The California Cuts

This place is GREAT! Rita is pleasant, knowledgeable, kind, and very very attentive. She did the best hair style I have ever had and I highly recommend this salon and Rita! The price is very reasonable and there are no gimmicks. I have read other reviews and I believe these people who give bad reviews of this place are just a bunch of cheap scapes!

My wife and I have been coming here for four years and we make the drive from San Marcos just to go and see Rita. My wife has had nothing but complements on her hair from the girls at work and we love her. Rita has styling my hair and and I love her. We have a very busy schedule and Rita will accommodate us by coming in extra early! We love her knowledge and the prices are the best! I highly recommend this particular salon and stylist. She’s the best and the Von’s next door is great too!!!

I have been coming here for years. I am always greeted with a smile by Megan and everyone else that works there. I live in Escondido and drive all the way to this salon so that I can have Rita do my hair. She always has amazing ideas and it always turns out better than I even imagined! I will continue to always commute for a stellar hair salon with great people!

I am extremely happy with the Customer Service and care I get at California Cuts. I have been going to Horti for many years and have always loved what she has done to my hair. I also have referred friends to her and they have always been extremely satisfied. Also, Megan, at the front desk is always friendly and is able to multi task with the phones ringing and customers coming in and out of the salon.

Rip off establishment .I took my teenage daughter here for a haircut. I asked on the phone the price. I was told 18. She wanted it blow dried. They said 30 and up for that, which I thought was high. She scheduled me with Wendy. I tried to confirm a price before we started and asked if it would be 30. She told me to speak with Wendy. Wendy told me it would be 45 to add the blow dry. An extra 27 bucks to dry it? Really? For a young teenager? She said maybe someone else in the shop could do it for less, but that was her price, take it or leave it. I didn’t want to walk out and disappoint my daughter. The person making appointments needs to explain if there is a price range depending on the stylist, especially since Wendy was suggested to me. Too bad because this place is close to home and they would have gotten my whole family’s business. We will never go back.

While accepting walk ins is great, a friendly front desk rep is a perk – a non-​smiling rushing hairdresser who doesn’t seem to want to be at work is another. Dye on your skin? Yup and scrubbing to remove on sensitive skin was a delight. Still had dye stuck on my skin when I left. The floors were covered in chopped hair and wasn’t cleaned enough so hair was flying around from the breeze with the door open. Blow dry your hair? Yeah, not happening. When you go in to get only your roots done and a ½ inch trim and are charged for a FULL dye and FULL haircut, it’s definitely an absolute joke. Over priced and pathetic. I’ll never go back and regret not just buying a box of dye for$ 8 from Von’s.

My family has been going to Rita at CA Cuts for 15 years– she is an amazing hairstylist and wonderful person– always so friendly and professional. It is a treat to see her once a month!

I went here after leaving super cuts because they had terrible customer service and would rather text than make money. Anyways, the girl at the front was very nice, the were crowded, but the wait wasn’t long at all. My husband and and I both went in, got seared at the same time and got great haircuts. Unfortunately the gal who was cutting my hair was very quite and didn’t speak English very well. I tried hard to understand her and I could tell she was trying to talk about Christmas and such. She was very nice and I give kudos trying to keep me occupied. The staff was very courteous, so I will definitely come here again.

Just like all the other reviews, Supercuts sucks! I have been going to california cuts for about 3 years now. I have Kim or Marta cut my hair and they are both wonderful! Have been going with them for about 6 – 7 years. The only thing, couple of minths ago they raised the prices and its a little expensive for a simple guys haircut.

This is a great spot for men’s haircuts, FAR AND AWAY better than supercuts. I always see Michael and he does a fantastic job every time, it’s pleasant, quick, and inexpensive. Definitely worth a try!

The lady was nice and the haircut was affordable. That’s not to say that I couldn’t have done a better job myself. I’m actually have to go to another place to get my hair fixed because I have my hair at a bunch of different lengths and there is no texturing to combine them.
I am not to complain about the shampooing because normally I love to get my hair shampooed but it was just like a lazy lather and no scalp massaging whatsoever. Come to think of it she didn’t even use conditioner which is crazy! I think it’s probably a really bad sign that when I first walked in all the women who work there had very boring straight PLAIN hair.
As we speak I am regretting my decision to impulsively just go get my hair trimmed somewhere close. I’m really disappointed because my hair does feel healthier but it also looks super lopsided and uneven. I would recommend going somewhere else even if it’s a chain hair place or your five-​year-​old niece who is learning how to play with scissors. I feel like I just dropped $ 25 on the ground and it is a very sad, unsatisfied feeling.
I would have given this place a two except for the fact that I had hair all over my pants upon standing up from my chair. We are talking long pieces of hair. Once I got to my car I had to full on take off my shirt, shake it out and I even thought about taking up my pants and just driving home without them. Pissed at myself for letting someone do a bad job on my hair. I wish I hadn’t paid them. Worse yet, Im too nice so I left a tip too.

I would love to start this review saying how amazing the staff is here, everyone is highly experienced, friendly, and knows what they are doing. Color, cut style, you name it. i love it.
They use Redken Hair color and products which, personally, i think is one of the best lines out there whether you want grey coverage or something fun and vibrant! I personally love the red and copper lines, they stay in my hair and stay shiny until i need to get my roots re-​touched.
Their entire line of products that are available in the salon range from Enjoy (which is made here in San Diego), to Kenra and Paul Mitchel. all which have amazing prices that i cant find anywhere else!
All in all, the prices from cut, to color to finishing product are the best I’ve ever seen, and for the quality you really cant get anything better! I really feel like i get high quality salon experience, for the best prices around!

