Best Hair Salons in Salt Lake City, UT
Compare 73 hair salons in Salt Lake City, Utah with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is BlessedEm Barber with 5.0 stars from 171 Google reviews.
Salt Lake City's directory covers 73 salons and barbershops, and 84% of them take online booking, so you can usually reserve a chair without a phone call. Three-quarters carry a public rating, and those average 4.85 stars. Below is who does what around town, plus a few things worth checking before you book.
What the SLC shops handle
Barbering is the deepest part of this directory. Men's cuts and fades each show up at 22 salons, with beard trims close behind at 20 — so if you want a skin fade or a clean lineup, you have real range to choose from. Salons that offer women's cuts, styling, and blowouts sit at 16 each, a solid middle tier.
Color is thinner on the ground: highlights, all-over color, and balayage each appear at about five salons. If you're booking a color correction or a big change, it's worth calling ahead to confirm the colorist can take you. Textured and protective work — braids, locs, and protective styles at four salons each, weaves and extensions at six — is available but concentrated, so book those early.
Booking and ratings at a glance
Most shops here are set up for online booking — 84% list a way to reserve online, which is high for a city this size. If your schedule is tight, start with those.
Ratings are useful, but read them alongside the review count. A high score from two thousand reviews is a stronger signal than the same score from a handful. Three-quarters of these salons carry a public rating and those average 4.85 stars, so the field is strong overall and the star number alone won't separate them. Let the volume of reviews, and whether people mention the exact service you want, do that work.
How to use this list
Start with the service you actually need. The tags on each card tell you which shops offer it, not how good they are at it, so treat them as a filter, not a verdict. Narrow to salons that book online if you want to lock in a time today.
From there, do the slower part: read recent reviews for your specific service, and where a shop lists an Instagram, scroll its work to see whether the style matches what's in your head. A barber whose feed is all fades tells you more than any single star rating.
Frequently asked questions
- Which hair services are easiest to book in Salt Lake City?
- Barbering has the most options — men's cuts and fades are each offered at 22 salons in the directory, and beard trims at 20. Cuts, styling, and blowouts for longer hair are well covered too, at 16 salons each. Color and textured-hair services are available at fewer shops, so book those further ahead.
- Can I book a Salt Lake City salon online?
- Usually. 84% of the salons listed here offer online booking, so most of the time you can reserve without calling. Use the booking filter to see just those shops, then confirm they offer your specific service before you lock in a time.
- How reliable are the salon ratings here?
- Three-quarters of the salons have a public rating, and those average 4.85 stars, so scores run high across the board. Because the numbers cluster so tightly, look at how many reviews back each score and whether reviewers mention the service you're booking — that tells you more than the star number alone.