Studio 19

The staff is friendly and professional. The salon is clean and modern. I went in for a quick trim and I was in and out. The stylist asked me several questions to make sure she knew what I wanted and made sure I was happy before I left. I’m planning on going back regularly.

I had a little mishap with a friend trimming my hair, came to Studio 19 to see their Disaster Relief team, as I refer to them. I have had my hair cut here a few time before, so knew I could trust them to fix me up. They are great working with their client’s wishes, checking in with me throughout the process to make sure I am happy with what is going on. A women’s hair cut goes for $ 20, add in at least a $ 5 tip, so it is an affordable salon, but with great service.

I love studio 19. I’ve been going here since I moved to downtown 5 years ago. They give a nice student discount and do a pretty good job. Monique is the store owner and she is very nice. She opened the store and it’s not a chain haircut salon like great clips is. She said she choose 19 because at 18 kids are in high school and at 19 they’re off to College and thus Berkeley. They do way better than great clips so don’t even bother wasting your time at great clips. Always love getting my hair cut here. :-)

Studio 19 is my standard hair salon. They are flexible (I usually just walk in and sit down, never have to wait more than a few minutes even without an appointment), they cut my hair exactly the way I want, and they even do a fine job with my kids’ hair (curly, difficult to work with).
4 stars only because they could do a better job with the salon’s décor.

I started coming to this salon when it opened in the early 1980’s and have continued to get my haircuts with proprietor Monir even after moving to Davis, CA in 2000. She consistently does a great job, and is a very pleasant, low-​key person as well. My wife has been going to her since our marriage, as have several of our friends and family members. We have always gotten good feedback from those we have referred to Studio 19. I hate to think of the prospect of retirement… not mine, but Monir’s!!!

I used to go here years ago with my son after we played pool down the block.
It was ok for a basic trim. The sign outside listed services and next to haircut it
said $ 16. The woman who cut my hair was careful and attentive — the haircut was
ok. .. When I went to pay, I gave her a $ 20. and asked for $ 1. change.
She said, «It costs $ 20.» I said, «The sign says $ 16.» She says, «For women it’s
20.» I said the sign says nothing about that. Then the older owner repeats that
«for women it’s $ 20. Someone must have erased that from the sign.» I went to
look at the sign, and nothing was erased — and no mention of any difference for
men’s or women’s haircuts. It just felt so cheesy and dishonest. I will not bo
back there.

I came to get cut and color and was really disappointed. The color came out nicely, but the hairstylist left color all over my neck and face. I had to go to the Walgreens down the street to get towelettes so I didn’t have to walk around looking crazy! The cut was uneven and I am really upset about since I can’t make the «layers» around my face even since they are too short to cut again.

I had been looking for a professional hair salon and finally I found it. Monir is an excellent hair dresser and she knows how to handle my hair. She is very attentive and cuts my hair exactly the way I want. I am so pleased with her skills. If possible I will give her 10 stars!

Been coming for years. Great and cheap haircut. Beats all the cookie cutter salons. Friendly staff and a clean establishment.
I have recommended to my friends and they have all had similar experiences.
But as a guy, I can’t say what other benefits come from this quaint salon, but if my experience is on par with the work they do here, you can’t go wrong

I wandered in here today on impulse, because I’ve been needing a cut for a while. I had long hair, past my shoulders, thick, with mostly-​grown-​out side bangs. I’m female. There were no other customers in the store. An older woman cut my hair, and her English wasn’t that great. I said I wanted my hair cut to my shoulders, and layered. She began cutting my hair in silence. It was odd, and very awkward, to not have any small talk. When she got to my bangs, she offered to blend them around my face. I explained I’d like side bangs, because it’s what I had before. She cut them, but really, really badly. She cut them completely bluntly, no texturing or layering or anything, just straight in a diagonal with the scissors. She didn’t even blend the longer bits into the rest of my hair.
Towards the end of the cut, I started to think one side of my hair was longer than the other, but I was waiting until the end to say something, because I figured once it was properly brushed it would be easier to tell. At the end, though, she swung me around so I was facing away from the mirror, and then used the small mirror to show me the back. That threw me, because couldn’t she have done it the other way around? I didn’t get a chance to see whether or not my hair was even. When I got home, I blow-​dried my hair and combed it, and I’m pretty sure one side is slightly shorter. Damn.
I won’t be going back. The whole cut is choppy and haphazard, and the woman was pretty unfriendly. I had to redo my bangs using a Youtube tutorial when I got home, because they were really awful.

