Fellow Barber

How people act at the end of the day says a lot about their work ethic. I called ahead because I was running late. I said it would be 10 minutes, it took me 16 minutes. They knew I was coming but started packing up to leave as I entered. Style is 5 stars but service is 3. No one is going above and beyond here.

Great location, amazing classic old world facility, diverse barbers with crazy skills. Old world feel with that hipster twist! They lose a star on price, but its SF. The lobby is cool/​vast/​barren, too bad they don’t rent it out to another business to subsidize the haircuts lol
I got my haircut by Jay, this dude is a stone faced badass barber. Dude can cut hair, and he is laser focused. He made so many incisions, the level of detail was absurd. For a balding dude, it is very noticeable when a barber somehow magically makes your head look less bald! I almost thought the dude was adderall, he’s kind of intimidating but damn he does fine work.

OK — here’s the deal: Gabriel is just incredible! Without a doubt, the single best haircut I have ever gotten! The cut was professional and precise — he not only took the time to cut my hair properly, but he then explained how best to style my hair based on how it grows, I’ve been to more than a few «master barbers» in SF and no one has come even remotely close to matching Gabriel’s skills. The space is great and conveniently located; the vibe was very relaxing and I enjoyed every second I was in the shop. They’ve recently introduced a proper reservation system, so I’m completely sold. Thanks Gabe!

I came here after moving to San Francisco and having two TERRIBLE cuts. I put my name on the waiting list and crossed my fingers. The wait was about two hours, but so worth it.
James greeted me and listened to what I wanted, he executed it flawlessly and made me feel comfortable.
I’d highly recommend this shop to anyone looking for attention to detail and perfection.

Princess was great. I showed her a photo of a new look that I wanted to try, and she nailed it! She was very meticulous and I never got the impression that she was trying to speed through the haircut. Also, I have very curly hair, and she managed it like a champ.
I’ve found my new stylist! Hooray!

This service was great. I was a bit trepidatious looking at the cost — but once I looked around I realized this was the standard for city (actually, a pretty good deal). Chatting more with the folks, had a great experience between the atmosphere and the actually quality of the work. The work went as far as a straight razor shave on the back neck line to keep the line solid, and a great taper.
Gabe was my man. Good dude — totally recommended!

Came here for a cut a little apprehensive due to the pricing, BUT I have to say the experience is well worth it. Add the hangover treatment for an amazingly relaxing facial.
RAQUEL IS AWESOME! She is by far one of the best barbers I have ever been too and well worth the cost. Don’t forget to tip! :)

In this day and age every service is racially integrated. Racially integrated churches, racially integrated schools. So admittedly I was taken aback when I went to Fellow Barber and they refused to cut my hair. To be fair, it as a particular hair stylist who refused, but it didn’t give me confidence to stay. Luckily they have a visiting m barber from New York who can but African American hair (or what the manager called «ethnic hair») so the recommend that I see him. But given their waiting list structure, that means I have to wait until 4pm when I had gotten up at 9:00 to make my initial reservation. No willingness to accommodate me. So much for customer service.
Other barbers tell me that, in order to graduate from barber college, you need to be able to cut the hair of all ethnicities. So it’s not the industries fault, rather it’s Fellow Barbers fault for hiring the people that they do or having the policies that they have.
QUICK UPDATE: 8 hours later, I was able to get to the Valencia shop and it was a completely different world. Much better than Market. See my review of the Valencia shop.

I so want to love you. I love the pool tables. The price point. The nice barbers… but your ridiculous lack of a reservation system makes doing business with you so irritating it’s next to impossible
I joined the wait list, website says come in 30 min. I show up and they say I was supposed to wait for a confirmation text and it will be an hour. Really? My time is more valuable than that… later hipster douchebags

Simple haircut with wash number 3 he doesn’t use scissor $ 45 insane price anyway good service always expensive but my hair still wet they didn’t dry it and I asked them cotton they didn’t give me for clean my ears but I won’t come back anymore I went this place cuz I was in rush.

Just moved up to the city from the South Bay and decided it wasn’t worth a trip back home just for a cut. And so went the arduous process of finding a new spot to upkeep my do. I have my best friend’s wedding in about 3 weeks so I knew it was crucial that I found a place so in the case that I didn’t like the cut, there would be enough time for my hair to grow out.
Good thing I love the cut and will be going back to Raquel for sure. For those that complain about the reservation process, poo on you for being unrealistic. If a barber is taking some extra time to make sure that someone’s hair is perfect, then good, that means they’ll do the same for me… and sometimes people just fall behind, it happens to everyone. Thats why there’s free wifi and pool in the front. Get over it, be patient and you’ll have a great hair cut.
The reservation process worked perfectly for me, I work about three blocks from the place so I put my name on the list mid-​afternoon to be able to go in after I got off work in the evening. Waited about 20 minutes to get into a chair, perfect time for me to get some emails out.
Raquel sat me down and took the time to get to know what I was looking for, analyze what my hair was doing (it has a mind of its own) and gave me her suggestions, which were great and made total sense — ended up with a new versatile style that works a lot better than what I’ve been normally doing.
After the cut, I got a hot towel, cleaned up with a straight razor and Raquel walked me through the best ways to style the new cut. Great vibe, friendly people, barbers with skill.

