Sport Clips

I’ve been getting my hair cut by Christina H. for years, and it is great every time! She has great recommendations for hair styles and products too. As long as she is there, I will always be a customer.

I went for the first time today to get a haircut at sports clips. Today was a slow day for them so I didn’t have to wait at all… The girl who cut my hair was awesome, I recommend you ask for Tonicia. The overall experience was awesome and since I was a first time customer, I got this awesome deal (haircut, hot face towel, washed hair, scalp massage, and a back rub with one of those vibrating machines) I will definitely go back and recommend my friends to try this place out next time they need a haircut.

My son just got the worst haircut ever at Sports Clips in the Shops at Arbor Walk. It ruined a fun family outing because he is miserable now. All he can think of is the teasing he’s goona get tomorrow when he returns to school. He has beautiful curly hair and asked for the sides short and just a little off the top but ended up with a butcher job, everything short! The stylist was an attractive black gentleman who seems to have totally ignored everything my son said. Our impression was that must be the haircut he gives to everyone! He wouldn’t even turn the chair so my son could see what he was doing! I wish I knew his name so I could tell you who to avoid. The ladies were friendly and nice although a little eager to sell product as is with most salons. We’ve written corporate and are asking for compensation. Can’t have the hair back so you expect the stylist to be a little more careful!

Treated well. Louis was friendly and cut my hair exactly as I required. He was engaging and we had a great conversation. I will be more than happy to drive the extra miles to return again. Well done and thank you.

Been getting my haircut at this location and others for a while. Overall, the hairdressers are friendly and are able to do a good job. It is just a supercuts with sports on though. With that said, here are some things I have noticed to keep in mind:
–There seem to be two types of hairdressers that work here: those who want to work in a salon at some point and those who just need a job. The former eventually leave, so it’s hard to find someone who is good that will always be there. Don’t get me wrong, some of the latter ones are pretty good. It’s just hard to find someone you can keep going back to.
–Related to the above, they seem to be a one trick pony. They want to cut your hair short on the side, short on top, and a high fade. Don’t expect more than your average joe cut you can get at a barber shop much cheaper. Basically, don’t take a long time to figure this out like me… go to a barber shop if that’s what you want. They will probably have sports on too.
–There is never anything but sports or sports commentary on. The entire thing is sports theme with sports and more sports. I know it’s called sports clips, but I kinda figured out that it’s annoying after a while. You might feel differently, but they would have WSOP on just because no other sport was on and it was ESPN.
–Every once in a while, you get a bad stylist. Remember when I said their good stylists eventually go to a salon? Well in that situation you’re stuck with a random. Sometimes that person gets your hair and blows you away. Sometimes that person totally butchers it. I have thick, copious hair. It’s a blessing, but it’s hard to find a stylist that gets that you can’t just do whatever you want to it with styling stuff. It does what it wants, so you have to work with it.
–They must be high off of Paul Mitchell’s Tea Tree line because they use it for everything. It smells really good, but it does the opposite of moisturizing your hair because the sulfate strips your hair of oils. So next day it’s crackly and dry. That is, if you opt out of the Tea Tree leave-​in conditioner in favor of styling gel/​cream/​spray/​clay. They even have Tea Tree hand soap in the bathroom precariously perched on the sink even though there is a soap dispenser on the wall.
I had been on the fence about sticking around this place, and my most recent visit was so bad that I am not going to stay. I went in near closing (didn’t know when I went in… figured this out when I left). The stylist seemed annoyed by my arrival and had an attitude (which I fully understand why now). I told her to take an inch off the top (leaving about 1.5−2 inches) with a four on the side.
She took out her clippers with a 4 guard and started very roughly shaving the sides and back. When she was done with that, she started taking hunks of dry hair and hacking away at it with scissors. She then just went into a high fade when I generally do a low fade. My hair at the end of it had these problems:
1. I was left with an inch on top rather than the 1.5−2 inches.
2. The fade is uneven and the shorter side is short enough to where I don’t want to fix the longer side.
3. There are these random hairs on the side of my head that are longer than the rest of the hairs.
4. Overall, the haircut looks off.
Sport Clips is caught in this awkward spot of being a barber shop/​salon hybrid without really nailing what makes both of those great in their own respect. They nail the average-​looking guy hairstyle as perfectly as a barbershop does, and they have plenty of hair products to try out without having to invest heavily like a salon. However, they don’t have the price or the atmosphere of a barber shop, and they don’t have expert opinions and ability to style your hair like a salon (YES! I want you to help me find a distinctive hair style!). For me, I would rather spend a bit more on a Salon. For guys outside of this camp, I would just recommend you go to a barber shop for the speedy haircut and the sports (and a lower cost too).

The staff are friendly and have great attitudes. Amber does a great job cutting my hair and is a super nice person. It’s pretty easy deciding each month where I’m going to go to get my hair cut. I also appreciate that your company seems to treat these ladies well in terms of taking time off or flexing their time to take care of/​be with their families at key times. I hear that from the different girls who have cut my hair and hear good things from Amber and the others nearby as I’m getting my hair cut. That’s not only the right thing to do but I think you’ve built up in them a heart-​felt loyalty that makes them want to do an even better job taking care of they customer.

Amber is great! But if she’s not there the other stylist are quite capable. Good service, good value and I always feel pampered and get a consistently good haircut

I really like the concept and layout of SportClips and the services they provide. However, I’ve been to this location 3 – 4 times, all with different stylists, and I’ve had 1 decent stylist the entire time. No one really ever says anything the whole time you’re getting your hair cut, they don’t seem to be very friendly, and the whole experience is just not good for me, personally. If it looked like they even pretended to put some effort into their clients, it would be a better experience.

