Salon 936 Hair Design

So perfect for a kids hair cut. Isaac is sweet and patient and efficient. Not a place with lots of bells and whistles but they did a great job. My 9 year old boy approves! $ 10 for a kids cut is icing on the cake.
We will absolutely go back

Betty is such a great hairstylist and colorist. I love her! I’ve been going here for over 25 plus years… I recommend her to EVERYONE!

Isaac has been doing my hair for years. He’s very meticulous if he has the time to be. Betty also does hair really well and is a pleasure to be around.
I almost always leave with a pretty darn good cut and style for under $ 30.
Also, there is a fabulous lady that washes hair there. She gives a great head massage! =)

Came here for simple temporary curls, left an hour and half later looking like a mom just woken up by triplets in the middle of the night.
This is what the $ 18 ($ 15 base + tips) I paid got me:
— 40 min under those ufo looking heater dryer things that nearly gave me a heatstroke, and pretty much zero curls from the rollers. also explains there is a reason why I’ve never seen any salon use ufo heater dryer hat for temporary curls
— Dude’s nearly futile attempts to curl my hair manually with a curling iron for another 20min after seeing how they basically subjected me to dehydration torture for nothing earlier. As much as a noob I am, I think ironing my hair for merely 5 second a piece didn’t do much other than just meaninglessly heat-​butchering my hair some more.
— Grumpy stylist who pretty much hushed me with a know-​it-​all attitude every time I tried to point something out. I stopped bothering after a while for his almost-​senior-​citizen status (+1 pity star) and just left my hair there to die helplessly on the battlefield.
— Lesson learned to spend an extra $ 10 next time somewhere else that pays more respect to my hair and time.
After spraying a shit ton of hairspray in my hair, not even bothering to put the protective cape back on me before spraying me for a last round like a I’m a monster pest, dude told me that my hair doesn’t curl well because it’s too long but the pathetic messy waves would still hold for the day if it doesn’t touch any water.
What? I’m not fucking Rapunzel and have never had a problem with other stylists curling my hair because it’s «too long».
Walked home 10 minutes later, what curls? I just looked like I haven’t showered in three days. Ended up pulling out my own curling iron to fix this travesty. Comparing the noob work I did on myself in 15 minutes and the symbol of existential crisis Salon 936 made me into, the contrast is similar to Michaelangelo’s painstakingly chiseled sculptures to a pile of playdo.

Good customer service is hard to find these days. This place is friendly, they pay your meter if you run out of time, they don’t force you to pay your tip with cash (he actually told me I can put it on my credit card if I’d like). And the haircut is good. I had Isaac, he takes his time and does a good job. It’s no Vidal Sassoon, (and even then you can’t guarantee a good cut), but $ 20 for wash, cut and style – you can’t beat that unless you go to Chinatown in which case your savings get eaten by your parking fees. I’ll be back!

You now have to feed meters on Sundays, so bring a supply of quarters!

He didn’t seem happy to cut my hair today. Number 1 buzz all around. He did it very quickly probably within 8 minutes and didn’t speak much. Was not amused.

Got my hair washed, blown out and flat ironed here. They don’t get curly hair at all or how to blow and smooth with a round brush but once they used a flat iron it looked great.

Betty gives good buzz cut. She knows how to work with shapes /​contour of my bumpy head and it has way better outcome then someone who just go by length of hair.

This review is for haircuts…
Haircuts: Layers and wash– $ 16
If you just want some simple layers or a straight cut, then I would skip the fancy salons and come here. They are a fan of the blowdryer, so don’t be fooled into thinking you got a bad haircut when you leave like Connie Chung from 1980.
If you are looking for more of a «salon» experience with stylists and advice, then this isn’t really the place. Come knowing what you want (pictures are helpful).

For the price — $ 35 for color — it is a steal. I used to pay twice, three times for color. They do the same thing as the $ 75 color or the $ 125 color I used to get. Isaac does my hair, but the lady in the glasses is also very good. They can usually take me when I walk in but they do prefer appointments. My hair is past shoulder length. I go to them every 4 — 6 weeks.

We’d been sporting horrifically overgrown hairdos for quite some time when we got serious about a mission to shortened hair. The nearby Hair View looked super busy, so we gave this place a shot, which didn’t have any business, but had three people working. I got Alan and Jenny got Isaac. We both were really happy with our cuts. Joe over at Hair View is still aces, but Alan did a great job and I’d definitely come back. The prices here were excellent value. $ 10 for a cut, $ 16 for a cut with a wash.

My new goto spot in SF, good service and great value. I have the older gentlemen in the far right corner; he knows what he’s doing with a man’s hair. I like the results better when its a just a trim as opposed to an entire cut. Doesn’t take very long and consistently symmetrical. Give it a try boys, worst is you’re out $ 12.

This review is for color…
I just moved to the Lake district and was looking for a cheap place to get my gray roots colored back to my dark brown natural color. I wasn’t looking for anything fancy, just good and that’s exactly what I got but better. I’ve been to fancier places for color but honestly it’s an easy dye job and I’m not looking to spend $ 100 just to simply color my roots dark brown. In fact before I got so many grays I’ve just done it myself because who wants to spend that much for upkeep monthly? But, now too many on the back of my head and with a toddler I figured I’d better pay the piper and avoid the disaster.
The color was fabulous. The shampoo was like a great massage. I didn’t have 1 color stain and it smelled great. Like I said I’ve paid good money to get my roots colored and have been less than impressed.
I will definitely go back.
Like other Unilocalers have stated it isn’t a spa experience. It’s a plain old salon, nothing fancy but, the quality is good. For $ 40 for color, who can knock that?

I went to this salon based on the good Unilocal reviews, but had a very bad experience.
I asked for the stylist to trim an inch off my hair and thin it out, as it was very heavy. What I got was:
— 3 inches off
— he thinned it out with a straight-​edge razor, so much so that the three remaining strands in the back look like rat tails
— ridiculous layers, one of which looks like a yamulke
— pixie bangs that do not even reach my eyes. Did I ask for bangs???
It is the worst haircut I have had since childhood. And, worse of all, I have slightly curly hair, and so in the fog this ‘do frizzes up to be one big lump around my head, with the three rat tails hanging down.
I waited three weeks before I wrote this review, as I wanted to calm down and assess the hairdo rationally. I think it cost me $ 20 for this experience. I will never go back.

I have been paying $ 50 for the exact same cut that Betty just gave me. Instead Betty charged me $ 16 because my hair was long — past my shoulders. I also happen to have a lot of hair. Yes, it was not a «spa experience» but I got a great deal and great cut. I also noticed her partner Isaac also seems to give great haircuts. I was there Sunday morning around 10:15 and did not wait at all.

Betty is the best, she is very detailed and takes her time. I’ve gone to different places closer to where I live, and paid 3 times more than what Betty charges, and still have not been happier anywhere else. The salon isn’t fancy, it sure isn’t a fancy spa experience. In fact don’t feel insulted if she’s yelling and talking loudly in Chinese to her co workers, or friends. She’s sweet though, she works hard and it seems like she really enjoys what she does. She even travels a lot and goes to seminars and classes to keep her skills up with the newest trends.

Absolutely the best hair I’ve had in years. My girl introduced me to this place last year and I keep going back. I gladly drive to the Richmond from the Hayward Hill.

This was my old standby until I upgraded to Mercer St on Union. Its a great cut for 15 bucks and the guy there was trained at Vidal Sasson. Now that I don’t live out in t he Richmond I was forced to find a new hair guru, but had I stayed out there 936 would still be my mane attraction.