Gary Patrick Salon

My last two stylist no longer work here anymore .
I started to freak out on who to see next because finding a new hair stylist can be scary. And it was!
Before while I was still being seen by either one of these two, while waiting for my hair to be done, I would notice the work that AUSTIN had done of a few ladies the few times I’ve been here.
Austin had always been so cheerful filled with smiles and laughter. I love the connection he gets with his clients. And not to mention, he’s alwaysssss working whenever I was there .
So I decided to give him a shot when I didn’t have anyone else to really turn to. And after 10 minutes, I already felt comfortable talking about my hair And learning more about his personality.
the first time I saw him, it was just for a toner and touch up. I needed to start off with something small to see how he works. Touch up and toner, how bad could that possibly turn out. Lol and it didn’t turn out bad. I loved the color he gave me for the toner. I told him I wanted that ashy brown look, and most stylist keeps telling me that my hair can’t achieve that look. But he at least Tried to give me something as close as I could to the color. And I was happy with him, most importantly, happy that he tried and succeeded.
And while I was there for the touch up, I brought up the idea of actually cutting a LOT of my hair off after the New Years and after my vacation. And I wanted an honest opinion if my face structure would go well with short hair or not. And he said it would look amazing on me .
So I believed him and after a few months, I came back for a new cut, add some more high lights and a touch up. I was super nervous but I had a lot of confidence in him. He kept the conversation going and a heck of a good listener. Cause I can ramble for a long time. Which I wish I don’t sometimes haha. But anywho, he kept me comfortable and time flew by. And next thing I know, new hair, new look. And I was just so pleased with it.
thanks again Austin! And congrats on your promotion again ! You deserved it :)

I was shocked to see some of the negative reviews which I believe to be way off. If you look at the reviews, they are mostly 5 stars, with a few 1 star reviews that are much longer than anyone wants to read and overly harsh (exaggerated?). I have seen Taylor, Samantha, Julie and others who have all done a wonderful job highlighting and cutting my hair. My daughter who receives highlights and has long hair has had good experiences as well. We have been coming to this salon for almost 5 years now and it is always consistent. The prices are reasonable and commensurate or even better than the area! Don’t let a few bad reviews keep you from trying this salon.

I have always loved coming and but never saw anyone consistently. I had my hair cute and styled today by Lori and I absolutely fell in love with personality and scissor skills. She’s a delight to chat with and gives you her honest opinion on what she thinks would suit you best. Love her and will definitely stay with Lori. She brought my lifeless hair back to life.

I was referred to Gary Patrick Salon by a good friend of mine. I used to go to Michael Brandon salon in Hacienda, and although the stylists were all very talented, they weren’t that great with middle eastern hair.
The salon is sleek and edgy! I was offered a drink at the front desk too!
Yelda did an amazing job! She took the time to discuss my hair and what I liked and disliked and she also gave a lot of advice in terms of explaining what needs to be done to give my hair more movement. She was quick yet very efficient. Sometime during the haircut, Gary Patrick introduced himself as the owner and was kind enough to welcome me.
Yelda also went out of her way to demonstrate how to use a diffuser on days where I wanted to flaunt my natural curls.
Definitely coming back!

The service at this salon is really great and so is my stylist — Lisa! The front desk girls are so friendly and make sure to tell you about their offers. My stylist Lisa does a perfect job every single time — she listens well to what you want and gets it spot on each time. I recommend this salon to everyone!

I had my hair done here by Austin over a month ago. I waited a little bit to write a review because it was the first time he has worked on my hair — I wanted to see how my hair will be after a few days/​weeks. I get compliment after compliment for weeks now! I feel silly that I ever felt skeptical, nervous when I first met Austin because he’s never worked on my hair and that my natural hair is very dark and I ask for pretty much very blonde highlights. I am very very impressed how Austin listened to me, understood what it was I wanted to achieve. He went a step further and explain everything he was doing to my hair so I knew exactly where we were in the process and what I can expect. He was such a pleasure to work with, I came out looking blondes were actually coming out of my roots. He also broke the base and it was just beautiful. He works as if he’s been doing this for over 10 years. He is worth the visit, reasonably priced and the salon itself serves high end coffee, lattes or cappuccinos– and tons of snacks! Great experience all around!

Ok so there’s no blowout bars really nearby so I have been going here, amazing price and they have a rewards card!
Ask for Yelda if she’s available, she does amazing big hair blowouts. Very friendly reception and consistent booking.
I wish I could do my own blowouts but I’m lazy.

I’ve been here before and I love getting a haircut by Gary when I do, but yesterday I went to the stylist Samantha and I expressed how much I didn’t want to cut much of the length off because I’ve been growing my hair for longer than a year, and I still walk out with my hair barley passing my shoulders, I literally have been crying since I left yesterday around 6 o’clock, like that was my hair I worked so very hard for, yes some was dead but never in a million years would I willingly cut my hair so dramatically like she did yesterday. She did a mini consultation with me and decided to first do a dry cut before she washed to show me what the length looked like and as soon as I stood up my heart dropped, I did everything I could to not freak out right then and there, she could see I was upset and tried to assure me that my length was still there but it literally wasn’t she cut over 3 inches off. I’ve never in my life had short hair and I never really ever wanted short hair and that’s what I got. I may be being a little dramatic but this is a huge heartbreak for me, like I have to live everyday with some hair that I could literally cry over every time I see myself in the mirror.

