Best Hair Salons in Seattle, WA
Compare 99 hair salons in Seattle, Washington with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Lady Neptune Hair Salon, Seattle with 5.0 stars from 445 Google reviews.
Looking for braids? See braiding salons in Seattle (box braids, knotless, cornrows & locs).
Seattle's directory covers 99 salons and barbershops, and the spread leans practical: deep barbering coverage, a solid bench of cut-and-blowout salons, and a real cluster of braiding and natural-hair shops. About 70% of listings take online booking, and rated salons average 4.71 stars. Here's how the coverage breaks down — and how to pick well from it.
Where Seattle's coverage runs deep
Barbering is the deepest bench in this directory: 22 salons handle men's cuts, 22 do fades, and 20 offer beard trims. If you want a skin fade with a beard lineup, you have genuine choice here.
The salon side is nearly as covered — 19 shops each offer women's cuts, styling, and blowouts. Textured and protective hair care is a smaller but real slice: 10 salons list braids, 10 handle locs, 10 offer protective styles, and 7 apiece take on weaves and extensions.
One honest note about those tags: they confirm a salon offers the service, not that it's the shop's whole identity. Treat them as your first filter, then read recent reviews that mention the specific service you're after.
Booking and ratings, in plain numbers
About 70% of Seattle's listings take online booking — high enough that you can usually skip phone tag and lock a slot the same evening. For the rest, a call still works, and for braids, locs, or extensions a call is often worth making anyway: those appointments run long, and many stylists prefer a quick consult before they book you.
On ratings: 71% of listings have them, and the rated salons average 4.71 stars. When the average sits that high, the star number alone stops being a useful tiebreaker. Weigh review volume and recency instead — a 4.7 built on hundreds of recent reviews tells you more than a perfect score built on a handful.
How to work this directory
Start with the service, not the salon name. Filter to what you actually want done — a fade, a blowout, knotless braids — and you'll cut 99 options down to a workable shortlist fast.
Then narrow by logistics. If you need an appointment locked tonight, keep to the roughly 70% of shops with a booking link. Where a card shows an Instagram handle, look at it — a stylist's recent posts are the closest thing to a portfolio you'll get before sitting in the chair.
Finally, be specific when you reach out. "A low fade with a beard lineup" or "knotless braids, mid-back length" gets you a real answer about fit and timing; "a trim" gets you a guess.
Frequently asked questions
- How many hair salons and barbershops does the Seattle directory include?
- There are 99 listings in Seattle, WA. Coverage runs from barbering — men's cuts, fades, and beard trims are the most common services — through women's cuts, styling, and blowouts, plus braids, locs, protective styles, weaves, and extensions.
- Can I book Seattle salons online?
- About 70% of Seattle listings have an online booking link, so most of the time you can reserve without a phone call. For salons without one — or for long appointments like braids or extensions — call or message directly; many stylists want a short consult before booking anyway.
- Does Seattle have good options for braids and protective styles?
- There's real coverage: 10 salons list braids, 10 handle locs, 10 offer protective styles, and 7 each work with weaves and extensions. Because results vary stylist to stylist, send a photo of the exact style you want when you inquire, and ask whether hair is provided or you should bring your own.
Tweety’s Twists Braiding Boutique
6007 Martin Luther King Junior Way South