Le's Salon & Beauty in Boston, MA

My go to place for a reliably good haircut at a reasonable price. I can usually get a haircut appointment within a day but they also accept walk-ins. Juju is the best!

Paid $37 + tip for a haircut + wash (before and after) with Candy. Extremely happy with the haircut, Candy takes her time to understand what you want, explains the steps, and makes great conversation throughout the whole cut. Best to make an appointment but they do take walk-ins and they are cash preferred.

I expected a much better cuts after reading all positive reviews. But the results were below the expectation for both my friend and myself. Cut (without washing) is $35 + tip. Not sure if this is a bad experience because of our stylist Ming.

Somewhere between a 3 and 4 for me. A huge pro is the price and convenience. My haircut was only $40 and Mobo, my stylist, was super efficient in cutting all my straggly ends, blow drying it, and straightening it, and the cut looks good even after a wash at home (the true test of a haircut is how it looks after that first wash!). My Mandarin is passable enough in conveying what I wanted for a haircut and Mobo did exactly what I asked: take off the bottom inches, a few framing layers around the face, nothing too adventurous. Hair is hair and will grow out but no one wants a stylist going rogue. That said, a few things to bear in mind: 1. Le's is extremely low-frills, to the point of having lots of hair unswept on the ground. I don't consider myself super snobby and often have better, more bang-for-your buck experiences at the lower-end places than the $$$$ salons. However, I couldn't get over the piles and piles of hair just laying there underfoot. 2. I had just enough cash on me to pay for the haircut and tip both Mobo and the hair washer but I would have preferred to pay with card. When I asked at first if I could use a card, Mobo said only cash; then, when my husband decided to get a haircut too after I was finished and fished out his credit card, Mobo didn't say anything, even though, not two minutes earlier, he was insisting on cash. Sigh. 3. My hair wash was brisk yet thorough, no complaints. What I didn't like was she didn't bother to fully tie up the towel when she was done and dropped me off at the chair, so that my sopping hair just kind of ... laid there with a towel carelessly placed on top of it. Overall, my baseline for a good haircut is extremely low and my hair grows super slowly so I only get one cut every year, so this did the job.

I have been going to Le's for haircuts for years and it feels like the quality has decreased. One exception I will say is the hairdresser Candy, who has an amazing personality and above-average skills. For the most recent haircut I went for, my hair looked unhealthy and frisky afterward. The texture of the cut is rugged, and the things I asked for (fixing the bangs, trimming the bottom) did not get accomplished. Rather, my hair got thinned too much, and the attempt to style was atrocious, so now it looks unhealthy from being too thin as well as messy from the uneven edges everywhere. Le's is ok to go if you just want something simple like getting your hair length reduced. But if you're looking for styling to improve your appearance, I would say Le's doesn't cut it anymore.