I finally found my new home salon and stylist today. Thanks to Gary for making this mom look more hip & stylish, and excellent customer service including your front desk staff!

Every time I come here it’s such a great experience! Everyone is really nice & friendly.
Heather has been doing my hair for years and always gets my hair exactly how I want it! I recently came in with a horrible ombré from someone else & she made sure I loved my hair before I left. It looks so much better & it’s exactly what I was hoping for! Thank you Heather!

PAINFUL LESSON! Not 5 star salon hire compatable stylist!
What kind of business allows anyone with scissors practice on clients hair?!
Gary Patrick salon does
«Salon Stylist Expert» exact words once my long hair was Massacre by stylist and herself
«You can’t go to a salon and expect them to give you long hair» my HAIR WAS LONG when I walked in!
«go home and sleep it off I’m sure by morning you’ll like haircut» they SERVE ALCOHOL than ACCUSE Customer of being DRUNK when they MASSACRE My HAIR! Will post pictures as well so the «Salon Stylist Expert» can see for herself that even after she slept it off the HORRIBLE haircut still exist, it did happen!
Not sure what this person thinks but just because she’s weighs wayyy more than I do doesn’t mean I can get drunk on 2oz of white wine.
When I called for appointment I specifically asked for someone with much experience with long hair and long layers. They booked me with Samantha being the best! But their best left me with
— 2 inches longer on my right side compared to left
— Strands of hair shorter than others, with thin longer ones
— Chunk of hair missing behind my head
— Pointing hair everywhere
— Horrible short round hair with pointing hooks sticking up everywhere! All layers are different lengths with hair sticking out on every strand
Immediately when I walked in I was greeted they all seemed really nice. Was offered something to drink including alcohol Samantha walks up to me, really nice girl, right away we discuss the cut I needed done was fixing a few uneven layers done on my previous cut at another salon without loosing any length.
The cut is «frame to the face with long layers» Samantha reassured me that she was well experience and could easily fix uneven layers without touching the length whatsoever. She then pulled out iPad and first picture she showed me was exactly of the hair cut I was asking. I was now comfortable and happy that she knew exactly what I was asking for so we proceeded for the next step.
When she finished blow drying I almost started crying! My hair was pointing in every direction way shorter than when I walked in salon after repeating myself to make sure not to cut length. By the expression on her face I could tell she was clueless and had asked her to stop cutting but she kept reassuring me she had not cut any length ignoring my wishes until she knew she had F**ked up my hair!
She offered to bring in «salon stylist expert» reassuring me again this person would help her fix it. But instead senior stylist expert reassures me my hair looks great. I told her its not what I asked for explained I wanted frame to the face with long layers. then this stylist expert insults me by saying «you can’t expect this salon to give you long hair., go home and sleep it off tomorrow you’ll see it’s not as bad! WOW! What a slap on the face! She talked to me as if she was talking to a drunk! Seriously!
And miss so nice Samantha joins in the insults after she started the MASSACRE on my hair! They both insulting me to the point all the customers were staring! I was shaking almost crying cause they had ruined my hair!
She asked me to show her any recent pictures of my hair before I walked in salon! I did thinking again she’ll have no problem fixing it being the «salon stylist expert!» Was so desperate by this point I just wanted my hair fix regardless of how short would be.
Stylist expert grabs the scissors and asked me what I want done! Again?! «frame to the face with long layers» and she starts cutting more than asked samantha to flat iron my hair and be done.
Salon offered me alcohol! Just cause you serve alcohol doesn’t give you the right to massacre someone’s hair! How dare she make such statement!
Saturday after leaving salon went straight to CrossFit had 9 people ask me what had happen to my hair and 6 more today! And this salon expert couldn’t see anything wrong?! Scary plus now it seems that now Gary Patricks salon’s walking Billboard in most negative manner!
Amazing all the niceness in the salon was over once my hair was ruined! Even the girls in the front desk left me talking to myself once paid! No people skills at all whatsoever!
Careful with salon’s that serve alcohol such as this one! Cause once they mess up your hair they might just ask you to go home and sleep it off like they did me!

I really miss Joanna. I hope she’s doing well, but wish I didn’t have to go through this trial & error process of finding another hair stylist! She’s cut my hair since high school… =(

We love this place.
My fiancé and I both have appointments here regularly, and our stylist, Julie, is always awesome. I change my mind about my hair style pretty regularly, and she’s very accommodating of that. I always walk away with the exact style that I ask for.
We always have great products recommended to us, and if we don’t like them, we can return them with no hassle at all. We either love it or we take it back and try something different. Pretty phenomenal.
By far the best salon that we have ever tried. We will remain customers indefinitely, until we — hopefully — relocate to Manhattan.

