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, by hand. 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: fourteen line items from a $10 wax to an $80 women's short cut, 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 ten 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, straight-razor 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 haircut runs a real half-hour, and Beard Trim Deluxe the same. Those numbers are real time at the work, not advertised time. We do not double-book the chair, and we do not rush the part-line.
The chair is by appointment for now. The online booking link in the navigation is the fastest way to a chair — most patrons book that way. The shop telephone is on (512) 284-8210 if you'd rather. Cash and card. Gratuity at your discretion.
Quod scripsi, scripsi. — What we cut, we cut, measured twice and never hurried.
— Jessica Mitchell · Owner