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Named for its corner at No. 5 Road and Cambie, this is the neighborhood barber for East Cambie and the industrial pocket around it. Cuts, fades and beard trims without a long wait, phone ahead to check timing.
Most haircuts get decided about ten minutes before they happen, and a neighborhood barber is what that decision needs. Five & Cambie Barber Shop does cuts, fades and beard trims for East Cambie and the industrial pocket around it, named for its own intersection at No. 5 Road and Cambie. There is a real difference between a shop like this and the appointment-based salons in the City Centre malls, and it is not only about price.
Phoning ahead is still sensible. Small shops run on one or two chairs, and the gap between arriving at a good moment and a bad one is most of the experience, regardless of how the cut itself turns out.
East Cambie out that way is a mix of light industry, warehouses, agricultural land and a pocket of housing, with the highway close enough to hear on a still evening. Almost nobody in Richmond has a reason to stop at that corner unless they live or work nearby. Neighborhoods like that still need a barber, and the ones that last do it on repeat custom from a few hundred households rather than on passing trade.
Getting there is straightforward by car and awkward otherwise. No. 5 Road runs the length of Richmond's eastern side, past the stretch of religious buildings people call Highway to Heaven further south, and transit through this part of the city is thin. What you get in exchange is a corner where stopping is easy and nothing about the errand becomes a production.
In the East Cambie neighbourhood of Richmond.
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Leslie Road barbershop off Alderbridge, open seven days including Sunday afternoons. Fades, scissor cuts and beard shaping, bookable online, which helps because the chairs fill up quickly on weekends.
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Modern barbershop just south of Richmond Centre on No. 3 Road, geared to fades, tapers and beard work. Booking is done online rather than by phone tag, which is the main reason younger clients keep going back here.
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Walk-in only barber inside Richmond Centre by the Tim Hortons entrance, family-run since 1966. Adult cuts $23, youth $20, seniors $18, plus straight-razor shaves and beard trims. Open late six days a week, so it works after work.
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Barbershop in the Coppersmith plaza near Ironwood, convenient if you are already doing errands in south Richmond. Classic men's and boys' cuts and beard tidy-ups, with a lot of long-time repeat customers.
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Barbershop in the Broadmoor Village plaza at No. 3 Road and Williams. Straightforward men's cuts and fades for south Richmond locals, with free lot parking and a grocery run available in the same trip.
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The barber in Terra Nova Village shopping center at No. 1 Road and Westminster Highway. Men's cuts, head shaves, hot towel shaves and beard trims, open seven days with shorter Sunday hours. First come, first served in practice.
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