Kevin’s Modern Barber Shop

I think Kevin’s getting a bum rap here with the bad reviews. Someone once told me if guys get clipper haircuts (as opposed to scissors) this can prevent balding. My father and my grandfathers were bald at my age yet I still have my hair so I think it’s working. Kevin is always available which is great for me as I don’t have a ton of time.

DO NOT GO HERE! I sat down to get just a basic fade and beard cut… Ended up getting home and having to shave my whole beard off because he did the most horrible job my friends and i have ever seen! And for the hair he took no time just a quick simple cut really rushed. ended up being all uneven and sloppy! Just stay away from this guy i wish his shop would burn down it would do everyone a big favor!

Kevin is a consummate professional. This is the first dog-​friendly barber shop I’ve ever patronized. Kevin follows my extremely specific and difficult instructions: «no, not there! Over here: shorter here.» I am an extremely annoying customer and he tolerates me and my dog’s fussiness. Kevin is da man. Yeah !

lucky i was to old to be «touched» — however the haircut was the worst i have gotten in years.

All he knows is high and tight. Don’t tell him to try anything else, won’t happen. I too was desperate to get my hair cut and of course his place was empty. Now that I am reading the reviews I’m seeing why it’s a 2 star rated place and no one who actually rated it is happy.
Different than some who posted previously, I wish my hair looked like the guys on the wall. It was much worse though and quite possibly the worst cut of all time. Not sure how you can stay in business with reviews like these and a constantly empty store.
Just some advice Kevin: when someone has sideburns they usually don’t want them cut completely off during the haircut!

My Husband and I are old timers comparatively to the usual customer base which is pleasantly displayed all over Kevin’s walls. Hot Marine and Navy types are abundant for sure, however Kevin being the Gentleman’s Barber that he is welcomes all ages. I tell him I want the high and tight Officer cut and you will find that at Kevin’s the silver hair still gets the respect it once did as chicken feathers. Great cut for young bucks {and us admirers too!} You will find yourself a model-​worthy HOTTIE after he works his quick and efficient magic on your head, followed by a squeeze for good luck! I think that his new jingle should go like this… «Forget the nip and tuck be a buck and get it good at Kevin’s Modern Barber Shop! All us „Studs“ do, you should too!»

I decided to give this place a try in a day when I needed a quick hair cut. Wasn’t excited about the place after reading the reviews. Went into the place and Kevin wasn’t busy, so he inmediately sat me down in the chair and started cutting my hair.
The haircut was just how I wanted it, and there was no pictures taken or uncomfortable massages given as some of the reviews point out.
I decide to givetheplace another try a few weeks later and went for another haircut. Totally different experience, the guy tried to give me a shoulder massage but obviouly has no experience doing so. I was busy texting on my phone so did not mind until I realized that 5 minutes had passed and still no haircut. Got the haircut after asking for it 3 times. At the end, I ended up with a good haircut but a neck ache due to the bad massage…
Getting a haircut here is definitely an experience of sorts…
Probably will give this place a 3^rd chance before I make up my mind to stay or go to a different barber.

