Y Gallery Salon Soho

Note: Gratuity is Cash Only!!!
I got the Pusld Deep Conditioning Treatment/​Haircut/​Blow-​out (Style) (this includes a wash if that wasn’t clear) — fantastic result! I have medium-​long hair and I’m easygoing about cutting it, it’s fine hair but thick! Yoni was my stylist and he did an excellent job shaping my hair from long and boring to a bit shorter, healthier and cooler! He went for a look that is modern, trendy and fits my face.
Overall the atmosphere was clean, modern and pleasant. The stylist and staff were friendly and made sure I was comfortable and well-​looked after — no pun intended! For the deep conditioning treatment they picked what would work best for my hair and this winter season, a personalized experience.
I live a bit far, but it was worth the trip!

Stylist: Janeiry (She’s the best!)
Service: Haircut/​Blow/​Deep Conditioning
Deal: Bought from Groupon
This was my first visit to YGallery & it won’t be my last! The salon itself is very nice and modern. When you walk in you are offered and drink (coffee/​water) and your coat is taken and hung up.
The hair wash chair was my absolute favorite!!! One of my favorite parts of the hair cut experience is the hair wash & the chairs are usually a bit uncomfortable. Here you lay down so there is no awkward positioning!!! && Janeiry gave the BEST scalp massage. If I walked out right after that I would have been happy!
Janeiry proceeded to cut my hair exactly how I like it! It was a little lack luster prior to my appointment & after it looks amazing! I did a basic straight blow out because I was just going home, but even that looked amazing!
I highly recommend this salon & specifically Janeiry!!!

Fabulous, classy, sophisticated experience. Lee (hostess) was very helpful in providing details/​answering questions, accommodating my schedule and provided excellent customer service. Michelle (hairstylist) is extremely skillful in which she cut my hair exactly how I had described and executed my balayage coloring perfect since it was my first time changing my hair color. Michelle was accommodating, polite, professional, personable, fun and talented! I was a walk-​in with a promotion last minute the day before NYE and they were both so helpful in meeting my needs. I cannot wait to return back for my next appt. The Lifebooker deal was worth it and was a steal!

Yoni totally messed up my hair and I didn’t even realize it until I had washed it. The layers were SOO short in the back and I wasn’t able to tell because he hid it by curling my hair. He damaged my hair by teasing it and then using bleach for the highlights. Also, I had purchased a groupon and was coaxed into spending more because he assured me he was giving me more highlights which was false. Overall, this place is a rip off! Oh and I also overheard him talking to someone about how they can purchase Instagram followers. I also witnessed them tell another client to leave because they just simply didn’t want to do her hair. The whole thing was incredibly rude.

The best salon I’ve ever been to. Yaniv, the creative director, personally took care of me, listened to what I wanted, and then completely blew my expectations away. His knowledge and expertise helped guide me to the best possible outcome for my hair. I walked out feeling like a new person. As long as Y Gallery is around, they’ve got my business!

My experience was not so great. I came in wanting some highlights to my hair, and saw they have a deal on living social for a cut, highlights and style. Before going ahead with living social I asked the stylist if this was ok, she quickly told me not to do the living social coupon and trust her. I insisted I didn’t want to pay a lot of money and just wanted something that didn’t look too bad and she was so desperate she may as well have clung on to my leg so I wouldn’t leave. I came out with a total of 4 diarrhea brown strands of hair which she called lowlights, no haircut, but she did style my hair. With a total of something like ~ $ 160. As I walked out the salon I was so upset but I’m not one to throw a fit, and the receptionist just kept saying oh so cute so cute… which I think was to spruce me up so id feel better.
My husband thought it was terrible.
It looked so bad I didnt want to trust yet another money hungry stylist I box dyed it just so I wouldn’t have to look at it, I found a better stylist since then but… one year later and I still see the diarrhea brown, I have to wait to grow my hair out :/

The first time I went to YGallery was great. The second time… not so much.
I booked an appointment with Randi and received a text confirmation, but when I got there, the receptionist looked worried that I had an appointment with Randi and told me that she was «running a few minutes late» and asked if it would be okay if I got my haircut with someone else. I offered to wait around for Randi to get there, but they told me that she was running VERY late. So I agreed to get a haircut with someone, who after a few minutes of conversation, I realized was a very junior stylist. He had a really great attitude and was very friendly, so I did not want to complain.
After getting my hair washed (~10 minutes), I got up to sit in the chair to see Randi two chairs down with someone else helping them with a color appointment. I was really upset, as clearly the salon had just double booked Randi and chose to give the other girl with the color appointment the proper stylist.
The haircut went okay, but he really messed up my bangs. I had specifically requested Randi because she does an amazing job with my bangs. Instead, I feel deceived by the salon for not being transparent with me and for my ruined bangs!

Love, love, love! Always go for my balayage highlights and haircut. As usual, by the amazing Michelle. Always come out super happy with the results. Plus, everyone are so nice and welcoming.

