Ray’s Barber Shop

Sorry, cool place, cool peeps, but bad shave and bad haircut. $ 60 ish for hair cut and straight razor shave (in one direction) clearly no training. Had 5 O: clock shadow by 10PM. Super nice barber girl/​lady/​female/​barberess/​chic… But asked me to many times how many inches I want off… I was nice, overall a good experience but way to $$ for the quality. Cool place though…

When my haircut was done, it looked great, I couldn’t complain and I thought, «Wow that was fast!» But after my first shower, my hair fell down and it was a few inches past my eyes. I mean really. My barber just decided to trim only the sides of my head? Now I have to get another haircut.
My barber was tall African American and I do not recommend him.

Really neat place to even just be in, with its old-​timey feel and fascinating architecture.
I got one of the best cuts I’ve ever had here. My barber asked just the right questions to get him going and set confidently to work. He asked for feedback when he needed it, but didn’t require too much spoon feeding.
Conversation was easy and not forced, which is fantastic for someone like me who’s not much of a talker.
Fantastic experience and a reasonable price.

Went in not knowing what to expect, went out extremely happy with my haircut!
Old school look to the place and has a super cool feel to it!
Logan cut my hair and he did a bomb job! One of the best haircuts I’ve ever gotten! Ask for him when you go in!
If I was local this would be my spot.

I live in California, but needed a haircut while on a business trip to Salt Lake. I told the barber when I walked in that I wanted a trim, but I didn’t want one that looked like I got my hair cut in Utah. He said he could do that. He lied.

I should begin by saying that the barbers and they services they provide are top notch. Easily the best value in the city. I recommend them to everyone.
I have had particularly good experiences with (in alphabetical order) Dave (Broderick), Devan, Dillon, and Mike Jones.
The prices are reasonable. The service is quick. The barbers are talented.
The space is also great, but not well maintained. It is one thing to go for an olde time aesthetic; it is quite another to achieve it by just not fixing broken things. What is with the graveyard of old barber chairs down on that old stage at the end, for instance? Some of the sinks don’t even have functioning faucets, the handles have broken off and they have to be turned on/​off via the water line valves on the bottom. Maybe the goal is to make it seem like this place is a time capsule maintained in a slow decay since Prohibition, but it opened in the spring of 2012.
The irony ought to be clear: a place that suggests men visit almost weekly to keep their hair and beard in perfect maintenance has let the curated aesthetic of its physical space turn into the carpentry equivalent of Tom Hanks from Castaway, or maybe in his perpetual running bit in Forrest Gump. You know what, feel free to pick your own dated touchstone of grooming neglect in order to imagine what it looks like has slowly taken over a cool old barber shop.

Robert Rockwell has been my go to barber for a while now, no complaints! He’s a great guy, gives great cuts, and overall makes it a great experience. I’ve seen another barber there once, never again. Stick with who you know and my recommendation is Robert all the way!

Cool place, I will go back next time I am in town.
Thank you guys

Very poor customer service. Receptionist is very rude– that’s my main complaint. Barber was nice but I probably got one of the worst haircuts of my life. Barber then told me that he didn’t have time to give me a beard trim which I had scheduled and said he’d have to pass me off to another barber. I said that would be fine but then was told that I’d have to wait 40 minutes and decided to just leave at that point. I would compare it to a barber college. I’m sure there are some decent barbers there but my experience was bad.

I was at Ray’s and I waited for 40 minutes to have a haircut with Mike, and he decided to have a girl going before me and I was told that he won’t have time to do my haircut because he needs to leave.
This was very unprofessional and unpleasant experience. They can’t afford my time to waste it.

I’m sure Ray’s has great barbers, but the one I got today wasn’t up to the task of cutting hair in any way. It’s a shame too, because I really wanted to like this place. It’s close to my office downtown and has a great look and feel. Unfortunately for Ray’s, having folks who can cut hair is more important than the location.
The barber, who like me was also a walk-​in apparently, cut my hair quickly but the fade and edges were completely jacked. He didn’t even trim my sideburns. When he was done, he twirled me around and told me I was good to go. When somebody messes up my hair, I usually don’t give them the opportunity to continue messing it up any further. I paid my bill and left knowing I would never go back. I quickly looked up other places who might take pity on me and fix it.
I ended up going down Main St. About two miles south to Braxton’s. That place can barber.
You can go to Ray’s if you want, but make sure the person cutting your hair isn’t a recent barber-​school grad who is just trying to get you in and out.

Thank you Kristen Wells. I’ve been seeing Kristina for haircuts for two years. I get a haircut to make sure I always look my best every 2.5 weeks and she had done a fabulous job every time. I’ve never received a bad haircut from her. She’s a professional, classy, can cut any style, and gives great recommendations on the latest styles. She can cut the Beckham hair blind folded. She can do the Brad Pitt undercut easily. The best part is that if it won’t look good on you. She’s talented enough to tweak it so that it fits you. Like a bespoke suit.
I can’t wait to visit her at her new salon she’s opening! It’s called Barbiere at 341 west Pierpont ave #2. Opening in Nov right in time for me to look fresh for the holidays! She’s planning to make it a gentleman’s Barber Shop that makes you feel and look fantastic.

