Guy Thomas Salon

Don’t recommend your clients visiting New York to this salon. The stylist didn’t follow my instructions and told my client she was to old for her color. Bad customer service,
No water/​coffee and attitude!!! Xo
1 star for location.
1 star because the receptionist is so nice.
1 star for being a Goldwell salon

I’ve been going to Guy Thomas Salon for more than three years and I have never been happier with my curly hair. Janelle is the absolute best! She really understands curly hair given that she has curls herself. She’s also great with blowouts, highlights and styling — super talented all around. I trust her completely and highly recommend her to anyone.

Imagine you are in NY for one night and airport security took all of your favorite hair products. Guy Thomas salon made my nightmare into a dream. I Unilocaled for hair products, walked in and walked out with a fab blowout. My speech that night was flawless as was my hair. Thanks Guy!

I have been going to Janelle for years for cut and color (highlights and sometimes full process). I have naturally thin, mouseburger hair. Janelle is a hair whisperer and makes my cut and especially color look amazing and natural. She is one of the only people I think really understand what type of hair color works best with your individual skin tone. I trust her judgement completely regarding any suggestions she has made. She is also a warm and caring person and makes the experience fun. Highly recommended!

One of my best friends recommended Janelle during a recent visit to NYC to help fix a ridiculously botched color job on my head that left my naturally long blonde strands fried, violet and red (long story!). I was frustrated, nervous and quite embarrassed, but after a few hours on Janelle’s chair, everything was transformed! Her attention to detail, wealth of knowledge in color and overall amazing attitude helped turn a bad situation into the best head of hair I’ve had in a really long time. Thank you, Janelle and Guy! You have a heck of a fan here in Virginia.

As a dude, I never gave haircuts much thought and always went to the cheap places. A friend recommended this place and while it was a bit hard to find, it’s by far my best cut. I’ve gone twice and won’t go anywhere else when I’m in the city. Excellent attention to detail and customer service.

I have been having my bangs cut by junior stylist Johanna for over a year, unfortunately she isn’t there anymore, but the owners daughter Janelle is the one who trained her and also does a wonderful job. If I still worked in midtown west I would definitely still be getting my bangs cut here they were and still are awesome.

I’ve been living in NYC for 2+ years now and hadn’t been able to settle on a place that could consistently do a good job on my hair. I’m a guy who works in finance for a very buttoned-​up firm– so you’d think that going to a good barber would suffice. Unfortunately, I have very «difficult» hair (as anyone who’s ever cut my hair has said) and have found that if I pay anything less than $ 75 for a haircut, I come out looking pretty terrible.
Anyway, I happened upon Guy Thomas through Unilocal/​Google and didn’t know what to expect. But Janelle has cut my hair about 5 times now and has consistently done a great job. She typically takes her time, is always pleasant to talk to, and understands what I need. She’s also good with feedback and has recommended a few minor style changes for me along the way that have all worked out very well. On top of it all, the cuts are reasonably priced ($ 47 incl. tax; not incl. tip). If this place were located in a more «prime» location, I’d expect to pay at least 50% more.
My only complaint is that because she’s popular, Janelle sometimes multitasks and cuts me while other clients are getting color treatments. Once or twice, this has made her either distracted or forced her to rush through my own service. It hasn’t really affected the quality of the outcome (and I personally wasn’t that bothered by it), but some people might be more put off by this.
I highly recommend Guy Thomas Salon for cuts– especially if you want luxury salon quality without being gouged on price.

I don’t live in NYC so I don’t have much experience with hair salons there; going to Guy Thomas was a fluke on my part as I was looking for a salon near to where I would be on a certain day that I was in town.
Not everyone knows how to cut my hair, it’s thick and a bit frizzy and behaves one way when it’s wet and another when it’s dry. Also, it has thinned out a lot on top in the last month AND I had just had a really bad haircut from someone else in upstate NY. A lot to deal with, but Guy and Joanne made it seem straightforward and quick to fix and gave me a cut I love.
Joanne did the main cut but Guy was keeping track of everything and did some tweaking at the end — obviously a man who cares about hair and didn’t ignore me for his other patrons just because I choose a junior stylist. In general I’d say that all the staff were lovely and didn’t rush anything.
Last thing — I had asked if I could be out by a certain time due to a doctor’s appointment and not only did they do that but they managed to colour my hair in that time as well!
All in all — perfect. I’ll be going back for sure.

Will definitely get my next haircut here! Great consultations and very happy with the results. Ask for Janelle.

I Went to Guy Thomas Hair Salon last week for a men’s haircut — the staff was kind and very professional. Joanna gave me a great haircut in less than 20 minutes, thank you Joanna. I will always visit Guy Thomas when I’m in the area.

I have going to this salon for some time now. I have yet to find a more friendly or professional group than this salon. They have a great deal of experience in knowing what makes us look good and they seem to put it to practice. Thank you.

