Salon Mario Russo

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on Citysearch

18 years ago

Newbury St. salon provides luxe Haircare for the jet set. – In Short Considered by many to be the best hair salon in town, Mario Russo caters to Boston's power crowd. The chic salon fits in with its upscale neighbors--the Ritz, Cartier and Akris.The services are fairly basic, from highlights to straightening. They do branch out to makeup and nails however, so it's a good spot to get ready before a night on the town. 

inquincy 

on Citysearch

19 years ago

Great cut great price cute stylist! – New stylists at this salon are a great value. Best $65. cut of my life -- in fact, better than cuts I've paid twice that for. I saw Laurent, who's new to Mario but apparently trained in Paris and California before coming here. He listened, took a lot of time to fix problems from my last cut, and made sure it was exactly what I wanted. On top of everything else he's French and really cute and very nice. What a nice surprise after bad cuts and bad attitudes up and down Newbury Street! 

redsox1220 

on Citysearch

19 years ago

not so great.. – the receptionist i talked to on the phone was rude and rushed me off the phone, my haircut sucked i had to get it fixed, a waste of $90, and i was there for 2 hours for just a cut I was really suprised at the salon's attitude overall..not so great at all 

carrotss 

on Citysearch

19 years ago

Not a good value – I went for a haircut at a recommendation from someone who had her haircut with this particular stylist. I went in and specifically stated to the stylist that I was trying to grow out my hair from a bob to shoulder length. The sylist proceeded to razor my hair; not once did she use scissors. Most stylists know that unless the hair is of the right type, razoring it actually does more damage. In the end, I had 2 inch shorter hair, poorly styled, and longer on one side than the other. I even had to point that ... read more

tazotoo 

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20 years ago

Safe but pricey – I've been getting my hair cut here for years. It's one of the only salon's I've found where I never walk out in tears from an unexpectedly awful haircut. However, it took years of being a client before the front desk staff stopped being snooty and rude to me, and the final bill always takes my breath away. 

lizcip 

on Citysearch

21 years ago

Great experience – After four hair disasters at other Newbury and Boylston street Salons, Mario russo took my then turning green and purple hair and managed to salvage it, for 1/2 the price other people were charging and made it look great. Since then I have loved my hair. The color only takes about 30 minutes and I have the most natural blond I have ever had. The cut and color together rarely go over an hour and they listen to what you want. The price is = to any on the block buy you actually get young people who know what ... read more

woody420 

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21 years ago

Worst experience...EVER – To make long story short: Had appointment for fiancee's wedding. Scheduled 10am-1pm for make-up/nails/hair. Got call next day from manager to confirm appointment and tell us about a $100 fee for coming before 11am (we were never told about this when making the appointment). Told her that we would get make-up done somewhere else and come at 11am for the rest. She got very angry and defensive and told me that if I cancelled make-up, then she would cancel all appointments. Very snobbish and hung up on ... read more

lb1448 

on Citysearch

21 years ago

Eh... competent – Was being brave and trying someplace new for the first time in 3 years. Had a full highlight and a trim. Cut was great - but then again, it was the same thing I had, just shaped up. The color was competent, but no where near the fabulous job I had done in NYC. And yet I still paid almost as much. Had too many overly dyed-harsh blondes running about getting their hair done - and the salon was way too hectic. Bleh. I'm sure money could be better spent elsewhere.