Leon & Co. Salon

I went in for an impulse haircut. Bad idea! Bella was super quick with the cut, she was done in less than 10 minutes. When I got home, I noticed my hair was uneven. Will not being going back. Going back to my own hair dresser!

I have been coming here for my haircuts ever since it opened about 6 years ago. I keep on going back because you get a great haircut at a very modest price. The staff is extremely friendly and well experienced. I usually get my haircut from Leon, and I have to say, each time I go in and come out, my hair looks 100x better than when I went in. Aside from the professionalism, courtesy, modest pricing, and experience, the overall vibe of the salon is very welcoming. I would highly recommend this salon to everyone.

Terrible!!! If I could give zero stars I would! My husband went for a hair cut. They said on the phone that it would include wash and cut. Not only did they not give a wash they spent over an hour cutting his hair!!! He was in a rush so he was not able to stay longer for a wash because the hair cut took longer than necessary. They put a new girl that spent the first 45 minutes trimming and cut him multiple times. The owner had finished with his customer and had to finally take over and basically redo everything. They not only wasted my husbands time and still had the audacity to charge regular rate for a half finished job.

I’m not sure why I keep seeing this Salon pop up on Groupon when there are countless complaints about them not honoring the Groupon deal. I had a similar experience to the majority that I read. I wouldn’t go back again. It was funny because the salon was empty, yet I felt like I was bothering the guy by being there. When you go to a salon, you want to feel like you’re being pampered, not like you are in the way. It’s interesting how Leon has only responded to positive reviews.
On a positive note, the female workers in the place were pleasant. That’s the reason for my two stars.

I’ve been at this salon about 4 times over the past year and was always happy we the cut and highlights I got from Leon. This time I got a groupon for full highlights and when I got to the salon Leon told another woman to take me. He seemed to be busy with another client so I didn’t mind, trusting him that he employs competent stylists. Well I was very wrong! The lady put the tin foil completely wrong so the bleach leaked out and bled all over my roots, leaving me with bright yellow and orange globs! The streaks were uneven and completely nasty looking, nothing like the natural thin even highlights I’ve received in the past from Leon. For my cut I asked for a light trim with gentle layers. What I got was a rectangle chopped off at each side of my face, moreover cut with thinning scissors which should never be used on fine hair which I have. (The stylist who rescued my hair informed me about that). When I called the salon to see if I can come in and get this horror taken care of and fixed, Leon proceeded to yell at me over he phone telling me that since I got a groupon I should expect cheap service! Mind you I’ve been a full paying customer over a course of a year! He also yelled that he has no time for me and that I shouldn’t come back there. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I had to fork over $ 300 at another salon to get my hair to a normal state and look. So unless you want to look like a scarecrow and be mistreated by a rude owner, avoid this place!

There are few things I didn’t care for with my experience at this salon.
I had an appt. scheduled at a certain time and I got there a few minutes before. The place was empty and there were 2 ladies working there eating. They told me if I mind waiting until they were done eating. I found that kind of weird, what could I say? After 15 – 20 minutes later a guy comes in and helps me.
He immediately tries to up-​sell me that I needed color. I had a groupon for partial highlights, cut, styles.etc. I didn’t have any roots, but he told me the highlights would look funny if my roots weren’t colored. I agreed. He’s the professional and I wanted my hair done right.
I told him I wanted very subtle highlights. I have darkish brown hair and that I wanted subtle, slightly lighter colored highlights, perhaps a dark caramel. well, my highlights came out awful! I looked like a tiger. They were bright, brassy, and super lights. It looked awful. I really didn;t say anything, because I didn’t feel like getting charged any more for any correction.etc. and I already spent a lot of time there. I had to go home and the next day had to fix my own hair with color, which turned out great.
The cut came out nice. He only spent a few minutes cutting my hair and the girl who highlighted my hair took over once again to dry my hair. The dry was okay.
All in all, not impressed and very disappointed. I would not recommend this place for color and perhaps not anything else, since they will try to up-​sell you on everything.

Great affordable Men’s cut. Leon knows what he’s doing. Recommend this place to anyone in the area.

This place has been open for two years, I’ve lived in the neighborhood for over 8 years and this is the first time I’ve seen this place. I came across the salon though a GroupOn offer for a blow dry. I was excited to see there was a salon so close to my house so I decided to give it a try.
Upon my arrival, the place looked relatively clean and nicely decorated. However the service was not what I expected. In their website they described the place as more of an upscale salon, but that was definitely not the vibe. At the end my hair looked fine. But I wasn’t impressed with the ambiance. Too disorganized.

