West Coast Cuts

West coast barbers is located on mission bay. It’s right between a Thai restaurant and a sandwich store.
They typically have around between 2 – 3 barbers at the store and at least one who cuts black hair really well. As a Black man, it can be really difficult finding a barbershop where you can get a good haircut. If you are black male looking for a haircut in the mission beach/​pacific beach area; west coast barbers is the spot.

Great place to get your fade done. They are skilled and know what they are doing. Best part is that each individual barber has his own unique style towards each cut. I’ve been trying out the various barber one by one and like me all!

Best place to get FRESH at, line ups, tapers the works, I’ve been bringing my son here for over 3 years absolutely worth the drive, ALL the guys here are great always make you feel welcomed, Jojo and Max are our barbers of choice they are absolutely amazing. We have never left here disappointed. If you haven’t dropped by already I absolutely 100% recommend you do

Best cut i’ve got. Danny’s a true homie and takes pride in his cuts. I would definitely come back again.

It seems to be a struggle finding a legit «urban» barber or whatever you want to call it when relocating, so when i moved from temecula to pacific beach, I had to search for a new one that was as good as my last barber.
FYI, My hair style is the common comb over, with a hardline, #2 skin taper, and a line-​up. Its a basic, easy cut for most people that say they can cut at these kind of stores right?
It started at lefty’s (I don’t see the big deal about them either, they aren’t that good in my opinion, they didn’t even know how to do this style) and after that, I came to West Coast. First time, the cut was good, but my hardline was huge, and my head was red as hell with how rough the guy was.
I decided to give them another try a few weeks after, and that was the last time I came in. Firstly, I said skin taper, the guy said ok, and then he proceeded to just fade it and not even do what I had originally asked. My hardline was so shaky, the line-​up was horrible, and the cut itself was just unpleasant all around.
Now I didn’t get my hair cut by all of them, just 2 different people, but I was hoping that if I’m paying $ 20 bucks for a hair cut, id at least get a legit cut. My advice is enter at your own risk, its hit or miss. Unfortunately I missed twice, and thats enough for me to find another place.

Homies did the tight shape up and fade in a quick minute. Walked in they greeted me, made me feel welcome and got me out fast. Good conversation and good crew. Check them out in PB. Be good —

To my clients I am now currently cutting hair at a cut above the rest barber shop on garnet Ave

Always the best place to get a haircut. Longest I’ve waited is 30 minutes and thats for a walk in.

I watched Max give my son a haircut and beard trim! I was amazed, he spent 1 ½ hours and it was incredible! This place is the best!!! L. They take their time and are meticulous in their craft. True artists!

I came here the other day to get a hair-​cut and beard/​mustache trim. The set up of the shop is a little awkward with the first chair being right by the door. I realize its a small shop, but I stood by the door for a minute trying to figure out if it was cool to just walk in. After a moment the guy cutting in the first chair opened the door and said «cmon in.» I squeezed by two more chairs to the waiting area in the back and posted up for a bit.
The wait was 10 – 15 minutes, which is pretty good for not having an appointment and the fact that there were two guys ahead of me. The shop had a pretty laid back vibe and I felt comfortable sitting there. All the barbers were a little hood (which is cool for me), so if you’re a super uptight individual, this might not be the shop for you.
All that being said, lets talk about the haircut. Max cut my hair and he did a really good job. I have been rocking a beard for a while now, and decided to try out the classic 50s style cut to go with it. Max took his time and really made it look good. He blended the sides from a short buzz (1 or 2) up to the top where I kept a little more length to go with a side part. He lined everything up well and cleaned me up with the straight razor to make the look extra clean.
My beard/​mustache trim wasn’t quite as awesome. He did do a good job in taking care not to clip my handlebars, but I thought it was weird that he trimmed the over-​lip hairs with clippers instead of scissors. It was made more awkward by the fact that he had me leaned back, so the hairs (and there was a lot since I hadn’t trimmed the Stache in a few months) fell all over my lips. The beard also wasn’t quite as evened out as I was hoping. It wasn’t terrible, just not quite as good as the hair cut. He did hook me up with some beard oil that was cool.
I will certainly be back as they have a much cooler attitude and much better service than the DICKS at Leftys, I just hope with a little communication I can get the mustache trim I was hoping for.
**Note to the shop– One star was taken off for the weird mustache trim, which can easily be fixed, in fact I would give 3.5 stars if I could. The second star is forthe combination of the small space (which is just something to deal with) and the fact that their was hair all over the floor. I know the guys are just trying to get people done faster, but taking the extra two minutes to sweep up after each cut would go a long way towards making it seem cleaner.

Best cut I have had in a very long time. They stay open late and kick butt. Danny is the man, perfectionist with a good eye.

Destroyed my hair then charged me. If you can’t do it, don’t do it. Killed my hair then charged me. Hope they go out of business, go to lefty’s up the street

Went to get my beard trimmed here, I’m usually pretty picky when it comes to finding someone to take care of it. I had to wait about 30 minutes as there weren’t any barbers there (only 2). Thats why I gave it 4 stars. Other then that Nathan was a rockstar man, he gave me my clean cut beard that I wanted. Def going back to that guy!

Albert was a great help !! I love this place, people are great ! I was welcomed right as I took that first step in the door. Every one was very down to earth and friendly. Great vibe. Great prices !!! Very professional.

From the east coast and struggled for a year before I came across this spot. Anthony does it right every time. Tape-​ups, fades, men’s professional. Great environment to be in during a cut.

Terrible cut. Went in for a lineup. Guy couldn’t eyeball if it was even. Then he proceeded to give me 4 huge cuts with the razor. Sorry excuse for a barber. Surprise he didn’t chop off my head with that straight edge razor. Hair was all over the floor of the shop. Looked like it hadn’t been swept all day.

Great place. I was new to PB and couldn’t decide where to get a cut. This place is open til 9PM so I checked it out. Omar cut my hair 3 times this summer, walked out looking fresh each time. I go for a pretty classic white guy cut and he nailed it. Only 17 $, you don’t need an appointment, and the barbers are always having a good time inside. I’ll definitely be back next time I’m in PB.

Get your hair cut here

Normally cut my own hair decided to try this place out since it’s in PB and I wanted something different than a buzz cut. Decided to just go with 1 on the sides 3 up top. The barber (forget his name) missed parts of my head so the front part of my hair have the original length hair.
Giving two stars cause they were chill but I mean I still am a little hesitant to even do that cause I came for a haircut not the conversation. Whatever though. I guess the other barbers do a better job I just won’t be finding out.

There are few times in life when I take the time to make a review. It’s normally when something is really good or really bad. In this case, really bad!
I got one of THE WORST haircuts I’ve ever had in my life. I walked in with a full head of hair with decent length etc. I told them I wanted a «gentlemen» style cut, leaving the length on the top but cleaning everything up.
I should have walked out the door when my barber’s hands started shaking and four other barbers were giving my barber pointers on what to do. What was I left with? A butchered haircut like no other I’ve ever had. My whole head of hair is less than an inch and one side is about two inches higher than the other.
There may have been a couple decent barbers in there but mine wasn’t! I will literally never step foot in this place again.
Oh, and after I got my cut I talked to my good friend and found out the same thing happened to him.
Never again.