Ekti Salon & Spa

Do not go here. They are complete liars who will manipulate you and cheat you any way possible. First off — they advertise in the local newspaper $ 25 men’s haircut. I have a picture of the ad on my phone and show the receptionist when I get there. She denies it despite the ad having the salon name and address on it. So I ask what the normal price is — she says «$ 40 and 10% off for student discount». $ 36 — So I reluctantly agreed because I needed a haircut for an event that evening.
So the receptionist goes over to a hairdresser and says «can you take another customer — student»
Emphasizing student as to imply that he would be getting a few bucks less. Hair dresser reluctantly agreed. He spent less than 9 minutes cutting my hair and that included the time he jumped back and forth with a women he was doing highlights for.
So I get up and go to pay and she says its $ 40.50 and I asked about the student discount. She said yes it’s $ 45 with 10% off.
Magically my 9 minute haircut went from $ 25 on the ad to $ 36 when I got there to $ 40.50 as I went to check out.

$ 45 for a very ordinary haircut. The guy cutting hair was very unenthusiastic about his job and was too mechanical. I even found that he missed cutting a few hairs.

I love coming here. Everyone is both professional and friendly. They are always accommodating when I need a walk in appointment. They treat my wife like royalty, what more could you want. They also do a great job.

I would give a negative star if I could — They burnt my hair! This was the worst nightmare ever! I scheduled an appointment with one of their colorist — he showed up 2 hours later, for his next appointment (I guess 10 am was too early for him), so the owner, who cites he has more than 35 year of experience (certainly didn’t learn anything in all these years the poor incompetent and loser that makes his employees call him MR EKTI — he needs to feel that he is somebody now that he has a salon), does my highlights. After leaving my highlights white, and since he didn’t do my roots well and were dark he applies something else in my hairline! My whole hair was burnt, my hair doesn’t stop falling now almost a month of the incident and I have patches in my frontal area, particularly in my hairline. I called the guy, he cannot get to the phone (he is too important and too busy to face the consequences of his mistakes) even though every time u go to the salon he is there lingering as he has no customers (I guess everybody knew he sucks except me!)). I demanded a refund, they won’t even return my money and of course they won’t even apologize. Their customer service sucks and most importantly the service they provide sucks. If you want to have your hair burn and have it fall nonstop then you should visit this place, otherwise stay as far away as possible.

I had an appt. with Ekti himself yesterday to have my hair done for a performance while in DC. It is one of the BEST up dos I have ever had done, and I have many done in my line of work– the music business.
The staff was so lovely. I also noticed when I asked for water, that they brought the bottle on a silver tray with a beautiful glass. Class, elegance and good taste.
Thanks Ekti! I’ll recommend you!
Carol Welsman

Really professional!!! Marilena is very professional and friendly. The waxing room was clean relaxing and the staff was all very pleasant and nice. I felt comfortable. she did great care and wax was painless. This is the best place to get wax in the Dc area. I will definitely be back.

I’ve been going here for almost two years so I think it’s about time to make a Unilocal review. Before I started waxing, I was apprehensive about the process, but now I love it because Marilena is a master at her craft.
This is arguably the best place to get a wax in the DC area. Marilena really does make it as enjoyable as possible. She puts on the most ambient music to help make the process relaxing — and it works! The most important thing is that in the end, she follows the eyebrows’ natural curvature and makes them look naturally beautiful instead of just thinning them out like a lot of other people do. I’ve never gotten a Brazilian, but Marilena is from Brazil and if she’s amazing with my eyebrows, I would trust her with my nether regions.

I’ve never written a Unilocal review so that should tell you something — this place is so good that it’s actually compelled me to write one. Mehmet is AMAZING. He worked absolute wonders on some crappy extensions I brought in by coloring, cutting, and styling them — for next to nothing, too (compared to the inflated prices you usually see in DC). I left the salon looking like a princess.
Everyone working at the desk is so nice and accommodating. I showed up to my appointment over an hour late (I know) and they were still happy to take me. Oh, and they bring you really good coffee on literal silver platters.
Awesome place. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ (or ⁵⁄₅ in this case).

