Very friendly staff — mentioned in 38 reviews — with precision fades and a spotless shop.
Google review theme · 5 stars
Barbers · Mare St · Hackney
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A proper Turkish gents salon by Cambridge Heath — white brick, washbasins at the chairs and the full ritual: precision fades, hot towels, ear flaming. Friendliness is the headline act: it comes up in 38 reviews.
Mon–Sat 8:00 am – 8:00 pm · Sun 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
📍 17 Mare St, E8 4RP
🚇 Cambridge Heath · ~5 min walk
Every service ends with a hot towel.
The board promises a free wash and hot towel with all services — the full Turkish finish, whoever's chair you're in.
The shop
Pole stripes and precision.
The black fascia with its barber poles — "Hair Cut · Shave · Hot Towel · Colour" — fronts a bright salon of white brick and exposed red brick, marble counters and a basin at every station.
Reviewers praise the precision fades, the hygiene, and value that keeps regulars coming back for three years and more — plus the theatre of ear flaming in the full service.
4.7
Google rating
148
Five-star reviews
12h
Mon–Sat hours
Prices
The price board.
- Hair cut & wash£14
- Clipper cut£12
- Clean shave & hot towel£10
- Beard trim & shape up£10
- Kids cut£10
- Senior cut£10
- Hair cut & beard trim with razor£20
- Full service — cut, shave, ear flaming, hot towel, wax & black mask£30
From the shop's own price board, photographed February 2019 — these are the oldest prices in the directory and may well have changed; confirm when you call. The board adds: all services include a free wash and hot towel.
Reviews
What Hackney says.
4.7
From 165 Google reviews · read them on Google Maps →
148 of the 165 ratings are five stars.
The full Turkish ritual — hot towels, ear flaming — at prices reviewers call good value, with regulars of 3+ years.
Google review theme · 5 stars
Visit
Hours & finding us.
Opening hours
Mon–Sat 8:00 am – 8:00 pm · Sun 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
| Monday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Thursday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Friday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Saturday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Sunday | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Good to know
- 17 Mare Street, London E8 4RP — the black fascia with barber poles, just up from Cambridge Heath station
- Cambridge Heath station (Overground) is about a 5-minute walk
- 020 3689 9032
- Prices on this page come from the shop's own board (Feb 2019) — see the price list above
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