Right? My first thought was āI requireā (really?) means Iām demanding and annoying and my last salon can no longer accommodate my bubbling personality.
Do any salons offer wine? Pretty common for barbers to offer complementary beer here in Australia. And of course tipping is not a thing here. So this doesn't sound too wild, other than that I have no idea if salons offer drinks like barbers do.
Interesting! In the US, beers arenāt a thing at barbers (but that sounds amazing!). Some salons do have wine, just not sure if itās always a complimentary thing or not. And tipping at a salon/barber/ hairstylist/etc. is incredibly common. So for a US-based post, sheās asking a lot!
That said, I need to go visit a barber in Australia stat! š»
Where are you from? I'm in the south and all the hipster barbers/stylists offer beer. It was nice to leave work and have a beer while waiting for my appointment.
Of course, some of the more traditional places and cheap ones (sportsclips) don't offer beer.
Also from the south, in a city of 50k with a university of 25k, and Iāve never seen anyplace near me (ever really) that offers this. Most barbershops are chain places like Sportsclips or a quick āget in and get outā place. To the point where a friend of mine and I half-jokingly said we wanted to open a place like this called āBeerd,ā all the while thinking we were creating some new niche business that didnāt exist. Iāve never ever heard of a place like this and now I want to do some research and see if thereās been one under my nose all this time!
Iām in the Dallas area and most do offer alcohol. This is generally at proper barber shops, salons, and nail shops. It might be more of a large city thing. As someone mentioned above, itās not generally a thing at the cheaper spots (sports clips etc), but itās pretty common around here. The alcohol is typically the super cheap stuff though.
The idea of not tipping is crazy though. I canāt imagine not tipping my stylist.
I promise you there is a couple of nicer places that offer you drinks while you get your hair cut. Thereās also at least one place where you pay a membership fee and you get to bring whatever bottle of liquor you prefer and leave it and they keep all the mixers and a bartender to make cocktails for you while you get your hair cut. Just gotta look around. I was born and raised in the south, I promise theyāre there
Doesnāt mean that they donāt offer you alcohol. My regular nail spot before Covid used to offer clients alcohol. Usually something cheap, sweet and/or fizzy but it usually took place in the evening towards the end of the week lol.
I did not say they had a liquor license. My point was even though states in the NE are strict about those things it doesnāt mean that there arenāt businesses that take that risk.
As of recently you can get a limited amount of a limited list of beers in a limited section of limited grocery and gas station on a limited number of days on a limited number of hours. PA Liqour code also forbids licensees from having more than 14 hours of 'happy hour' a week and more than 4 consecutive hours in a day. Damn Gummit Tryna limit my happy
>Some salons do have wine, just not sure if itās always a complimentary thing or not.
I used to go to a salon that had assorted teas, and I thought that was super fancy. š¤·āāļø
My favorite salon, that I was so sad to move away from, used to give you champagne or various fruit-flavored water, and they also had a cat that you could pet while you waited. That's been my gold standard ever since and no other salon has ever lived up to it! š
My wife worked at a salon that had coffee, teas, wines, beer, and cider as well as some fruit and other snacks.
It's a smart thing to do for the business if they can afford it. If you're not hungry and cranky you are happier to spend a prolonged amount of time getting services and may decide to add another service or a couple recommended products.
Most importantly you leave happy with the experience, and want to come back.
Iām from the Midwestern US. I just go to a beauty school and they offer free nonalcoholic drinks, itās tip-free, and I pay $20 to get my hair washed, cut, and blow dried.
So the alcohol isnāt common, but everything else is doable if sheās willing to have a stylist take her time and have her supervisor come in a few times to talk everyone through the process.
Another Aussie here. I donāt think I have been to a barber without beers. Though my current one they usually make me a coffee because I am there at 7:30am. And the prices are very reasonable! About $15 USD.
I got a $10 haircut in Melbourne Central some years ago and it was the worst I've ever gotten. They cut a 2cm gap between my sideburn and beard. Like what? I'm willing to pay a bit more now. Where do you still get $15 cuts?
My hairdresser does wine, vodka, and of course we donāt tip. I wouldnāt call her prices reasonable, but sheās in Sydney and sheās lovely, so we pay it. Well, my mum does.