We have gone to many places in the past to have my sons hair done. We’ve gone to JCPenneys. We’ve gone to great clips. We’ve gone to the other place I can’t remember the name of it. And we’ve gone to local people. And the only person I was ever satisfied with was one of the ladies at JCPenneys but it was 3 years ago. She is no longer there.
I’ve been wanting to get his hair done, but get so tired of being disappointed when we walk out. Or not exactly satisfied the next day. Thought maybe what I was requesting was just too off the wall or maybe I’m the one who didn’t know what I was talking about. So fast forward to today:
I called Sport Clips to find out how much a boys cut was, because I refuse to pay $ 30 for a haircut. That’s ridiculous. She told me it was $ 16. I explained to her that my son is mixed and his hair is, obviously, in between. Very very curly but also very manageable. She said «oh goodness girl come on in ask for Nancy I’ve got this. I know exactly what I’m doing trust me.» so I told her I was around the corner and would be there in 10 minutes. Ordinarily I would not even say anything about the wait time, but as coincidence would have it while we were walking up the sidewalk a man walked in before we got to the door another man walked in by the time we got to the door a lady and her three children walked in. Needless to say, they were all before us. If we had gotten there 15 seconds earlier we would not have had to wait. It was rather ironic. However, the wait still wasn’t that bad.
Now, for Miss Nancy, oh dear, how I love this woman. I told her what I wanted, approximately, but then obviously told her what she thought was best since she knows what she’s doing.
She looked at his hair and said she was going to leave the top alone, she didn’t even touch the top… and she tapered down from a 2 to a 1 & a half and boxed the front and rounded the back and unbelievable results… This lady knows what she’s doing with that hair. & I could not be more grateful. I will be back. Absolutely. Thank you again Nancy!

I’m writing this on behalf of my husband, since he’s the one who actually got the haircut, though I was a witness to the whole ordeal. Sport Clips is a chain barbershop that caters to men. As the name implies, the whole salon is sport-​themed, from the workers dressing up in either jerseys or ref outfits, to ESPN being played on TVs. First timers are treated to the MVP special at a discount. This includes a shampoo, hot towel treatment, head and shoulder massage and ‘premium’ haircut. Even with the discount, your looking to spend about $ 17 plus tip. The frills are nice, but unnecessary, and not really worth the few extra dollars they charge you if it isn’t your first time. The haircut… meh. In my husband’s words: «I’m not really sure if I like it or not».

Quick haircuts, great service

This place sucks ass.
I want a haircut, not a scalp massage. Why would anyone want that?
Every time I go the girl cutting my hair is more clueless than the last.
The most recent time my attendant was so short she struggled to make the chair go further down than its lowest setting. I was already slouched down.
Should I leave? This is a hair cutting store aimed at men.
During the interminable haircut (perhaps 40 minutes when I expected 15 – 20) which lasted while her apparent mentor next door did 3 guys, she constantly asked for advice from her neighbor, who I guess is her supervisor. What?
I literally asked her what she was doing and she made it a thing about it with me.
I went because it was sort of on the way in my list of errands going to the airport, but I will never go back. What a pile of garbage.

Only been there a couple of times, but definitely a step up from Great Clips, where I had been going for years, but got tired of watching the standards and quality dip too low. Got a good haircut both times. Employees are friendly and reasonably fast, and don’t push the product too hard (though they still do).
The best part is my son, who has screamed bloody murder at every other haircut ever (to the point I usually pay double in tips for him) was a perfect angel here. Maybe he just outgrew it, but either way, that’ll keep me coming back.
They have lots of specials, and donate a buck on Veteran’s Day to veterans groups (nice) and, obviously, you get to watch sports while you wait and while you get your hair cut, which is worth it alone, for me. Well, until I had to watch the Red Sox win, anyway.
I would agree with Sky also that Brittany is very good.

Went in the other night & got my haircut with Rosie. I was very happy with the cut she gave me as well as the overall service. Rosie is very good & I would most definitely recommend her as a go to person. She was very conscious of making sure I was happy with her services. The MVP service is really great!

Excellent service! They greet everyone as they come in. The MVP is excellent! I’ve never had a bad stylist there. Brittney and Ellie are great!

I must revise my previous 5-​Star review of Sport Clips. Since Christmas, something seems to be «off» at Sport Clips. While I like the look of the place, sports on tv, and a friendly staff, they seem to be neglecting a pretty key item… GOOD HAIRCUTS.
3 of the last 4 haircuts that I received at 2 different locations have been the worst that I’ve ever had. In fact, I’ve had to return TWICE because one side of my hair was visibly LONGER than the other side. Seriously? Isn’t that Haircut 101? This last catastrophe is as bad as the bad haircut that Jerry got on an episode of Seinfeld. Short of shaving my head, I’ll just have to live with this «haircut» until it grows out a bit.
Honestly, they charge about $ 20 for a haircut. That’s fairly steep. You’d expect experienced barbers for that price. In fairness, there was one young lady that did a wonderful job. The problem with Sport Clips is that the same people are rarely working each time I go in. The last girl that cut my hair sounded like she was just barely out of barber/​beautician school. The hair on my head right now proves it. If you’re going to charge prices like this, you need to make sure you have the right people in place.
Will be looking for a new barber…

Consistent work, usually a low wait time if you go during off-​peak hours, and who doesn’t enjoy a hot towel facial and a neck, shoulder and scalp massage?

Went for the 1^st time and had a great M.V.P. experience. Will be looking to go here as my go-​to hair cut place for a while and see if it holds up over time. Diane (the manager) did my hair, and did a great job.