I’m from out of town. So I looked up this Place on Unilocal and they had a good rating. So I decided to give this place a shot. Boy was I fooled. I walked in at 9:35 Thursday morning. Place looks cool. All the guys working there have nice hipster hair cuts look cool. I was told the wait would be 15mins. There was 3 people cutting hair and about 4 others standing around. Well I waited till 10:10 and walked out. I always thought businesses are open to make money but I guess standing around is cooler. I’m sure they where waiting on appointments but that time they could have cut the walk in customers hair. Bad business plan poor customer service wish I could give them a zero stars. Walked to Perry’s was in a chair in 5mins.

After years of haircuts around the Wasatch Front I am happy to have found my home. The barbers at Ray’s are very friendly, affordable, and do an amazing job. It’s clear that they are passionate about their work.
My favorite barber by far is Robert Rockwell. He’s been a barber for a long, long time and has seen and done it all. He’s even done work for people before going on television shows. He’s laid-​back and easy to talk to. As a psychotherapist who loves handlebar mustaches I’ve been working to find the right balance. If it looks too outrageous people get distracted by it when giving neuroscience presentations and the like. Yet I don’t want to get rid of it. Robert has definitely helped me craft the right length handlebar and managed it in a way that I can simply brush it down out of the way when necessary. He even gave me a free can of moustache wax that he’d used for a couple of demos!
All in all you can’t go wrong with Ray’s. Housed in a beautiful antique building they provide all the modern amenities and haistyles that you’d hope for from a progressive salon but also pride themselves on the classics such as the close shave with a straight razor (be sure to get Robert’s lavendar hot cream treatment for this). If you like classic barbershops don’t miss out on this experience!

I’ve been to Ray’s Barber Shop once while on a business trip to Salt Lake City. The interior is very unique. My barber told me that it was restaurant decades ago. What is really fantastic though is that I just recognized the interior as the barbershop that is used in the filming of a viral YouTube video, viewed over 10,000,000 times! Check out the Dark Lord Funk video which mashes Uptown Funk with a parody of Harry Potter. Bloody brilliant!

Mommy the man didn’t shampoo and blow dry my hair please help!
Just kidding I know I’m what I’m going to for a REAL barbershop not some great clips haircut. Rays is our hawleywoods at least I like to think. Has a nice old time feel to it. Going in that bayrum smells slaps you in the face and that sweet pomade smell of the likes of layrite and suavecito graze your nose.
Barbering is an art. So like tattoos if you have no respect or expect a bad job with a cheap price then go to another establishment. Preferably super cuts or something.
My normal barber is Dale. He has hands of god that not even Ryan gosling in only god forgives would dare challenges. I’ve also always gotten the nice massage and nice neck shave. Always and it’s so relaxing.
However I have gotten my haircut here for about 2 years with about 4 different barbers. All have been great except one. And that One was really bad so maybe that’s where bad reviews come from of this place? I can’t remember the name of the barber at this moment.
My favorite part is when they style my new cut they don’t do it with nasty salon gel but with some good pomade. Maybe it’ll be water based maybe it’ll be oil based and take some time to wash out but as stated before. Its an art.

I’ve been to a number of other barbers around town and Kristina Wells is by far the best. She’s attentive, creative, offers suggestions, takes her time and always does a great job.
Once when I wasn’t sure about something she suggested she told me to wear it for a week and if I still didn’t like it she’d re cut it for no charge. Turns out her haircuts age like a fine cheese, cellared beer, or other things that age well. She does dapper and dressed down like a pro and always offers advice on how to wear my hair. She never tries to sell me a product I don’t need.
This is the most comfortable and pleasant barber experience you can have.
Turns out everybody else in the city has the same opinion because i have to schedule her like 6 weeks out, but it’s always worth the wait. She’s seriously the best.

Been 3 times, including to the specific people recommended on this list, and all times it’s been bad. By bad, I mean patches of hair uncut. I have a #1 used on my sides, and there are areas that just weren’t touched in the different times I’ve been, so I end up with a few hairs that are half an inch long poking out. I can fix it myself, but really, what am I paying for then?

I’ve been looking for a good place to get my hair cut for years until this place was recommended to me. Kristina did a great job on my head, and I couldn’t be happier.
They do take walk ins, but if you’re like me and don’t like to wait or get a random person cutting your hair you can book online through their site (no human interaction required).

People should come here and get a real haircut. Stop going to great clips and getting bad haircuts. I keep going to Kristina, she is an excellent barber, she knows her stuff and gives excellent cuts and shaves. She’s going to make you look awesome!!!
Edit: I’d also like to recommend Dale. He does a great cut!