Best Hair Salons in Austin, TX
Compare 120 hair salons in Austin, Texas with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Simply Organic Salon with 5.0 stars from 1 Google reviews.
Austin's directory covers 120 salons and barbershops across the city, and the numbers are worth knowing before you scroll: 78% take online booking, and the rated listings average 4.76 stars. Here's what's well covered locally, and how to pick from it.
Where the Coverage Runs Deepest
Barbering has the deepest bench in Austin. Twenty-five salons handle men's cuts, another 25 do fades, and 20 offer beard trims — so if you want a skin fade and a beard line-up in one chair, you have real options to compare.
Textured and protective hair is nearly as well represented: 19 listings each for braids, locs, and protective styles, plus 11 apiece for weaves and extensions. Women's cuts, styling, and blowouts also come in at 19 salons each, which means everyday appointments — a trim, an event blowout — are easy to place too.
The Booking and Rating Picture
About 78% of Austin's 120 listings take online booking, so for most shops here you can grab a slot without a phone call. Ratings run strong as well: 72% of listings carry a rating, and those average 4.76 stars.
When averages sit that high, the star number alone won't separate salons. Review count is the better signal — a high rating built on hundreds of reviews says more about consistency than a perfect score built on a dozen. Then read a few recent reviews that mention the specific service you want; a shop can be excellent at fades and merely fine at everything else.
How to Use This Directory
Start with the service, not the salon name. Filtering to a service page — fades, braids, blowouts — shows you only the places where that work actually happens, which beats guessing from a salon's name or storefront.
From there, check two things on each card: whether online booking is available, and how many reviews sit behind the rating. Where a listing links an Instagram, a quick scroll through recent posts is the fastest way to confirm a salon's current work matches what you're asking for.
One thing this directory doesn't track is price, so confirm cost when you book — the salon's booking page or a short call will settle it before you're in the chair.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I book Austin salons online?
- Mostly, yes. About 78% of the 120 Austin listings in this directory take online booking. Cards with a booking link go straight to the salon's own scheduling page; for the rest, call to book.
- Where can I find braids, locs, or protective styles in Austin?
- That corner of the directory is well covered: 19 salons handle braids, 19 offer locs, and 19 do protective styles, with 11 each for weaves and extensions. Filter by the service to see only the salons where that work happens.
- Does the directory show prices?
- No — we don't collect price data, and pricing varies too much by stylist, length, and service to guess at. Confirm cost when you book, either on the salon's booking page or with a quick call before your appointment.