Tammy's Barbershop — Local services in Honolulu

I hate to write a bad review on any business owner but when they suck this badly... it is important to share the experience, so the same thing doesn’t happen to you!

This lady is horrible. I called in advance to make an appointment. She had me come in at the time she was available. When I arrived, she had a few people ahead of me (which was very odd considering I had made an appointment with her already)

After waiting for 30 min. I felt a tad uncomfortable because I just witnessed her cutting propels hair in such a hurry. I decided to NOT listen to my gut feeling and gave it a go.

(As an FYI) My haircuts typically take between 30-45 minutes. She was taking calls and cutting my hair at the same time. It’s like she was trying to pile on as many customers in her store as she possibly could. Money hungry and greed was definitely obvious. It was unbelievable how she didn’t take her time to concentrate and do a good job. I don’t know how, but she was done in just 7 minutes.

I had to continuously correct her. Have her put my apron back on and do what she missed. One side of my head looks completely different than the other. Never showed me how the backside looks (Through a mirror), never checked to see if I was happy. Never double checked any spots or compare one side to the other side in the mirror.

I had to repeatedly ask her to revisit my head… to cut here and cut there. She managed to run a shaved line over my side-burn that looks very bad. Not to be mean, but a blind person would have probably done a better job. In the end, she missed even more spots like my neck and my sideburns that had uneven hair. There was a patch of hair on my neck that she completely overlooked. I ended up going to another barber in Chinatown and fixed her errors there. When I called and asked her about her errors, she claimed it’s my fault that she didn’t shave my neck clean. Her own words “If you don’t tell me, I won’t do it”. Which is bizarre. It is all part of the...

This is my favorite barbershop in Honolulu. Tammy does an incredible job, she is very nice, and her prices are the best I’ve found in the city ($15 for a haircut). Tammy’s cuts have also consistently been better than any other shop I previously tried (even ones that were more than twice the price).

I’ve also found her to be quite generous with clients. After my first haircut, I handed her my credit card and she informed me that she only took cash. I offered to let her hold my cell phone while I went to the ATM since I didn’t have any cash on me. She said not to worry and just pay whenever I am back in the area. I was surprised by how laid back she was and still have never experienced that kind of flexibility or generosity from another business owner.

Tammy gives great haircuts, is very generous and I highly...

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Tammy is not a barber. She's more like a butcher. She destroyed my hair. WORST barber EVER. She blazed through the entire process. Missed crazy factors of cutting my hair. Worst haircut I've received on the island. My hair wasn't even, I have lines where he cut it deeper than the rest in the side, and the hair on the top of my head is extremely uneven. I will never let Tammy cut my hair again. IT seemed as if she was on SPEED. It looked better before I went, and I was already a week and a half late from my normal appointment at another salon (my regular stylist was on vacation and my backup stylist was booked until after I'd be out of town). Now I have to find another place to get my haircut. Tammy sucks and it absolutely shows. YOU GET WHAT...