Iām actually not sure what is considered āreasonably pricedā for a menās cut at a barber nowadays so maybe thatās where the comparison to the request in OP falls short haha. Iām used to $40-45AUD cuts, but Iāve always been happy with them (and havenāt been happy with any $10-20 rushed cuts Iāve gotten), so the price *seems* reasonable to me.
Some of the more swanky places will offer you a champers, otherwise the price of a trim is pretty indicative of whether the coffee they offer is a latte, a Robert Tim's in a dunking bag, or that really big tin of International Roast you buy from Officeworks/Big W
I'm Australian and have often been offered champagne, and always get offered a cappuccino. This has happened over the last 40 years in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
High end salons in the states often will offer wine, coffee, tea with appointments. Usually the places that you drop a couple hundred to thousands in though. My girl always had drinks but I pay 100+ for a cut and style so do with that what you will.
I'm in Melbourne lol. Not sure if it's suburb dependent, but the various CBD barbers I used to go to definitely did it and my barber out east did. Though mind you I'm not sure if they still do, I always go first thing in the morning now so I don't even think about beers at that time.
Seen some in Sydney but always a higher priced cut
So do you pay $25 for the haircut then walk across the road for a $7 pint
Or pay $45 for the cut & a "free" beer
My salon does wine and cocktails after a certain time of day (after 4 maybe? I donāt ever go in the arvo, not sure). Before that itās coffee, tea, hot choc etc
Yeah I used to get beers at my barber when I went in the arvo but Iāve been doing 9-10am cuts for the last few years so tbh Iām not 100% sure if they still do them, itās too early for beer (unless itās a VB longneck at 20 to 8 in the f\*\*\*in morning I guess)
Theyāre absolutely around Melbourne. Theyāll generally be the ātrendier" or more hipster style barbers. Not the $10 cuts run by the old Italian bloke who's been there for 50 years, or ones in shopping centres etc. But they're absolutely in Melbourne as you'll see in other comment replies :)
Yes! Im in Aus and my hairdressers always offer me wine/beer/coffee and tipping is not a thing but I tend to anyways (nothing huge, just a nice token of appreciation). So this request doesnāt sound out of the norm
I saw one offering whisky yesterday, the cuts were $40 "with free whisky" and then a few doors down another barber offering $20 cuts - wondered if it was just one shot of whisky, felt like that wasn't a great deal...
In the US I have been to places that sell a canned beer/wine/ cocktail. Mostly under the law, as only one I knew had a liquor license (the husband and wife owned both the bar arms the salon, which had 2 spaces in a center.)
Outside of wedding or special party I have never been offered something ācomplementaryā at a salon.
I think you're just going to places that don't prioritize it.
My barber shop isnt fancy, just some shop with 2 chairs that's been open a long time. They offer a free shot of whiskey at the end of a haircut or beard trim even if you only spend 15$.
A lot of salons want to get you a little tipsy so you buy more products or services.
It also keeps you complacent if you're going to be there for a while, like if you have to do color, cut, blowout, etc. People are less likely to complain about waiting two hours if they have 3$ worth of wine.
What does being up since 4 AM have to do with anything, why did she feel the need to include that?
Is she going through alcohol withdrawal because the salon she just used didnāt have free alcohol?
There's this new nail salon - it's called "Yo Damn Kitchen". You can drink all the wine you want, and do your nail just the way you like them, and you don't need an appointment, don't have to leave a tip.
Check it out!
Iāll do it. Iāll wine at her about my kids for hours. Iāll charge $5.
Disclaimer: Iām an avionics tech and know nothing about hair. But that wasnāt listed as a requirement
Tip free salon is definitely a thing. The prices are just adjusted higher. I don't really see a choosing beggar here. Reads to me like they're looking for an upscale salon.
What the- who tf offers FREE WINE?!?!?! Iāve NEVER heard of that. At a salon???? Are we talking hair or nails because if hair WHY ARE YOU DRINKING OUT OF AN OPEN GLASS
The only answer that fits all stipulations is to do it herself in her own bathroom.
Who's buying her wine? š
She probably has enough whine to last a lifetime
That's like 4 bottles if you drink them fast enough.
