Fez Salon

I have very thick, very curly hair and it’s always impossible to find anyone who knows how to deal with it. Heather at Fez Salon has given me great cuts the last couple times I’ve gone. She cuts dry, knows not to overhandle the curls, and takes her time. My last cut was $ 50, which I think is totally reasonable.

Rudy is a master hair stylist. His cuts are always just right. He works really well with short hair and always listens to what I want. I recommend him highly.

I haven’t been back since Reina’s moved on to Dhaga Salon, but my roommate continues to go there and enjoys his haircuts there.

I love this salon! Rudy always gives me a great haircut and I am never disappointed. Especially since I am never 100% clear on the haircut I want but after listening to me, Rudy always knows exactly the type of cut I want. They always take me at my appointment time.

Fez is a great salon. I have been getting my hair cut by Rudy for years and I always love the cut. He isn’t afraid to suggest new ideas and always knows what to do for your face type/​body type. Ive been to many hip and overpriced salons and in the end I highly recommend Fez. It’s the best haircut by far regardless of price or location.

Reina is also at Dhaga salon!

My hair was butchered by the blonde female hair dresser there — or, incase her hair color has changed, the one who recently moved from Kentucky (this should have been a warning sign to me). I should have known better — I was able to walk in and have an appointment with her within 5 min (another warning sign).
I don’t even know if she was paying attention to what she was doing, she seemed concerned mainly with dumping her financial woes onto me. Not a way to establish a relationship with your client.
Btw, I have long wavy blonde hair, asked for a long side bang and cleaned up ends — I may have well been speaking a different language when I described what I wanted and my hair type. What I left with was atrocoius — I’m not even being dramatic, I was embarrassed to walk home. At one point, I think even she realized the damage she had done and just gave up, ran a flat iron through my hair, and hurried me along. She cut my (curly) bangs so short, I’ve had to pin them back for the past month.
Awful. Horrible.
The only reason for 2 stars is that my husband has had better haircut experiences there, but his hair is short and straight, and he didn’t go to this woman.

I started going to Rudy a couple years ago based on a recommendation from a coworker. Rudy is the best. I always walk out of there with an amazing haircut!

This review applies only to Rudy and Reina (the only two people who have cut my hair at Fez) and only to haircuts (I’ve never had it colored, so I can’t comment on that).
I have long-​ish curly-​ish hair, which I prefer to wear straight. I’m low-​maintenance, and one of those people who delays haircuts (and other maybe more important things, like dental appointments?) because I hate the inevitable lecture about how I waited too long to come in. I get 2 or 3 haircuts a year, and in the meantime, when I’ve had a little too much wine I think it’s the BEST IDEA EVER to cut my own bangs in my bathroom. So by the time I come in for a haircut, I’m a disaster.
Rudy and Reina never judge me. They just cut my hair. They kindly remind me that I can come in and get a bang trim whenever I want for free, but don’t lecture me about how I should stop drunk-​trimming. They also (and this is CRITICAL to me), don’t give me the same speech I’ve heard since I was 13 about how curly hair is beautiful and I should really be wearing it curly. When I say to them that I prefer to wear it straight, they give me a haircut that I can wear straight. Sometimes they’ll give me curly hair styling tips, or dry it curly for me just to see what it’s like, but they respect that I know what I like.
I also like getting my haircut by both of them because they’re really chill. Rudy in particular is pretty quiet, Reina I enjoy chatting with a little bit, but I don’t feel pressure to keep up a conversation and I can just relax.
I’ve never had product pushed on me. I appreciate that. I no longer live in the neighborhood, but still make the trek out to Fez (which actually doesn’t say much about my commitment to them, since, as I said, it’s a semi-​annual trip).

I just wanted to update that my 20 year old daughter had a cut with Natasha about a month ago. She has the complete and total opposite type of hair than mine — hers is straight, thin and short where mine is curly, thick and long. The result? She looked fabulous and couldn’t stop ranting and raving about how great Natasha is. She got a cute little short shaggy cut and advice on what types of product to use (not a salon sales pitch on specific name brands but generic types of products) and advice on different ways to style it. One month later and the cut is growing out well and she still looks fabulous… of course I’m biased.

Got a great haircut from Reina. Reasonably priced too. $ 60 for a women’s cut. Would definitely go back.

When I moved to Brooklyn I found Fez on Unilocal and made an appointment with Reina. She has always given me great cuts and been super nice. I’ve been growing my hair out and Reina cut it so that the ends flip evenly on my shoulders instead of one side turning under and the other side flipping out. Awesome!
I’m not the kind of girl who puts much effort into my hair and it makes a huge difference to get a really good cut that still looks decent four months later when I still haven’t gotten around to dealing with it. It is also lovely to go into the salon after a few months and not get a lecture about how you should really have a trim every 6 weeks.
I brought my sister when she was in town visiting and not only did her hair look great, but the next person who cut it said her hair was in excellent shape and had been cut really well… even the professionals agree, Reina gives an excellent haircut.
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Update, Reina is no longer at Fez, but don’t worry she and Natasha are now at Dhaga (294 5^th Ave between 1^st and 2^nd)

I don’t usually write reviews but I’m so annoyed right that now that I feel compelled to warn people about Fez. I went in last Friday for a trim. They were nice to accommodate me at the last minute, but now I’m paying the price. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the woman who butchered my hair. Kiki? I dunno. She cut a layer underneath my hair about an inch away from the nape of my neck. I do not know why she did this. It does not add to the hair cut and now I can’t put my hair back in a ponytail. Just in time for summer. Great. All I wanted was a trim! She said something about tightening up the cut – I didn’t know this meant giving me a friggin’ fade in the back.
Do not waste your time or money going to Fez. There’s probably a reason why this woman had a last minute opening. I should have known better…

