Best Hair Salons in Boston, MA
Compare 96 hair salons in Boston, Massachusetts with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Boston's Best Barber with 5.0 stars from 76 Google reviews.
Our Boston directory covers 96 salons and barbershops, spanning fades and beard trims, blowouts, braids and locs, and color work like balayage. Most make it easy to get in the chair: 84% take online booking, and the rated shops average 4.7 stars. Here's how the services break down — and how to choose well.
What's well represented in Boston
Barbering is the deepest bench here: 20 shops each handle men's cuts, fades, and beard trims. Women's services run nearly as deep, with 19 listings apiece for women's cuts, styling, and blowouts.
Textured and protective hair is a real strength of this list. Fifteen salons handle protective styles, locs, and braids, and 13 offer weaves and extensions — enough options that you can shortlist by reviews rather than settling for whoever has an opening.
Color is the thinner category: just 5 listings each are tagged for highlights, all-over color, and balayage. Keep in mind these tags are coarse — they confirm a service is offered, not that it's the salon's main event, and a salon without a color tag may still do color. When in doubt, check the booking page or ask.
Booking and ratings, by the numbers
Boston salons are unusually bookable: 84% of the 96 listings take online booking, so you can compare openings across a few shops before committing to one.
On ratings, 82% of listings carry a public score, and they average 4.7 stars. That's a high bar — which means a good rating alone won't separate one salon from another. Give more weight to review volume, and skim the most recent reviews for mentions of the specific service you want.
How to use this directory
Start with the service, not the salon name. Narrow to the category you need — fades, braids, blowouts — then shortlist two or three salons and open their booking pages to confirm the exact service is offered.
Where a salon lists an Instagram, look at it. Recent posts tell you more about the work coming out of a chair than any description can.
For bigger commitments — a loc install, a full set of box braids, a major color change — ask for a consultation before booking the long appointment. With 84% of these salons bookable online, a same-week consult is usually realistic; for the rest, a phone call gets you an answer fastest.
Frequently asked questions
- How many hair salons are in the Boston directory?
- There are 96 salons and barbershops listed for Boston, MA. Coverage includes men's cuts, fades, and beard trims; women's cuts, styling, and blowouts; braids, locs, protective styles, weaves, and extensions; and color services like highlights and balayage.
- Can I book a Boston salon online?
- Usually — 84% of the Boston salons listed here take online booking. For the rest, call. Calling is also the better move for anything that needs a consultation first, like a big color change or a loc install.
- How should I read the ratings?
- 82% of Boston listings carry a rating, and those average 4.7 stars — so a high score alone doesn't tell you much. Weight review volume more heavily, and read the newest reviews for the specific service you're after, since a salon can be great at fades and just okay at color.