They may do hair ok, I wouldn’t know. But do NOT come here to get your eyebrows waxed, mine were uneven, didn’t even have a proper shape and I ended up paying somewhere else to have the reshaped.

Yeah, it’s not some über-​professional, swanky hair salon. However, I’ve been going to this place for a couple of years and I’ve never been dissatisfied. They’re fairly cheap and you get way more than your moneys worth.
They also dyed and styled my wife’s hair before our wedding. My wife was quite happy with how it came out.
By the way, the grumpy little French lady is not French at all. She’s Persian (from Iran), and she’s kinda neat when you start talking to her.

So the grumpy little French lady gives a good haircut for $ 15 bucks. I mean… well it just works and I’ll go back because that’s what I try to do when I get a good deal on something that works. Yep.

Having just moved to Berkeley I was on the lookout for a good and inexpensive haircut place that was respectful of my chemical intolerances. Mary lou gave me a precision cut (I have straight hair which is hard for some operators to cut really nicely) with no wait (I went around 2pm). She was thoughtful regarding the chemical problem and did what I suggested (to rinse the comb and scissors and clips after spraying the disinfectant on them). She cut my hair just as I asked which was to keep the length as long as possible, undercut it, and thin and cut the bangs and she did a blow dry all for $ 25. Parking is by credit card payment out front, or, when making my appointment, the phone person said there was parking in the back. I didn’t check it out, I just parked in the front.
I, also, had a great conversation with Mary lou! She has 25 years of experience and I felt that she knew exactly what she was doing. I will, definitely, be going back to Studio 19! Thank you Mary lou!

Needing a trim for my badly damaged locks and being in the downtown berkeley area, I decided to give this place a try because it was clean and empty. The woman who I’m pretty sure is the owner was on the phone, so I had to wait about 10 minutes but fortunately there is a generous pile of magazines on a little table next to the waiting chairs. As soon as she was done, I was seated and explained to her what I wanted. I was relieved to notice she was taking her time, and not blazing through the cut. She blew dry it straight (noice!) and it cost about $ 25, for about a 30 min. haircut. She was very friendly too! But not chatty, which I liked.

So, I came in for a haircut and…
«Oh, you want haircut?»
«umm…yea»
“could you come back. I am busy”
«ok…»
And just like that my money went elsewhere.

I have been going here for a few years and have always been happy with my haircuts. I recently got my hair highlighted there too and it turned out great! The prices are reasonable and I love Monir… she is wonderful!

They did not fully blow dry my hair. and tried to show me what my hair was in the back through the black clothes protector. I had black hair and really could not tell what it looked like. When I got home I noticed that my hair was one inch longer on the left side! I had to go back and she had to redo it. oh and they nickel and dime you for things. Even though the sticker price is 15 if you want layers you have to pay an extra three dollars. Most of the clientele when I went were men, which is a bad sign.

For $ 14, you can’t really get better a better cut than this. I can’t speak for the other stylists but Helen is attentive and skilled.
Don’t come here if you’re expecting anything particularly trendy — after all, their walls are covered with prints of generic 80’s haircuts and no stylist looks under 40 years old. But if you can effectively describe what haircut you want and you’ve got realistic expectations of what $ 14 will buy, this is a great deal.

Hey I just realized you can’t give ½ stars… why not
anyway.
I sort of randomly decided to come in here. I was biking around Berkeley getting Christmas stuff (it was in Dec. or maybe late November?) I had sort of been planning to get a cheap haircut.
I had remembered seeing this place because it’s by Naniyuri (sp?) and the pool place with the electric martini glass on the window and came here after checking out the new at the time dollar store.
It was what I expected. the stylist was a nice Asian lady who proceeded to try to talk to me in Mandarin after discovering I had origins from that side of the planet. This actually happens sort of often. The takeout delivery guy, store clerks, etc
Honestly, I wasn’t too thrilled with the end result, but I didn’t care that much… and after a month when the haircut grew out it looked pretty decent actually.
I might come back after I randomly get my hair cut at other cheap hair places or after I some time decide to blow money at a really nice place… not sure yet