City Barbers in Canterbury

03/06/20, about 15:00
I never write reviews but I feel City Barbers is worth reviewing for the sheer awfulness of my experience.

After he started cutting my hair I was told that it would cost £10 instead of the advertised £8 because my hair was a "longer style" (about 10cm), I thought this was a joke at first and asked if I came back next week would it be more expensive again. He said "no the boss told me to charge more for the longer ones, you're lucky it’s not even longer or that would be £15", obviously trying to make me feel like I was lucky. I replied that my hair had been longer before and I had only been charged £8, he asked who had cut it and I said "you did!".
I could tell I was trying to be conned out of £2, I wonder how many other people he has done this to and pocketed the difference. He replied "alright, it will only be £8 this time and I was lucky the boss wasn't here".

He then started cutting my hair more and commented "you really should wash your hair before you come in here my brush can’t get through it", despite spraying barely any water into my CURLY hair. Adding a very insincere "I wouldn't want to hurt you" whilst proceeding to yank at my hair with his brush and manhandle my head quite aggressively.

The haircut finished after about 7 minutes with the result a very generic shape with no skill involved, he had simply hacked away at my hair in a rush (not even brushing the hair out of my ears or off my forehead). Probably so his boss wouldn't come back from picking up his child and I could question him.

I handed over £10 and after taking his time at what I could see was a pretty full till he gave me a pound coin and five 20Ps I looked at him and he gave me a disgusting little insincere smile.

I hope the boss of city barbers is a better person and will read this with the result of nobody having the same experience as me. Perhaps even to saving himself some customers and some money.

I will never be going here again despite some previous good experiences with Hadir (who has now left). Visit city barbers at your own risk. I will post this everywhere to spread the word.