Bobby Bishop is a Charlottesville Institution much like Wayside Chicken in the same location! You can have your hair cut and have your chicken too! Bobby gives you both excellent cuts and life advice for a very reasonable price! Highly recommended! read more

I totally agree with Mike F. Bobby is a great person, fun to talk to, has a wonderful dry sense of humor, and always cuts my hair just right. The only problem I have is that he criminally undercharges ($20)! read more

Been getting my hair there since 1960. Best in town, easy to get to, interesting conversations.

The people writing bad reviews must have an ax to grind. Bobby is a character! Funny, witty, sarcastic, opinionated, wise and yes, Southern! Very Southern! A racist? You're an idiot if you think or wrote that. He has black and Mexican married into his family and he loves everyone and acts according to how they act. If your a nut, a complainer, rude or anything negative, he will act accordingly. But he does tease Yankees. He has been teasing me for 30 years! And I tease that old redneck back just as much! lol Bobby delivers first rate, plain old men's haircuts. read more

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Can I please find a good barber in Charlottesville? Or even a nice shop that's clean with even a mediocre cut? So far, no. This place has a seriously depressing vibe and the cut matched the vibe. Shop felt and smelled like it hadn't been cleaned in years. I always peek at their tools and workstation and floor. Gross. Had to re-cut it at home. Just like His Barbershop and Chungs' cuts. About to give up on Charlottesville for chances of a decent barber cut nowadays. The old man was friendly enough (why it's not 1star) but I didn't go for a chat. I wanted a solid cut. read more

Bishop's Barber Shop takes walkins! One of the few that does that. Very friendly, good, positive community. I don't always like the distraction of the radio but he seems to really like it. Cash only, maybe he takes checks? read more

I have been getting my haircut here for years. It's an old fashioned barber shop & you do not get a shampoo. I have always been happy with my haircuts & love chatting with Bobby. Whoever said something about racism in another review is wrong. That is a very serious thing to say & I think the person who said this is assuming older white man, southerner, must be a racist. This is absolutely false & a libelous smear. read more

Bobby has been cutting my husband's hair for over 30 years.. first starting from when he was an undergrad at uva. Our girls loved tagging along with their daddy bc Mr. Bishop would give them lollipops and make fun conversations with them. He's funny, caring and does his job very well. The comments saying that he's a racist can't be further from the truth. We're a minority family. read more

I've been coming here for years, since starting at UVA. Bob gives a good haircut, even without much to go on. While a student, all my friends and I went here and we never had a bad time. read more

Mr. Bishop is a jewel with his expertise in barbering. I took my husband there for a haircut and a shave. I'd never been in a barbershop and really enjoyed the old-fashioned atmosphere complete with other customers telling local stories about Charlottesville and lots of laughs. I highly recommend Wayside Barber Shop for a haircut and a unique experience. read more

Excellent little gem in Charlottesville for an inexpensive and quick haircut. Old fashioned tools still in use and I've never left a shop feeling quite as clean cut. read more

Took five minutes for the haircut and called us Yankees the entire time. He just buzzed my entire head when I said I wanted it short. He had his weird friend sit in the chair next to us and just watch as we got our hair cut.. It was weird. And I had to go to another place to get my hair redone because he missed an entire spot in the back. I am never going back. Like ever read more

Stay Away!! I walked into this shop and gave a friendly hello to barber who was cutting someone's hair. He looked at me and did not say a word and continued cutting in silence. I had longish hair and was in the market for a clean-up, a light trim. He said OK, and with a comb and electric clippers, and within about 3 minutes produced a military crew cut. Unfriendliness should have been initial indicator. Since his clientele certainly does not use internet technology, this review is certainly the first and probably last of Wayside Barbers, but hopefully may deter a UVA student in search of a decent hair cut. read more

Charges extra based on hairstyle(eg-flattop more expensive). Price is average, but trims are an extra 5 dollars (cheapest haircut is 11). For a place 52 years in the making, it's not all that, just an average barber shop. I would rather go to trainee places and pay half the price. Pretty ignorant guy too. read more

This place is super old school. My experience was valuable because it was a fascinating cultural experience, a time capsule of the 1950s American south. The barber is good at shooting the breeze. I feel like my haircut was good, if I lived in the 50s or if I was 50 or older. There's only one barber so you just have to wait your turn. read more