Barber Pole of Tarrytown

This place is great for children. Less great for adults. They are always nice and helpful whenever I bring in my toddler.

Just go to Sebastain’s on John Street. Cheaper, friendlier and a better haircut

I’m really disappointed with my haircut. It’s not even in the back nor blended. I feel like she didn’t listen to what I wanted at all and just buzzed willy nilly. On to the next one!

Said I usually go with a 2 on the sides and longer on top. SHE must not have heard me. Went right over the top with the 2. WTF?! I would have walked out right there if I had clippers at home.
Avoid.

The last time i got a haircut was a few days before Unilocaler Paul D.‘s wedding. That was in October. Needless to say it was time, especially with the nice weather coming, and a trip I’m taking to the southern part of the country.
I’d walked by this place several times, and eventually I just decided that if I ever got a haircut, this would be where I would go. Barber Pole has an old time barbershop feel. In fact, the place is full of antique barbershop paraphernalia, most of which is for sale (I guess this business could also be listed as retail), and though none of it is anything I would a) want or b) could afford, it still adds a lot of old world charm. And, they offer free hot towels and shoulder massages, which I feel like is also old worldly.
When I arrived, there was only one barber working, so I took a seat and waited for her to finish. I have absolutely no idea if other people work there, how many people work there, or how skilled anyone but this one woman is. She was very talkative, but incredibly sweet. I don’t want to say I got a «bad» haircut, because I think it looks fine, I’m just not sure I got the haircut that I wanted. When I described to the woman that I wanted it «shorter» and that I also hadn’t had a haircut since October, she proceeded to buzz the sides INCREDIBLY short, in preparation for the next 5 months because, as she said «if you’re not getting your haircut for 5 months, you might as well get it short.» I blame myself.
However, having said that, going here was a really positive experience, and despite it not being the haircut I wanted, it’s about 10 000 times better than the haircuts I’ve gotten the past 8 years at the mall. I’m looking forward to my next visit and getting the haircut I want… I’ll probably look amazing.