Best Hair Salons in Virginia Beach, VA
Compare 80 hair salons in Virginia Beach, Virginia with Google ratings, services and online booking. The top-rated spot is Sweet Honey Hair Co with 5.0 stars from 36 Google reviews.
This directory lists 80 salons and barbershops across Virginia Beach. Ratings run high — the 85% of listings with reviews average 4.74 stars — and 60% take online booking. Barbering and textured-hair work are the deepest categories here; dedicated color listings are the thinnest.
Where Virginia Beach runs deep
Barbershops lead the count: 20 listings offer men's cuts, fades, and beard trims — the most of any service category here. Textured hair is nearly as well covered, with 17 salons handling braids, locs, and protective styles, plus 10 that offer weaves or extensions. On the salon side, 18 listings cover women's cuts, styling, and blowouts.
Color is the outlier. Only 3 listings are tagged for hair color, highlights, or balayage. That doesn't mean color is hard to get in Virginia Beach — service tags are coarse, and plenty of full-service salons do color work that never shows up in their tags — but if a major color job is the whole point of your visit, confirm it by phone before you book.
Booking and ratings, by the numbers
About 60% of Virginia Beach listings take online booking, so for most shops you can grab a slot without playing phone tag. The rest run on calls, walk-ins, or Instagram messages — common for independent braiders and loc techs, where a quick message about your hair and the style you want doubles as a mini-consultation.
Ratings here skew high: 85% of listings are rated, and the average is 4.74 stars. When nearly everything clears that bar, the star number alone stops telling you much. Weight review volume instead — a strong rating built on hundreds of reviews says more than a perfect score built on a handful — and skim the most recent reviews for how a shop handles your specific hair type.
How to use this directory
Start with the service, not the salon. Filter to the work you actually need — a fade, box braids, a blowout — and shortlist two or three listings from there. A service tag proves the work happens at that shop; it doesn't prove the shop is built around it. Treat the tag as a starting point and the reviews as the evidence.
For anything high-stakes — a first loc install, extensions, a big color change — ask for a consultation before committing to a full appointment, and ask who specifically will be doing the work. Then book the way the listing supports: online where it's offered, by phone or message where it isn't. Bring photos either way. A stylist can do a lot more with 'like this, but for my hair density' than with adjectives.
Frequently asked questions
- Which hair services are easiest to find in Virginia Beach?
- Barbering has the deepest bench — 20 shops offer men's cuts, fades, and beard trims. Textured-hair services are close behind, with 17 listings for braids, locs, and protective styles, and 18 salons cover women's cuts, styling, and blowouts.
- Can I book a Virginia Beach salon online?
- About 60% of the 80 listings here take online booking. The rest book by phone, walk-in, or social media — common for independent braiders, where messaging a photo of the style you want is the normal first step.
- Why are so few color salons listed?
- Only 3 Virginia Beach listings are tagged for color, highlights, or balayage, but tags are coarse — many full-service salons that handle women's cuts also do color without it showing in their tags. If color is the main event, call and ask about the specific service you want, like balayage or a gloss.