Most booked
Signature Cut
Our house cut. Consultation, clipper and scissor work, hot towel, styled and finished.
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Parkhurst, Johannesburg · Est. 1998
A cut above, since 1998.
Four chairs on Fourth Avenue. A proper consultation, forty-five unhurried minutes, and a cut that still looks right in week four.
What we do
The work
Everything starts with a consultation and ends with a hot towel. Book any of these online in under a minute.
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Skin Fade
A seamless blend down to the skin, sharp line-up and precision detailing at the neck.
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Beard Sculpt
Shaped, lined and trimmed to your face. Hot towel, beard oil and balm to finish.
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Hot Towel Shave
The full traditional shave. Pre-shave oil, hot towels, straight razor, cold towel, balm.
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The Full Service
Signature Cut, Beard Sculpt and a Hot Towel Shave finish. Ninety minutes in the chair, and a complimentary drink.
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Kids Cut
Under 12s. Patient, unhurried, and a booster seat for the little ones. No fuss.
Book this – Kids Cut
Our story
One chair, one mirror, one standard.
Kenny Mareya opened a single-chair shop on Fourth Avenue in 1998 with a secondhand barber's chair and a hand-painted sign. He still takes the first appointment of the day.
Twenty-eight years later there are four chairs, and every barber on the floor came up through our own apprenticeship. It's why the standard is the same whichever chair you land in.
1998
On Fourth Avenue
4
Barbers on the floor
45min
Standard appointment
Why people come back
How we work
01
Consultation first
No chair time starts until we've agreed on what we're doing. Bring a photo, bring an idea, or bring nothing at all — we'll work it out together before the clippers come out.
02
Time to do it properly
We book in forty-five minute blocks where most shops book thirty. It means we never rush the blend, and it means you're never waiting on the chair in front of you.
03
Trained in-house
Every barber on our floor came up through our own apprenticeship. It's why the standard is the same whichever chair you land in.
04
A cut that grows out well
Anyone can make hair look good on the day. We cut with week four in mind, so it softens rather than falls apart.
The floor
Meet your barber
Pick the chair you want. The booking calendar only offers the days that barber is actually in the shop.
Kenny Mareya
Founder & Master Barber
Scissor work
Book with Kenny
Thabo Nkosi
Senior Barber
Skin fades
Book with Thabo
Rea Dlamini
Barber & Beard Specialist
Beard sculpting
Book with Rea
Ayanda Khumalo
Barber
Textured crops
Book with AyandaOur work
On the floor
Textured crop
The tools
Beard line
Hot towel shave
Skin fade
Chair two
From the chair
What our regulars say
I've been going to Kenny for nine years and I've never once had to explain what I want. Worth the drive across town.
Booked the Full Service for my wedding morning. Rea gave me the best shave of my life and calmed me down more than the best man did.
Took my son for his first proper cut. Ayanda had him laughing within a minute. He's already asking when we go back.
Thabo's fades are genuinely the sharpest in Joburg. I've tried a lot of shops and stopped looking after this one.
Find us
Fourth Avenue, Parkhurst.
We're on the Fourth Avenue strip, two doors up from the corner. Free street parking outside and a secure lot off Ninth Street.
Opening hours
Checking…MondayClosed
Tuesday09:00 – 19:00
Wednesday09:00 – 19:00
Thursday09:00 – 19:00
Friday09:00 – 19:00
Saturday08:00 – 17:00
Sunday10:00 – 15:00
Last appointment starts 45 minutes before closing. Public holidays vary — give us a call if you're unsure.
Your chair is waiting.
Pick a service, choose your barber and a time that works. Takes about a minute, and you can drop the appointment straight into your calendar.
