Salon Tony

Based on the reviews (the unfiltered ones!) I was a little leery about going to Salon Tony, but I had won free lowlights through a blog, so I figured there wasn’t much to lose. I did have to wait 30 minutes for my appointment to begin, but you will find that at any salon, so it wasn’t a deal breaker. The receptionist was very nice and kept checking on me and letting me know how much longer it would be.
Roger did my lowlights and I couldn’t have been more pleased. The color blended perfectly with my current color and was the exact «chocolate brown» I desired. Not to mention his blowout — it was like what you’d receive at a blowout bar! I was very impressed.
The salon itself is small, and doesn’t have the homey feel that my regular one does, but it does the job. Both the receptionist and the owner both came by to personally say goodbye when they left for the day, which I thought was awfully nice — something they didn’t have to do. Definitely gives them something extra. I can’t comment on prices, but I would definitely recommend Roger!

I must echo other Unilocalers in reviewing this establishment. After keeping me waiting for 15 minutes, the guy puts me in a chair and rushes through highlighting my hair. He continues to answer the phone. Since it was a nice day and I wanted to get back outside, I declined having my hair blown dry. I’m glad I did because I’m pretty sure he would have charged me. Before going, I had looked at their prices. When I went to pay and presented my Living Social coupon, the guy charged me more than what was posted on their website (and no, I do not have long hair nor any other reason why he should have charged me more).
Unfortunately, since it’s in Flash and I have an iphone, I was not able to render the website on my phone to show him. So I was stuck paying more. On top of this, my hair doesn’t look that great. I would never go back to this place.

I was told I should let people know my experience here. In the beginning it was great, despite the fact Tony always worked on multiple people at a time. In my humble opinion this is not reassuring for a customer– it makes me feel like his attention is elsewhere.
I took a drastic step from going blonde to brunette and Greta, who now works at Salon Bleu in Tyson’s Galleria did an amazing job. I will give credit that Tony created my hybrid color, but Greta was the one who perfectly blended and colored my hair.
When I came back for a touch up, Tony without me knowing changed my hair color, and ended up dying my blonde roots bronze. I basically had an unintentional ugly ombré. He tried to tell me when when it was dry, it would be all one color– not so much.
After I told him this was unacceptable, Greta corrected my root color. I asked for a trim, which Tony proceeded to take off almost 2 inches of my hair. I paid
Bottom line: Do not let him fool you with his lower than usual prices, because you get what you pay for. Go to Greta for color, and Salon Antoine in Fairfax, VA– they both are amazing, but NoVA pricey.

Tony is AMAZING– I honestly don’t know what the bad reviews below me are talking about. But then again, it is Unilocal.Tony is such a nice person and always gives me the most amazing experience. Him and his wife are one of the nicest, more polite people I know and always make me feel very comfortable. Some continuous experience I’ve had
1. Cut: Amazing, I trust him enough to tell him to do what he thinks is best, and it always works out. Side note, I have thick, curly hair and it’s almost impossible to find someone to cut it the proper way and he always does an amazing job. He’s the only person that I TRUST enough to let cut my hair, and he’s been doing so for almost ten years (back when he used to work at salon daniel).
2. Highlight: Again, great. I’m not so hair savvy and I’ll usually know what shade I’m going for and he’ll pick out a specific one and decide which one will look best for me. He has a great eye for these things.
3. Keratin Express: He (with the help of his assistant) did a fantastic job. He knows I don’t like too much chemicals on my hair so he recommended I go for that instead of the full keratin. Although my mom does do the full keratin about twice a year, and loves it.
4. Blowouts: Always makes my hair look super nice, volumous, and sexy.

I am surprised to read all these negative reviews. I went to Tony’s salon and was very much pleased with my experience at his hair salon.
Tony was welcoming, kind, and informative in every move he performed. I felt his sincere attempt in conducting his very best in his work and in pleasing his customers.
The results [hair cut & deep conditioning]: flawless, pleasing, and exceeded my expectation– I was very happy when I left the hair salon! ^_^

I purchased a Living Social deal for a Keratin Treatment and it did not come out well. I have this treatment done before and I was over the moon about it. Since having the treatment done it’s as if absolutely no product was actually used. My hair is the same as it was before I walked in and spent all my money.
Also I bought the special shampoo and conditioner that goes with the keratin treatment and I swear that the bottle of shampoo is a little bit of soap filled up with water. It comes out as loose as water and has no suds when I wash my hair.
They were all friendly enough, but the place was a little on the dirty side and the receptionist was too young to know what she was doing. I will not be going back!

