Rebel Rebel

Since moving to Glasgow I’d struggled to find a good place to get my hair cut. After some bad experiences with various barbers around town, I decided to try Rebel Rebel. This place has a good rep but my last visit was a bit of a disaster.
Things didn’t get off to a good start, I’d made an appointment using the online booking system yet I still had to wait 20 minutes. I thought the whole point of booking an appointment was so I didn’t have to wait? Appointments are meant to last 45 minutes but I was done in under 30, I presume to make up for the time wasted earlier, I wasn’t impressed.
The haircut itself was disappointing, he’d cut it too short and given me a skinfade despite me making clear to him at the start that I didn’t want a skinfade. Rule no.1 of cutting hair, listen to what the customer wants!
A haircut in here will set you back £25, yes TWENTY-​FIVE POUNDS! Steep! For that money you’d expect the best haircut of your life but this was up there with the worst.
The guy working at the front desk is a clown too, when my card didn’t work at the first time of asking he was really rude about it. It’s not something which fazes me but I know some people get embarrassed when that happens, for him to deal with it in the way he did was shocking. And so my search for a decent hair cut in Glasgow continues…

I’ve been a loyal customer since Buchanan Street and have took every opportunity to book with them. They have recently updated their reception area and again meet and auroras your expectations. I have always booked with Gemma, she is amazing and always caters to your needs.

Moved from barber to barber over the years due to hairdressers moving on, and was never really comfortable with someone new and not used to my hair. That was until I was recommended Rebel Rebel. What a find… Bright, modern, with a real urban vibe about the place and loads of differently skilled barbers to choose from, allowing you to find the specific style or look you are going for. Nothing is too complex or too out-​there for them. The staff are 1^st class, and make you feel welcomed and special as soon as you step through the door. Top Tip: The Master Barber Cut N Style with Alan, is well worth it, and very reasonable compared with other salons. Ace!!!

felt inclined to review given the negative comments here. been going year for around 18 months and every time i get a great cut, by barbers who can give me the cut ive asked for, but arent afraid to give their own comments & recommendations.
the staff including the receptionists, assistants and barbers, have always been extremely pleasant and welcoming. I usually book online but have turned up without a reservation a couple of times and was taken in pretty quickly.
its relatively expensive for a gents haircut but you get what you pay for and this place provides great quality

Still works for me. Ok, so there’s one or two things that stop me upping it to a 5 star, but these are pretty picky things, such as the volume of the music/​radio, but tbh this says more about me than it does about the biz.
So here I go again. Almost a year has passed since i first came in here and despite the economy flinging itself doon the toilet, the refreshing thing to note about RR is that they’re prices seem to be exactly the same. Given there city centre locale, this is excellent to see.
Cut again was great. Quick, nae messing about, but attention paid to what I wanted, how the cut was progressing and everything else that goes along with it.
Unilocal discount still applies, so the regular cut comes in at just over 14 notes. Pretty good in my books.
I like it. It’s one of the few places I trust when getting a mop chop. I’ll return!

I had been to Rebel Rebel once before in early 2010 and came away satisfied with the cut I received. It was expensive (£18), but at least the quality was high and the staff seemed pleasant enough.
After my second visit, I can’t say the same. In fact, I won’t be coming back.
Without placing a reservation, I walked into Rebel Rebel while it was empty, which seemed fine to me. The senior barber was snippy with me about my lack of reservation, but begrudgingly took me on. Alarm bells.
I’m not the kind of person that brings in a firm «style», like a photograph, and this seemed to irritate the barber, leading to more snippy talk about my few guidelines being «not enough to know what you want». Fair enough, but I don’t feel like I’ve ever had this problem before, even in highly regarded barbers I’ve been to in the past, like the House of Lords in Toronto, Canada. Later on, another customer arrived and supplied much of the same general guidelines as me with no trouble, which I can only assume means there was a problem with me personally.
After being seated, I realised I was in for quite a ride. The barber cut my hair as quickly as possible and in a very aggressive manner (complete with angry sounding deep breathing). It actually hurt me as she cut into my hair and she didn’t really seem all that interested in what she was doing. In fact, listening to the radio seemed more of a concern.
After more pain on the end of a hot hair straightener to my neck, the haircut was finally over and I was free to pay and leave. I was left to ponder if I’d done anything wrong. Maybe my lack of reservation was an issue. If it was, I’d have come back later on or on another day. Maybe I was snotty in some way? I don’t think so. I do have a mild speech impediment and maybe this put the barber off on talking to me properly. Who knows.
As I’ve said, I didn’t have a firm style in mind and won’t comment that the haircut wasn’t what I wanted. I know that barbers aren’t telepathic. That’s fine. I took a gamble. However, my treatment by Rebel Rebel did not fit the «cool» image the place puts out. I shouldn’t be sunk into the chair, hoping the haircut ends as soon as possible. I also shouldn’t be treated as an outlet for someone else’s frustrations. I’m a customer, not a punching bag. Maybe the barber was having a bad day. Perhaps I insulted her somehow. If so, I sincerely apologise.
Just please, don’t come at me with those scissors ever again.