I finally thought it was a good time to trust a hair salon in forest hills. I came here, called ahead of time and wanted to make sure I got their best colorist and stylist since I was nervous cutting my hair so Leon assured me that he would take me personally. I explained what I wanted which was the ombré hair color along with my hair cut into layers. Leon immediately started looking at my hair seeing how I have a natural red pigment and the pictures that I’ve showed it aren’t going to be exactly how it came out which I was completely fine with since I wanted it slightly different. He took his time coloring it to get it even ontop since my roots were showing and then washed roughly blow dried and then went on to apply the lighter color and after all that we went on to the cut. I was very please with the way that cut came out. Didn’t cut too much and I will definitely go back for follow ups. It’s expensive but I am used to paying that since I’m in NY.

I paid $ 59 for a Groupon for partial highlights, deep conditioning, style and blow dry. The experience was exactly Meh!
First of all do not go to this place if you only speak English or you like to ask for their opinion. The guy who cuts the hair (I never got his name even when I subtly asked), tried to get what I wanted to do but even after showing them pictures of what I wanted and said I had no problem paying more to get it, he said «partial highlights same color that you have and you need to pay $ 60 more for color».
Then the guy left and another employee took over (limited English) she pretty much did everything but the cut. I explain and show the pictures of what I wanted (again). And she kept communicating with other people in Russian? or something. She was «friendly» as much as you can be without speaking.
The salon was empty. Maybe that is why after applying color and in every break she had she kept painting her toe nails!
After we finish with the color, the guy came back to cut my hair. He already had forgotten how I said I wanted my hair and I had to explain again. He did not cut as much as I told him to do and I did not realize until the end.
End of the story, I am not happy with the results, I spent 2 hours in a quite salon and I over paid for what they did. Not coming back.
Ahh and on top of that the salon is not close to a train station even though it seems like it in the map you have to walk a lot to get there.

First let’s start with the pros:
***The salon is clean, nicely decorated inside and they played cool music… tons of magazines. The exterior is not so hot, inside it is better than I expected,
The blond girl in the front area was very nice and professional. She was super gentle and I appreciate all the effort she put into washing my hair and overall comfort etc.
I liked my new hair color and was content with haircut.
THE BIG CONS:
Leon doesn’t really want to stand by his own GROUPON deal. I think he figured it was going to be real easy to pull extra money from new clients. He doesn’t know how to appeal to customers needs by listening to them and just seems concerned about making a quick buck and not a lasting customer… the result? Mediocre to bad feedback on Unilocal from customers. The best thing they can do for the salon, is to get rid of Leon. He is very abrasive and has no ability to handle women customers. He just doesn’t have any manners. I wish them well and I hope Leon steps back and hires some nice talented ladies quickly that can attract loyal customers. Had he not been there today I would’ve definitely returned since I live nearby and liked the salon.
Message for Leon: Your displeasure was very obvious, take a quiet vacation and chill out. You are too young to be so angry, ANGER doesn’t attract new customers. Don’t offer groupon deals that you cannot afford to stand by. You tried so hard to get money from me, you lost yet another customer. GET A CLUE!
Mental note for me: Don’t buy groupon deals for my hair… it isn’t worth the risk of dealing with another Leon. Will quickly return to my old hairdresser. Tried to save a little money and It backfired. The deal was a good deal… too good to be true and it wasn’t a deal at all.

the worst hair experience, I’ve ever had. The hair dresser Leon or Leonid, whatever he’s name is, is a horrible hairdresser. I had a groupon full package for full highlights, hair cuts, deep conditioning treatment and blow dry with styling, Since a minute I walked it and told them I had a groupon, he was trying to hustle more money from me, $ 50, anyway he could. He and the other girl they were speaking Russian, I speak Russian as well, but they had no idea, so I could understand how he was trying to hustle money from me. He didn’t finish my highlights, didn’t blow dry my hair. I walked out with wet hair and absolutely furious. Well another women cut my hair, because he refused it, He thinks he’s to good for people who have groupon and don’t pay extra money. That women did good job, have nothing against her. But the hairdresser who did my high lights is mot even professional, how these people get licenses?
The Worst hair experience, I’ve ever had
the pictures he has put on his web side and Unilocal.he’s way far from that, he has no idea how to treat, cut or high light hair. Where did he learn it, probably in some deep villiage from country he is from, but don’t practice this crap in NYC,

Very very ordinary hair salon.
I am new to the city and was trying to identify a good hair salon in my neighborhood. I found this place quite disappointing.
To begin with, the hair stylists should be taught some social skills. They make no effort to talk to you at any point during your service. What’s even worse is they are from some ethnic background and hence all the stylists/​workers only talk amongst themselves in a foreign language. They do not comprehend anything you say and then try to influence their ideas on you. My haircut wasn’t spectacular but at the same time it wasn’t a disaster, hence I rate them a two.
I wouldn’t go back or recommend this place to anyone else.

