After 3 years of bypassing this barber shop due to a previous bad experience, I decided to give them another try. However, some places just breed negativity, and once it is there it is usually there to stay. After uninstalling braids I was in desperate need of cut. I called ahead to explain what I needed and I was asked to stop by for a consultation. I get there and immediately things start to go bad. The barber starts making insulting comments about how curly my hair is. Next, while I'm attempting to describe what I wanted the barber starts arguing with me about terminology; what's a fade vs what's a taper. So this goes on for a few minutes before I finally clarified that I'm NOT a barber, that,s his skillset and even though I may not be using the terms that he would use I have a picture ...which I had already shown the barber. At this point, I've already been there almost 20 minutes. I show him more pictures and he says our textures vary, so I then I show a picture of myself when my hair was just a bit longer thinking surely... showing a picture of myself, so there won't be concerns about texture variation, would help. The barber looks at the picture and says I only showed him that picture to show how fit I am. I look at him for a moment with what must have been a very incredulous look on my face because I'm thinking are you freakin serious ?!?! I tell him that I chose that picture because he was complaining that none of the pictures were close up enough to get a good view of the cut from all angles and that was the best picture to illustrate the sides of my cut. At this point, I'm still not in the chair and with each passing minute not only is the barber getting more obnoxious, but I'm beginning to think that he just didn't have the confidence or skill to cut my hair.
After almost a half hour there, that is exactly what the barber admits to. He says he'sjust not comfortable cutting my hair. He says if he cuts my hair I'll probably get angry and then he'll get angry. Yup. That happened. He then suggested that I should go to my regular guy, take pictures from all sides and have them available for my next visit . Yes true story lol. Truly, if I have to go through all of that just to get a decent cut at this shop, why would I bother coming back?!?! The answer to that, of course, is that I shouldn't go back. There's a term often used in business "lack of confidence" and that is definitely how I feel about this place. To make matters worse they were rude and the place was unclean...hair collected on the floor, messy work stations, and copious amounts of dirt and dust on the industrial size fans they had blowing. 3 strikes... you're out. Buh-bye. Incidentally even though I did have to wait till the next day to see my regular guy ,,,(Quick the barber off Dairy Ashford) he, as always, did an amazing job. Quick is by far the best barber I have come across in the Houston area. He's equally skilled with both clippers and shears, keeps and impeccably clean shop, and is very professional.
So even though I will never, EVER go back to Razor King, I'm always very honest on my reviews and try to be balanced. I do have to give Razor King kudos for one single thing. They have a sign posted that makes it very clear that no profanity or harsh language will be allowed. I thought that was cool. Yet, it certainly didn't make up for the rudeness and the fact that I was there for almost 35 minutes and did not walk outta there with a cut. Hmmm actually... I should probably be grateful. Given the lack of confidence expressed by the barber, I probably would have gotten a horrendous haircut ... so there's that LMAO. read more