AA STYLIST & BARBERSHOP, Queens NY

This place stays true to its reviews. I went in with a picture of what I wanted and he couldn’t have done a better job. You can tell he’s been doing it for a while.

It's been a while since I've found a barber that can just use scissors and no trimmer and give a clean cut. Alex is what you need in a barber; quiet, simple, efficient, and good.
And all this for a very reasonable price.

Alex did a wonderful job. He was efficient, all-the-while being personable and making sure I was happy he was doing. Highly recommended.

Really great job. My barber went over what I wanted beforehand and was meticulous in fine tuning around the back and sides. Also very reasonably priced.

No nonsense old school barber with ability to do modern styles great local place and you'll be in and out

Stylist isn’t very social (really doesn’t talk at all) but he takes pride in his work and does it with meticulous care.

Fast & precise. Impeccable with scissor cut or clippers. This dude is a legend w mens cuts.

My hair was bad. Very bad. Very, very bad. I was in terrible need of a haircut. My long-term barber retired, and the one with whom I begrudgingly replaced him had left his shop and moved to a very expensive one. $65/haircut? Wasn't happening.

Not satisfied with any of the local shops that I'd tried, my hair just kept getting longer and longer as I dragged my feet in deciding who to try next (and not in a beautiful, Fabio's golden locks kind of way, but more a troll-like "who's that trip-trapping across my bridge" kind of way).

I found myself passing by AA on my way home today and, disgusted with my hair and new-barber-decision inertia, decided to see if it didn't have terrible reviews. Hair does grow back after all.

I was pleasantly surprised by the very positive reviews, and the few negative ones tended to be about very specific complaints. So I rolled the dice and walked in. Place was empty, Alex was at the ready.

I apologized for the bad state of affairs that was my hair. He smiled slightly. The reviews that state this is not a bubbly, sunshiney, unicorns and rainbows kind of place are not inaccurate, but a) I don't need that, and b) Alex was totally pleasant enough.

I showed Alex my picture of "the best haircut I've ever gotten, " and asked if we could get my head close to that as it truly was the best haircut I'd ever gotten, so much so that I'd taken a picture to keep, so that I could show future stylists what I considered the best hairc… well, you get it.

He looked for longer than I'd expected. 7 seconds? 10? Pretty long, right?

And then he proceeded to completely nail it. Completely. He matched the Best Haircut I'd Ever Gotten —first try. Excellent attention to detail. That little area by the cowlick towards the back of my head that presents a stumbling block to lesser barbers and always requires further instruction and tweaking… nailed it.

It's what prompted me to write a glowing review as soon as I got home. So there it is. One person's opinion on the quality of their AA Barber experience.

TL;DR: Excellent excellent work by Alex. Go for the cut, not the atmosphere or sparkling conversation.