Randomly today my coworkers and I were talking about haircuts. They were all talking about how they needed a haircut when I walked into the bathroom. One of them grabbed me and turned me around and said «look how bad she needs a haircut. Its so uneven.» When I told them that I got it cut not 3 days ago, they were all shocked and pointed out how not only was my hair extremely uneven but it looks worse than it did before I got it cut. I guess that proves my theory that the «deep conditioning treatment» was nothing but a waste.

Ok, I really wanted to love this place since it is so close to my new apartment, and does look very pretty. However, I had a less than average experience here.
I purchased a 79 $ groupon which included a conditioning treatment, hair cut, full highlights and a blow out.
I made an appointment 3 days in advanced for Friday morning at 10am. They called me Thursday afternoon to tell me I had to come in at 12 which really didnt work for me but they insisted that I couldn’t come in earlier than that.
Anyway, once I got there they started right away. A man came up to me and was not open to giving me suggestions as to what color highlights I should get, he kind of just threw a book of colors on my lap. Cool, I had an idea of what I wanted but wasn’t sure if my hair would take.
After mixing my color a girl began setting the foil and color in my hair. It was Awful! The girl didnt seem to have much experience and on top of that she didnt speak a word of English so I couldn’t communicate with her at all. Once she was done we went to the sink and she rinsed the color and applied the conditioner (which seems to have dried my hair out) when I sat back in the chair and they removed the towel It was obvious that the highlights were much brighter on the top of my head and kind of turned bronzey toward the bottom. They suggested I let them apply a toner (30 $ extra) to even out the color. I was totally fine with that but I know it could have been avoided had I recieved a consultation before applying color.
After the toner the color looked way better and I am pretty pleased with it now.
Lastly, the original guy came over and cut my hair. I always get the same hair cut, long layers and a v shape in the back. Let me just say this was by far the worst haircut I’ve ever gotten. My hair looks choppy an uneven. It literally looks like someone took scissors and cut random parts off the back of my hair.
The blow out took more than 45 minutes alone and they don’t flat iron after.
After reading the good reviews about this place I actually would come back again to get my color touched up but I would definitely make an appointment with Leon since he seems to be the only one people are satisfied with.

I purchased a Unilocal deal and with that Leon retouched my roots and gave me a super cool and chic hair cut! I highly recommend this place.
Didn’t have any issues in making an appointment on the same day which is really considerate of them.
Leon is very nice and he really listens to what you want in a haircut and would make suggestions if needed. I am very happy with the cut and will definitely come back again.

I’m really really pleased with my cuts here. Leon is a nice guy, the place is clean and the cuts and colors are GREAT! Leon offers some really modern styles and I get tons of compliments on the cuts he gives me.
Also, it’s a great value. My hair stylist friend whose cuts I CAN’T afford told me that he would charge $ 500 for the same cut and color that I pay $ 125 for with Leon.
Highly recommend!

Worst experience of my life. He damaged my hair. I have black hair and wanted to go blond so we agreed on ombré highlights to start with but it was far from ombré. It looked like he took bleach and threw it on only parts of my hair. Long story short he’s not a colorist and I had to cut my hair short in order to fix it.

I feel bad doing this, because I thought Leon was a sweet guy but I really an not being honest leaving a 5 star.
There is a lot of turn over at Leons. Both my husband and I stopped going– my husband didn’t like the cuts and a lot of the male hair dressers didn’t speak any English. I stopped going after when I arrived for an appointment only the shampoo girl was there. She was just about to cut my hair when Leon came in I cut my hair but he was Stoned. Reeked of weed an had bloodshot eyes. Haven’t been back since.
Old review:
Leon is probably the sweetest guy who’s ever cut my hair. He gives advice including what’s best for for your hair and is patient and understanding. I came in like a Care Bear with a rain cloud over my head, and he told me my hair was beautiful and that thinning hair like mine would make it MORE frizzy. I recommended him to my boyfriend, who now goes all the time and a female co-​worker that also has challenging hair. One of my top neighborhood businesses. Plus, the price is right. $ 25 for a women’s wash and cut. $ 15 for guys.

I’ve been long overdue to give Leon & Co. Salon a rating. Well, here it is!
Let me first start by saying that I’m a regular customer at Leon & Co. Every single time I get a hair cut by either Leo, Irina, Boris… whoever, it’s VERY well done. I come here every 3 weeks or so and the cuts are very consistent and the staff is always friendly.
This place is perfect for guys to go, you can get everything, a cut, a shave and after you’ll feel like a million bucks.
Try it out!