Reviews of Hastings Barber Shop Cabbagetown (Barber Shop)

Janelle Rosa

Great place. Great staff. Very accommodating to my 14 and 9 year old. We'll definitely return.

Kelly Livingstone

Cian was great. Super relaxed and friendly atmosphere

xlartanislx xlartanislx

I am supremely disappointed. I asked for the sides to be taken in and the length to be LEFT at the top. The barber completely did what he wanted then said that the length was left. My haircut is uneven, my lineup around my ear is just butchered, and the length is not what i asked for. I can’t believe i paid for this haircut. Its actually the most disappointing one i’ve ever got. I was advised that the person who cut my hair is highly sought after and this is the type of haircut he gives. They said i would be able to get a touch up and a future haircut.

Nathan Maharaj

Love this little neighbourhood barbershop. Reasonable prices. Good vibe. Great tunes. Jimmy's my guy, so if you're going to take up one of his spots please tip generously.

CHRIS C

Got a great fade from Alex. Nice guy, good skills. Happy customer :-)

Jesse Smith

Always a great experience and amazing value!

Scott Carroll

I dig it

Bloch Real Estate Team

Ian is the best fade in Toronto! Support your local Barber Shop! Well Run, Easy to arrange appointments, nice vibes!

Tim Dempsey

Great staff, good cut, good price. Too bad COVID takes away from the "have a beer, relax" atmosphere, but that's just the way of the world right now. I'll go back.

Sergey Talashkevich

Came in with a full head of hair, and left with nothing. Absolutely disappointed in lack of effort in understanding customer's needs.

Dianne Cameron

Great barbers. Nice atmosphere.

Seth Wonner

My first time in and I received a good cut, although it took a long time. Lots of chairs and a receptionist to help with appointments. I will be going back next time.

Trevor Stewart

Great place for a haircut and a talented and friendly staff!

Monroe Thomas

Great haircut. Great ambiance.

R.G. Carter

Best men's cut in the city. Spacious counter point to their lesliville location.

Joshua Doner

Ian is a legend

Richard Brown

Clean reasonable price, nice people

Mike Pew

First time in today, comfortable place with friendly staff. Pash did a great job!

Mehdy Cyril Chaillou

Great atmosphere, skilled team, and satisfied with my haircut. Thanks to Jimmy for the great experience!

Primus Tien

The best

Damian Bartolomucci

Little expensive but great cut. Make sure to make a reservation

Matthew Parker-Jones

Although the cut was fine, the vibe of the Cabbagetown location felt a bit younger and less welcoming than its Leslieville counterpart. It may have to do with each locations' respective neighborhoods, wherein the Leslieville location simply feels more integrated into the community fabric. If you have the option, the Leslieville spot should be your first pick.

Zach H

Wasn't too happy about the beard trim I received here. The line up was off and the beard wasn't cut evenly.

Brian Huskins

Great haircut and live the atmosphere.

Brendan Corney

Amazing staff, reasonably costed for the quality of cut.

Simon Lever

Good hair

James Watson

Groovy, friendly, talented hipsters cut your hair while u drink a beer and enjoy the eye candy.

Bob

Thanks Jenny for keeping me looking fresh!

Albert Chau

Great barbershop - Jenny is the best

Benedict San Juan

I've gone to Hastings twice now, once pre-covid and once after the lockdown has been lifted, and both times I have been impressed with the quality of my hair cut and the experience. I am also glad to see health protocols and cleanliness in place and in a way that makes sense without taking too much away from the experience.

Deron Engbers

Gary rocks!

E H

Guys are always accommodating for a quick cut drop in

Steve Norrie

Love this barbershop, as evidenced by me returning here for several haircuts. I got lucky and found a great barber on the first visit. Others may need to try out more than one to find a barber whose style and sensibilities matches their own. Overall, the process is efficient with the online booking, use of text messaging, and in-and-out process of the cut itself. I'm generally done in 20 minutes with little to no waiting... I haven't checked out the other locations, Gerrard is convenient for me.

Jonathan George

A nice, convenient choice for me. The staff are already friendly and engaging, and who didn't want a beer while waiting your turn to get a haircut?

Kevin Zhang

Great place, great staff, great cuts! The price is better than many of the contemporary men's barbershops in the city, although they do need to start accepting credit card payment and fix their online booking system.

Lucas Schaffer-Wood

Fire cuts

Jack Griffiths

I go here monthly for my haircut. Great staff. Great cuts.

jordan glick

This shop does a great job, with great attitude. Excellent IPAC procedures to keep you safe!

David Tucciarone (Core Worlds)

Friendly, do a great job and know their skills! You can go there and have a great cut and great conversation.

Sha Harsha

Jenny is the best ????

Alex Paterson

Cozy joint. Great cuts and fair rates.

Julie Osland

Very cool spot with skilled barbers. Come here if you want to look slick!