I had a haircut here. Maria, my hairdresser, gave me a quick and pleasant haircut, and the one that I wanted to. Quick, efficient, cheap. No extra sales, at all. I loved this place for this. Yeah, they don’t offer you a cup of tea or whatever they usually do in other places, but as long as you are looking for getting a haircut for little money (and time), this is the place. Once again, Maria, thanks a lot for a really nice haircut, it came out just like I wanted it to be!
Will come back here again.

I am SO over SuperCuts. I’m still not sure why I have contributed to them over the years when a place like California Cuts is here.
I have never had a bad haircut here. Yes, I know… a haircut for a guy isn’t rocket science. However, at California Cuts they treat it like rocket science. Precision with every cut. FRIENDLY staff that engages you. Michael and Lee have been excellent in the past. Even the stylists I am not familiar with have done excellent work.
I am a walk-​in haircut guy. I don’t like to wait and my schedule is so crazy, appointments are hard to keep. I can’t tell you how many times I have been told it will be a 1 – 3 HOUR wait at SuperCuts off Del Mar Heights. I have never waited more than 15 minutes at California Cuts. Even if I had to, I promise the check-​in person will be more polite than the folks at Stupid Cuts… errr…SuperCuts.
Great service and quality work every time I have been here. I don’t give 5-​stars often, and started with 4. But I couldn’t think of anything that takes a star away, so 5-​stars it is.

Ok kids cut for boys. My son is easy to please. I had her correct the side burns that were clearly Uneven. The left side was higher than the right and she argued she couldn’t tell. One was at his eye level and one was below hus eyes. She said it was because his eyes are uneven. Ok… that’s a first. After insistance, she did make them even but you just have to be careful with cuts from here.

Great experience! I love Martha, best stylist ever. I have been going to her for many years and won’t let anyone else touch my hair. My hair is seriously curly, thick and hard to cut and style, she nails it every time. She cuts my families hair as well. Thanks Martha for being so wonderful, I hope your management lets you know how lucky they are to have you there. I’ve been following you since Rocco’s (unfortunately closed). You are the best, thank you!!!

I have a 100% success rate with this hair cutting establishment; My hair is always shorter when I leave.
I have been going to this place for about 7 years. It is probable that I am not the most qualified person to judge hair salons. I require my hair to be shortified about every three weeks, and that’s about it.
California Cuts is not an upscale salon, its more like a Super Cuts. Fine by me.
Pros:
* Convenient (for me)
* Friendly Staff, many of the hair cutterists have been there since I started going.
* No Waiting (primarily because if there is a wait I don’t go.)
* Affordable (under $ 20)
Cons:
* No Chardonnay Bar
* No Valet Parking
* No Live Piano Player
* No Lap Dances

If. You are looking for a salon that is consistant and reasonably priced check them out. I’ve been going there for years and get a great haircut and color everytime.
The customer service is exceptional. They make the effort to remember your name. They communiacatevery well… they listen to you and do what you want them to do.
They even give my husband free neck trims between his haircut. Even better than that they keep twice the staff on so you don’t have a long wait. I use to hate going to the other salon around here they
Only have a few stylists on so you have to wait an hour… my husband hated that. That is the reason we found this salon. I also like that there stylists have a lot of experience. Where we use to go the never had the same stylist around. This salon seems to keep there stylists. Ive seen the same stylists for years. They definitely know how to run a salon. I’m a big fan.

It is what it is.
I received a gift certificate for here from a charity event. I made my appointment a couple days ahead of time and showed up on a Sunday morning.
My expectations and what this place offered were miles apart. I like fancy salons that offer me wine during my hair service, has current music playing and has super trendy stylists talking about all the cool things they did over the weekend.
Do not expect fancy. This is a Fantastic Sam’s/Supercut’s place.
When I was getting my trim, I initially thought this was going to a one-​star rating. The ambience was poor, my stylist never told me her name nor did she talk at all during the cut, the receptionist really didn’t care I had an appointment, the hairwash was nothing special and no massage was included… BUT… that’s not what this place is. It’s a quick, high-​volume salon where a cheap cut is more important than servicing the clients.
Overall — my cut turned out ok. I won’t go back, but I can’t hate on them because they didn’t live up to my trendy-​La Jolla-​esque-​salon expectations.
Where else can you get a haircut for $ 18!!! Go here if you want cheap, quick cuts.

Decided to give this place a try on a whim since I couldn’t get into my normal salon for a week! Figured I just needed at trim hopefully they can’t screw it up too bad.
Walked in on a Monday afternoon there was maybe a few people waiting… lady at the desk said 10 min wait. I went to get a coffee and then sat down and waited some more… maybe now 20 minutes has passed. I am sitting directly in front of the reception desk mind you and still nothing. After another 10 min goes by and I see stylists standing around I then begin to wonder if they forgot me. I then said hello to the receptionist and she said OMG i totally forgot about you!!! WTF i have been sitting RIGHT IN FRONT of you the entire time! Anyway she quickly gets me seated and then proceeded to tell the hairstylist i just want a trim ½ an inch please. She shows me about 4 inches and says this much? WOW i’m trusting you to cut my hair and you don’t even know what ½ an inch is!!! To top that off the shampoo sucked… she basically threw shampoo on my hair and rinsed it off! She left a nasty coat of conditioner on my hair that I had to reshampoo when i got home.
I would not come here again… bad service, bad shampoo and inexperienced stylists make for an overall bad experience.