First off, i read all the bad reviews and i will preface this review by saying if your not from SF and don’t respect others don’t be surprised if it’s not reciprocated. This place is pure CLASS and I cannot say enough good things about RAQUEL as she’s 100 top notch.
As a previous professional working actor, I have used/​been with more than 50 different stylists and Raquel is by far my favorite. I will be going to her religiously now as she 1) was obviously a professional and understood how to work with my ideas while adding her own personal artistic touch and 2) she was real, no BS, and didn’t give me the gimmick. (We all know they get paid to sell product)
I cannot speak for the other employees, but I can only imagine if they hire talent like Raquel, they know what they are doing and run a SOLID shop
Don’t waste your tome reading reviews by pre-​madonnas. If there is a wait, bring a good book. Because as every winner in life knows, the best things in life take patience.
–review by LP

This is a great place to go if you don’t value your own time and want to get your haircut at someone else’s convenience.
Here’s how it works.
You go online at around 11am to put your name on the waiting list.
You fill in your name/​email/​phone number, get a pin # texted to you and use that to login.
Then you look at the list and see it’ll take 2 – 3 hours until your name comes up. You’re at work and you don’t have any meetings in the afternoon so you think ‘OK this will work.‘
You then get a text 3 hours later at 2pm telling you they’ll be ready for you in about 30 minutes. Great! Finish up what you’re doing and ride your motorcycle downtown.
Arrive at the shop at 2:30, a little nervous that your motorcycle isn’t in a perfectly legal spot but ready for this haircut.
Wait in the bench for 10 minutes and notice that your stylist appears to have just started a haircut. Ask the front desk and be told it will be about 25 minutes. Leave to move your motorcycle to a better spot.
Around 3pm get a text telling you they’ll be ready for you in about 30 minutes.
Go to supercuts and get a haircut immediately.
I don’t get it. Why such a idiotic waiting policy– why not take appointments and keep them? Why not at least follow your own moronic policy and be ready when you tell people you’ll be ready for them after they’ve waited 3 hours? Why make getting a haircut such a frustrating and logistically impossible situation?!
2 stars instead of 1 because the time I managed to get a haircut it was pretty decent. Still I will never go back here. What a waste.

This place is absolutely amazing. By far the best style and cut I have ever gotten in my entire life. (by raquel). They dont do walk-​ins but the appointment process is extremely simple and literally takes around 20 seconds.
Raquel cut my hair and made me go from a ragdoll bumpkin to sharp daddy in under an hour.
The service is fantastic, She took her time and made sure that my hair was pristine when I left the shop.
I didn’t know what i was missing out on! There are so many small details that make the trip to market and 6^th SOO worth it. For example, I have never had someone shape my hairline with a straight razor blade and it makes an huuuugggge difference.
Raquel is also the coolest person you’ll ever meet. She’s such a pleasure to talk to and be around and she loves to work with you to make sure your hair is exactly how you want it to be. Even watching her cutting your hair you can tell how focused and on-​point she is with her barbering skills. I highly recommend selecting Raquel when you make your online appointment. Book her fast though, she’ll probably be full by the time you try to do it!
Overall ¹¹⁄₁₀ I will never go anywhere else.

I used their online check-​in program and arrived when their 15 minute alert came up. An hour and a half later I still haven’t started my haircut. Come here if you have no respect for your time.

Best barber shop, and the easier to get a chair location of Fellow Barber in San Francisco. I really love Princess. She’s so detailed in her cuts that there is never a hair out of place when I leave. I deeply appreciate her talent and attention to detail.

I love the hair cut, but their online appointment service is beyond annoying. You can’t even make an appointment — it’s like a virtual Russian bread line from the 1970s! You basically get on their «waitlist» and it will tell you how long you have to wait before you come down — which can be several hours, especially if you are requesting a specific barber. The other day I used it and the online service indicated I was close to being ready. When I arrived the desk person told me that I still had 30 minutes to wait. I ran across the street for a quick lunch and receive a text immediately after I order food that I’m next up. My time is valuable too — it’s just a very protracted process that isn’t at all customer-​centric.
They also won’t allow you to tip using your credit card, which is completely obnoxious.
All that said — I do like the people I’ve had do my hair and the atmosphere is really great. I’ll probably continue to go because of this and its convenience to where I live and work, but I do hope they will change their icky waitlist system

The barber took a nice chunk out of my boyfriend’s ear with a pair of scissors (see the photo I uploaded). Today, there’s still a faint scar about 1 month later.
The manager and barber were very apologetic, but the situation could’ve been handled a lot better.
The least you could do is put a bandaid on that, right? Well, no bandaid was offered here. My boyfriend had to walk down the street to get bandaids at Walgreens after continuous bleeding for more than an hour. Sorry Walgreens for getting blood on your floor!
To top it off, they applied some kind of painful astringent (stick) to the nick. Only offered him 25% off his haircut and a 25% discount on his next haircut. Seriously? 25%??

Love this new location. Still in gearing-​up mode, so they are a little understaffed at early morning hours, but I have had two haircuts here and both have been excellent. Space is super-​cool and feels like they will grow into it nicely. Plus, the timing if perfect for farmerbrown for brunch!

I would rate this 5 stars based on my haircut from Dan. He was meticulous and generally seemed like a good guy. I genuinely enjoyed my conversation with him and will try him again in the future.
What knocked this to 4 stars for me was the reservation experience. I can see the value in doing a wait list. I basically gave up on seeing another barber because I would have to schedule 4 – 5 weeks in advance. If that time no longer worked, I was basically out of luck with him as my next opportunity to reschedule would be weeks in advance.
The problem is that I don’t think the Fellow Barber wait list app takes into account breaks for the barbers. I was texted to return back to the barber shop, and then my barber had to leave for his lunch break. I don’t fault him for that at all, but I wish I had not returned to the shop only to sit there for another hour. It wasn’t horrible, but that isn’t a 5 star experience for me. I will update this if I find that the wait list works better in the future.