Ming & Jason’s

Ming is the best hair designer, I never met. He always provide good idea for customers, very patient to make the work done.

Went in for an hair cut and my hairdresser was Ming, he wasnt very friendly, semi rude… seemed like he is having a bad day. he only spent 10 mins on my hair, maybe he was in a big hurry… and i dont like the way he push your head when he want to changes your head’s position. Come on Ming learn some customer service arsho, will never go back

I love this place and will come back for this guy named MICHEAL!!! He has the softest hands i felt nothing no pulls no yanks or anything and my hair was a big fat mess he did exactly what i wanted even poofed it up just like on the book!!!

I’m still in search of a hair stylist in Chinatown. Came here after work on a Wednesday afternoon. $ 18 for my hair cut. Included a wash, cut, wash again and style. The stylist spoke English, spent a lot of time on my hair. He ran his fingers through my hair a lot. In the end, the cut was alright. I’m still looking for a hair stylist…

To be honest, I’ve never went to a hair salon all my life as my mother has a barber license, and has always cut my hair. As it became inconvenient to have my mother continue to cut my hair, I decided to venture off and search for a salon. I was hesistant at first to go to any, but Ming’s Hair Salon is the place to go! I’ve been going here for the past 5 years now!
My experience with this salon exceeded my expectations. I always come in with a general idea of how I want to have my hair cut, and they will incorporate their professional advice on how to style my hair to better shape my facial structure along with what I want. I also have thick layers of hair, and Raymond, the barber, is very patient and attentive to your needs as he is cutting. I always leave the salon feeling like there is some weight off my shoulders. My head feels so much lighter after a haircut, which leaves me feeling so great and refreshed!
They also provide a relaxing washing service before and after your hair cut. And will help me straighten my hair for the day, as they noticed I do that on a daily basis, after my cut.
This place is definitely worth the wait, and your money as they provide efficient, quality service you will love! Definitely will continue coming back, and recommend!

I just like it! We talked a lot! It is just so awesome! I love my new haircut

Ming is the best barber I’ve been to for 20 years!

Not sure if the other younger guy in the salon is Jason, but Ming is major owner of the salon. He’s been my grandma’s hairstylist for awhile when he worked at the BIG salon on Stockton and we stuck by him when he opened his own salon on Clay. Recently, I’ve also used him as my stylist and I must say, I have no complaints.
He’s a pretty opinionated stylist, with his own mind to how he wants to cut your hair. So beware when you come in with an image of how you want to cut your hair and he straight up tells you that wouldn’t be good for the type of head shape you have and recommends something else. Or maybe he is only that straightforward with his usual customers. heh. Despite all that, he definitely makes you look good!
He cuts all types of hairs, male and female, and he takes his time doing it. Even if the shop is packed on a super busy day, he’ll take his time and care for your hair. That’s what I like about him.
A female haircut is roughly ~$ 20, and a perm (if you have short hair) is $ 50.

Ridiculously inconsistent.
I had not bad experience and WTF ones. It is a hit or miss…

I walked in here randomly — almost on a dare — after dinner in Chinatown. My expectations were low, but I actually had a great time getting my haircut here. I didn’t have anything special in mind; I simply told Jason (or was it Ming?), «I trust you», and with a little input from my colleague, I received a very different ‘do that pushed me just far enough out of my comfort zone.
The process was just as impressive as the results: Hair washed before the cut, cautious study of my hair before the cut began, confirmation from me that I liked it each step of the way, full styling of the cut to solidify my opinion, then another wash before restyling, and I was good to go.
Imagine my surprise when, after nearly a full hour of full attention to my cut and style, the girl told me $ 50. I thought, hm, that’s a little high. No, it was *$ 15* dollars.
If I lived in the Bay Area, I’m sure I’d be a regular.

Used to be $ 15, now they raised it to $ 17. Oh well, that’s still a decent price in SF for a straightforward cut of an asian man’s hair. Two of the younger guys (and Ming I think) speak a little english; one of them speaks none (Jason?). Would definitely help if you could speak a little Cantonese, although you can get by if you aren’t asking for anything complicated. Understanding a little would still help, and lets you know when they comment to each other on how you can’t speak. ;) Try to stop on by during a weekday if you can; it gets busy on weekends.

For $ 15, you get your hair washed, your hair cut, and your hair washed again.
The first washing is crucial for me, because I wear my hair in a faux hawk and there have been many times in which a barber would cut my hair with my hair still gelled up. It would look pretty good at the shop, then I would realize that it was a terrible cut once I went home and washed my hair.
Jerry did a great job of cutting my hair and was very meticulous in making sure it looked exactly as I wanted. I will definitely be coming back.

This place doesn’t even deserve a one star more like a –100. RUDE and BAD customer service. Mess up my hair and made me cry. Asked to cut 1.5 inch and MING cutted 3 inch off! And he said FUK you to me when I said you mess up my hair. Hella rude!!! He can’t cut hair at all. This place should just close down, don’t know does he even have a license to cut hair.
This place is crappy!!! Don’t go! I never been this upset about my hair. What kind of barber that can’t cut hair? apparently MING is! He and his crew was talking sh*t me in Chinese and HELLO I can understand Chinese!!! Just because I’m ABC doesnt mean I don’t know it.
WARNING!!! This place can’t cut hair and over charge you. Only say rude stuff to customer. Said my hair has Alot of split ends and damage. No duh I have split end, that’s the point of getting a hair cut. No need to tell me that! MING kept on complaining and complaining about my hair. Making your customers feel uncomfortable is a no no.
I hope this place is reading my review, you guys stink at cutting hair and no customer service at all. This is why you won’t get customers. Before opening up a salon, go learn how to cut hair 1^st. Have some manners too, but I guess their mama haven’t taught them any. By the way, MING suck balls!
People don’t step into this place! If you want UGLY hair, you can go in. I warn you guys!

