Below are the best 8 barbershops in Wilmington picked by BestProsInTown
“My husband has been going to Brandon, and we have nothing but positive things to say about him! He’s a great person and an excellent barber. He always takes his time and never rushes through a cut. He’s also always been able to accommodate me, even on short notice.
We highly recommend Brandon! You won’t be disappointed!”
“Everyone was put on earth for a reason.
Mike and Danny are here for the sole purpose to make hair great again!”
“I highly recommend coming here. I highly recommend you do NOT get your hair cut by Yuli.
After 8 months of carefully growing out my fiancé’s curly hair like it was some kind of rare botanical experiment, we finally decided it was time to take him to his barber shop. Everything was going great until we were seated with Yuli.
We asked “keep everything curly, just trim the length”. She asked for an inspiration picture. I’m actually grateful I didn’t give her one because I have a feeling it might’ve turned into more of a creative interpretation than an actual recreation.
About halfway through the haircut, Yuli picks up the electric razor and just starts taking random chunks out of his hair. Not trimming. Not shaping. Just full-on landscaping. At this point I’m sitting there absolutely mortified, but we’re trying to trust the process.
We should not have trusted the process.
I had to stare at the floor because every time I glanced up it looked like she was losing a fight with a hedge trimmer. Even my fiancé refused to look in the mirror. By the end of it, I’m pretty sure my face was cycling through the five stages of grief.
Finally she finishes, and I look at the final result.
It’s a crap show.
Nothing is blended. Parts are shaved to the skin. Other parts are just… there. The cut was sloppy and my fiancé looked like someone tried to give him three different hairstyles at the same time.
Now normally we might’ve just laughed it off… except my fiancé has an extremely important interview in 48 hours. So this was not just a bad haircut. This was a full DEFCON 1 hair emergency. We went in hoping for a clean, professional trim and left looking like we needed a crisis management team.
Another barber tried to comfort him with “it fits your face shape.” It did not. If a barber starts emotionally supporting you instead of complimenting the haircut, that’s when you know it’s bad.
While my fiancé paid, I had to walk outside because I could feel myself about to cry in the middle of the shop.
The second we got to the car, I lost it and start uncontrollably sobbing. The haircut is awful. He’s missing chunks of hair. The sides and back were shaved straight to the skin instead of being trimmed down to shape the curls, leaving only the top curly. The end result made him look like a teenage Irish boy who just discovered hair gel in 2007.
And if you know anything about curly hair, you know it takes approximately 47 business years for it to grow back properly, which made the situation that much more stressful.
On top of that, she criticized the way he takes care of his hair… which is bold coming from someone who just assaulted it with clippers.
When we got home we called the shop to explain how unhappy we were. Thankfully the owner handled it incredibly well. He immediately said this was not an acceptable haircut for his business and asked us to come back so he could fix it.
He gave us a full refund and did his best to reshape what was left of the hair. Matt and John were both incredibly kind and genuinely cared about fixing the situation. Both of them even said the quality of that cut was not what they expect from their barbers.
So thank you to Matt and John for saving the day and for doing damage control on what can only be described as The Great Curly Hair Massacre of 2026.
Edit: My fiancé went and got his hair recut again. They were so accommodating. He offered to pay, but they refused. Thank you for helping us with the Curly Hair Massacre of 2026. 10/10 would recommend all of the barbers, except for Yuli.”
