Monkey Dooz

Called in Saturday morning to book appointments for my 3 year old twins and 11 month old. The twins have been here many times before and have received decent cuts from a majority of the staff, but this time they were lucky to get cuts with the one and only Cynthia Luna! First, let me preface this by saying my twins are typical threenagers. I need backup any time I take them to have their hair cut and I leave exhausted by the end of the appointment. Both of them were fussing and crying, but Cynthia was VERY patient and gave them both amazing cuts. Now on to my little man’s first hair cut! He sat there like a champ and I couldn’t have been more happy with the outcome. He went from a baby to a big boy right before my eyes. So happy to finally have found someone who can achieve exactly what I have in mind when it comes to my kiddos hair. Thank you Cynthia!

I came in last Tuesday as a walk in after reading positive reviews. I had to have my phone fixed at CPR and was prepared to wait. I walked in with my 4 year old son and there were 2 ladies working on clients. We had never been there before so I was looking around. Not once was I greeted or even acknowledged. I realize they were busy but any place with good customer service should at least acknowledge their customers. It was a disgusting experience. I took my son and left. It left a horrible impression and I will never recommend to anyone.

I was skeptical after reading some of the reviews but decided to give them a try for my twin 2 year old boys first haircuts. I called around 11 am on a Saturday to see if they had availability for just as I mentioned above. Without hesitation they were able to schedule an appointment for 1 pm same day. We arrived around 15 minutes early and were welcomed and excited. All the other children seemed happy and looked good. We selected the first time hair cut certificate with a lock of their hair package for $ 2 more. The stylist was professional and accommodating to their hesitancy. They looked great when finished. Everything was timely and no where near as bad as I thought it would be. We will definitely be back.

LOVE LOVE THIS PLACE. They are so patient and my sons a crier, but they got the job done, nice and clean even if hes screaming and squirming. I will never go anywhere else!
Make sure you make your appointment because they are busy and it sucks when u just walk in.

We took our son for his very first hair cut and he cried. The hair stylist was in a bad mood and did nothing to try to calm him down. I know that it is not their responsibility to calm the child but she did not even try to say anything to our son to show concern or say anything to make him laugh, etc… this is supposed to be a child friendly hair salon. I tried holding my son as she cut his hair but for it being a children’s hair salon they are not friendly at all. We had already gone to get his hair cut 4 days earlier but they said that they closed at 9 pm and that they were too busy to take any more hair cuts. They didn’t seem interested at all to lose a customer when we mentioned that we would go looking for another place. We still went ahead and made an appointment for Saturday but I do not recommend this place at all. The hair cut starts at $ 18 which I don’t mind paying but their attitude stinks. I thought that it was going to be a fun experience. These people need tot be trained on how to work with children. The hair stylist looked like she was being forced to work there. I asked her to cut a little bit more at the top and she had a disturbed look on her face, I will definitely look for another place to get our son’s haircut.

Wow Cynthia thank you so much because you are the best thank you so much my baby to have wonderful. Haircut;)

The place ia cute. the lady you make an appointment with at the front desk is nice. when it was our turn to get my 1yr old his first hair cute. she seemed nice at first but then u can see the irritated look on her face. My son didnt move at all. he jus cried the whole time. i mean what do u expect for his first haircut… if ahe couldnt handle it, an make mean faces why work there… she didnt even talk to him nice to calm him down. im not sayin thats her job but it would of been nice since being a kid environment. in all my sons pictures that we took. she kinda ruined the pictures with her irritated faces… most hairstylist kinda help on givin their opinion on what would look good. she didnt.i mean me an my husband didnt know. cuz our son has curly hair we dont know what looks good… anyways. he didnt move. his hair is kinda not lined up right but whatevers, you can tell she was in a rush an youncan totally see that in the back of his hair… we wont be going back. oh yea.its $ 25 for a haircut. i wouldnt mind paying that much if the staff was a lot nicer with smiles and they took their time with their clients… lost a customer here:/

$ 20 for a haircut!!! Insane! Nice environment for kids but my husbands barber will cut my sons hair for $ 7 and i can put a video on for him with my tablet. $ 20 is just crazy!

I stopped bringing my son who is now 5. The last haircut he had there they nicked his ear and missed very long pieces of hair when trimming with the Clippers. That was well over a year ago. Recently I brought my 1 year old for his first haircut hoping the staff had changed and really hoped the environment would distract him. The staff had changed; two women who weren’t mean but definitely not what you want from a place like this. They chatted with one another in Spanish and seemed to severely struggle with wiggling kids. Granted my child and the other child getting a haircut were really starting to fidget and cry. But please get a staff better with kids. Our first few experiences were so awesome.
Cute place and I want to love it again.