Although the lovely and super talented Kat has left to pursue new and exciting ventures, I was in fantastic hands with Heather who listened to my ideas and gave me honest input about hues with my skin tone. She is equally amazing with both color and sheers which is always like finding a diamond in the rough. Loving rich & warm reds along with having long ultra fine hair, often leaves me a little tense going to someone new, but I was not in the least disappointed today. Her experience and chill vibe makes her worth every penny!

Not sure why so many people give this place such high ratings.
My stylist was Kat and I went in for a cut and highlights. Initially I only wanted partial, but after discussing it, we decided to go for full.
As others have posted, the atmosphere in the salon is very nice. The people in reception are very personable and offer something to drink right away. I was given a choice of tea or water, but noticed later on there were other clients sipping on wine and champagne. Maybe you have to be a «regular» to get the upgraded beverage choice.
This was the most I have ever paid for a cut and highlight, and it was the WORST cut and color I ever had. I told Kat my hair takes a long time to process color, but I guess she didn’t really believe me. I also asked for a style that didn’t require maintenance as I’m not one to fuss over my hair. I thought my hair looked just okay after leaving the salon, but it was all down hill from there. The first time I washed it, the color looked mousy and the cut that I requested «frame» my face, had a couple of layers which were not even on the sides. I’ve had full highlights before but what I got here were poorly done partial.
I debated for a couple of weeks as to whether I should let them know I was very displeased with the results, but in the end, decided to chalk it up to experience. This was just an expensive mistake, sigh…

This place is incredible.
You walk in and are immediately greeted by reception who offer you a lovely drink. Your stylist comes popping around the corner and greets you with a warm smile. My stylist is amazing, she takes time to go over what she is going to do and listens to my concerns. Every time I have gone to this salon I leave feeling like a princess. During the shampooing you get a lovely massage and they take excellent care of you.
I love this salon and will commute from Alameda willingly to come here.
Love!

Today I had the privilege of having a great experience at Gary Patrick Salon.
There are so many mentions of great customer service that I can make. From scheduling my appointment to the personal touch I felt and of course, the purpose for my visit… My haircut & color.
Jessica ~ you did a fabulous job on the color. It’s absolutely beautiful and I appreciate you really «hearing» me and my desires.
Lisa ~ I feel confident and sassy with my new cut. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to benefit from your 20 years (Happy Anniversary) of obvious experience.
It’s great peace-​of-​mind to know that I now have a team of professionals to count on for something as important to a woman as her hair.
Sincerely,
Lisa F.

I’ll preface this review by saying– I hardly ever trust anyone with my hair. So I was taking a big risk by putting my faith in a hairstylist since my hair has never been colored before, but I wanted a change.
Alex did SUCH a good job with my hair. She took my dark locks and added some life to it with the exact caramel color I had pictured, and in all the right places. She had the same vision as I did to introduce me slowly to world of hair coloring, and I walked out of the salon super happy with my partial highlights.

Gary Patrick; the owner was my hair stylist on June 17^th.
I’m not exaggerating, I truly believe this has been the best haircut I’ve had in my entire life. I’m 41, and have medium long curly wavy hair, textured and prone to frizz. I love my hair, but sometimes, it’s a nightmare trying to look groomed, and modern and cool at the same time.
Gary jumped right in, first exploring my hair texture, weight and health, then carefully studying the shape of my face. I had forgotten the photo of the style I was going for, so they immediately brought me a tablet and found the exact photo for me on the internet; and he worked, inspired from that cut, but adapting it to my own face, bone structure and features.
Gary seemed to really understand my curly locks, in a way that no one has before, (understood that I wanted to show off my natural waves and curls, not flat iron the hell out of my Latin American ethnicity) He displayed excellent intuition, artfulness, and wonderful technique.
He didn’t tug, and pull when he made precision cuts, and was very respectful and sensitive to my own hair’s identity and natural flow. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated this experience and the respect he expressed for my unruly locks!
It’s been about three weeks since my haircut, and it’s only gotten better every day.
It’s such a pleasure to style my hair, (not a chore, or Russian roulette), and I’ve gotten so many compliments from friends, and strangers on the street. Totally worth it. It’s the best money I’ve spent on my self in along time. Such a great investment.
I will definitely return. Love it.
P.S
I was not entirely pleased with some hairstyling products they used on my hair. One of the leave-​in products they used to «set my curls» left my hair feeling like it had cement, or heavy plastic. It was difficult to wash this out. Make sure you speak up, and ask exactly about the ingredients, (silicon), and be assertive if you don’t want them to use some of these on your hair.

10 stars for Julie. I have been coming to Gary Patrick for over a year. Julie is sweet, funny and adorable, she always has different hair style every time I see her. She always makes me look fabulous every time I leave Gary Patrick. The salon is always clean, neat beautiful. Julie’s prices are way too good to be true for a fine stars salon.
Front desk girls are ok, they forgot to schedule my next appt twice, forgot to call me to remind about my appt (which I asked them to do so since I have bad memory) oh well you can’t expect everything to be perfect right?! Julie is a rockstar hairstylist and that’s all it matters