Why is there 2 Unilocal locations for this place?
But anyway, I’ve went there 2 times, both decent. But, I HATED my experience with the sylist (same guy twice). During the whole both times, he COMPLAINED, AND COMPLAINED, AND COMPLAINED about how much hair and how thick my hair is. Uhhhhh, excuse me??? That’s not really the way to make your customer feel welcome or comfortable. Definitely not developing any customer loyalty to your place. It’s unprofessional, as a stylist, you should be able to work with different hair types. And lastly, it’s straight up RUDE. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough to stop hearing him.
Both times, I KNOW that the price didn’t go up but he charged me more the second time and I know why. First time, I came with my mom, and she was there the whole time. As Chinese people, you know well enough to not try to jip other Chinese for ridiculous reasons because you’re just going to cause a huge scene. The second time I went by myself and he probably recognized me because of my thick hair and hated dealing with it all over again. This time, he charged me extra, because «oh, your hair was really thick and it was a lot of work». BETCH. He’s trying to jip me thinking im young and naïve. But i just gave it to him since I didn’t want to create a scene. Seriously, that guy deserves a «fck you» right in the face.

Does anyone know where jason cuts now? Ming is the man, and the dude working the second chair is alright, but the barbers that have been working the third chair are idiots!

This is a salon in Chinatown after all, not your high-​end luxury salon. Obviously you’re going to need to be tolerant of the parking situation, the level of English spoken and other patrons bringing their kids in. If you want a high level of personal service and attentiveness, then don’t waste your time here.
Now onto the haircuts. My husband has been getting his haircut from Ming since 1997? He only trusts Ming with his hair. So even it means a 2-​hour wait (and trust me, we’ve waited that long before because Ming is popular and we don’t make appointments), we just check in with Ming and walk around Chinatown to grab a bite or do some cheap grocery shopping.
Ming is very detailed and attentive when giving my husband the haircut. My husband is pretty picky with his haircut and requests that Ming cuts it so that it «looks like it was cut 2 weeks ago» (he doesn’t like the freshly cut look). Ming nails it everytime!

So, one star is brutal. Search my reviews, go ahead, im not THAT cynical guy who shakes his fist at every business. Im not the statistic that for every one person you tell someone something positive you tell 10 people something negative about a business. in fact, i embrace small business’. Ming and Jason worked HARD for that one star. so keep the boo’s and the hiss’ to yourselves.
So about 8 months ago i was looking for a nice/​cheap hair salon around nob hill, where i live, to get a quick cut. my hair grows WAY too fast to justify paying any more than 20 $ for a trim. and frankly, a 3 on the side and trim on the top anyone can do (i would, but my shakey coffee hand wont allow. loovveee my coffee. see #Philz). ive been about 6 times, usually on my days off after leaving the gym. seeing as my normal hair cut spot is in the sunset where i work (reverse commute, shutup i know) i opted for convenience. which isnt always the best way.
every time ive been its «ok» at best. its just that, a trim. nothing memorable, but a trim. but this last time was the straw that broke the camels back. i go in, sit down, «3 on sides, trim on top». simple enough? wrong. maybe it was the language barrier but i walked out looking like a lesbian marine (not bashing lesbians or marines, props). the sides were probably a two, he cut about 3 inches off the time (borderline buzzed) and gave me a SUPER high fade. i mean, wtf dude? maybe it was a language barrier seeing how much Unilocalers are chinese but i wasnt asking for a complicated cut that took much more than 4 words. im not asking to look like the next big korean pop star and goku from dragonball z, i wanted a fkn trim! you, my friend, FAIL.
never ever again will i put so much weight on convenience when it comes to a haircut. sandwich, maybe. haircut, not anymore!
the only reason they get the graditude of one star is because theyre around the corner. but so is nob hill theatre and you dont see me getting lap dances from buff gay men either! *shutters*

I got my hair straightened here about two weeks ago. They did a pretty good job, but it took 6 hours. They got really busy during the afternoon and pretty much left me sitting in the chair for about an hour with wet, unstraigthend hair while they tended to the other customers.
My hair is very coarse, frizzy and I have a lot of it. I did not appreciate the comments about how difficult my hair was to work with (bad service)
Ming cut my hair, I think I turned out alright, he thinned it out a lot. I retrimmed my bangs afterwards.
Altogether, it was worth it for the price. $ 130 total plus tip.

Not gonna lie, Jason rocks my socks. And it’s not even because he’s related to me. I totally thought I was getting special treatment on the insane amount of time he spends on my hair, but apparently he does that to everyone. Go figure.
$ 20 gets me a wash, a cut, and a fat tip out the door. Jason has impeccable attention to detail, making sure all angles are even and split-​end-​less before letting me get out of the chair.
I can do without the awkward «how’s life» chit-​chat, especially since I never have anything exciting that I would want to share with him.
Remember to make an appointment — this place gets packed at all odd hours of the day, precisely because they spend so long on each person. But it’s all worth it, promise.

Usually I Unilocal exclusively to food-​related spots since I am obese but I will occasionally diverge for extraordinary non-​edible experiences or some mad props like this one. My boy Ming and I go way back. He has been fading me up for more than a decade, practically watched me grow up. Whenever he switched hair studios, my dad and I seriously tracked him down from place to place until he settled here opening up his own joint.
If you get a cut from Ming, you will notice the great attention to detail, even on pretty simple hair cuts like mine. And for the price $ 8, it’s value to the max. Ming is the master of the clippers. Can’t vouch for the other guys there but Ming will take care of your dome no doubt.