Austin/Best Salons

Best Salons in Austin (2026)

33 real Austin salons clear a 4.5★ rating with at least 5 reviews, out of 39 we could confidently match to the city — the smallest qualifying pool of any city on this list. Red Stella Salon and Method Hair share the top spot at a perfect 5.0★, each with exactly 500 reviews.

Top-rated: Red Stella Salon (5.0★, 500 reviews)

33 real salons rated 4.5+ with 5+ reviews

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Ranked by real Google rating, then review count as a tiebreaker — highest rating first.

North Austin's Burnet Rd corridor is the real standout: Harlow Beauty and Hair Salon, Ritual Salon, and the most-reviewed Ziba Hair Salon all sit along or just off Burnet Rd between Allandale and Crestview — a distinct corridor from the East Austin/South Congress cluster that dominates Austin's barbershop list.

Most Reviewed

The salons Austin residents visit most, by real review volume (4.0★ and up) — a different signal than raw rating: proven, high-traffic popularity.

The Hair Magician

412 Hackberry Ln #2, Austin, TX 78753

4.9770 reviews

Harlow Beauty and Hair Salon

6009 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757

4.9693 reviews

Salon Vela

3202 W Anderson Ln Unit 206, Austin, TX 78757

4.7643 reviews

Damron & Company Salon

9801 Anderson Mill Rd #125, Austin, TX 78750

4.8606 reviews

Ziba Hair Salon

13776 US-183 #150, Austin, TX 78750

4.8606 reviews

Garbo A Salon and Spa Northcross

7739 Northcross Dr K, Austin, TX 78757

4.9594 reviews

Methodology & Currency

Every name, address, rating, and review count above is pulled directly from real, live Google-sourced data on this platform — not a survey, sponsorship, or editorial guess. "Top Rated" requires at least 5 reviews to qualify, so a single five-star review can't outrank an established salon. Ratings and review counts shift over time; this page was last verified July 2026. Browse the full, live-updated list in the Austin search engine.

Strategic Q&A

Frequently Asked Questions

Red Stella Salon and Method Hair are tied at the top — both hold a perfect 5.0★ rating with exactly 500 real Google reviews each.

33 real, currently-listed Austin salons carry a rating of 4.5★ or higher with at least 5 reviews — out of 39 salons in our database matched to the city.

Top Rated ranks by rating first, using review count only as a tiebreaker — it surfaces excellent salons regardless of size. Most Reviewed ranks by raw review volume among salons rated 4.0★ or higher, led here by The Hair Magician's 770 reviews.

The data shows a real concentration along Burnet Rd in North Austin (Allandale/Crestview), a different corridor than the East Austin cluster that dominates Austin's barbershop list.

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