I’d seen this barber shop many times, either walking by or biking by, but got the feeling it was sort of trashy in a way. I should have listened to my gut instinct, but I’d been wanting to change my look at maybe try something trendier than my usual cut so I called the place before heading over. I phoned and Kevin answered and told me I could come now as he didn’t have any customers. I jump into my car and get there in five minutes.
I walk in and the place is deserted. He’s got a loud TV set going with some annoying channel to it. The interior is plastered with hundreds of photos of young males and their haircuts; not sure if he cut the hair in the photos but I could tell he did like taking photos of customers because you can tell they’re not all models in his ads.
So, he shows me to a chair and puts the cape on me and walks around his big empty space shuffling things around, then sweeps other areas, and I’m thinking, «Hello! I’m seated here, waiting…» Then his phone rings and he answers and starts talking loudly in an Asian language completely ignoring me. I am a patient person and this goes on for five minutes and I keep thinking, «Ok, NOW he’s going to wrap it up.»
Well, no: He kept talking and talking for at least 15 minutes! I kept wavering between leaving and staying but I really needed and wanted a haircut. Every now and then during his conversation, he would turn to me and nod his head up and down and hold a finger up as if to say, «I’ll be right with you…» But, he never got to me.
After nearly 20 minutes, I ripped the cape off and started walking out in a huff. I was really pissed off. He stopped talking into the phone and says, «I be with you right now!» I replied, «Too late,» and walked out. I was so damned mad that I called him back when I got home and I said, «I’m the guy who just sat and waited for 20 minutes while you talked on the phone…» He said, «Oh, yes, so sorry — I have to talk to my family… very important…» and I cut him off and say, «When you have a customer seated there waiting, you tend to them and postpone your phone calls.» He ignores this and says, «Ok, you come back now?» I said, «No! I’m never coming back,» and hung up the phone.
The guy is rude and clueless. You don’t treat your customers like that. I’ve read some of the other reviews and I completely believe he would do some of the pervy stuff guys posted about. Avoid this barber shop like the plague.

I wanted to try this place last Saturday morning (around 10am) but it was closed and I was shocked because I’ve never seen a barber shop closed on a Saturday. Oh well, I’m not even going to bother getting a haircut there!

not good at what he does, yet he still stays in business for over 10 years. im not sure how he does it.

I walk in and I interrupted the barber in the middle of his dinner while he was watching TV, no one else was in there. I told him he should finish his food and I’ll come back. He told me to sit down, and briskly threw me in the chair while still chewing his food.
The rest was unbelievable. He would take small food breaks and never really took his eyes of the TV. he was going at my hair with the clippers WHILE WATCHING TV. At the end I didn’t trust him enough to fix the monstrosity that he created and had to go home to even it out int he mirror. It was awful, ive never had a worse haircut in my life. Boo Kevin’s!!! BOOOOO!

Very odd and creepy experience.
Went there for my first and last time as my normal barbershop is closed on Mondays. Unlike the other reviews, cleanliness was not an issue.
However, the creepy and unwanted groping in addition to the bad haircut was too much. I mean if you’re going to be so hands on the least you can do is spend more than 5 minutes on my hair and to do it right.
And has anyone else noticed the creepy tribute to Taylor Lautner on one side of the wall?

What an interesting first experience.
I went here cause I was in the area and had seen the place advertised. It was pretty funny to see Kevin laying on the couch watching TV. it must’ve been a slow day.
Anyways I asked to keep the back square, but instead he rounded it. oh well. After the cut, he wanted to take my picture, after 10 pictures I’m thinking WTF is going on. he continues, and about 50 pictures later, he asks one of the guys waiting for a cut to take 2 pictures of the two of us.
So he has me get back in the chair, and Kevin grabs his clippers and comb and pretends as if he is going to cut my hair. Ten pictures later and I’m dying. I wonder what was going on in that dude’s head that had to take my picture with Kevin. lol
Not sure if I’ll come back but it definitely made my day

Top notch establishment! Kevin’s getting a raw deal from the other reviewers on here. Yes, he only does short men’s haircuts using clippers (no scissors), so it’s not for everyone. But you can’t beat the price ($ 15), speed (never more than 10 mins), and convenience of not needing an appointment (I text just to make sure he’s there). He’s a funny dude once you get to know his humor, and my wife says my hair looks better than it did when I used to get $ 50, hour-​long haircuts.

Great haircut. Great price. The reviews here are accurate about this being a place for the buzz cut and nothing else.
The hair on the ground, I don’t mind. I don’t feel his place is «dirty».
The advances are awkward.
I probably won’t return.

Price is hard to beat. Buzz cuts are the specialty.
Other reviewers are accurate about the cleanliness (hair on floor, etc.) and Kevin’s advances.

