Hiro Haraguchi Salon

Amazing Salon! Great cut and Joe he’s the best!

Kazu is amazing. He is the best hair stylist that I have been going to for 4 years! He’s also a bad ass and funny!

Amazing salon! I followed Annemarie from a former salon because she is the only colorist to ever figure out how to give me the look I want. She never imposes what she wants, but she listens to what I want and creates a unique look for me. There is no color problem, issue, or request that she cannot accomodate. Plus she is a true professional and not a ‘diva’ like other colorists I’ve dealt with in the past. The salon is extremely clean and the service from the staff is impeccable and courteous. The vibe is high end, classic but trendy. Highly recommended.

Saturo is easily a world class hair stylist. He patiently takes his time to determine what looks best. My hair has never looked better. The salon staff is very attentive. Had a fantastic experience from start to finish. If you’re looking for a great cut, this place is well worth the splurge.

Kazunori has been cutting my hair for a very long time. I’ve followed him to every salon he’s goes. He’s amazing and has an eye for each person’s style, life style (eg. I want no fuss low maintenance yet hair that looks texture and volume), and hair type. His cuts last a long time and I’ve gone 6 months in between at times when I don’t have time. He’s fabulous and would highly recommend him to anyone.

I wanted some more shape to my eyebrows, and after months of asking my regular eyebrow person at Uni K to give my brows some more shape, I finally decided to go elsewhere. I made the appointment for eyebrow shaping at Hiro through
I am SO happy I did — my eyebrows look great and I am planning on coming here regularly.

Why did I ever get sidetracked and go someplace else? Well. my answer is because I moved, but now I have learned my lesson and won’t stray again!
Before I went to Hiro Haraguchi, I used to go to Oribe Salon in Miami Beach. I was referred over to Hiro by them when I asked for a reference since I was moving to NYC. This was about 4 years ago and this salon is, hands down, the best I have been to in New York City for color and cuts.
Originally I went directly to Hiro, who is amazingly precise, creative and if your looking for a haircut that will last with attention to detail – he is your guy. Yes, it comes with a hefty price tag but quality artist what doesn’t ?
THIS REVIEW, however is about SATURO. He is absolutely great at creating styles, cuts and looks that are head turning and that last. I can’t say enough about him and I am angry at myself for sidetracking to other salons and WASTING money for mediocre haircuts. SATURO IS A GREAT ARTIST. Highly recommend.
My favorite colorist, Catalina is also at Hiro Salon. She is the only one I would trust to the subtle natural looking color that is almost impossible to find anyone that has that artistic eye for nuances.
I highly recommend this place and will not stray again!

Don’t know exactly what to say so you know this is a real review. Best color (Yuko) and haircut (Mayumi) of my life. Not to mention the relaxing shampoo, impeccable front desk etiquette, and beautiful atmosphere. This place is a splurge for me, but completely unpretentious and accommodating. I feel like a million bucks now, and this is someone who resigned herself to just being someone with bad – or at least mediocre – hair. Seriously, I used to leave without a blow-​dry because I always hated the way it looked afterward. Never understood that feeling women got after an amazing haircut.
I definitely don’t care about going to a hair salon supposedly frequented by celebrities. Also tell myself I don’t care too much about a stylist’s personality. But Yuko is so warm and meticulous with her work. Same with Mayumi, in a different way though. Kind of like yin and yang, a heavenly team. They are the first ever to really sense my own personality and give me the California-​y, semi-​polished look that I go for. Maybe let them know that the eye doc recommended them, with flying colors. Honestly inspires me for excellence in my own work.
K, stopping here before the cheese-​meter goes off the charts.

I was fortunate enough to be able to return to New York a few months after my first haircut with Mayumi. She did an excellent job cutting my hair — has a special technique. It is easy for me to style my hair with her cut. The stylist in San Francisco are amazed at how great of a job she did. I will definitely make the trip back for another haircut later in the year!