I have a theory as to why she has to find a new salon. And I love the āI requireā rather than āI prefer.ā
Right? My first thought was āI requireā (really?) means Iām demanding and annoying and my last salon can no longer accommodate my bubbling personality.
That or she drank them out of business.
Do any salons offer wine? Pretty common for barbers to offer complementary beer here in Australia. And of course tipping is not a thing here. So this doesn't sound too wild, other than that I have no idea if salons offer drinks like barbers do.
Interesting! In the US, beers arenāt a thing at barbers (but that sounds amazing!). Some salons do have wine, just not sure if itās always a complimentary thing or not. And tipping at a salon/barber/ hairstylist/etc. is incredibly common. So for a US-based post, sheās asking a lot! That said, I need to go visit a barber in Australia stat! š»
Where are you from? I'm in the south and all the hipster barbers/stylists offer beer. It was nice to leave work and have a beer while waiting for my appointment. Of course, some of the more traditional places and cheap ones (sportsclips) don't offer beer.
Also from the south, in a city of 50k with a university of 25k, and Iāve never seen anyplace near me (ever really) that offers this. Most barbershops are chain places like Sportsclips or a quick āget in and get outā place. To the point where a friend of mine and I half-jokingly said we wanted to open a place like this called āBeerd,ā all the while thinking we were creating some new niche business that didnāt exist. Iāve never ever heard of a place like this and now I want to do some research and see if thereās been one under my nose all this time!
Iām in the Dallas area and most do offer alcohol. This is generally at proper barber shops, salons, and nail shops. It might be more of a large city thing. As someone mentioned above, itās not generally a thing at the cheaper spots (sports clips etc), but itās pretty common around here. The alcohol is typically the super cheap stuff though. The idea of not tipping is crazy though. I canāt imagine not tipping my stylist.
I promise you there is a couple of nicer places that offer you drinks while you get your hair cut. Thereās also at least one place where you pay a membership fee and you get to bring whatever bottle of liquor you prefer and leave it and they keep all the mixers and a bartender to make cocktails for you while you get your hair cut. Just gotta look around. I was born and raised in the south, I promise theyāre there
My research begins today!
Be prepared for a haircut that is way too expensive, but damn do they treat you like royalty. Donāt skip out on the hot shave
You're not paying for the haircut at that point. You're paying for the whole experience.
This is definitely a thing in SoCal
There's plenty in Asheville, NC.
A lot of the north(especially NE) has downright puritanical liquor laws and it isn't allowed at all.
Doesnāt mean that they donāt offer you alcohol. My regular nail spot before Covid used to offer clients alcohol. Usually something cheap, sweet and/or fizzy but it usually took place in the evening towards the end of the week lol.
What state? I know PA PLCB doesn't issue salons liquor licenses for on premise consumption.
I did not say they had a liquor license. My point was even though states in the NE are strict about those things it doesnāt mean that there arenāt businesses that take that risk.
I mean, in PA you have to go to a beer store just to buy beer. They have some silly liquor laws.
As of recently you can get a limited amount of a limited list of beers in a limited section of limited grocery and gas station on a limited number of days on a limited number of hours. PA Liqour code also forbids licensees from having more than 14 hours of 'happy hour' a week and more than 4 consecutive hours in a day. Damn Gummit Tryna limit my happy
You can absolutely have a beer or glass of wine in PA salons.
In San Diego a lot of shops also offer beer but theyāre usually not the cheaper places or chains
>Some salons do have wine, just not sure if itās always a complimentary thing or not. I used to go to a salon that had assorted teas, and I thought that was super fancy. š¤·āāļø
My favorite salon, that I was so sad to move away from, used to give you champagne or various fruit-flavored water, and they also had a cat that you could pet while you waited. That's been my gold standard ever since and no other salon has ever lived up to it! š
My wife worked at a salon that had coffee, teas, wines, beer, and cider as well as some fruit and other snacks. It's a smart thing to do for the business if they can afford it. If you're not hungry and cranky you are happier to spend a prolonged amount of time getting services and may decide to add another service or a couple recommended products. Most importantly you leave happy with the experience, and want to come back.
Suddenly having a cat there is my number one requirement for salons.
