Room 209

I’ve been going to Room 209 for almost five years now, and Sam has been my barber the whole time. He’s honestly amazing — super skilled and always knows what he’s doing. I got a perm last month for the second time, and it turned out exactly how I wanted. Sam’s personality makes it easy to trust him completely — I can sit down and let him do whatever he thinks looks best with 100% confidence. There’s a reason Room 209 has been around in Philly Chinatown for so long — great people, great service, and always consistent. Highly recommend!

I just got a new hairstyle from Sam and it turned out amazing! I didn’t even show him a picture. He just asked me a few questions like length and whether I wanted bangs, and then cut it exactly how I imagined. I didn’t expect much because I never get a style that actually compliments my face shape; but Sam nailed it. Honestly the best haircut I’ve ever had.

Had a wash and blow dry here! The stylist was very thorough with washing my hair and also gave me a nice scalp massage. Vanessa took her time with blow drying my hair and using top quality products to achieve a polished look that lasted a week!

The one star’s for the service. Today, I went in for hair coloring. They started from 12pm until 8 pm and I showed them the effect I wanted (the pink ombré). They said they could do it, but all those hours at the salon resulted in a solid purple color close to my natural hair. I paid over $400 for this. Waste of my time and money

First initial reaction, the shop is really trendy compared to other Chinatown salons, the place looks super cool! My stylist, Hapi asked me a lot of questions and pulled up reference photos, which made me feel extremely comfortable because he put in the effort to understand me and my vision. What I left with was with choppy layers and something that visualized almost like a bowl shape. For $45 I expected a lot more. But, I’ve heard good things about the other stylists Sam and Vanessa, maybe others have better experiences with them