What we do.
Waterloo Barbershop is a parlour for the working gentleman. We cut hair, we trim beards, and we shave with a straight razor and a good hot towel. We do this slowly, on purpose, with our hands. The shop has one chair (with space and a hiring sign for a second) and a single bell on the door.
Read the full tariff: six services from the $26 Lad's Cut to the $78 Full Treatment, each performed at the same standard regardless of price.
Why we are here.
The owner, Jessica Mitchell, opened Waterloo Barbershop in 2026 after fifteen years cutting hair in other people's chairs around west Austin. The room you sit in was built to look the way a barbershop ought to look — dark wood and low light, oxblood leather, brass fixtures, tile underfoot. The radio is on low. There is always coffee on the stove.
We chose the corner at 4201 Bee Caves Road — in the small commercial complex called The Schoolyard — because the west side of Austin had been short an honest barbershop for too long. We open the doors at half past eight and we close them when the chair is empty.
Who works the chair.
For now, one barber: Jessica. She has been cutting hair since 2010 and trained old-school.
- Jessica Mitchell · owner · Chair I · cutting since 2010. Classic men's haircuts, hot-towel shaves, beard work, modern cuts and skin fades, and the kids' chair.
Waterloo has space for a second barber and we are hiring. If you're a barber or stylist with several years on the floor and want to talk about Chair II, write the shop.
How we work.
Slowly, on purpose. A Waterloo Barbershop cut runs forty-five minutes; a shave runs forty. Those numbers are real, not advertised. We do not double-book the chair, and we do not rush the part-line.
We take appointments and we take walk-ins. Before three in the afternoon the chair is spoken for; after three, the chair is open until the last man comes in. Cash and card. Gratuity at your discretion.
Quod scripsi, scripsi. — What we cut, we cut, measured twice and never hurried.