Ask before you sit down.

Yes, whenever a chair is free. Appointments are always served first, so a walk-in on a Saturday afternoon usually means a wait and a weekday morning usually means none at all.

If you want a specific barber at a specific time, book it. That is the only way to be certain.

Book The Cut. It covers a consultation, a scissor-and-clipper cut, wash and finish, and it is the appointment most people need.

If your barber sees something else fits better once you are in the chair — a fade, more scissor work, beard included — they will say so and adjust it there. You will not be charged for the wrong thing because you guessed.

Read the roster. Each barber lists what they actually specialise in — skin fades, textured and coily hair, scissor work on longer hair, straight razor, kids — and their recent work sits on their page.

If you would rather not choose, book any chair. Everyone here can cut a good head of hair; the specialisms are about who is fastest at what you specifically want.

Up to about ten minutes, we will still cut you — it just comes out of your appointment, because the person after you booked their time too.

Past that we will usually have to rebook you. Call the shop rather than guessing; if the day is quiet we will make it work.

Use the link in your booking confirmation, or call the shop. Any notice is better than none — a chair we know about at lunchtime is a chair someone else can have.

Yes. The Junior Cut covers twelve and under, and several of the barbers take them happily — June takes the most of them and has the patience to prove it.

First haircuts are welcome. Mention it at booking so enough time is set aside.

Almost certainly. Between the roster there is dedicated experience in coily and textured hair, long and curly hair cut entirely with scissors, fine hair, and greying hair that needs blending rather than dyeing.

If you have had a bad experience elsewhere, say so when you book. It tells the barber where to be careful.

Most cuts are booked at 45 minutes, a line-up at 20, and the full cut-and-shave at 80. Every service on the menu lists its own time.

Nobody is rushed out of the chair to hit the number.

Metered street parking runs along Chapel and Orange. Temple Street Garage is a four-minute walk and validates after 6pm.

At the Whitney Avenue shop there is a free lot behind the building, entrance off Waite Street.

You will get a consultation before anything is picked up — how you wear it, how much time you actually spend on it in the morning, what you did not like about the last cut.

Bring a photo if you have one. It is far more useful than a name for a haircut, because the same name means five different things.

Cards, contactless and cash. Tips can go on the card.

Yes, at the counter, in any amount. They do not expire and can be used against any service.