I went here today again for my sons second haircut, my stylist was Cristina & WOW she is amazing when it comes to cutting hair ! She has patience and really knows what she’s doing when dealing with kids. I’m deff coming back !!!

Me and my daughter came and and she got to sit in an airplane while getting her hair cut. She didn’t move at all since her attention was not on her hair cut but she was watching cartoons.
Thanks Monkey Dooz
I’m a definite returning customer.

One word, «Patience» the group of women that work here have it. Kudos to them because there is NO WAY I’d be able to cut hair for little kids. They all go beyond just a cut. They style it, braid and throw glitter into my daughter’s hair. I was impressed. My kids have been coming here for almost 4 years. We will keep coming back. Thanks ladies.

I love the ambiance of this children’s salon! The location is inside the mall. It’s bright with colorful murals on all the walls! They have fun car and airplane seats for the kids! Each station has a personal TV to keep the kids entertained, and a large TV in the center of the salon for everyone waiting! I love that they provide first hair cut certificates!!! The staff is friendly and great with kids!

Uhgg! I’m so disappointed because I actually liked this place the last three times we have been. Usually, it’s a fun, cheerful environment, because that’s what you pay for right?
A regular hair cut is only $ 7 bucks at a mom and pop shop.
But at a regular hair cutting place, they don’t have TVs, cars, candy, and a jungle theme.
So basically the extra $ 10 – 15 is based on the experience you receive.
Well today unfortunately, our hair cut should have been free!
So here’s what happened…
Called ahead for appointment,
Place was slow so they ended up taking us in right away.
The chair my son sat in, a yellow jeep, was DISGUSTING, covered in hair, tons of hair in every nook and cranny, and from the looks of everything else I noticed, it was all pretty filthy.
During the hair cut, the girl kept holding my sons head, and saying repetitively «if you just sit still, I can get done faster ««STOP MOVING» «what is he doing???»
MY SON IS A ONE YEAR OLD!
The TVs are all blurry so you can even see the cartoons playing, All of them!
She didn’t smile, not one time, she was rude and acted like it was a burden for us to be there.
Um, excuse me this your job? I’m PAYING you to cut his hair.
And that went on for twenty minutes or so.
Then, afterwards, she didn’t wipe him down, or dust off any of the hair.
There was so much hair all over him I got it all over myself.
When I asked for wipes, they said I had to go in the bathroom,
Where EVERY EMPLOYEE was sitting in the back chit chatting and didn’t bother moving for a paying patron. Very rude.
So when I came out I proceeded to tell my sister that he had hair everywhere,(we couldn’t walk around the mall) that I needed to get him home for a bath before his skin got irritated.
When the lady at the front asked if he had hair everywhere I said, «yes, she didn’t even wipe it off»
So then she called the same girl over with baby powder and a used towel to dust his neck.
I asked the name of the employee who did my sons hair the previous time because she was awesome and of course she no longer works there.
Needless to say,
I will not be returning. It was a waste of time and money.
And I will be letting all of my friends and family know.

I feel like this place is a hit or miss, granted my two year old cries and screams during his cuts.
But the last time we were in, the woman who was cutting my son’s hair secretly answered her cell phone! My husband and I were trying to smooth our son and didn’t realized what she was doing until I looked up. I stared at her until she said, «I’ll call you back later.»
I’m still in disbelief!
Not answering your cell phone is customer service 101! Geez!

I took my son to get a haircut here for the first time and was very disappointed with the result. I asked a stylist to TRIM his hair and bangs, and kept the old style. The result was very devastated. My son’s hair now looks like a crew cut. I won’t be coming back!

I’ve been bringing my son her for a couple years now. Ask for Casey, she is great. I live in LA and I make the drive out her because the Casey is quick at cutting my son’s hair (he is a screamer and never sits still) and she does a fantastic job every single time. It is a jungle theme with a t.v. at every station. The kids get to chose if they want to sit in an air plane, a car, or Hummer. They can be very busy if you come on the weekends or evening. I always make an appointment, it saves you alot of time. Their prices are reasonable. They also have a Daddy and son special. I’ve looked for places closer to my house to take my son and I haven’t found any place that is as awesome as Monkey Dooz.

