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Toni & Guy
Category: Beauty and Spas Hair Salons Hair Salons [Edit]
180 Bloor Street WToronto, ON M5S 2V6
Neighbourhoods: The Annex, Downtown Core
(416) 929-4997
- Hours:
Mon 9 am - 5 pm
Tue, Thu-Fri 10 am - 8 pm
Wed 10 am - 7 pm
Sat 9 am - 6 pm
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- By Appointment Only:
- No
- Hair Types Specialized In:
- Coloring, Perms
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
9 reviews for Toni & Guy
9 reviews in English
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Review from Sophi R.
Toronto, ON
3/7/2012
I have been coming here for a while now since my hairstylist, Kait, moved from her last salon. I get regular trims and colour. She's great! She's really sweet and professional. She actually listens to my requests. I've never had a hairstylist that gets it bang on every time. I'm so happy to have found her!
The salon is conveniently located near Yorkville. It's nice, clean and the staff are always welcoming and courteous. -
Review from Cris S.
Toronto, ON
2/1/2012
I had probably the best hair cut of my life last month. My stylist was Daniel and he was superb.
My only complaint, as with others on the page, is the girls at reception. When my appointment was over the one girl heped with my coat as little as she could, then gave the other one the frustated look, as if I was the issue. NOTE : When you're helping someone get on their coat YOU DON'T HOLD IT AT THEIR WAIST.
I found them both to be very rude and hoity tolity. These girls are the first and last chance to give a good impression of a salon and should view each guest as warm and welcoming as possible NOT as an interuption from their gossiping about past evening drunkeness. Totally unprofessional. -
Review from keyrood a.
North York, ON
9/27/2011
For the past week, I have been researching for a new hair salon and I'm extremely happy I settled on this salon!
My hair has been cut by Top Cuts several times...every time was not a complete disappointment, since I knew the price I pay is what I will get... but they never grow out nicely.)
This is the first time I ever went to a pricey hair salon and I can clearly see the difference.
My stylist (sia) spend 45 min doing my hair (including wash), but it amazed me to see how precise he was! he was very skilled with hes techniques! I brought in a photo of a hair cut I wanted and I knew for sure, it won't look exactly like it, since my hair was very thick. In the end, it turned out really well...not exactly like the photo (of course), but fitted to my faceshape and hairtype!
I'm extremely happy with this experience and will for sure return back! -
Review from Gabrielle B.
Halifax, NS
6/16/2011
I just had my first and last haircut at Toni and Guy.
What went wrong is very simple.
I had shaved the sides of my head (a little bit) a year before going in and while they'd grown out it was still obviously I had at least BEEN a weirdo at some point. I was wearing work clothes wich are pretty plain.
Anyway. I watched it happen. He took one look at me and decided he didn't care at all about me or my haircut (If I already had a mohawk I couldn't possible care could I?). He didn't listen to me at all. He got increasingly sloppy and rushed through the cut. There were times he was grabbing pieces of hair and cutting them off without even looking at them first! He was done in fifteen minutes (when he got bored)and then charged me a hundred bucks. The haircut looks like it sounds.
If you chose to go here make sure you dress up and speak up. Goodluck! -
Review from Ellie A.
4/8/2011
Toni and Guy is a little pricey, yes, (hence the 4 stars) but for me it all comes down to the hairdresser. I've been going to Jo for a few years now and she is absolutely fantastic. She really listens to what you want and is freakishly good at remembering what you've done in the past - so you're never starting back at square one. She's also super friendly and can carry on a great conversation, no matter what mood you're in.
The Toni and Guy experience is perfectly pleasant. They offer you tea while you wait and I've never waited longer than 10 minutes (usually shorter) to be seen when I had an appointment.
But the real treat is the shampoo scalp massage. Why don't all salons do this? It turns a routine errand into something I actively look forward to. Pure bliss.
My hair always looks fantastic when I walk out of Toni and Guy and it stays that way for weeks - the real test of a good cut. I can't vouch for the other stylists, but ask for Jo and, I assure you, you won't be disappointed.
Cost: $60+tip. -
Review from Yvonne T.
I have had 3 different stylists work on me at this particular Toni & Guy location. I contemplated writing 3 reviews, but that would be a bit excessive.
My first stylist is no longer there, but he was an Art Director II. His name was Paul. I had come here for my very first haircut with T&G prior to a company Christmas Party and I absolutely loved my hair. I had shown him a picture of Jessica Simpson's haircut when she was promoting her cosmetics line, Dessert Treats. It is a longer bob cut. (See photos of Jessica Simpson, and photo of me in blue dress with the actual cut). I had always gone to my Chinese hair salons - never paying more than $25 for a haircut, but found that I was growing tired of them using what I would call "comb razors" to layer my hair. I found it gave me split ends.
