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Opening hours 0117 942 5760 No.125Book your chair
125 Coldharbour Road · Since April 1994

No queue at No. 125.

Proper haircuts from Salvatore, on the border of Westbury Park and Redland for over 30 years. Book your chair online, walk in and sit straight down.

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Inside Salvatore's: three black and white barber chairs, mirrors and shelves of grooming products
Now queuing
17

Seventeen, one Saturday in 2002. That was the last straw.

1994Opened on Coldharbour Road in April 1994
170,000+Haircuts by Salvatore's own count
5Bristol barber shops run by people he trained
24/7Online booking, with a reminder 30 minutes before
The price board

Build your visit

Every price and how long it takes, straight from the shop's list. Add what you're having, or everyone you're bringing, and see the total before you book.

Haircuts

Style cutStandard scissor or clipper cut
£21.5020 min
All-over clipper cutOne length all over, no graduation
£19.0020 min
Fade / 30-minute cutFor long or thick hair, or a fade
£30.5030 min
Skin fadeFoil shaver finish, includes shampoo and blow-dry
£42.5040 min
Over-65s cutMondays and Tuesdays only
£19.0020 min
Children's cutDouble and triple slots for families
£31.5020 min

Beard

Standard beard trimOne length, trimmer line-out
£10.5010 min
Long beard trimOver an inch, shaping and lining out
£20.5020 min
Full restyle beard trimNeck and cheekbone wet shave, plus balm
£30.5030 min

Extras

Shampoo and blow-dryTwo washes. Includes a beard wash with a beard trim
£10.5010 min
Post-haircut shampooRinses out loose hair
£5.005 min
Why you never wait here

In 2002 I had one of those Saturdays. At one point I counted seventeen customers queued, and when it all kicked off about who was next, I knew something had to be done.

Salvatore, on starting the booking system. "Weekdays were fuller and Saturdays were calmer. I wish I'd done it from the beginning."

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    Log in or registerRegulars just log in. New customers register in seconds.
  2. No. 2
    Choose a timePick a slot that suits you, any time of day or night.
  3. No. 3
    ConfirmYour chair is booked straight away.
  4. No. 4
    Get remindedA confirmation, then reminders 24 hours and 30 minutes before.
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32 years in the chair

From the shop's own photo albums

1993
Inside the empty shop at 125 Coldharbour Road before the refit

An empty shop. Salvatore and his fiancée chose No. 125 and spent the money they saved on doing it up.

1994
Opening night in April 1994: family and friends outside the new shop under its lit fascia

Opening night. A £1-off leaflet drop brought in around 500 customers with the vouchers.

1994
The new shop floor on opening day in 1994

The first shop floor. Most of the barbers who worked here went on to open their own shops.

2003
Red Nose Day 2003: bright red spiked hair in the shop

Red Nose Day. The whole team went red for Comic Relief.

2009
The barbers with their Movember moustaches, November 2009

Movember. Moustaches grown, over £860 raised.

2014
Movember 2014: the word BARBER carved into a beard

Movember, again. "BARBER", carved into a beard.

2015
Groovy Baby!, the Shaun the Sheep sculpture sponsored by the Coldharbour Road traders, being cleaned on Coldharbour Road

Shaun in the City. Coldharbour Road traders sponsored "Groovy Baby!" for Bristol Children's Hospital.

2017
Brave the Shave: Salvatore's family in the shop

Brave the Shave. Helping his son raise nearly £5,000, inspired by his alopecia.

2022
Salvatore cutting hair on camera for LADbible in 2022

On camera. eBay's Small Business United partner for Bristol Rovers, and a LADbible film shot in the shop with Ben Foster.

2023
Salvatore and his son with their medals after the Bristol 10K in May 2023

Bristol 10K. Run with other Bristol barbers for Talk Club, the men's mental health charity. Over £5,000 raised.

Today
The shop today: three barber chairs and product shelves

Same shop, same barber. Your chair's ready when you are.

A young Salvatore on opening day, 1994
Salvatore on opening day, 1994
The barber

"I started barbering by accident."

He wanted to be a graphic designer or an architect. Then at 15 his cousin found him a Saturday job at Aldo's on Two Mile Hill. Within a year he was cutting hair, and by 1988 he was taking 1st place in men's grooming at the South-West NHF competition.

After running a shop in Stoke Bishop he bought No. 125 and opened in April 1994. "I have always believed in using the highest quality tools available to me together with the best hair products to provide the best service possible."

Trained by Salvatore, now running their own shops

  • MarioFilton's Barber Shop, Filton
  • CarmeloBoys to Men, Bedminster
  • VinceV & M's, Henleaze Road
  • LuigiLuigi's, Staple Hill
  • FilippoFils Barber Shop, St George

"Thinking about it, probably half of Bristol has had a haircut by somebody I have trained."

What regulars say

Some have been coming for thirty years.

"Proper haircut. From a real barber."

Google review

"No other barber can compare to the haircuts this place can supply."

20+ yearsGoogle review

"I even travel from my home in Stroud just to get my haircut by Salvatore!"

27 yearsGoogle review
Find us

On the border of Westbury Park and Redland

125 Coldharbour Road
Bristol BS6 7SN

0117 942 5760
No.00Book your chair BS67SNDirections
Opening hours
Monday9am – 6pm
Tuesday9am – 6pm
WednesdayClosed
Thursday9am – 6pm
Friday9am – 6pm
Saturday9am – 3pm
SundayClosed

Closed days can change to suit the week, so the booking system always shows the latest. Over-65s rate on Mondays and Tuesdays.

No. 125 in 1993, when it was Marion Gay, mid closing-down sale
No. 125 as Marion Gay, 1993
Salvatore's shopfront on opening day in 1994, mahogany fascia with gold lettering and a barber pole
Opening day, 1994