I bought a groupon for a haircut and hilights.
I had the hilights with one of the female stylists who specializes in color… she did a great job, was warm and friendly, and did them exactly like I asked… then was time for my haircut with Tony…
My experience was exactly like the other 3 reviews who rated it a 1. Tony was way overbooked, not friendly, way way too fast, CLEARLY didn’t listen to me during the consult… I could tell he wasn’t listening to me at all so I continuted to say, «do not do not cut the side layers please, I want to grow them.» He cut my hair so fast it hurt my scalp a few times, and he cut my side layers SO SHORT! It was clear his focus was doing my haircut his way and as fast as possible.
He asked me how I liked it, and I told him I didn’t like it, and he cut the part short that I asked him not to. He mumbled something about why they had to be cut.
Clearly his communication is lacking. It took me months to grow my hair and be happy with it after getting a cut somewhere else. I will never never go back. I also bought a groupon for $ 150 for a keratin treatment there, and I am not going to use it because I couldn’t have been more dissapointed in the service I received. BIG DISSAPOINTMENT!

I have nothing but great things to say about this place… tony, michele and the whole staff are unmatched. I drive 30 mins each way just to come to this salon. From the start of scheduling an appointment (which by the way my last visit was Friday and they scheduled me after hours just because they are so wonderful), to actually walking in the door, and then the actual cut every minute of working with this place is worth it! They buy bottles of wine for their clients, they get to know each one, and there are only two of them, so they get to spend one on one time with you. Everytime I walk out of there I look like Jennifer Anison (by choice), and if i could upload a pic i totally would! I hope this helps all of you ladies and gents out!

I went here yesterday and I will never go again. I have curly hair that I wear curly and do not straighten. Usually when I go to a salon the stylist will ask me if I wear it straight and if I want them to straighten it, which I always say no to. Well, evidently at this salon they do not ask, they just do it. By the time I realized what he was doing it was too late to ask him to stop and when he was finished I looked like I should have been anchoring a morning show! And to make it worse, now that I have washed it curly again, it’s clear to me that he cut my hair assuming that I would always wear it straight, which is odd since I went in with very curly hair! The layers are way too short which is a problem since I wear my hair up quite a bit (and yes I told him that). And when it’s down I look like I am wearing a pompom on my head. Never again.

This place is exactly what I have been looking for in a salon. Nice, clean and SUPER friendly (I truly don’t understand why some nice salons feel the need to act so snobby). I agree with the previous post that it is a very welcoming environment. They brewed a fresh pot of coffee and served in a huge mug and it was very enjoyable! Michele W did my highlights and haircut and i LOVE LOVE LOVE both. finally someone who understands what me and my hair like. THANK YOU SALON TONY: D

Ok, so, here’s the deal.
I used to work here BUT I am neither going to trash this place, nor do I have any financial interest in its success. I’m just going to write a review to give my opinion of the place. This is fair, I think, because I have ultimate insight :)
Hopefully, you find my review very useful and helpful in choosing a salon.
The place:
Tony puts his heart and soul into the place, and it looks great as a result. It’s a very welcoming environment. You’re offered a drink, and you’re part of the family as soon as you’re in the door.
Tony’s wife, Rima, who works as the receptionist there part time, is the most fashionable person I know. She’s a sweetheart, and a super genuine person.
Other perks: fashion shows on the flat screen, great music, quality products, sometimes Rima cooks and brings in food!!!
The products:
The products lines are primarily Phyto and Kerastase.
The stylists:
TONY gives quite possibly the longest lasting blowouts of anyone I know. Half of his appointments are for blowdry only. He has about a dozen ladies who come in once or twice a week to get their hair done. That speaks for itself. His haircuts also last very long. He’s amiable but unabashedly declares his political opinions and thoughts of what’s going on. He also goes to Paris 2x year for the Haute Coiffure Francais hair shows and always brings back the DVDs of the show.
GRETA is new, and she’s never done my hair but in coming back in to chat with Tony, I’ve spied on her services and seen her work. I approve. She specializes exclusively in color services (and extensions! exciting!), and the receptionist’s highlights look good, so I will be trying her soon enough.
Appointments:
Salon Tony will bend over backwards to give you an appointment that is good for you. They get very busy but try to accommodate everyone.
As a result, when someone is very late for their appointment, it can leave you waiting to get your hair done :(This is a drawback to this place, so if you want to have things go as smoothly as possible, do yourself a favor and book on a weekday. What can you expect, though? A salon is like a doctor’s office– sometimes you have to wait past your scheduled time.