Canterbury’s Top 10 Hair Salons & Hairdressers

The Profile

Doo-Das Hairdresser occupies a period premises and has been serving Canterbury since 1985, providing a distinctive, characterful setting that frames each appointment. The salon’s long history is visible in its approach to client care, where a relaxed atmosphere combines with skilled technical work and a visibly managed team environment.

Doo-Das places strong emphasis on consultation and finishing detail, with a roster of senior stylists experienced in creative colour, extensions and bridal work. The team includes degree-holding colour specialists and art directors and the salon routinely highlights advanced services such as hair extensions and bespoke colour plans that include home-care advice for longer-term wear.

Doo-Das keeps its chair team deliberately broad, ranging from graduate designers to style directors which lets clients choose the level of expertise that suits their needs and budget. That structure supports consistent technical standards across services while allowing specialist appointments, for example advanced colour or wedding hair, to be delivered by named, experienced staff who have established followings in Canterbury.

Why It Made the List and Why It’s Our Top Pick

Doo-Das sits top of this list because its long-established presence, period location and deep bench of senior colour and extension specialists together create a salon that handles complicated technical work with calm, considered consultation and excellent finishing. The combination of heritage, visible team depth and a clear focus on wearable, manageable results makes it an outstanding local choice.

Good to Know

Doo-Das is in Canterbury; telephone booking is available on 4 or 7 and the salon lists general opening hours around 9am–6pm with Thursday and Friday late nights to 7pm and Sunday closed.

The Profile

TONI&GUY Canterbury operates from 47 Burgate and brings the network’s education-led approach to the city, combining signature cutting techniques with professional LABEL.M haircare products. The salon emphasises personalised cutting and finishing, with stylists trained to tailor a TONI&GUY signature cut to a client’s individual hair texture, lifestyle and desired maintenance level.

The Canterbury branch promotes consultation as a routine part of the visit, encouraging complimentary pre-appointment discussions to map colour and cut goals. The salon offers a broad menu from barbering and texture services to signature balayage and full-head colour, and it also runs in-salon offers, gift cards and a rewards scheme aimed at building long-term client relationships.

Why It Made the List

TONI&GUY’s distinctive merit is its education-focused framework and nationally standardised approach, which delivers consistent cutting and colour techniques supported by regular training; that makes it a strong option for clients who prioritise technicical consistency and a clearly defined signature service rather than an ad-hoc local experience.

Good to Know

TONI&GUY Canterbury is at 47 Burgate, offers a 10% student discount Monday to Friday with selected stylists, and recommends a complimentary consultation before booking technical colour services, including allergy testing where required.

The Profile

Stone Hairdressing began in 1999 and runs salons across Kent, including a Canterbury address, with a clear focus on up-to-date technical services. The business highlights technical colour, balayage, smoothing and hair extensions across its sites and positions itself as a full-service brand for clients wanting both creative colour and everyday manageability.

The chain actively promotes curly-hair expertise, offering specialist advice and styling for natural curls alongside Keratin smoothing and L'Oreal straightening options. Stone also sells and recommends a range of professional products such as Kerastase and Eleven Australia and it operates membership-style promotions such as a Blow Dry Club and time-sensitive late deals for budget-conscious clients.

Why It Made the List

Stone’s distinctive strength lies in pairing specialist technical knowledge, notably curly-hair techniques, balayage and smoothing treatments, with the scale of a multi-site operation which gives clients local access to trained specialists and occasional promotional late deals or club memberships that support repeat visits.

Good to Know

Stone Hairdressing’s Canterbury salon provides free colour consultations and publishes late deals and a Blow Dry Club online and the salon recommends booking ahead while sometimes accommodating last-minute walk-ins when possible.

The Profile

The Chair trades from 2–4 The Borough and presents itself as a luxury hair and beauty destination, combining bespoke colour, precision cutting and professional beauty treatments. Established in 2003 near The King’s School, the salon balances creative colour work like seamless blondes and bespoke transformations with a broad beauty offering that includes facials, nails and lashes.

The Chair highlights a specialist team and premium product partnerships such as L’Oréal Professionnel and Beauty Works to support its creative and bridal work. Its service model places emphasis on tailored appointments, delivering hair extensions, wedding hair and advanced beauty treatments in a relaxed, higher-end salon setting with extended late opening on Thursdays.

Why It Made the List

The Chair’s distinctive merit is its combined hair-and-beauty model: clients can book advanced colour work or hair extensions alongside professional beauty treatments in one appointment, supported by a team experienced in bridal and fashion hair, which makes it convenient for those seeking multiple services at a single premium address.

Good to Know

The Chair’s opening times include extended hours on Thursday until 8: 30pm and Saturday starts at 8am; appointments can be made via or by email to.

The Profile

Antoniou Hair & Beauty is recorded as closed for business; the salon’s site content explicitly states it is now closed and thanks customers for their custom over the years. Historically the business offered tailored cuts and styling, but current public information confirms the operation is no longer trading at this address.

As a result of the closure, there is no active appointment service to describe; historically Antoniou presented itself as a comfortable salon offering personalised styling and consistent service, but the verified and current fact is that it has ceased trading and its web pages returned unavailable or not found errors at the time of checking.

Why It Made the List

Antoniou’s distinguishing factual point for this guide is its current closed status: while legacy mentions show it previously provided tailored, consultative hair services, the verified present-day detail is that the salon is not operating, and prospective clients should not expect to book appointments there.

Good to Know

Antoniou’s public website returns error messages and a clear notice that the business is closed; readers should treat the salon as permanently shut and look to nearby active salons for bookings and consultations instead.