I have to say I was very excited to try Ekti for a facial. When I called the week before the receptionist made my appointment and took my number. Since she didn’t ask me what type of facial I wanted I asked if the appointment time would be long enough for
dermaplanning and glycolic peel. She said the esthetician would make sure.
In hindsight I wonder if she even understood the procedures/​time frame it takes. Usually you ask the guest so that you can make sure you have true availability. I should have known something was wrong when I didn’t get a reminder call but I figured I was set since the receptionist confirmed it.
I called the day of my appointment (⁴⁄₄) as I thought I might have the wrong time and wanted to make sure I was okay. When I called they said they had no record of my appointment. The receptionist placed me on hold for a few minutes and then a different person picked up. She too said she didn’t see it and also that the person who did dermaplanning wasn’t even there and had been out all week for personal reasons. Not a big deal but why wouldn’t someone had called me to tell me (oh wait the receptionist never made my appointment)? To make matters worse it seemed like they didn’t even care. No offer to make a new appointment when she returned and the most insincere sorry I have ever heard. She did say she could maybe squeeze me in for a regular facial which isn’t what I wanted so why would I even say yes to that option.
I worked my day around this appointment and it was such a waste of my time.
Unfortunate as I get facials regularly and was hoping this would be my new home.

6 letters: MEHMET. He is your go-​to guy for coloring or a quick blow dry. I had never done anything to my hair before and I was super nervous about going in and getting a blonde ombré dip dye on my virgin black hair, but Mehmet was so sweet and accommodating (and dealt with my sporadic nervous breakdowns quite tactfully). The results were AMAZING, I honestly couldn’t have had a better first coloring experience. Ekti, who did my friend’s highlights, was also very professional and did a great job. Too bad I’m only visiting DC for the weekend, or else I’d be a loyal customer for life.

The salon itself and the people working are all very nice. I used a gilt city voucher for highlights and then decided to get my hair cut as well ($ 85). It was nice that there was not an upcharge for long hair, and it was certainly the quickest cut/​color I have ever gotten. However, it just wasn’t exactly what I asked for on the color and I’m not thrilled with the cut.
I was very specific that I didn’t want it to look stripey but that’s kind of how it came out. It doesn’t look bad at all, it just isn’t really blending in as nicely as it is growing out as other highlights.
The haircut seemed fine as well, however it has been 3 weeks and it already looks like I need a trim. Not great. I don’t know if it was rushed because it was the end of the day or if this is typical, but I don’t think I will be going back to find out.

Mehmet is amazing! He provides the best, most stylish and most consistent haircuts, highlights and blowouts ever. He is also kind, accommodating, works quickly and is perfect at interpreting what I’m looking for. I have salon-​hopped in DC for more than 20 years, but the hunt is over!

I’m totally blown away. My first time into Ekti Salon and I had an appointment scheduled with Omer, he was WONDERFUL!!! I’m very happy with the result, my hair was done exactly the way I described it. I can style my hair easily and I get compliments from strangers.
I am so glad to find a great hair stylist.

I’m honestly some what confused about all of the raving brazilian reviews. Unless Marilena was having an off day, my experience was TERRIBLE. I normally go to Capital Waxing but decided to try Etki because of the Gilt city deal. My waxes usually take ten minutes, only require about five strips, have minimal pain and leave me completely smooth. Marilena took about 30 minutes, used at least 10 – 15 strips, and after all of the pain I am completely dissatisfied with the results. It was BY FAR the most painful wax I’ve ever had and I had to shave when I got home. She said my hair was too short but it was the length it usually is when I go in for a wax and I have never had any problems before. The waxing room was clean and relaxing and the staff was all very pleasant and nice, but I will not be going back for a brazilian at Etki.

