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University Barber Shop
Category: Beauty and Spas Barbers Barbers [Edit]
728A Commonwealth AveBoston, MA 02215
(617) 247-2789
- Nearest Transit:
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Commonwealth Ave @ Granby St (193, 57, 57A)
Boston Univ East - Outbound (Green Line)
Boston Univ East - Inbound (Green Line)
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 8 am - 6 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- By Appointment Only:
- No
10 reviews for University Barber Shop
10 reviews in English
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Review from CJ G.
Essex Junction, VT
11/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
This barber shop is as good as it gets!
Right off comm wealth ave this place is great!
I have been here now 2 times. Both times were great. Its easy and cheap! I have always been a walk in. So getting in is easy.
A buzz cut will run about $14. They take good care of you even if it is just a buzz cut! A normal cut will run you about $16 +$4.00 for a beard trim or you can do just a beard trip for $8.00. So you can save some cash there!
The staff has always been super friendly to me. easy to deal with and very professional.
Your in and out rather quickly, its cheap, the staff is great! What more can you ask for? Plus it's great location if you live near or to go BU college. (If not take the B train on the green line for easy access)
Great 5/5! Any time I visit Boston I always go here for my hair cut needs! -
Review from Victor R.
Medford, MA
3/13/2011
Been going to University Barber for...a lot longer than I'd like to admit.
Reasonably priced. Staff is always friendly. But, after visiting all these years, that's kind of a given.
Always happy with the way my hair comes out.
This is, hands down, the best deal in town. -
Review from Tom E.
1/26/2007
Real old-fashioned barber shops are getting thin on the ground these days rather like the hair on my scalp is too. So it's always a novelty to get your hair trimmed at one rather than somewhere like Supercuts. This place is a true throwback to the 1950s, with almost no modern fittings and an archaic cash register which totally beguiled me.
I wouldn't recommend this place for ladies or for guys with complicated hair requirements, but if like me you just need a quick cheap trim then it's perfect and the staff are friendly too. The lady who cut my hair even one step further than I expected and whipped out a cut-throat razor on me. A little scary but it at least proves it's a genuine barber shop. That and the stinging industrial aftershave that she threw on me too - I still smell of 1955 right now! -
Review from Bill Y.
Somerville, MA
6/28/2009
Absolutely a great place. Haircuts are inexpensive enough, and they do a great job. Only $16 for a haircut, they're quick, usually not too much of a wait, and I'm always happy at the job they do.
Whether you get the guy all the way on the left who most people seem to wait for, the woman or the younger guy who likes to talk about sports, they all do a fairly good job. I've been going here since I started going to BU in 2000. I graduated in 2004 and live in Somerville now, but I'll still come into the city to go to this place.
I'll keep going here because it's a great combination of quality and a relatively low expense. I'd highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a decent barber at a reasonable cost in the city. -
Review from Chas K.
12/25/2009
Fantastic barber shop. Looking for highlights, shag cuts and coloring? Look elsewhere. This is a man's barber. You go here for flat tops, wiffles, Ivy Leagues and other traditional styles. And they listen. They give you the cut you want. Great team. Rino took over the day-to-day from his dad, Rocco, a couple of years ago. He's become as good as his dad. Alma and Genarro also very good. They each have their style. I prefer Rino. My son likes Genarro. we both miss Ishmael who returned to Iraq last year.
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Review from Jason A.
Boston, MA
5/3/2009
A honest old fashion barbershop. At $16 its a little steep for what you get which is very very basic, but its the city, a happy meal will cost you $6, so what are you going to do. However with that said my experience was horrible. I got the third barber and was not ready to describe what I wanted in any other language but English. My bad. This also prohibited any conversation which is what one should expect from a barbershop, right? But its a global world, so I can deal with that.
What I can't accept is the quality of the hair cut. I'm Asian and if cut too short my hair just sticks straight out. So the first thing I say, is, "I'm Asian, my hair is really coarse, I want it cut short, but if you cut it too short its going to stick straight out and that is not what I want." Well a ninja second later I had a #1 lop of hair clippered off around my left ear.
The damage being done, I just went with it. I mean my only option at that point was to ask for a bowl cut which at my employment stage is not really an option. So I ended up with a buzz around the sides and some minimal lay-down length up top. I looked like a Marine in need of a haircut for a couple days. That was cool. I attracted a whole different set of the females. But now a week in, the transition from the top to the sides just sticks straight out and flaps wind. I'm like Bozo the clown but with black prickly hair instead of the orange curly locks.
I'd go back in for a re-cut, but aside from getting a total buzz I think its pretty helpless. I've opted to slather it with product for the next couple weeks while it grows back out and then to find a different shop to spend my money. The University Barbershop, not going to happen again. -
Review from Adam K.
Boston, MA
4/18/2009
Great place. Barbers are very friendly. Haircuts are $16 as of the time of this review. Been getting my hair cut there for 2.5 years now.
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Review from Jared M.
Boston, MA
6/20/2010
Tried out this place on the recommendation of a friend. It was great. No frills, friendly staff. And you can't beat $16.
I had Abdou. He was incredibly meticulous with the clippers on the back and sides of my head, switching lengths to get the proper look and blending the transition with scissors. Same attention to detail with the scissors on the top of my head. I honestly haven't had a better hair cut. -
Review from Ryan J.
Troy, MI
2/1/2009
I've been here twice now and gotten great service at a desirable price of $16.00. Both times I was happy enough to tell them to keep the change on a twenty. If you like "barbers" then try it out.
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Review from Dan W.
West Roxbury, MA
1/13/2010
University Barber Shop, specifically Rino, is the best. Get a $40 cut in the south end or elsewhere for $16. I've been going to Rino for over 10 years, and he consistently gives fantastic haircuts.