Before coming to see Hiro, I had a terrible hair situation. It was so overly layered and at such an awkward length, it almost looked like a Tetris game from the back! I’ve gone to only a few salons, and no stylist knew what to do with my hair. So they would just continue to make it worse. I was reluctant to go to any other salon, and just opted to grow out my hair as an option. I refused to let any stylist touch my hair.
Anyway, I’ve heard that no job is too big for Hiro, so I decided to give him a try. He first begins by giving a thorough consultation. It not only eased the sense of intimidation a new salon will give you on your first day, but definitely confirmed that Hiro knew what he was talking about. Definitely a relief for me, as most stylists would look at my hair in horror. (I’m not kidding) He then began the haircut, taking his time which was also another relief. My hair didn’t have any room for a single mistake, so precision and time was definitely key in my case. It was also entertaining to watch the numerous amount of techniques he used.
The end result was amazing! I literally almost cried in happiness. My hair was shorter than it was but it wasn’t awkward anymore! The tacky, butchered pieces of hair I once had were turned into chic and modest layers. Overall I felt very sexy. I was able to move my hair around in any direction and it still looked great any way. I suddenly had a million options to easily style my hair. I was so thrilled that I no longer had to clip in extensions or wear obviously synthetic wigs.
It didn’t stop here though. After I left the salon. My friends told me that I kind of looked like Natalie Imbruglia (SUPER HOT!). For the past few weeks, I have been able to roll out of bed and just go out and my hair still looked fine. (I’ve literally done it – as my busy schedule doesn’t always allow me to brush my hair in the morning!) Whether messy or tamed, my hair looked great. My hair feels so healthy and I’m still getting compliments on it even several weeks after, and my hair has started to grow.
I’m definitely coming back, and never going to another stylist again. I’ve finally found someone who knows what they’re doing. If you want a haircut that’s personal and customized for you, and you want to feel like a more sexy and confident woman with a new hairstyle that’s guaranteed to turn heads, then this is definitely the place for you!

My review is for the salon and specifically Katie, who has done my color twice so far.
It’s not easy finding someone who knows the right shade (s) of redheadedness. But the very first time — under a Lifebooker deal — Katie zeroed in a wonderful shade of amber-​red that was perfect for my skin and eyes. It looked quite natural, no mean feat coming over my lighter summer color plus remnants of highlights, etc. The hair looked brand spankin’ new. To top it off, Katie did a lighter blonde around the hairline to soften things up and take about five years off my face. It also meant I wouldn’t have to return for a touch-​up again so soon since it blended with my silver (ahem).
Second time, I presented Katie with a big problem. I’d tried one of those wretched at-​home touch-​ups while she was on vacation and the color came out much darker on my roots — like a very bad ombré. Katie applied a single color in a deeper but just as pretty shade of amber and then what she called partial highlights — which honestly turned out to be full highlights — to cleverly disguise the root mess. It looks terrific and again, spot-​on subtle tones. I appreciated the break on highlights pricing.
The rest of the people at the salon seem quite nice and equally skilled. The shampoo person I got has fabulous hands. A stylist gave me a blowout for free because he wanted the practice — for which I happily tipped him. The overall environment is professional without being snooty or wound-​up. I agree it’s pricey but I also sense if you establish good communications with your colorist/​stylist and are honest about your limits, they can devise with a purse-​friendlier plan of action.

I have been coming to this beautiful, luxurious salon for about 2 years now. Every 3 months I see my absolutely awesome, favorite expert colorist and hair stylist Carlos Vera. You might even bump into Vera Wang and Lisa Kudrow here, or other celebs and wealthy people and… people like me that just don’t give a damn about spending money on hair. This place is mentioned in Harpers Bazaar in a list as the spot that has the most sought after hair gurus in the world. The services offered in this salon are expensive, but it is worth it to me. It is the one thing that I splurge on shamelessly, even though I kind of should be more frugal. But good looks and style matter to me, so I invest in myself. I do what I want. It’s MY money. MY life. You get what you pay for. And I know it. :)
Carlos will tell you with confidence (and he will probably throw his hands in the air while saying these words) «I know color». Trust me: He does. I sometimes walk in with a picture from a magazine, or point at some sultry model poster in the Victoria’s Secret window across the street and say «I want that». He will copy that style & color exactly to the ‘T’. And by the way: I suggest you show a picture of what you want, because what you think is ash blond, might not be what is really ash blond in their world. If you show a picture, you’ll be on target for sure.
Anyhow…People always think I am naturally this blond and are shocked when they hear that this is not my natural color. Carlos always makes sure that even when roots come out after a few months, it sort of complements the color we went for so I look good with or without those roots. I often get compliments on my hair. The cut, the color, the blow-​dry that Carlos does himself by the way, -«you’re not sent away to an assistant to be finished off”-: Carlos does it all. And he doesn’t charge for the blow dry if he colors or cuts your hair anyway.
Just for an idea of what a woman might end up spending:
Today I got a haircut for $ 150, — and partial highlights and low-​lights for $ 185, — and a single process for $ 150– all in all with tipping the lady that washed my hair, and tipping the hair dresser I walked out knowing that I spent a total of $ 550,-.
PS: The salon is very dog friendly. Staff was playing tug of war with my Boston Terrier for quite a while.

Katie did my color, and I’m very pleased. I went in not knowing what I needed, but she knew. She filled in my roots with a single process, gave my fake blonde some lowlights for dimension, and did a single process on my eyebrows to match my hair. Everyone says it looks natural.

