I really have no idea whether all the 5 star reviews here are fakes, paid for, or genuine experiences, but take this as a warning - DO NOT trust this guy with your hair.
I saw him today, the shop was nice, little museum section, nice seating area, seemed to have regular clientele, so I decided to give it a shot. I do not have hard hair to work with, I asked for a basic cut in side parting, with a #2 fade.
This barber cuts your hair so you're facing away from the mirror, so you can't really tell what he's doing until he hands you the handheld mirror at the end of the haircut. When he did that, I right away noticed how uneven the haircut was on both sides of the parting. Not surprising considering how he used clippers and a comb the whole time. When I asked him to fix that he actually made it worse by digging his clippers further in and making it more uneven. Eventually I told him to leave it alone, and had to go to another barber shop (Gem on 6th St) who fixed it up for me.
Amazingly enough the worst thing about this was not the actual botched haircut, but the fact that this barber said barely 10 words the whole interaction, and then proceeded to charge me for the cut. No effort to talk about what went wrong (even though I was visibly upset), no apology, nothing. I'm not asking for small talk, but if you're unable to have a conversation with a client, you're in the wrong business.
To sum up:
Nice shop
The shoulder massage is a nice touch
ZERO attention to detail and a total lack of basic skills as a barber
ZERO ability to have a conversation with a client
Cheap haircut
You've been warned.