Best Hair Salons in Jersey City, NJ
Compare 67 hair salons in Jersey City, New Jersey with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Newport Cuts Barbershop with 5.0 stars from 124 Google reviews.
Jersey City has 67 salons and barbershops in our directory, and 94% of them carry a public rating — the citywide average is 4.63 stars. That's a crowded, generally well-reviewed field, which makes choosing more about fit than about finding the one good option. Here's how the services break down and how to shop the list.
Where Jersey City runs deep
Barbering is the strongest category on the list: 20 shops handle men's cuts, 20 do fades, and 19 offer beard trims. If you want a tight fade and a clean lineup, you have genuine choice — enough to pick by neighborhood and reviews rather than settling for whoever has an opening.
The women's side is nearly as deep. Nineteen salons offer women's cuts, 19 handle styling, and 19 do blowouts. Textured hair is well represented too: 16 salons offer protective styles, 16 handle locs, and 16 do braids. The thinnest categories are weaves and extensions, at 8 salons each — still workable, but book further out and come with photos of what you want.
The booking and ratings picture
About 48% of Jersey City's listings take online booking. That matters more than it sounds: a live booking page shows you real availability instead of a phone-tag guess, and it usually comes with a clearer service menu. For the other half, call — and if a shop lists an Instagram handle, a DM often works too.
On ratings, be a little skeptical of your first impression. With 94% of salons rated and a 4.63 average, almost everything here looks good on paper. The useful signal is in the reviews themselves: how many there are, how recent they are, and whether people mention the service you're actually booking. A big pile of recent reviews that name your service beats a slightly higher score built on a handful.
How to use this directory
Start with the service, not the salon. Filter to what you actually need — fades, blowouts, braids — and you'll cut 67 options down to a short list fast. Each card shows the rating and review count as reported, plus a booking link where the salon offers one.
Two more habits worth keeping: open the Instagram handle when a listing includes one, because a current feed is the closest thing to a portfolio; and note the zip code so you're comparing shops you'd actually travel to. Once you're down to two or three, call or message and ask who on staff does the service you want — the tags on these pages tell you the work happens there, not who's best at it.
Frequently asked questions
- How many salons in Jersey City offer online booking?
- About 48% of the 67 salons and barbershops in our Jersey City directory take online booking. For the rest, call ahead — and if the listing shows an Instagram handle, a DM is often answered faster than voicemail.
- Can I get braids, locs, or protective styles in Jersey City?
- Yes. Sixteen salons in the directory handle braids, 16 do locs, and 16 offer protective styles. Weaves and extensions are thinner at 8 salons each, so book those further in advance.
- How good are Jersey City salons overall?
- Of the 67 listed, 94% carry a public rating, and the average is 4.63 stars. Ratings alone won't separate your options at that level — read recent reviews for the specific service you want, and check the salon's Instagram before you book.