Best Hair Salons in Anchorage, AK
Compare 63 hair salons in Anchorage, Alaska with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Braids by Alyssa with 5.0 stars from 1 Google reviews.
Anchorage has 63 salons and barber shops in this directory, and the numbers are encouraging: 92% carry a public rating, the citywide average is 4.62 stars, and about 73% take online booking. Barbering is the deepest bench here, but women's cuts, blowouts, and textured-hair services are all represented. Here's how the options break down and how to pick well.
What's well represented — and what's thinner
Barbering leads the list. Of the 63 salons here, 22 handle men's cuts, 22 do fades, and 20 offer beard trims — so if you want a skin fade and a beard line-up in the same chair, you have real choice. Women's services run close behind: 19 salons offer women's cuts, 19 handle styling, and 19 do blowouts.
Textured and protective hair is a smaller slice. Ten salons handle braids, ten do locs, and ten offer protective styles; six offer weaves and six do extensions. With a pool that size, book further out and confirm the exact style over the phone before you commit an afternoon to the chair.
Booking and ratings, by the numbers
About 73% of Anchorage listings take online booking, which matters more than it sounds — you can compare openings across three shops in the time one phone call takes. The rest are call-to-book.
Ratings run high: 92% of the salons here are rated, and the average is 4.62 stars. When averages sit that high, the star count alone won't separate one shop from another. Weight the review volume — a solid rating built on hundreds of reviews tells you more than a perfect score built on a handful — and skim recent reviews for the specific service you actually want.
How to use this directory
Start from the service, not the salon name. Each listing shows its service tags, rating, and a booking link where one exists. One honest caveat: service tags are coarse. They tell you a salon does the work — not that it's the shop's main trade. A tag means "they handle fades," not "this is a fade specialist."
So shortlist two or three salons that offer your service, then do five minutes of homework: check the review count behind the rating, look at the salon's Instagram where it's listed to see recent work, and for anything beyond a trim, ask for a quick consult before booking the full appointment. Good salons expect that question; it's a useful filter.
Frequently asked questions
- How many hair salons does Anchorage, AK have?
- This directory lists 63 salons and barber shops in Anchorage. Coverage leans toward barbering — 22 shops handle men's cuts and 22 do fades — but women's cuts, styling, and blowouts are each offered at 19 salons.
- Do Anchorage salons take online booking?
- About 73% of the salons listed here do. For the rest, you'll need to call — which is worth doing anyway for time-intensive services like braids or locs, so you can confirm the style and how long to block off.
- Where can I get braids, locs, or protective styles in Anchorage?
- Ten salons in this directory handle braids, ten do locs, and ten offer protective styles; six offer weaves and six do extensions. That's a smaller pool than for cuts, so book ahead and bring reference photos — a service tag tells you a salon does the work, not that it's their main trade.