Toni & Guy

I used to always get my hair done in Toni and Guys in Dublin (back before the recession when I could afford it!) a haircut with the head stylist was E80 but I always assured myself it was well worth it.
Luckily in Belfast, you can get the same type of service for a lot cheaper. The Toni and Guy Training academy is made up of trainee hairdressers who have just completed their NVQs in the trade and then progressed onto the Toni&Guy Diploma which includes six weeks of intensive training on all Toni&Guy methods and techniques at their international Academies.
The haircuts are alright and good enough value, but I still think you could do better.

Tony and Guy is one of those hairdressers that makes its’ money by being known as posh and upmarket even though your local salon could do a better job for a ¹⁄₅ of the price. They’re average but given the prices by no means brilliant. Maybe I’m biased because I just think my wee hairdresser is the best, but I always feel like a conveyor belt when I visit these bigger salons, like they just want me in and out again.

Forget about cutting your hair in Dublin, its WAY too expensive! For the past year I have been getting my hair cut up in Belfast by the top art director/​stylist up there, Caroline, and it costs the same as getting your hair cut by some regular hairdresser in Dublin! how does that make sense? It doesn’t but I am going to take advantage of this until it lasts anyway! And for 2009 I have had the most beauoootiful hair!
They do eyebrow threading service is fairly new too, well its new as of this year anyway, so of course i get that done just after i get my hair cut.
I recently got a text to say that they are now doing botox, think i might leave that bit out but if your into that i reckon it will be fairly cheap up there!
Have to compliment the guy behind the reception too, from the very first time i talked to him on the phone to make an appointment to the last time he waved me goodbye he has been just the nicest hairdresser reception person ever! ya know some hairdressers that make you feel inferior somehow? well there is not a hint of this in toni and guy on the lisburn road, they are all super nice :-)

I was a client of Suzanne for nearly 6 years with no real problems. She then left and I started going to another stylist in Lisburn, under a student offer. When that salon closed they moved to Belfast and i made an appointment with her and was assured that the student offer was still valid.
I went to pay and the rude receptionist demanded more. I explained all this and she rudely demanded £35 and told me well you shouldn’t have been told that. There was no apology, or offer to get a manager.
I was embarassed and paid, but wrote an email later that day. I got no reply, so i stopped going. Most of the staff are lovely, but i don’t spend upwards of £50 on a cut and colour to be spoken to rudely. Bring Gareth back to reception!