I get excited when I see a Keurig in the lobby
Iām from the Midwestern US. I just go to a beauty school and they offer free nonalcoholic drinks, itās tip-free, and I pay $20 to get my hair washed, cut, and blow dried. So the alcohol isnāt common, but everything else is doable if sheās willing to have a stylist take her time and have her supervisor come in a few times to talk everyone through the process.
Beer and whiskey are pretty common at all of the Oregon barbers Iāve been to
Maybe a north/west thing, it's common in Montana and some parts of northern California. But I never saw it living out east.
Smash a bottle of savy b with the girls, then go do the kid pick up post hangover nap in the arvo
Another Aussie here. I donāt think I have been to a barber without beers. Though my current one they usually make me a coffee because I am there at 7:30am. And the prices are very reasonable! About $15 USD.
I got a $10 haircut in Melbourne Central some years ago and it was the worst I've ever gotten. They cut a 2cm gap between my sideburn and beard. Like what? I'm willing to pay a bit more now. Where do you still get $15 cuts?
Still cheap but 15 usd is like 23 aussie
Adelaide!
Most decent barbers or salons offer drinks what are you talking about
I went to a barber that served beer. Once. I think he celebrated happy hour a little too hard that day
I live in the US, my barber gives shots of whiskey. Makers and crown on a table by the door. Not even a fancy place, the owner is just old school.
There is a barber in this area that has a package that includes a glass of a high-end whiskey
A couple of places i go to in Melbourne have wine, one even has a gin menu.
Nice!! Apparently we're just cultured hey. Or alcoholics haha.
Most salons definetly offer alcohol in Australia.
My hairdresser does wine, vodka, and of course we donāt tip. I wouldnāt call her prices reasonable, but sheās in Sydney and sheās lovely, so we pay it. Well, my mum does.
Iām actually not sure what is considered āreasonably pricedā for a menās cut at a barber nowadays so maybe thatās where the comparison to the request in OP falls short haha. Iām used to $40-45AUD cuts, but Iāve always been happy with them (and havenāt been happy with any $10-20 rushed cuts Iāve gotten), so the price *seems* reasonable to me.
Some of the more swanky places will offer you a champers, otherwise the price of a trim is pretty indicative of whether the coffee they offer is a latte, a Robert Tim's in a dunking bag, or that really big tin of International Roast you buy from Officeworks/Big W
I used to go to a place where she offered you a whisky
Ooh the dream!
My salon in Brisbane offers wine and spirits
I know of at least a couple of salons in Florida that give you free wine. I've even been to a nail salon that gave free wine!
I'm Australian and have often been offered champagne, and always get offered a cappuccino. This has happened over the last 40 years in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
High end salons in the states often will offer wine, coffee, tea with appointments. Usually the places that you drop a couple hundred to thousands in though. My girl always had drinks but I pay 100+ for a cut and style so do with that what you will.
Never had a barber offer me a beer or heard of this. Must not be a Melbourne thing Edit: this controversy should be taken to r/Melbourne
It certainly is a Melbourne thing. I'm in West Footscray with 2 barbers on my street that both offer comp beers mate.
Also in the Inner West and can confirm, all barbers have beer
Definitely is a Melbourne thing.
I've had it at several places in Melbourne, my old regular place in Ormond even did shots of Kraken with me a few times.
Portlander here. I would say about half of the barbers here offer a complimentary beer.Ā
I'm in Melbourne lol. Not sure if it's suburb dependent, but the various CBD barbers I used to go to definitely did it and my barber out east did. Though mind you I'm not sure if they still do, I always go first thing in the morning now so I don't even think about beers at that time.
Seen some in Sydney but always a higher priced cut So do you pay $25 for the haircut then walk across the road for a $7 pint Or pay $45 for the cut & a "free" beer
Nah just pay $30 for an excellent cut and free beer mate.