Pampered myself at this Salon for a Facial & Brazilian Bikini wax. Angela is Awesome (btw from brazil) I get facials all the time and for the first time in my life I’ve been getting compliments on how flawless my skin looks.
I can even leave my house with no makeup and feel pretty! Thank you Angela! And the bb wax not painful lol…

October 2015 — I’m updating my review from the previous one. I was called in for a Followup and they fixed the Keratin for me. I appreciate the fact that they care to read reviews and they try to make their customers happy.
The results this time are much better and as expected. Like i mentioned earlier the staff is really nice and the salon is clean and welcoming. I would go again for other hair services.
September 2015– I’m giving it 2 stars because the staff was really good and hospitable. The place is neat, I would have gone back if I was satisfied for my service. I had a $ 100 groupon for Keratin which I was told was a gentle one. That’s fine with me 1.5−2.0 months is what I wanted.
But after one Wash my hair is back to square one. I waited 72 or more hours for the first wash. I bought the conditioner from them as suggested by my stylist. I have curly hair which gets frizzy in Thai season. My hair is bad now. I like my curls and now it looks rough and dull. It doesn’t look like I had any keratin on my hair. It’s been less than a week. Ibfeel I shouldn’t have bought this groupon I was fine with gentle or whatever I was explained as long as it lasted a month or so. I realize groupon is less than half of the original price but I’m sorry to say this was not even worth. My hair usually turns out better and looks better after a regular cut!

I got a cut and color by Randi. I’ve had the pleasure to frequent many well respected salons in NYC but I’ve never gotten a better cut of color. I went in for a textured bob and was blown away by her knowledge, attention to detail, and the great low maintenance cut. I have never gotten so many compliments on my hair. Within 5 minutes of walking out of the salon I got several compliments from complete strangers on the street. After years of searching, I finally for the cut I always wanted! I can not praise her or the staff enough. A+! You will not be disappointed.

Cute salon, clean, and great tea service. But ok most importantly this salon changed my life! I had Yaniv and he is terrific! I asked for a look that would hip up my long layered hair routine… Which I was afraid of departing from because nothing else seemed to look good on me from past styling experiences. He jazzed me up with a slick A-​line look that shaped my face perfectly! Also got red balayage done on the front, which was a gorgeous touch. I did not stop receiving compliments for weeks on the new look! I’d like to think Yaniv channeled my personality into my hair :)

I have to review Y Gallery Salon. I had one of the best hair experiences I have ever had recently, when I purchased a Pulsd deal for half-​head Balayage. I got assigned to Randy who was PHENOMENAL. Seriously, I can’t express enough how great of a job she did and how kind and patient she was.
This place has good reviews for a reason. Not only was every single person friendly (I was 10 minutes late, and they accommodated me without expressing any irritation at all), they offered me coffee and water, and it was just a generally nice experience. I sat down in Randy’s chair and was immediately greeted with a smile by the hair stylist working next to me!
Randy and I then discussed the look I was going for and after showing her some pictures, she immediately got it. She explained the benefits of getting this restorative treatment, which yes, cost more money, but in the end I decided it was worth it. My hair was extremely dead and dry, and adding color to it would just make it worse. It was the best decision I made. I also decided to go ahead and pay extra for the full Balayage, as I had gotten Ombré in the past, only about half of my head was highlighted, and I didn’t love the look for me.
In the end, I paid $ 89 for the Pulsd deal, plus another $ 100 for the restoring treatment and glaze and about $ 75 for the full Balayge (all in all a great deal considering the Balayge ALONE would have been $ 350).
Randy was amazingly nice and informative and didn’t pressure me to get any of the add ons. She explained the benefits and I trusted her, and I am so glad that I did because I have never been so happy with the way my hair looks. It’s smooth and silky, and exactly the right color.
I would HIGHLY recommend this salon, and Randy specifically. Here’s a picture of how the finished product came out, after Randy styled it.