Kirk Pedersen

Amazing place. Love supporting business' like these.

Tommy La

Bomb fades

Abhay Jadeja

Great place with friendly people. I got a nice new haircut. Will be coming back.

Alex Martin

Awesome people great cuts

David Ort

Great service and spot-on decor.

Kevin Nunes

Excellent neighbourhood shop in the Cabbagetown area of Toronto. Run by young, professional and experienced hairstylists who are hip to today's contemporary styles.

Brennan Huggett

Easy to book, although waited 30 minutes from my appointment time. The guy really seemed to try, but completely messed up my beard line on my neck and also cut me with the clippers (something I have never done myself). He did do a good job on the blend on my hair. I was also concerned there didn't seem to be much use of barbicide (nothing was put in barbicide from the previous gentleman) Furthermore, when I asked for a skin fade, he didn't say he couldn't do it, just proceeded to do it as short as possible with clippers. I'm use to barbers doing it with a straight razor at the bottom. If I knew they couldn't do it that way, I would have went somewhere else in the first place. It was cheap at least, not the end of the world, and I hate writing a bad review, but was just disappointed.

Adam Stox

Best barber shop in the city

Seth K

Free beer! Hair cut was just ok for the price, though.

Jordan Allison

Some of the best cuts in the City. Great team of barbers at the Gerrard Shop. Cabbagetown locals love this spot.

andrew mcknight-Brown

Best place for a cut!

Lina Risi

Ladies it's time we pay less for hair cuts! Tired of over paying at Salons. Jimmy the barber is more than capable to cut short hair on women. $$

Andrew Michael Nolan

Best place around. I'm the worst about trying to get last minute appointments and they always get me in. Everybody's super friendly. Their pomade that they make is the best I've tried.

François Lizotte

Best spot for a barber cut. No fuss team in a very no fuss shop. Call ahead to find out if they can take you on a short notice, otherwise book ahead.

Richard Eng

I'm a regular here and at the leslieville location (depends where my barber is). Great staff, relaxed atmosphere and if you're up for it, there's a pool table in the back. If they like you well enough, you can get a beer while you wait or during your cut. They're cash only, but there's an ATM on site that doles out $10 bills.

Lucas Simpson

Had the best haircut I’ve ever had from Jenny today. She’s fantastic, and very knowledgeable and helpful.

Yevhenii Liashenko

Great barbers. Awesome atmosphere and level of service. Definitely my home barber shop from now. If you don’t know who’s one to chose - Ian is amazing pick????

Cliff Cohen

Great. Jenny is awesome

Devon Andrews

Best barbers hands down

Michael Wesley

great team of barbers - super friendly - super chill

Riccardo Caimano

Great barbers, really cool vibe and great music. Very quick cuts and I always come out feeling great at a good price.

George Rondina

I am a local business owner. The recording studio up the road. These guys do a fantastic job and are very reasonable. Thanks for bringing the neighbourhood up one more notch.

Joel Nascimento

Service is great, good songs on stereo and nice hairstyles.

Dylan Coe

Great place. I'd Recommend Paul Jacko, he did an amazing job.

Gordon MacKeracher

Ask for Marlo!

Mohammed Asaduallah

I don't know what everyone on here is raving about. My girlfriend and I just moved to the neighbourhood and I figured it was time to find a new barber considering my previous barber is all the way in the west end. Anyways, after spending some time on Google looking for a spot, I came across Hastings and it appeared to have good reviews and photos of the place looked nice so I decided book an appointment. My first red flag was during booking — each appointment is 20 minutes long. I found this rather odd as I have never had a haircut in less than 25-30 minutes. My last barber shop (Town Barber; they now have two locations) has 30 minute appointments for comparison. Same was true for my barber shop before that. I go into the shop and turns out the guy that was to cut my hair was having quick bite. No worries; people need to eat. I take a seat in the waiting area and soon after he asks me to come up. I take a seat in the barber chair and he's typing away on his phone. I figured it was maybe a quick response so that's fine, but he just kept at it. I sat there for a good few minutes while he continued texting. Once he was done, he didn't even acknowledge that we're now well over 5 minutes into a 20 minute hair appointment. Nonetheless, I tell him what I'm looking for and he goes to work. Part way into it I notice his techniques is not as consistent as the previous barbers I've gone through, but acknowledging that I'm not a barber I simply let things be and see what happens. I believe there's an unsaid trust you bestow onto your barber to do right by you. As he's wrapping up, I'm noticing a number of things that don't look good so I brought them up to him so he could fix them, and he tried, but I simply don't think he recognized what was wrong. Realizing I just have to accept this terrible haircut, I just let him clean up (with a machine; he didn't use a blade to clean up the back) and wrap up with the haircut. The haircut cost $30 cash. This is the same amount I paid at my last barber (Town Barber in the west end) where the appointments were 30 minutes long, you could go to any of the barbers there and get a quality haircut, and they do an amazing job cleaning up with a blade. At first I wasn't going to post a review because I figured maybe this is how things are in the east end. Perhaps the quality of haircuts isn't as good, but the prices are still the same. So I went to another barber shop (Gents Barbershop) and was completely surprised at the difference in quality. The haircut I got there was significantly better and surprisingly it was $5 cheaper. Gents is a bit of a walk compared to Hastings, but I would rather get a quality haircut (while saving $5!) than come to this shop where the only thing good about it is how it looks.

