I've never written a Yelp review before but this experience was so disappointing that I had to.
I called ahead and asked if they had availability for 2 people at 3pm. I was told they did and gave both my and my boyfriend's names. We arrived at 3:01pm and checked in using both our names, with a young stylist with long, sleek black hair at the register. We waited a few minutes and my boyfriend was taken in by another young stylist with blonde hair.
A few more minutes pass and a mom and her preteen daughter walked in. The stylist with black hair had gone to continue working on her client and a 3rd stylist went up to the register and checked out the client she'd just finished. She then asked the mom who'd walked in what her name was. The mother kindly mentioned that I'd been waiting first, but the stylist said something I couldn't quite hear b/c she wasn't speaking to me. She said something like "she's waiting for her/him" and gestured behind her. I thought she meant one of the other stylists that maybe was almost done with their client and was slotted to take me next. I didn't think that made sense when she was available but didn't think it was a big deal so didn't say anything. The 3rd stylist asked for the mom's info as she confirmed she didn't have an appt and started cutting her daughter's hair.
I kept waiting and saw the stylist with the black hair took her client and started coloring her hair - definitely not almost done! The 3rd stylist was almost done with the preteen client's cut by the time the stylist with black hair finally said she could take me (she still wasn't done with her original client either). I told her nevermind because by then it was definitely past 3:30p, if not 3:40p.
When the 3rd stylist checked out her client I finally spoke to her and asked if the client she'd just had was a walk-in. She first asked which client, then confirmed that she believed she was. I let the stylist know I was confused as to why a walk-in was taken before me when I'd called in to be seen at 3p. She then proceeded to give several explanations/excuses. She said she didn't know I had an appt and thought I was just waiting for my boyfriend. I said I'd checked us both in. She said the system didn't show anyone was waiting and she didn't check us in so she doesn't know what happened. I let her know that the stylist with the black her checked us in, who was right behind her. That stylist just confirmed she checked us both in and they didn't know what happened. I asked if there was a system error. The 3rd stylist didn't seem to want to confirm anything. She at some point asked how she was supposed to know I was waiting for a cut when I was sitting there quietly and didn't say anything. That's what checking in is for? She also claimed that she did call my name at some point and I didn't say anything. That's definitely inaccurate since I was sitting in the waiting area, facing the register the whole time, and she never spoke to me directly before then. And both instances can't be true. Did she not see me checked in, or did she call my name? She even gave the example of going to the dr's for an appt and not getting seen right at your scheduled time. I said yeah, but that happens because prior appts run long, not because walk-ins are taken before appts.
She kept saying they could service me then but that she can't turn back time, she can only apologize and I need to understand her side too. What kind of non-apology is that? I asked how can I get my haircut now and pay the same price, when I've been waiting more than half an hour after my appt? Only then did she offer a discount. I asked how much the cut would be after the discount. She said it'd be $2 off. Look, I wasn't expecting much, but at least a genuine apology. Maybe the stylist with black hair accidentally only checked in my boyfriend and not me, or maybe the system did glitch. But just say a genuine sorry and take accountability. But to say "you've got to understand me too, there's nothing I can do" and then offer $2 off? I finally left and told my boyfriend I'd wait for him at the CoffeeBean next door.
My boyfriend came not long after and said his stylist apologized to him for the 3rd stylist continuing to talk about me to a customer that had come in shortly before our exchange. Apparently this 3rd stylist was the manager and told this customer, "How am I supposed to cut hair when I'm angry too?" And she apologized to THAT customer for him having to wait during our exchange.
To top it all off, when my boyfriend went to pay for his cut with his stylist, the manager went up to him and gave him 2 coupons. One was for $2 off a haircut and one was for a free haircut, and she told my boyfriend to give them to me. So she was literally too petty to give me the coupons directly. read more