Finally went to this place today after patiently waiting a few days for an appointment to open up. As soon as I walked in, I felt complete relaxation and trust. The place was pretty and the vibe was warm and laid back, not trying to hard to be trendy but the work that I could see being done was beautiful (see pictures below). They had wonderful people at the front desk, I was offered a drink (excellent green tea btw and presented nicely), the waiting area was comfortable and the magazine stand was up to date.
What a great start! I had one of the owners (Yoni Kreger) and he impressed me right away with his instincts of what exactly would look good (and I actually wanted)!! He also didn’t try to get me to cut my hair shorter (pet peeve of mine at other places) and didn’t «surprise» me with chopping off more than he had said (this has happened at other places, believe it or not).he seemed very honest and confident and aware of what looked good.
His small talk was interesting, not the usual (where do you live/​work, how long, do you like it, blah blah blah) and his communication was impressive. He also somehow managed to both highlight and cut my hair without making a mess. or getting it on my clothes. despite not even using a smock! Even the way he used the towel after the shampoo was nice and didn’t slip! Basically, he is a pro and every little thing he does, he does to a level that is above and beyond what you are probably used to or expecting. and, to my delight, even though he used beautifully smelling shampoos and products (not too many, thankfully!).he didn’t even one time try to push a sell on them! I hate it when places try to sell you a bunch of stuff that you don’t really need or want.
He did the absolute BEST styling of my hair and I got a lot of admiring looks and compliments on the street afterwards! Best of all, he made me look like me, but better!!! Sometimes places blow it out to look like I am a newscaster or angled towards my face, which I don’t like. but he did a super pretty and yet fast blow dry and curl. even explaining to me his technique. which I appreciated very much and hope that I can replicate on my own but so far am not too good in that department. I wish that this is the way my hair looked all of the time and I can’t say enough good things about him or his salon!
Jay shampooed my hair and also did a wonderful job! The shampoo area is enclosed mostly and very low lit, was easy on the eyes and had the most comfortable chairs! He was very sweet and at some point, put a warm towel around my forehead while I was waiting for some (conditioner?) to set for 5 minutes! I never had that before-​what an amazing surprise! All of the chairs there, actually, even the one for the cut, etc, had a place to rest your feet and he was very thoughtful about always making sure that it was at a comfortable distance as the chair was swiveled around slightly so the angle was the easiest for him to work!
I might be missing something, but I think that you get the idea. Warm, non pretentious place with a lot of little comforts (wine, tea, coffee, and a good noise level).and a relaxing experience with fantastic results! Usually, someone new cutting my hair makes me a little nervous but the moment I walked into Y Gallery and every moment since, I felt as if I had been going there (and loving it) for years!!! Make sure to ask for Yoni-​a real sweet and talented artistic hair master!

I’ve lived in NYC three years and seriously struggled to find a good colourist. Every time I tried to get a natural blonde look, I came out with yellow, brassy hair. However, the other day I bought a voucher and was placed with Omar. I brought him some pictures and he immeditaely knew the look I was going for — NATURAL Blonde! Omar gave me a colour and cut and it was the best natural blonde I’ve ever had! He’s amazing.
I then got a blow out by Missy. My hair usually goes really flat when its blow dried (which I told her.) She listened and gave me the best blow dry I’ve ever had! It looked great for days without spray. (The never happens to me!)
After my great service, I immediately gave glowing recommendations to my friends who in turn booked their own appointments. Unfortunately, a girlfriend didn’t have the same great experience as me. The man who cut her hair didn’t listen to what she asked for and gave her a very rigid, unflattering hair cut. Furthermore, he didn’t ask her how she’d like her hair to be styled (she would have asked for a bit of a wave), and he just blow-​dried it dry/​straight. Her hair is naturally very straight, so it it looked like it was just air-​dried. Not worth the money at all.
My recommendation: go here if you can get either Missy or Omar!

Adi Nujeidat is the most pretentious, unprofessional, brash hair dresser I’ve encountered. I wanted a regular non formaldehyde Keratin treatment but was being pushed to spend more money in order to achieve the same results I could have gone elsewhere without the hassle. I found Adi to be very pushy and I felt like he wasn’t listening to what I wanted. I walked out without having anything done. (The receptionist was sweet)

Adi is an excellent stylist. Very thorough and creative and sensitive to the client’s hair. He has always done a great job with my curly hair.

I got balayage highlights and a hair cut with Adi using a Lifebooker coupon and it was fantastic! He took the time to consult with me about what I wanted and helped me understand what would look best on me. I definitely plan on going back, and have received so many compliments about my new hair!

I used livingsocial special to get a haircut. The service was good. Friendly staff and nice space but I wouldn’t say it was the best service I have ever gotten from a hair salon. I am not sure if i would go back here but i am seeing a lot of promo coupons for this place lately and for a discount price and you are in need of a ok haircut i recommend it!

So I first went to Y gallery salon two weeks ago to redeem a groupon for a conditioning treatment, cut, and blow dry. Yoni did a FABULOUS job with my haircut and got the layers exactly how I wanted them to be. Not to mention he gave me an amazing blow out with PERFECT waves at the bottom so ⁵⁄₅ for that!
I was so happy with the way he did my hair that I booked an appointment with him that same day to come back for balayage highlights. I had hoped for some nice blonde highlights throughout my hair but what I wanted required that we also do an overall lightening of my base color (I have dark brown hair) Wrong decision. I left the salon with my hair being orangey/​red and was so incredibly displeased that I vowed to never come back. :(
Why the four star review then? When I got home I called the salon to express my dissatisfaction and Yoni issued me a full refund and even went so far as to contact me a day later offering to fix his mistake at no cost. The fact that he ACTUALLY TOOK THE TIME to reach out to me, apologize, and correct his mistake sets this place apart from any other salon I’ve ever been to. Seriously. They are TRULY DEDICATED to getting the job done right and making sure that their customers are happy!
Long story short, Yoni fixed my hair today so no more orange! Although it still did not come out like I had anticipated, he, nevertheless, went above and beyond to apologize for the original outcome and did everything in his power to correct the situation. :)
Overall: if you’re looking for a gorgeous haircut in a comfortable atmosphere with phenomenal customer service then definitely pay Y gallery salon a visit!