Ask anyone in Richmond where they get their hair cut and you will be given a specific room, not a chain. The Golden Village concentration is remarkable: salons on the upper floors of Parker Place, Aberdeen Centre and the No. 3 Road plazas, many specialising in cutting and colouring straight, dark hair, in perms, and in Korean and Japanese technique that clients travel across the region for.
The neighbourhood side is quieter and just as loyal: single-chair and family salons at Blundell Centre, Seafair, Terra Nova Village, Broadmoor and along Moncton Street in Steveston. Bridal and event styling is a genuine specialty given the summer wedding traffic at Garry Point. Listings note hours and whether appointments are required.
Japanese-trained stylists working out of a quiet Saba Road unit just off No. 3 Road. Cuts, perms, balayage and colour correction are the core of the book, plus scalp and hair treatments. Open Tuesday to Sunday, with visitor parking in the building.
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A long-running Steveston Village salon on Bayview Street that keeps late hours Monday through Thursday, which is rare out here. Regulars come for cuts and colour, and there is easy parking plus somewhere to eat while you wait for processing.
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Ground-floor studio on Minoru Boulevard between Lansdowne and Richmond Centre, handy if you work downtown Richmond. Cuts, colour and styling by appointment, with transit and mall parking both a couple of minutes away.
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Neighbourhood salon in the Blundell Centre strip, open Tuesday through Saturday. Straightforward cuts for the whole family, and it is one of the few nearby spots that also does eyebrow threading and facial waxing while you are in.
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A one-stop shop on Moncton Street: cuts, balayage, toners, K18 and hair botox treatments, extensions and bridal styling, plus brow lamination, lash lifts, permanent makeup and nails. Useful when you want hair and brows done in the same visit.
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Japanese-style salon in the newer Capstan Way towers, best known locally for its head spa treatments alongside standard cut, colour and straightening packages. Expect long combined appointments rather than a quick in-and-out trim.
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Small street-level studio on Elmbridge Way near the Canada Line, open four days a week. Cuts and colour plus hair weaves and permanent straightening, which is the reason most people phone ahead rather than drop in.
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Tucked into the McKim Way plaza off Cambie Road, this is a phone-to-book salon rather than a walk-in shop. Cut, colour and perm work for a largely Chinese-speaking local clientele, with plenty of surface parking out front.
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The Aberdeen Centre branch of a Vancouver-area salon group, open seven days a week from late morning to early evening. Cutting, colouring and styling for a mostly Cantonese- and Mandarin-speaking clientele, with walk-in timing that suits mall hours.
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Long-standing salon in the Broadmoor Village plaza at No. 3 and Williams, the sort of place south Richmond families have used for years. Cuts, sets, perms and colour, booked by phone, with free parking right at the door.
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A small No. 3 Road salon built around colour work, from single-process tints to correction jobs people bring in from elsewhere. Appointments also include scalp massage and deep conditioning, so a colour visit runs long rather than rushed.
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Third-floor Aberdeen Square salon run in the Japanese style, where the same shop does your haircut and your lashes. Women's cuts start around $68 and men's around $63, with keratin lash lifts and flat lash extension sets also on the menu.
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Korean salon on the third floor of Aberdeen Square, open daily from late morning to early evening. Go here for Korean perms, magic straightening and cut-and-colour work; staff speak Korean, and the mall parking makes it painless.
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Saba Road salon a short walk from Richmond-Brighouse station, popular for creative colour and lived-in blonde work. Appointment-based and on the smaller side, so it feels more like a private studio than a mall chair.
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Neighbourhood salon in the No. 2 Road plaza at Blundell, sharing a parking lot with a grocery store and a couple of nail shops. Everyday cuts, colour and blow-dries for west Richmond regulars, no appointment gymnastics required.
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Busy second-floor salon inside Aberdeen Centre with thousands of reviews behind it. Strong on Asian hair texture, precision cuts and bleach work, and easy to pair with a mall trip since you are already parked underneath.
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