Hair City

It’s super cheap, but you get what you pay for. The woman who does the cuts speaks pretty broken English so it’s kind of difficult to communicate to her exactly what you want done.
It was $ 4 for a neck clean, but she doesn’t shave it. Only a quick once over with the clippers so you’re back to where you started in about a day. In my opinion you’re better off just asking your buddy to line you up in the back for free.

Quick and cheap! $ 10 gets you a nice, short haircut just like the guy who came in before you and the guy before him. Best haircut I’ve had in a long time.

I’ll keep this short and simple.
Most places in Downtown SD charge 25+ dollars to cut a guys hair. Any guy knows that a haircut takes about 10 – 15 mins and should cost under 15.
This place charges 10 bucks and there’s hardly ever a wait. You just go in and take care of business.
The little old lady who cuts your hair is nice but doesn’t say much which is good if you’re a guy.
She doesn’t do a fantastic job but she’ll clean you up real nice and for 10 bucks it’s definitely worth the price.
I would recommend if you live in the area and don’t want to pay a lot to get a simple haircut.
Cash Only

Haha… I never knew this place even had a name. I’ve been coming here for 2 years now. Just the old school barbershop next door to the awesome Italian sausage place.
She is very fast, and the price can’t be beat. If you tell her exactly what you want, it’ll come out great every time. In the beginning, I wasn’t very clear, and I remember seeing a few things that didn’t look right after getting home. But after all this time, that’s not a problem anymore. Although, it would be great if she can fix that sink eventually so I can drop in during the work week.
I’m not sure what Paul L. was talking about. I’ve never seen anyone with a Jersey accent in there. And if you have specific instructions about your bangs, well, you better go look for a «salon.» I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word bangs used in a barbershop in my life. Haha… I’m surprised she didn’t laugh you out of her shop.

I walked in here about a few months ago looking to get my hair a little trimmed up. The problem with randomly trying out new barber shops is that you never know what your going to get. Its a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ Russian roulette gamble. You could either recieve a decent haircut to feel proud of or recieve a haircut that is a troll piece of work… its never anything in between. This why I’m normally in the religious habit of shaving my head every six months with my own pair of hair clippers because its less risky and cheap. On this day I thought it would be nice to try something different.
The barber shop itself is very small and intimate with a bunch of euphoric black and white pictures on the walls of old town San Diego and old Little Italy. As I walked in, this middle-​aged lady with this «Jersey» accent welcomed me in and had me sit in her chair. And then she just started cutting away at my hair… WTF?
I might be a bit old fashioned but I always presumed that the barber/​hair stylist usually asks the customer before the actual haircut what kind of cut they prefer. Maybe thats not how they do it in «Jersey». So I told the lady that I’d like to let my bangs be untouched and to fade in my sides with a #2 clip. So for about an hour and a half, I got to hear some stories about this ladys’ true life experiences of growing up in a Italian «Sopranos» family in Brooklyn. The two stars I gave on this review comes from her stories which were pretty amusing and included character names like Joey «the snake», Vinny «bone bones», and Pauly «cheeks» involved in racketeering schemes, rigged Yankee games, multimillion dollar heists at the JFK airport, her uncle Sammy «the rat» getting «whacked». I mean she had me so engaged in her crazy «Jersey» stories that she could’ve made my hair look like a complete ass crap and I wouldn’t have noticed. And thats exactly what happened.
When I finally snapped out of the lady’s storytelling time I looked in the mirror to find in horror that my hair did indeed resemble that of troll ass. My sides that were supposed to be faded with a number #2 clip were actually faded in with a no guard clip. So the entire half of my cabeza revealed a white skin scalp, like I was being prepared for brain surgery or something. The bangs that were supposed to be untouched were completely chopped off… just gone. So for about a month my hair resembled a blend of a jarhead/​hipster hairdo (the best pair you could possibly blend into one).

Maybe I came in on the wrong day or maybe I just didn’t communicate clear enough about what I wanted but It would be more accurate to say that I walked out of that barber shop with more of a decent idea for a Martin Scorcese script than for an actual haircut. At least my 8^th grade students had something to enjoy for a month.

I took my friend there to get a a hair cut after seeing the ratings on Unilocal and found to be a great hair cut for a AWESOME price. Can’t beat that!!! The lady who cuts hair was great on conversation and wisdom we’ll definitely be back!!!

This is a plain little barbershop in the heart of Little Italy. Dona Olivia comes over from Tijuana Tuesday — Saturday 10 — 5 to give you a regular haircut and a conversation (in English or Spanish) for $ 8. It’s a good haircut at a great price in a convenient location (for me, anyway). I took the money I saved and bought Italian cookies at Fillipi’s across the street.