For Laurier students
The closest skilled barbershop to Laurier.
From Laurier main campus at 75 University Avenue West, walking north on King Street lands you at the shop in 10 minutes. We are the closest individually-bookable, named-barber shop to Laurier's main campus. No ION, no bus, no parking math.
About this area
Where we are, what it means for Laurier clients.
Laurier sits at the southern end of Uptown Waterloo, two streets and a corner from King Street. The walk to the shop is 10 minutes flat from Fred Nichols Campus Centre, eight minutes from the WLU Arts Building, and seven minutes from the King Street Residence (which is literally on the same street as the shop). Most direct route: north on King Street North from University Avenue West, past the Bauer Lofts, two blocks to the shop. You don't need to look anything up. You just walk straight.
Laurier students lean into a different rhythm than UW: more business-school formal interview cycles (BBA programs, Lazaridis recruitment), more communications and film program clients, and a year-round residential student base because Laurier doesn't run UW's heavy co-op cycle. That means the booking calendar from Laurier is steadier through the term; we don't see the co-op intake spike, but we see consistent weekly bookings from the student residences.
For business-school formal interviews, the Haircut and Style (lvl 1) at $30.97 is the right slot. Forty-five minutes including the consultation gives the barber time to dial in a cut that holds shape under interview lighting and recovers cleanly the next morning. For day-to-day, the Standard Haircut at $35.49 or the Faded Haircut at $39.82 are the volume bookings.
We run open availability Sunday mornings, which most Uptown shops don't. If you came home Saturday night and need a cut for Monday, Sunday morning is the slot. Bavy works the back half of the week including Sundays; book directly through Squire.
Golden Hawks game weekends (football, men's hockey, basketball) hit the booking calendar in their own pattern. We're three blocks from Alumni Field and a 10-minute walk from the Sun Life Financial Waterloo Recreation Complex. Game-day morning slots fill 48 hours out.
Landmarks
What's around.
- Laurier main campus (75 University Avenue West)
- Fred Nichols Campus Centre
- WLU Arts Building
- King Street Residence (on King Street, 5-minute walk)
- Willison Hall and Hazel McCallion Hall
- Alumni Field (Golden Hawks home games)
Visit
The shop, on a map.
43 King Street North, in the heart of Uptown Waterloo. Three minutes north of the ION Waterloo Public Square stop. Open seven days a week.
- Monday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
- Tuesday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
- Wednesday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
- Thursday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
- Friday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
- Saturday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
- Sunday
- 10 AM to 7 PM
From Laurier
Three location-specific questions.
The questions specific to clients booking from Wilfrid Laurier. Answered directly.
Yes. King Street North between Laurier and the shop is well-lit, sidewalk-continuous, and high-foot-traffic until the bars close. The Uptown Waterloo BIA maintains seasonal patios and street activity right past the shop. The same route is the standard walking route from Laurier to Uptown.
Yes. The Haircut and Style (lvl 1) at $30.97 is the right interview-prep booking. Forty-five minutes including consultation. Book a few days ahead of the interview itself; same-week availability is reliable but tightens during recruiting season.
Yes. We're open Sundays 10 AM to 7 PM. Bavy works Sunday mornings and afternoons; Ayaan works Sundays as well. Most Uptown shops are closed Sundays, which makes us the easiest Sunday slot in the corridor.
Other areas
Where else we serve.
Area
University of Waterloo
From UW main campus to 43 King Street North is a 10-minute bus on the 9, a 5-minute ION ride from the UW Laurier ION stop, or a 25-minute walk down University Avenue. Worth the ride for a cut you can rebook with the same hands every term.
Area
Waterloo
Waterloo runs from Conestoga Mall in the north to the Kitchener line at Erb-Caroline in the south, and from Westmount in the west to the Grand River in the east. We are in the centre of that map: 43 King Street North, in Uptown Waterloo, the heart of the city. If you live in Lakeshore, Eastbridge, Beechwood, Columbia, or one of the apartment towers along King, this is the closest skilled barbershop with a named-barber model.