The Profile

Coah Hair sits on Castle Street and positions itself as an independent, boutique salon delivering personalised, luxury appointments in a relaxed environment; the founders Ashley and Charlotte are presented as experienced stylists who shaped the salon’s technical focus. The team emphasises bespoke colouring and extension work alongside high standards of client care.

Sustainability and product choice are visible priorities at Coah: the salon lists Davines plant-based products as a core range, promoting gentler formulations and a distinct natural scent. Coah also highlights its expertise in balayage, advanced colour and hair extensions and it presents itself as a venue for clients seeking tailor-made colour results and extension consultations.

Why It Made the List

Coah’s distinctive merit is the combination of technical colour and extension expertise with its Davines-led product focus which appeals to clients seeking bespoke balayage or extension work carried out with plant-based professional products and an emphasis on individual styling.

Good to Know

Coah Hair is in Canterbury, with a published schedule including late Wednesday opening and Saturday hours; bookings are handled by phone on 4 or via the salon’s online booking system.

The Profile

Oliveira Hair in Canterbury advertises a boutique, individually tailored experience with an intimate waiting space offering freshly ground coffee and speciality teas, a small practical detail that underscores the salon’s customer-facing hospitality. The team mixes in-house staff and independent stylists to deliver fashion-forward and classic looks in a compact, service-focused setting.

The salon places Kevin Murphy products at the centre of its colour and retail offer and publishes a clear price menu for cuts and colour, including separate rates for salon director, independent stylists and junior staff. Oliveira also makes explicit the need for skin testing for new colour clients, and it provides named staff such as Eudu and Venia to help clients select the right practitioner.

Why It Made the List

Oliveira’s distinctive merit is its small-salon intimacy combined with a clearly published price structure and Kevin Murphy product focus; clients who prefer to know practitioner levels, expected prices and the product range in advance will find Oliveira’s transparent approach particularly useful.

Good to Know

Oliveira requires a skin test 48 hours before colour services for new clients, lists prices by stylist grade for cuts and colour, and offers an online booking link for appointment reservations.

The Profile

Caraccio’s Hair and Beauty trades as a Kevin Murphy Session Salon and highlights the brand’s environmental stance by using Ocean Waste Plastic in its product containers; the salon frames its product choices around cruelty-free, paraben- and sulphate-free formulations with essential oil-based preservatives, which underpins its retail and treatment narratives.

The salon presents itself as a warm, neighbourhood establishment with a long client base and a broad menu that includes wet cuts, blow-dries, permanent and semi-permanent colour, balayage and bespoke conditioning treatments. Caraccio’s emphasises familiar, dependable haircuts and an approachable environment that has retained many repeat customers across years of operation.

Why It Made the List

Caraccio’s clear point of distinction is its Kevin Murphy session salon status combined with the use of Ocean Waste Plastic packaging, which will matter to clients who prioritise sustainable product choices within a traditional, friendly local haircutting and treatment environment.

Good to Know

Caraccio’s can be contacted and highlights student discount information on its site; the salon’s public content also emphasises that it offers a broad service list from cuts and blow-dries to balayage and bespoke conditioning treatments.

The Profile

Steven James Hairdressing in Canterbury operates as a boutique studio that prioritises one-to-one consultation and carefully considered haircuts. The team presents a polished, detail-oriented appointment model where stylists focus on shaping flattering, manageable looks tailored to a client’s hair type, lifestyle and maintenance preferences rather than following trends automatically.

Publicly listed information frames the salon’s work as technically assured, with appointments managed to allow extra time for finishing techniques such as precise layering, textured cutting and style setting. That emphasis on technical detail supports both straightforward, everyday haircuts and more refined colouring or styling requests while keeping results wearable.

Why It Made the List

Steven James’s distinguishing strength is a consistently technical, consultative service that prizes finishing and longevity. The salon’s public descriptions stress thorough initial conversations, careful technique and polished blowouts, creating outcomes that remain manageable between visits; this focus suits clients who want dependable, professionally finished cuts that hold their shape and require modest daily maintenance.

Good to Know

The salon’s website displays a CAPTCHA security check, which can prevent automated access; callers are advised to telephone the salon to confirm current opening hours, the booking procedure and specific stylist availability before arranging appointments. Bring any reference photos to your consultation to ensure the stylist understands your desired outcome.

The Profile

Paradiso operates as a beauty-first destination tucked inside the Chaps Male Grooming space and styles itself as a tropical, celebration-focused escape for beauty treatments. The salon’s offer leans heavily toward facials, lashes, nails, spray tanning and sunbeds alongside skin and aesthetic services rather than a primary haircutting focus.

The salon lists a wide range of specialist treatment options, from Tropic facials, Million Dollar Facials and dermaplaning through to advanced brow and lash services, teeth whitening and aesthetic injectables. Paradiso positions its visitor experience around social, boutique-style pampering with chilled prosecco and a high-energy, treatment-led environment rather than a traditional hairdressing salon rhythm.

Why It Made the List

Paradiso’s distinctive merit is its positioning as a beauty-first ‘glow-up’ hub within a grooming complex: clients seeking combined beauty and aesthetic treatments, including sunbeds and advanced facials, will find a concentrated treatment menu and a celebratory salon atmosphere tailored to that brief.

Good to Know

Paradiso is based in Canterbury and explicitly promotes sunbeds alongside beauty and aesthetic treatments; clients should check specific treatment availability and opening hours by calling 8 before booking.