Consequently, when I was booking a hair appointment, I was notified that Paul was no longer there but that I could book an appointment with the owner Sandro (Alessandro) for the same price. Sandro did a great job with my hair also, but I found that he didn't style it quite as nicely as Paul did. But with my first 2 stylists, they both listened to what I want.
This past week, I went back to Toni & Guy with a voucher in hand, and unfortunately it specified that I'd have to go to an Art Director I. I showed them the exact same picture, but look at the difference! Was he blind AND deaf? Firstly, I said I want it to still be shoulder length. The result of my cut was that it barely grazed my shoulders. I have never had my hair this short ever since I became of legal age and had rights to choose my own hairstyle (not like in my childhood when mom would take me to the hairdresser and tell them to give me that mushroom head haircut!). I should've known he was an amateur stylist when he pre-warned me "Its not going to look exactly like that because her haircut is purely styling and blowdrying." Everything from the way he moved around me while I was cutting my hair, to the way he had to "measure" out whether or not he cut both sides evenly made me nervous, but still I braved on. In all fairness, I hated my haircut at first, it was not what I wanted at all... But 2 days after my cut, I started to like it. So therefore I can't say it was an entirely bad experience :pListed in: What's the deal?
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Review from Paul R.
Toronto, ON
2/8/2010
I wasn't a fan of the Toni & Guy in Yorkville but I still gave this place a chance in an effort to try as many places as possible. The service at the counter was much better and lacked the Yorkville pretence... what a different a few numbers in the address makes.
Price was $60 with tip for a basic men's cut and wash. The stylist paid attention to what I wanted and did push any weird hair styles I wasn't interested in. -
Review from Dishan W.
8/30/2010
It makes no sense for me to spend so much money on my hair. I've had 2 separate long term stylists (well art directors as they are called here) work on me and 2 others I tried out after my first stylist left. Those 2 were both female and I had a feeling they just didn't quite get what I was going for. Like I mention in another review, I've not had the greatest luck in females working on my hair.
The only reason I started coming here was to break out of my cycle of growing my hair till it was close to a mini afro and cutting it back down again. My mission was successful and I came out with a nice little fo-hawk. I was overwhelmed on my first trip as most things were new to me in terms of a haircutting experience. It was the first time I had spent over $16 on my hair and boy did I spend more than $16. I've had final prices between $50 and $70 here and each time it did not feel worth it. But it's so hard to say no to the comfort and fruity and flowery smells all around! Once you settle in with a stylist I'm 90% certain they keep a record of you so all they have to ask is "same as last time" (like I said, I was new to this fancy world of hair styles).
It was nice to talk things out with my art director when he talks about my hair, what can and cannot be done and how to maintain it since it was useful information for me that no professional had provided until that point.
Here's a quick rundown of the process. They take care of your bag/jaket, dress you in a black robe of sorts, offer water or coffee (of which I always ask for a water), sit you down to discuss the cut, send you to the washing basin where your hair is nicely shampooed and conditioned giving your nose a huge treat in all these fruity fresh smells, back to the chair with water already there. Cut happens. Back to the washing basinand more nose pleasing sensations, back to the chair for the final touches.
I'm sure a lot if not all other fancy salons do the same or more, but it was definitely enjoyable. And if you have a steady director, you can always go in between cuts for complimentary trimmings. Be warned though, after my art director left, these trimmings cost $12 as it would be with a new stylist and that did not rub me the right way and I thought that was very cheap of them especially since I was a customer for over 2 years.
The prices here are way too expensive for my tastes especially if you get a higher level director to work on you. But their customer service and service in general is definitely pleasing and exceptional and kept me going for longer than I really should have. If time is not a factor, and you want a nice pampering cut, I definitely recommend this Toni and Guy.Listed in: Everyone Needs a Haircut…
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Review from Andy O.
Toronto, ON
7/30/2011
I just had an awesome cut at Toni and Guy by Sia. I am 6 months post partum and going through that hormonal "Something's gotta give" phase. I was going from long to short and my husband was scared to death I would hate it and he would suffer the wrath. I gave Sia a vague idea of what I wanted and he created the kind of cut that makes you care what you look like again!! It was better then I wanted because he cut it to suit my hair type AND my lifestyle (two kids= no time for stylin') and not just some trend. Great Stylist!