Turned my hair orange! I went a few months ago and I asked specifically asked for someone who was good with blondes, and they gave me someone who turned my hair this brassy yellow/​orange color. It was obvious when my hair was dry that she f’d up, and she said she could wash out the «toner» she put in. I was too afraid for her to do anything else with my hair and left $ 200 later. Even the owner knew it didn’t look right and said I could come back if I wasn’t hapyy, which was good business on his part. But I didn’t want to step foot back into that salon. Oh, she also told me the orange would fade but if anything it just got worse. I ended up having to spend $ 400 to get a color fix and it’s going to take at least 2 more processes before it looks normal again. There might be some good colorists there but I wouldn’t chance it.

So apparently I don’t know much about cutting hair, which is why I pay someone else to do it. I was of the delusion that Rudy was doing a good job until I saw another skilled person at another nearby salon just to give her a try.
She pointed out how the bottom half of my hair looked thin and stringy despite the fact that I actually have lots of thick hair. I’d noticed this but didn’t think much of it – figured it was just part of the growing-​out process.
I’m now getting my hair back into healthy good looking shape. All along Rudy used the wrong techniques and the vast improvement of my hair since leaving him supports this.

I actually ditched my stylist at The Whistle because I was so impressed with Laura’s coloring. She took me from boring golden blonde to an amazing light to platinum blonde with out any orange spots or gold tones. Unfortunately she left.
I went back to the Fez to get a touch up. Not only was my stylist 20 minutes late, she wasn’t even apologetic that I busted my ass to get there at 10am on daylight savings time, but she couldn’t. She completely ruined my hair. My roots are orange. She burned my scalp and the the shampoo she put in my hair turned my hair PURPLE. So not only did I pay $ 70 to make my hair look as if I bought a box and did it myself, I now have to shell out more time and money to get my hair fixed.
This salon is dead to me. If anyone knows what happened to Laura, please message me. Thanks.

I don’t get my hair cut that often, and I never go to the same place twice. This is usually because I don’t get anything too complicated done and after the first time it feels like the salons I go to usually rush me through the process.
I have gone to Fez Salon maybe 6 times now and have never been disappointed. They are always really nice, give me great advice on how I can do my hair and they never, ever rush my cut. I’ve had about 3 different stylists and they’ve all been great.
It’s inexpensive, as hair salons go — and worth the money.

I decided to try Fez after my other salon raised their prices… in a recession– go figure.
My first visit was good enough for me to go back. I didn’t recall the name of the stylist who cut my hair before so I asked the receptionist to make my appt with the person i saw last time. She said he wasn’t in that day, but when i arrived he was (and there seemed to be an issue between him and the new girl i was apparently seeing). I don’t like seeing new stylists at the same salon but i stayed. Big mistake. my cut was the worst i’ve ever experienced and I felt like i was in the middle of an episode of Salon Takeover. She clearly had very little experience and no one seemed interesting in coaching her. It’s been 4 weeks and there is still a section in front that hasn’t grown out. Overall they are affordable, but by no means should an inexperienced stylist be charging standard prices for what has become the worst cut i’ve had in 15 years.
If you go there ensure you get a pro

I really wanted this place to work out because my first visit was great, but the next two times Ieft in ruins, and have since found a better place.
The first time, I wanted to take my hair from red to blonde – no easy feat for any colorist. But Roxie did it without even flinching. On top of that, she gave me a great hair cut for my curly hair.
The second time, I went to touch up my roots, and I wanted a shorter hair cut, and I showed her pictures of what I wanted. After touching up my roots, she said that she’d play with my hair and try to get as close to what I wanted, as thick, curly hair can be limiting. Then all of the sudden, she said she was done, and what I had was a lame football helmet hair cut with no precision or vision. I asked her specifically to cut my hair shorter in certain areas and she wouldn’t do it. I ended up leaving with wanting a bag to go over my head. I ended up going home and cutting it the way I wanted it myself, and it looked pretty damn good. I went to a friend of mine to clean it up in the back.
Then I went the third time to get my roots done again. Not only did she not even realize that my hair was a totally different style, she even took credit for it!!! «Wow, your hair looks really good,» she said. No thanks to you!!! Then the worst was yet to come. What should have been a simple roots touch up turned into a nightmare. After washing out the toner I realized Roxie looking nervous. I looked up in the mirror and my hair was f**** GREY! Then they applied another toner, and it was dirty dish blonde/​brown. Roxie was trying to pawn it off on me saying although it was a different color, it looked good, and I said no way. So then she had to rebleach my hair again, leaving it in shambles.
Since then I have started going to a different salon that gets cool, edgy hairstyles (even with my thick curly hair) and can take care of root touch-​ups without any trauma involved. See Jacqueline at the Fringe Salon in the LES.

Ever since I’ve convinced my husband to go to salons instead of a regular barber shop, he’s become picky with who cuts his hair. So while staying with a friend in Cobble Hill, I searched Unilocal for prospective salons nearby. Fez topped my list due to majority of 5 star reviews.
And as you can see, we were convinced that this salon deserves 5. There was no fuss. We called that day and we were given an appointment. We got there and my husband got serviced right away. Roxie was his stylist and she just cut away! My husband was very pleased with the outcome.
Their location is right across a school and a block away from a park. Their space is narrow but they have very tasteful interiors. I loved how they decorated for the holidays! They have friendly staff, too.