Sei Tomoko Salon — Local services in New York

I had a good haircut from Omae-san and she was very friendly, as were the other staff at the salon. No doubt about her skillset, and I appreciated the many suggestions she provided to address my hair concerns. When I go to a Japanese hair salon, what I value just as much as the service is the experience, which fell a bit short of my expectations. The hair-washing experience for me was anything but relaxing and felt very rushed -- there was quite a bit of water splashing on my face and there was no head massage which I believe is pretty standard for Japanese hair washes. I also was not provided any beverage option which made it awkward when I had to ask for water, despite the water dispenser and tea being in a visible location from us.

Overall, the price is very fair and students get $5 off which is nice, but I guess you get what...

Staff are really nice and offers tea while you get your hair done. However, I didn't really like the hairstyle they gave me. Although we discussed the length, they cut my hair too short. While blowdrying my hair after the haircut, they didn't seem to use any heat protectant and my hair ended up more damaged than it was before the haircut which I was quite upset about. Also, while they were brushing my hair, the hair stylist started brushing his own hair with the same brush randomly, then went back to brushing mine. I felt like that was really weird and possibly unsanitary. The price was also very high and the price they gave me was actually higher than the range of a normal haircut that is written on their...

I got a haircut(long hair) here, typical washing, cutting, styling. The haircut itself was good and they were attentive. The other parts of it I wasn’t the biggest fan of. The washing was really quick, and my stylist used the barest of pressure when washing my hair. I left with my scalp still itchy. Then, my stylist didn’t ask how I wanted my hair styled and said we were done. When I didn’t realize that, and asked if I could get my now shorter but still past the shoulder length hair curled, he was very reticent.

TLDR: cut was good,...