Best color I have ever had! (highlights)
I recently went to Hiro Haraguchi at the last minute b/​c I couldnt stand my washed out sun bleached blonde hair anymore. My stylist Kate did an AMAZING job!!! She restored my hair to its natural color (a bit darker blonde underneath) with subtle highlights and low lights. My hair looked so natural when I walked out the door I couldnt believe it. Plus it restored the shine and it looked alot healthier. Great place! I highly recommend. Ask for Kate too… she is a great colorist!

Don’t waste your time.
They called me last minute to cancel my lifebooker deal because they double booked.
Aside from them canceling on me which is disappointing and unprofessional they also were misrepresenting their services.
I called and did not tell the receptionist I had a lifebooker deal for highlights I just asked about prices for «Ronnie» who I was told does ALL lifebooker deals. They told me he was a JUNIOR stylist. Now when I bought this deal I chose «creative stylist» which was more expensive then «junior stylist»…well they were having a junior stylist do all of their lifebooker deals regardless of what was bought.
Receptionist was rude on the phone and overall I felt like they were trying to get one over on people.

Well, first off here is my disclaimer: I usually get my hair done somewhere else but my colorist was beyond booked and I am type A so I couldn’t wait lol. I found a deal on lifebooker for a single with partial highlights. I’m a brunette with balayage. I went into the salon with the Drew Barrymore type ombré style (darker roots, lighter ends).
Anyway, I booked the appt through lifebooker and got a confirmation text and email. I went into the salon and the receptionist couldn’t find my appt. He was extremely nice and helpful though and told me he would find someone to do my hair. So I waited about 15 mins and then Muhammad (sp?) came out to help me. He is really soft spoken but very sweet and nice. We had a good 10 min consultation, which I think was great — I hate when they think they know what you want. This way we were on the same page. And he literally told me exactly what he was going to do before he did it. I told him I that I was getting tired of the ombré looked and wanted him to creep up the highlights so that it looked more even and I wanted more of an ash tone, because my color was def looking warm and brassy. So he lightened my base with the single to the prettiest light brown (which was pretty close to my natural color). It was so nice I almost thought of telling him to leave it like that, but we continued on to the partial highlights. I was hoping he would do balayage but he used foils because he told me that he thought balayage was «lazy» lol. I disagreed and I think it’s more natural looking but I went with it. The highlights came out really nice, very Jen Aniston like. He decided to change the tone of the blonde, a perfect mix of ash and natural tone so it’s not brassy at all (a dream for blondes). At first I thought it was too blonde, but after a few days it’s really settled beautifully.
The salon itself wasn’t spectacular by any means, no frills (they didn’t offer me a drink or anything), but it was very clean and everyone was super friendly. So my only complaints would be that he didn’t do balayage, which I am really used to. While the highlights look great you can clearly see the lines running down from the roots. Now this could be because I haven’t had foils in so long that I’m not used to it but with balayage, you don’t see that line of demarcation, its way more natural looking IMO. Also, it took 4 hours to do this. At my other salon it takes 2 hrs max for the same process. Another thing is he couldn’t blow dry my hair to save his life, but he did tell me that! I ended up drying my own hair. I didn’t mind cause of the discount, but still if I had paid their regular price, I would have been really PO’d. The last complaint is that the water in their sinks are FREEZING! I don’t know if they were having water issues or what, but it was really cold and uncomfortable.
All in all though it was a good experience and Muhammad was really nice. The color has held up really well and I do love the tone of blonde he did so for that alone, I would go see him again because it’s so hard to get a good nonbrassy tone of blonde, but I would want him to do balayage on me instead of foil. That is just a personal preference though.

The service and overall attitude of the staff is great. The salon is clean and the extra details of service are awesome. Joe has styled and cut my hair and he’s great. Very meticulous and professional. Highly recommended!

If you need a color fix, Catalina is the woman to go to. She gave me her honest opinion, got to know me as a person and even told me to look at a style book to help me «re-​invent» myself.
As much as I loved Catalina, I wasn’t too impressed with my hair cut. I had Kirsten and she was nice but the cut wasn’t worth it’s price tag. She even scolded me when I said I wanted to «roll out of bed, brush it and be good to go» by saying that no one could have that type of hair and that I need to learn to blow dry it when I get out of the shower.
The place itself is nice (very high end) but a little intimidating with the clacking of stilettos and side eyes given by the staff and receptionist. I guess I wasn’t dressed the part but in my defense, its cold outside and I was in need of a cut and color.

I had Kristen and she was wonderful! She gave me a very pleasant experience and everyone complimented my haircut for months and months after. The salon is extremely chic and modern and they were all polite!
A++++!!!

Subtle midtown salon, classy without the pomp! Catalina is hands down the most stylish colorist who understands and listens to a girl’s need and spews back what a girl wants! Au natural comes at an artifice price.
Servicable staff & J, the hair stylist kicks ass! Don’t get intimidated by the address. Prices are not for the feign of hearts or else get to know them well.