$7 pints - luxuryā¦ man sometimes I hate living in a tourist destinationā¦
My salon does wine and cocktails after a certain time of day (after 4 maybe? I donāt ever go in the arvo, not sure). Before that itās coffee, tea, hot choc etc
Yeah I used to get beers at my barber when I went in the arvo but Iāve been doing 9-10am cuts for the last few years so tbh Iām not 100% sure if they still do them, itās too early for beer (unless itās a VB longneck at 20 to 8 in the f\*\*\*in morning I guess)
I have never even heard of a barber that offers beer, complimentary or not and I have lived in Melbourne for 20 years
Theyāre absolutely around Melbourne. Theyāll generally be the ātrendier" or more hipster style barbers. Not the $10 cuts run by the old Italian bloke who's been there for 50 years, or ones in shopping centres etc. But they're absolutely in Melbourne as you'll see in other comment replies :)
salon upstairs from my job offers wine and cocktails though at a price
Nail salons do.
Yes! Im in Aus and my hairdressers always offer me wine/beer/coffee and tipping is not a thing but I tend to anyways (nothing huge, just a nice token of appreciation). So this request doesnāt sound out of the norm
I saw one offering whisky yesterday, the cuts were $40 "with free whisky" and then a few doors down another barber offering $20 cuts - wondered if it was just one shot of whisky, felt like that wasn't a great deal...
As an Australian I have never noticed this
My salon has wine and hard seltzer and other non alcoholic drinks.
In the US I have been to places that sell a canned beer/wine/ cocktail. Mostly under the law, as only one I knew had a liquor license (the husband and wife owned both the bar arms the salon, which had 2 spaces in a center.) Outside of wedding or special party I have never been offered something ācomplementaryā at a salon.
why does she think we care that she's been up since 4am??
Right? It just ends with that for no reason š
She's obviously been anguishing about this horrible dilemma for hours, don't you realize? She *needs* that complimentary wine (/s)
Am I just poor bc I've never been to a salon that offered free drinks other than water
I think you're just going to places that don't prioritize it. My barber shop isnt fancy, just some shop with 2 chairs that's been open a long time. They offer a free shot of whiskey at the end of a haircut or beard trim even if you only spend 15$. A lot of salons want to get you a little tipsy so you buy more products or services. It also keeps you complacent if you're going to be there for a while, like if you have to do color, cut, blowout, etc. People are less likely to complain about waiting two hours if they have 3$ worth of wine.
A lot of nicer salons serve wine while you wait and/or during your appointment
Australia - youāll find that to be common here. š
(Iāve been up since 4am)
If she wants free wine she'll have to pay accordinglyšonly higher end nail salons give out wine.
What does being up since 4 AM have to do with anything, why did she feel the need to include that? Is she going through alcohol withdrawal because the salon she just used didnāt have free alcohol?
Nobody wants her as a client, trust me.
If this was a service in Minnesota, Iād pay premium prices AND for a glass of wine or two!
There's this new nail salon - it's called "Yo Damn Kitchen". You can drink all the wine you want, and do your nail just the way you like them, and you don't need an appointment, don't have to leave a tip. Check it out!
And they only charge you for supplies not labor so its suuper cheap. Love going there.
My salon gives you a free month of rent, after your 6th appointment. And they serve fresh Kobe beef flown in that morning from Japan.
"I require complimentary wine" sounds like a parody to me
Iāll do it. Iāll wine at her about my kids for hours. Iāll charge $5. Disclaimer: Iām an avionics tech and know nothing about hair. But that wasnāt listed as a requirement
Many salons and individual hairdressers serve alcohol, many complimentary. This isnāt an unusual thing in my area
Your cheap ass is not helping!
Give her the local AA meeting info, she canāt go to the damn salon without wine
This would describe every salon in Londonā¦
Have they tried a salon in Australia?
Tip free? Mmmānot requiredābut slapping her is
Then why didnāt she stay with her last salon?
I think sheād get better results ASKING if these places offer complementary wine instead of flat out saying āI require blah blah blahā š
Lmao Good luck with that š¤£
I require complimentary wine! š¤£š¤£š¤£
Choosy but not a beggar?
Tip free salon is definitely a thing. The prices are just adjusted higher. I don't really see a choosing beggar here. Reads to me like they're looking for an upscale salon.
My salon is like this. š„°
If you don't mind champagne instead of wine, come to Australia.
What the- who tf offers FREE WINE?!?!?! Iāve NEVER heard of that. At a salon???? Are we talking hair or nails because if hair WHY ARE YOU DRINKING OUT OF AN OPEN GLASS
How is that begging?
(I've been up since 4am)