In fairness, it has been over 3 years since I went to Kevin’s Modern, maybe things have changed.
Basically, as you enter look at the pictures on the windows and the walls. They are all of young guys sporting the same military-​style clipper haircut. Do you want that haircut? If so, he is capable of reproducing that exact haircut on your head. If not, then not. I had a little trouble understanding the guy, but I thought he understood me when I asked for a cut a little longer on the standard marine buzz. Apparently not, I left with the exact cut from the picture I pointed at. It didn’t look awful, I was happier with the length about 2 weeks later, but it wasn’t what I asked for. If you are a 20something or are actually in the military then this might be the place for you.

Kevin’s is a good place for a cheap quick haircut.
I don’t have any idea what the other Unilocalers are talking about with the sexual harassment stuff. I’ve been here 7 or 8 times and have never had any kind of problem like that. If you look at the profile of one guy who wrote that, he’s got photos of no less than 30 penises (in different forms) as well as a T-​Shirt that says «I (heart) Cock.» So perhaps if you are gay and you’re a C-​tease, he may proposition you just like most guys would for a girl. If you’re straight, you have nothing to worry about.
Every time I’ve walked in, he’s greeted me warmly, physically handed me a magazine and said he’ll be right with me. I have very little difficulty understanding the guy because I don’t expect everyone to speak the Queen’s English. The majority of barbers in San Diego are not Shakespearean thespians. Many are Vietnamese or Filipino.
As far as the cut, he does a good job. Certainly better (and cheaper) than Supercuts or a similar place. I get it short on the sides, trimmed on the top. If you’ve got a flowing coiffure, then this isn’t the place for you. But If you get your haircut every couple of weeks and like walk in places, then this is for you. I don’t think there is a less expensive place in town.
p. s. Don’t park in the Auto-​Zone lot across the street. They illegally tow cars that park there.

OMG!!! i was so desperate to get a hair cut, saw this place. i walked in. it was empty…
(that should have been my first clue!!)
…i needed it, so i sat down… he asked me.“WA HECAT?”.i said, excuse me? he said to me,“WA HECAT?.. WANTUTEEPO…i scratched my head.confused.he said to me «BLED! BLED! WA NAMBEH?.. i freaked out, i thought i was bleeding or something!!! Until he pointed out to me the BLADE that he uses to cut hair!!!
oh!!! i said, i want my hair not too short, not too long… so i picked number 3! then he said, ««ohkee ohkee»»
i sat down, he turned my chair away from the mirror and started cutting my hair with his clipper!!!
it was quick, few cuts here and there and he said, Done!!!
flipped me over to face the mirror… and lo and behold… my hair is soooo short! i asked him.“what number did you use… he said, NAMBEH THOO… wtf…i mean, WTF… thanks for asking Kevin, that was really helpfull!
Then i looked all the photos of all the guys on his «wall of fame».i looked like them!!! we all looked a like!!! we have the same freaking hair cut!!!
HE ONLY KNOWS ONE HAIR CUT!!! AND IT IS THE NAMBEH THOO… holly shit!!!
(those photos on the wall would have been my second clue…)
and then, he started dusting his brush with this cheap talcum powder,…he brushed away the hair on my neck. my arms… and he started to lift my shirt off and he wanted to put his hand inside my shirt to «dust it off!!!
«…i jumped off from his delapidated barber’s chair… and i told him, i will just do it myself!
i paid him, and before i left, he said to me… GIVE ME A HUG… i said, BYE! i ran out… went to my car… to my suprise. i left my cap and my keys in his shop!!!
i went back… saw my things on the desk, grabbed it and ran out quickly!!!
i was driving and i felt i was molested… no wonder people named him KEVIN THE MOLESTER!!!
would i recommend his place? the answer is no!
would i go back to have another hair cut? the answer is NO…
I’M JUST SAYING!!!

Ok, Ok, Ok… so if you are constantly broke like me and can’t afford to frequent Jose Eber and all you want is a quick buzz job, then Kevin’s Barber Shop is for you. Face it, it’s difficult to screw up a buzz cut right? Yeah… then go visit the Barber Shop owned by that lady just down the street from Kevin!
Oh yeah… I should mention… the floor is kinda messy. I think Kevin collects trophy hair. Sweep it up would ya Kev!!!