Best Hair Salons in Glendale, AZ

The service landscape: strong on barbering, thinner on color

Barbershops are the backbone of Glendale's listings. Men's cuts and fades are each offered at 24 shops — the most of any service here — and 19 handle beard trims. On the salon side, women's cuts, styling, and blowouts each appear at 19 locations, so a standard cut-and-style is easy to find.

Textured and protective hair care is well represented too: 13 salons handle braids, locs, and protective styles, and 7 offer weaves and extensions. The thin spot is color — hair color, highlights, and balayage are each tagged at just 6 salons.

One caveat on all of these numbers: service tags are coarse and often travel together. They confirm a salon does the work; they don't tell you it's the shop's focus. That's what recent reviews and photos are for.

Booking and ratings, by the numbers

Glendale's directory skews well-reviewed: 96% of the 68 listings carry a rating, and the average is 4.71 stars. That's good news and a sorting problem at once — when most of the field sits that high, the star number alone won't separate your shortlist. Weigh review volume and recency alongside the rating; a high score built on hundreds of reviews tells you more than a perfect one from a handful.

On logistics, 68% of listed salons take online booking. That leaves roughly a third that still run on phone calls and walk-ins — common among barbershops — so don't cut a place from your list just because there's no booking button.

How to work this directory

Start by filtering to the service you actually need rather than the salon category — a shop tagged for fades is a different bet than one tagged for balayage, and Glendale's color pool is small enough (6 salons) that it's worth shortlisting all of them and comparing reviews. From there, pick two or three candidates, skim their most recent reviews for the specific service you want, and check the Instagram handle where one is listed to see current work.

Pricing isn't listed here, so ask when you book. For anything technical — color correction, a first loc install, a major length change — request a consultation before committing to a full appointment. Book online where the option exists; call where it doesn't.