If I get another Brazilian wax, I will DEFINITELY come here. I went to Marilena the week before my honeymoon and not only is she incredibly sweet, she makes the experience as painless as it can get. I had had a bad experience at another DC salon a couple of months prior and this was a breeze in comparison. Marilena is the best!

When my last hair person suddenly moved out of state, I was upset that I had to find a new place and person. So far I’ve been getting my hair cut here for a few months by Ekti and I’m really happy. Nice place, nice staff, good work at reasonable prices. Hopefully nobody moves on short notice:-).

This is by far the best spa and hair salon in DC. I have had my hair and makeup here last year and have been coming back ever since. I loved my wedding hair and got huge compliments from everybody.
Ekti is very talented for hair cuts, hairdos for weddings and such. He is detailed and determined to make you hapoy, with the hair you want. He is also an awesome colorist.
Marilene and her spa crew are very professional and use wonderful products.
They have tons of experience and exactly what I was looking for since I moved to the area two years ago. Believe me… It was very difficult to find a hair salon that made me supper happy. I am so glad to have found this place. I totally recommend.
I am very particular about professionals in this type if business because I like to be heard and here they do take the time to hear what you want and give their own professional advice without imposing. Two thumbs up to the whole team.

I am a baby when it comes to getting my haircut. I once tried to get some weird layered cut from instead of my usual 1 millimeter trim and ended up looking like a young boy. Another time I let the stylist tell me that shoulder length hair would be a good look for me and ended up looking like a mom. You get the point…
I realized that I had to get my haircut and reluctantly bought this giltcity voucher for cut/​blowdry (but how could I not, it was $ 39 for a usually $ 89 cut!). When I arrived I was offered some tea and a seat. The atmosphere was very relaxing so my anxiety wasn’t through the roof anymore. I started freaking out when Mr. Ekti (yes the man himself~) walked up with scissors on scissors and asked me what I wanted. I don’t speak hair. so I showed him a picture of Kim Kardashian (long swooping bangs, all around layers) and all he said was ohhh yessss. Even as I was explaining everything I wanted/​asking if it would look good all he said was yes yes yes — uhm are you actually listening to what I want? I was like this is it, this is the end, I’m going to look like a boy again this summer.
Turns out — he was. Or maybe he knew exactly how to fix my hair to make it look better. I cringed for probably the whole 30 minutes he cut my hair, but to my surprise it looked fabulous after the blowdry. I even posted my first selfie on instagram… who am I??? Oh yeah, just a girl who luvs her new hair!
TL;DR version: would totally go back

Mr. Ekti cut my hair. It was honestly one of the best cuts I have ever gotten. His blow dry was amazing. The price is average in Georgetown; you pretty much cannot get a haircut under $ 80, his is $ 85. They were able to take me right away without an appointment and they were friendly and the salon was very clean and comfortable. They use Moroccan Oil products.

My experience at Ekti started out rocky but ended in a hug with Mr. Ekti himself!
I was apprehensive about going to the salon solely based off a Unilocal search, but they had a promotion for new customers and were one of the few salons in DC that offer balayage highlights so I thought I’d give it a try.
My first experience was pleasant. Everyone was friendly and nice, they really cater to your every need. I had an appointment with Mr. Ekti and all was great, until I had the final reveal of the color. Everything was perfect except two exceptionally light streaks in my hair. I tried to get over it and left the appointment disappointed and most likely not going to return.
Then the next day I thought what the heck, I paid a pretty Georgetown price tag for my color, I might as well go back. It was Easter Monday and although they were closed Mr. Ekti not only corrected my hair an hour past normal closing time, but he proceeded to give me a blow out and a Moroccan oil treatment for my scalp.
Needless to say I ABSOLUTELY recommend this salon. Amazing customer service experiences like this are far and few between. Mr. Ekti has made me a loyal customer and after that experience I gave him a hug and left ecstatic about my hair.
Thank you Mr. Ekti, you are awesome and I will be coming back!