This ten splits along one line: salons that do everything under one roof, and studios that do one thing deeply. Bon Bon Salon pairs hair with facials, nails and brows; Catalia Beauty & Wellness spreads that over three floors, adding laser and injectable work; Salon West covers cutting, color, texturizing, extensions and wedding styling for a whole family. Opposite are the specialists — Mure Salon on blonde and balayage, MEY New York on Japanese cutting and straightening, Shear Bliss NYC Salon on color correction.
Technique is the second divide. Bond repair and smoothing run through the list — Olaplex, K18, keratin, formaldehyde-free Cezanne at Shear Bliss NYC Salon — but the shelves differ: Goldwell and Oribe at Bon Bon Salon, Kérastase and Milbon at Catalia Beauty & Wellness, the Japanese Bykarte care at MEY New York. So do the teams: MEY works around owner stylist Suguru, Shear Bliss around co-founders Lana Kurayeva and Christine M, while Palms Salon and Davida Salon match you by consultation. Judge by the procedure: the narrower it is, the more it should be daily work here.
At a glance
| # | Place | Score | Reviews | Stands out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bon Bon Salon | ⭐ 9.9 | 2 395 | Editors' pick |
| 2 | MEY New York | ⭐ 10.0 | 1 399 | People's favorite |
| 3 | Shear Bliss NYC Salon | ⭐ 9.9 | 1 392 | — |
| 4 | Palms Salon | ⭐ 9.9 | 1 245 | — |
| 5 | Salon West | ⭐ 9.5 | 1 191 | — |
| 6 | Davida Salon | ⭐ 9.9 | 939 | — |
| 7 | Mure Salon | ⭐ 9.9 | 888 | — |
| 8 | MG Hair Artistic Salon | ⭐ 9.9 | 667 | — |
| 9 | Catalia Beauty & Wellness | ⭐ 9.5 | 659 | — |
| 10 | E&D Beauty Salon | ⭐ 9.5 | 658 | — |
Highlights
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Editors' pick:
Bon Bon Salon -
People's favorite:
MEY New York
Opening hours
Open early, from 8am or sooner: Salon West, Davida Salon.
Check the hours before you set out — they shift on holidays and out of season.
Full ranking
1. Bon Bon Salon · ⭐ 9.9
(2395 reviews)
+5 photos
353 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Bon Bon on Lexington Avenue in Murray Hill pairs rich, glamorous color and precision cutting with a full skin, nails and body menu under one roof. The house works to combine modern techniques with a warm, inviting atmosphere, aiming for a personalized and relaxing visit each time. Hair leads with cutting and extensions, color and lightening including balayage, and a deep textur…
«Bon Bon Salon NYC exceeded my expectations! ♀️ I found Dina through ChatGPT recommenda…»
2. MEY New York · ⭐ 10.0
(1399 reviews)
+5 photos
90 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10003, USA
MEY on East 3rd Street is a Japanese-style hair salon that carries the maker's motto — warm in spirit, cool in style. It brings precise Japanese cutting, color and straightening craft to a small, personal East Village room. The menu covers cutting and color from root touch-ups and single color to highlights, balayage, ombré and bleach, plus Japanese perms including cold perm an…
«I had such a great experience here. Mayu is incredibly talented and so thorough. She has a…»
3. Shear Bliss NYC Salon · ⭐ 9.9
(1392 reviews)
+5 photos
397 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Shear Bliss on 3rd Avenue is a color-forward salon founded in 2004, where — in its own words — brunettes glow, blondes shine, and transformations happen. It is built around dimensional color, blondes and careful correction. The color menu spans single and double process, gloss and toner, full color correction, full- and half-head highlights, balayage, foilayage and AirTouch, al…
«As someone who has virgin long back hair I was always so scared to do anything to my hair…»
4. Palms Salon · ⭐ 9.9
(1245 reviews)
+5 photos
353 E 15th St Fl 2, New York, NY 10003, USA
Palms on East 15th Street is a much-loved neighborhood salon with a reputation for beautiful blondes, expert color correction and hair-health restoration. Clients describe a light, bright, spotless room with a genuinely warm, unpretentious welcome. The menu runs from cuts and bang trims to lightening — highlights, lowlights, balayage and babylights — plus single-process and cus…
«I had a terrible experience at another salon where I asked for brown hair but ended up wit…»
5. Salon West · ⭐ 9.5
(1191 reviews)
+5 photos
625 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024, USA
Salon West on Amsterdam Avenue has been an Upper West Side fixture for around three decades, built on what it calls a warm, caring and open environment. The salon frames itself as a welcoming, creative space rooted in trust and connection. The menu covers cutting, color and texturizing services, hair extensions, styling and makeup, and eyebrow services, plus wedding and special…