I was wary after all of the negative reviews and prepared to dislike this place. I loved it though & will be going back.
I have a daughter who is about to turn 2. We have talen her to Supercuts & Great Clips before but have gotten attitude from stylists because she just doesn’t like getting her hair cut and she cries. Even nicer stylists have just managed to cut her bangs and they were unable to get to the back. Instead of dealing with the screaming kid & eyerolling girls at SC/​GC, I had just snipped her bangs a couple times at home while she watched Elmo & left the back alone. Her hair really needed a nice cut though, so a few weeks before the party we called in on a weekday first thing in the morning. I got an appointment right away & we took her to the mall. When coming from the 91 freeway to the mall, go around Macy’s and park in the back by the sign for Miguel’s Jr. We had no trouble finding parking.
There were two children inside finishing getting hair cut and we did not have to wait long until it was my daughter’s turn. There are cars or trucks that the kids can sit in for the haircut or regular chairs so that they can sit in a parents’ lap. There were little TV’s at each station showing a children’s show (Octonauts in this case. Not too annoying, glad it wasn’t Wow Wow Wubzy or one of those hideous Disney channel preteen sitcoms!)
The walls and each station are decorated with jungle plants and monkeys. It looks very nicely drawn/​made and looks really fancy like something I would expect to see in Downtown Disney… the décor caught my daughter’s attention immediately. She was excited about sitting in the truck & driving but when the haircut started her dad had to hold her in his lap. The stylist had some cool toy keychains to distract her and other small toys but unfortunately, she didn’t go for it. What worked for our kid was him holding her legs so she could not kick the hairstylist and her waist so she could not get up, while at times when needed I stood behind dad & held her head against dad’s chest. Try this position & maybe you too can get your tantruming child a nice hair cut.
The stylist was not friendly or chatty at all. Maybe she was apprehensive about our kid. I tried being friendly with her and pretty much got shut down, lol. But she DID give our daughter the best haircut she had ever had. My daughter’s bangs are now neat and short like stylish little baby bangs which I LOVE. The stylist fixed the messed up part between her bangs & regular hair (Mommy’s fault trimming hair at home). The hair in back was neatly and evenly cut. Her bangs look just a tiny, tiny shorter on one side but it may be a cowlick and it is not very noticeable, plus hey my daughter was kicking and crying! All in all she looked so neat and precious.
On the price list getting braids or hair coloring costs extra. However I think our stylist had extra time and she did a tiny braid on the side of my girl’s head. She put in a bow and was about to add pink glitter but I politely declined that. I think she is too little for that and besides it would just get in her eyes.
We spent $ 18 plus tip on this haircut and considering this is the only time since she was a baby that the whole hair has been cut, as well as the nicest-​looking bangs and easiest to style haircut she has ever had, I was so happy and impressed. I will be back. You might like it too.
DO:
–make an appointment. Stick with weekdays and early morning.
–bring an extra person to help if child is going to wrestle or tantrum. Ask a friend?
–I don’t know the facts about the review where the lady says they charged for getting tangles out of a kid’s hair. I would guess there is another side to the story there, I would probably charge too if it was really bad. Just use some detangling spray or leave in conditioner and comb it out before the cut with a detangling brush or comb.
–tell the stylist what you want or show a pic if you want something very specific & note that very detailed or precise haircuts such as feathering, layers, fades, etc cost extra on the price list. We were happy but we just asked her to cut it and how much to cut in back, didn’t specify a style. I think some parents might not have liked getting a surprise ‘do like we did.
–bring something which will distract your child. In our case (I hate doing this too) I had to give her my phone with a baby app on it.
–if you have a problem with the hair cut you are getting (such as asked for fauxhawk and they shaved it all into crew cut) STOP the haircut and call the manager over and tell them no you did not want that? I mean is it that hard?

After three failed attempts to get my 3 year old’s hair cut, I tried this place. So glad I I did. They were so patient and calming, I couldn’t believe it was the same kid wearing the cape and sitting still with the clippers. Highly recommend them. Christine cut his hair.

Took my son here for his first professional hair cut. They were pretty much closing up but we took the chance to see if they’d take us in and they gladly welcomed us in.
The jeep and disney jr. kept my son busy. my son’s dad knows more about fades and whatnots and our stylist gave us her opinion with our son’s thin hair while I gave her a verbal invision. we trusted her with her opinions as she put what we hoped for in mind and it came out so perfectly!
she took the time, despite them already being closed. she stopped when our son started to fuss and when he calmed down she continued on. she was patient with him, she gently touched him, yet cut his hair as speedy as possible for the sake of our son.
if Im in the area, I’d definitely come back