Guy, Janelle, and their team are fantastic! I always leave with a massive smile and tears OF JOY in my eyes!
When I lived in LA I went to the same hair stylist for 18 years because I was tired of terrible traumatizing cuts and wanted a stable go-​to I could trust, and stuck with the same colorist for nearly 4 years. When I moved to NY I was concerned I’d have to search for years to find a similarly genuine, talented shop of people that love what they do, go above and beyond for their clients, and have a beautiful way of leading me to what’s best for me and my hair without bossing me around… turns out I got lucky with Guy + Janelle and I hope I’m not gonna have to ever search around NY again!
And I’m NOT alone in this feeling… sent my sister here for her bday and she got the color and cut she’d always wanted and now goes back all the time… sent my best friend and she had a similar response… I also insisted my mother, grandmother and aunt go to Guy and Janelle when they were visiting NY and they were blown away at how wonderful it was, especially my SUPER picky grandmother who has her hair done once a week… they were jealous I got to go to them all the time, ha!
The last time I went for a cut and color I was amazed at the amount of time and care that was put into the process to source the perfect color (Janelle is a Goldwell genius and professional color coach — I get compliments on my color being so natural and perfect for me nearly every day!) and when Guy cut my long hair he was so intentional with each and every strand — he had me stand while he dry-​cut my hair cause it’s so long and piece by piece adjusted and trimmed every part of my bangs into exactly the unique, sophisticated shape I’d wanted! The cut has since grown out for five months and it still holds its shape and lift beautifully!
As far as the space is concerned… I prefer quality product and customer service to an overly fancy salon setting. The first time I went, I thought to myself — «wow… any salon that is thriving and busy working out of a second story /​non-​store front space is doing something people love and remember and share» — and I am definitely now one of those people.
Also, love the Goldwell hair care products they sell cause they really lift, nourish & hold!

This rating is subject to change when I am due for a real haircut.
I had bangs… thick ones… and it collected alot of grease from my face. I looked like a FOBster on Mott Street. My hair was a mess, and I needed to fix it… fast. I have gone to other salons before to try to fix my bang problem (it was cut too short and I finally grew it enough where minor changes could be done), but they fixed it as best they could.
They were really nice and very understanding. They let me complain about my hair and really tried to give me what I wanted and if it couldn’t be done, they would make a suggestion similar to what I wanted but not quite. I am OK with that, since I know nothing about styling hair.
Quick fix = face frames that made my hair look like my bangs were blending into the hair and not so blunt and Mott Street-​y. It was a very subtle change and I could have used a little more framing but the person doing my hair looked a little timid as she was on the novice side (but with time I see her as my regular)
I plan on going there again, and possibly thinking of switching my hairdresser.

I went to Guy Thomas’s salon a few months after a string of bad haircuts in NYC and was hoping to find a hair home. Guy Thomas’s Salon had many positive reviews so I thought I would give this salon a try. I called the salon and made an appointment with the girl stylist because Guy (owner) would of course be more expensive. When I arrived, Guy and the other stylist (his daughter) had obviously overbooked and for some reason my appointment got swapped and I got Guy for my hair cut. I wasn’t too concerned because they said that they would charge me the woman’s rate.
First of all I wanted to say that I have long hair and I am a bit controlling since I’ve had so many bad haircuts since moving to NYC… I sat down in the chair and explained my huge frustrations about all my last haircuts he proceeded to talk to me like I was either going to shoot up the place or that I was stupid. I think he thought I was going to freak out/​cry when he cut my hair. I have long hair — I don’t need to be treated with kid gloves. Anyway, then I had my color consultation — after all the talk and discussion between him and his Daughter they decided they knew what I wanted and the color shade that would be best for me. I told them I want something more natural and I usually wait 12 weeks between treatments. I asked for my hair to have a very natural highlight — like I was outside in the summer.
Before we began I asked how much this whole process would be — $ 350. Um WHY??? Because somehow this process was considered color correction (I was blond with darker roots — not orange). We negotiated. I got it for $ 300.
After the whole process — I walked out with an ok hair cut. Color was way too ashy and there were some random bright streaks in the highlights. Luckily the ash washed out quickly but then so did the «color correction». My bangs were cut way too long so they grew out way too soon. I didn’t get my 12 weeks that I usually get — now I have to find the somewhere else.

I am a recent relocation to NY, and I’m very particular about my hair. It is waist length, wavy/​curly, naturally auburn and colored red. My colorist for the last year hadn’t been doing such a great job, and i needed to find a hair home in NYC. I am so glad I found Janelle.
She was really honest about the bad shape of the color, and upfront about the fact that fixing it might be a process. She explained the reasons why the color I had wasn’t holding, and helped me understand what needed to be done. We worked together on other color options, and came up with a plan that worked for us both.
Three hours later, I cannot believe how happy I am with the result. She worked carefully, checking each stage to be sure she was happy, and kept me updated on the progress. She had to lift out old color, and tone in new color more than once, but in the end, we were both THRILLED. After a trim from the man himself, and a gentle dry under the hood, my new, more natural look was complete!
They took lots of pictures of my hair, and I left feeling beautiful. I’ll be back to see her about once a month pretty much for forever.

Finding the right person to cut your hair isn’t easy, especially when you move to a new city. Luckily, through word of mouth, I found Guy Thomas Salon. If you’re like me, it’s hard to decide on a game plan when the time comes to get a trim. I’ve had many different hairstyles and I like changing them often. Sometimes I just have an idea of what I want and Jinell turns that idea into a flawless hair cut. She knows what type of hair styles look best on an individual basis. I referred my roommate to her and he couldn’t be happier with his cuts.