«Marcos is amazing! He clearly loves what he does, and it shows in every appointment. He's…»
6. Davida Salon · ⭐ 9.9
(939 reviews)
+5 photos
1711 2nd Ave FRNT 1, New York, NY 10128, USA
Davida on 2nd Avenue is a much-loved Upper East Side salon focused on personalized hair, from simple trims to full transformations. A second, newer Davida location downtown near Union Square carries the same relaxed, friendly approach. The menu covers haircuts and styling, color, balayage and highlights, keratin treatments, deep-repair conditioning and hair extensions, with ski…
«Gabby is truly exceptional, and a total expert! From the moment we started, she took the t…»
7. Mure Salon · ⭐ 9.9
(888 reviews)
+5 photos
1566 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Mure on 2nd Avenue is a color-focused Upper East Side salon best known for blonde work and balayage, with features in publications including Elle and Allure. It runs a tight, color-led menu built around dimensional blondes. The menu centers on highlights, balayage and AirTouch color, with keratin smoothing rounding it out — a focused offering aimed at getting blonde and dimensi…
«I was going out of town the next day, had never been to mure and rolled the dice on giving…»
8. MG Hair Artistic Salon · ⭐ 9.9
(667 reviews)
+5 photos
20 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10003, USA
MG Hair Artistic on St Marks Place is a top-rated salon for Asian hairstyles and part of a group that reaches from Flushing across to Boston and Fort Lauderdale. The East Village room brings precision cutting and Japanese straightening craft to a busy downtown corner. The salon specializes in precision cuts, color and perms, with Japanese hair straightening as a signature servi…
«First time at this MG Hair spot in Manhattan, went to Allen for a layered cut and a single…»
9. Catalia Beauty & Wellness · ⭐ 9.5
(659 reviews)
+5 photos
519 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA
Catalia on 8th Avenue is a three-floor luxury salon and med spa in Midtown, bringing hair, nails, skin and medical aesthetics together under one roof. It is built as a full beauty-and-wellness destination for clients who want everything in one visit. The hair menu covers cuts, styling, color, extensions and treatments, alongside manicures and pedicures. A deep spa side adds fac…
«WOW! This place is an absolute gem. I happened upon a Groupon for this spot so I decided t…»
10. E&D Beauty Salon · ⭐ 9.5
(658 reviews)
+5 photos
242 5th Ave, New York, NY 10001, USA
E&D on 5th Avenue in NoMad is a contemporary hair and beauty salon that grew out of a 2020 Brooklyn opening. It pairs customized hair work with permanent-makeup services in a sleek, modern Manhattan room. The menu covers customized haircuts, color, highlights and balayage, keratin smoothing, styling and blow-dry, plus permanent makeup — microblading, powder brows and lip blush…
«Listen, I am picky with my hair – but Marina did an AMAZING job. She gave me EXACTLY what…»
Questions & answers
Which place tops the ranking? Bon Bon Salon — score 9.9/10 (Editors' pick).
How many places are in the list and how were they chosen? The selection includes 10 places chosen by our editors based on rating and reviews.
What is the average rating in the top? 9.8/10 — average score of 10 places in the list.
Which place has the most reviews? Bon Bon Salon — 2395 visitor reviews.
By task. Complex color, correction and platinum — Shear Bliss NYC Salon and Palms Salon; soft, blended blonde — Mure Salon. Japanese straightening and perms — MEY New York and MG Hair Artistic Salon. Nails as a trip of their own, plus brows, lashes and facials — Bon Bon Salon and Catalia Beauty & Wellness, which also holds advanced skin work. Permanent makeup — E&D Beauty Salon. A wedding or an event — Palms Salon and Salon West, which also comes to you. A first visit feels calmest at MEY New York or Davida Salon.
Worth knowing where this list ends. There is no standalone barbershop, no nail-only or lash-only studio, and no salon built around children’s haircuts, though Salon West welcomes families. Hair-loss therapy turns up in one place. Every address here sits in Manhattan — Midtown, the East Village, Gramercy, Kips Bay and both Upper sides — so the other boroughs stay outside the frame. And ten is the list’s ceiling, not a verdict: plenty of good New York salons remain beyond it.
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