later she reappears and comes to talk to me. She basically says that the style I selected was way too intricate and that only a few people in the salon knew how to do it. Not sure how putting cornrows into a bun is rocket science, but whatever. Anyways, she continues and points to another stylist, saying that she could do it but she was busy with another client at the moment. Finally, regarding herself, she says that she could do it as well; however, she says that she'd prefer not to because, and I quote here, "I just don't feel like it right now" and "I don't want to". After this huge piece of disrespect, I was told by another woman to come back another day, preferably via appointment. And to add a nice cherry on top of all of this, when I asked for an estimated price for my proposed style, I was told it would be almost $200. I told them thank you and left promptly afterwards.
I traveled to Atlanta for the wedding, where I was able to get my hair straightened at the very last minute by an awesome stylist. And eventually I was able to get that cornrow bun thing done by another stylist in the Manassas area. It cost $90, took a couple of hours, and lasted well over a month.
Please take your hard earned money and spend it somewhere else, with a stylist that respects you and values your business. I tend to be very calm, and I was on that day; but I can only imagine how that situation would've gone with a different individual. Wouldn't blame anyone for going off on them. You cannot treat your customers like that! And if the other negative reviews aren't enough to prove that my situation wasn't isolated, when I told others familiar with Haka about what happened, most of them weren't surprised, as they've had similar experiences with them. You've been warned! read more