Dave Dehghani

Book with Danny or Mikey and you'll be a happy customer!

Amy & Mitesh

Pash is killing it!

Marcus Smith

The beer is shut but the haircuts are dank

Scott Joudrey

Since moving to Toronto a few years ago, one of the hardest things to find has been a good barber shop. Perhaps I was spoiled before, but I like to be able to make an appointment (online is a bonus), I want it to be affordable (I have a very simple buzz cut and fade) and I want it to be done well (it blows my mind how many people can't do a simple buzz and fade without missing areas of hair). After many failed attempts to find a barber, I stumbled across Hasting's after we moved to the regent park area. There were many people to choose from, so I rolled the dice and tried Jenny first. She is amazing. She is super cute, nice, does an amazing job (you can tell she has great attention to detail) and she charges me a little less because it's a simpler haircut (even though I feel like she does just as much work to make it perfect, so I just tip her more :P). Bonus, sometimes there is an adorable dog there and they also offer you free beer while you wait (say what!).

Evan Fischer

Never had a bad cut here. Always a positive experience, and friendly barbers. Easy to book with your favourite barber, once you have figured it out.

Haroun Bali

Great service, great atmosphere, Ian.

Renato Córdova Del Carpio

Jenny was very professional and did an amazing job. Definitely coming back

jack phillips

Got a simple trim at this location. First experience at this location (have been to their Danforth location). -nearly 20 min late -razor burn -rude guy at the front desk -overall mediocre haircut Very unlucky experience, go to their Danforth location for a higher quality experience.

Ryan Munson

I’m a regular here and get consistently great haircuts from my friend Jacko. Couldn’t ask for a better experience and the staff is all very friendly!

Griffin Brunger

Waited half an hour past my appointment time to be seen. While I was there, one barber had finished 2 haircuts; the other did not finish one. Ended up not seeing the person I had booked with as he still wasn’t done with his original - had to see the other which bumped their next scheduled person as well. The haircut and friendliness of the staff were good, and the reason for the 2 stars. Overall negative experience as watching people who show up after you and leave before you is pretty frustrating. Would recommend only if they figured out the scheduling or had some compensation for time lost waiting.

Nicholas Boole

Awesome barbershop. Jimmy and Gary are magicians with the scissors. Look no further. This is the place to be for a quality cut.

Mark Hancock

Great haircuts and great atmosphere with friendly barbers

Doug Walters

The Barbers are terrific!!

mircea budaca

Great cuts even on Sunday

Gary Loughran

Great staff and haircuts

Tim Stokes

Great place, great haircuts!

Cameron Perrier

Meaghan is really great. Gave me one of my best haircuts and shared some styling tricks. I'll be coming back just for Meaghan!!

Tim Hodapp

Great haircuts at a good price.

Tim Johnstone

So glad they are open again!

Michael Slonimer

This place is great. Friendly staff, great cuts, great prices. Will be back.

Jennie Grant

Great barbers. Cool vibe. Awesome location. Even get a free drink with your cut.

Stefan Vidovic

Great barbers, great prices, great atmosphere.

Mark de Boer

Best Barber shop in Toronto

Andy P

Best barbers in Canada

Josh Dos Santos

Amazing barbershop with friendly staff. Been here a couple times and every time I’ve been I have had a pleasant experience and left with a good haircut. The free beer is also a bonus. Id say its one of the best barbershops for the price in the downtown area.

Anthony Somai

Great atmosphere. Excellent haircuts.

Suchita Sethi

Love this place! Maegan is one of the best!! My boys go all the way from Caledon to Cabbagetown to see her!

M D

Awesome place, good music and Jenny was great.

Jonathan Stethem

Great place for a cut and a beard trim. Reasonably priced and they take their time.

dee cee

Not a bad place to get a cut. Find your barber though as everyone has a different style of cutting

Parth Pandya

Phenomenal attention to detail every time

Taro Aida

Ok haircuts, but pricey for the quality of cuts.

Jackson G

Good price for a really good TVs

Christopher Christopher

(Translated) Meh ... (Original) Meh...

Joshua Farrington

Jenny is awesome - super happy with my cut

Andrew R

Best barber shop in the city.

Porchy Von Porchington

Amazing barber shop! Fantastic staff who do an amazing job. Lots of heart ♥