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    Last updated: September 2026

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    Top 15 Hairdressers & Barbers in Queenstown

    Colour specialists, fades and boutique salons across the basin.

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    Colour specialists, fades and boutique salons across the basin.

    For a resort town the basin has an unusually strong salon and barber scene, spread across the CBD, Frankton, Five Mile and Arrowtown. The split that matters is colour work versus cuts: colour specialists need a long appointment booked well ahead, while barbershops and cut-only salons take walk-ins far more readily, especially midweek.

    Queenstown's salons and barbershops punch well above a resort town's weight, from award-winning colourists in Frankton to a licensed whisky-bar barbershop on Shotover Street. Here are the basin's top 10 hairdressers and barbers.

    Rankings are editorial; read how we choose and update places.

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    #1

    Crew Stylists

    Tucked upstairs in the Mall on Ballarat Street since well before Queenstown got trendy, Crew pairs serious colour and cutting chops with a dedicated Barber-zone for the guys. A genuine one-stop for couples and wedding parties alike.

    Queenstown CBD (The Mall)
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    #2

    Gents Barber Shop

    The original Gents on Shotover Street turned barbering into theatre back in 2018 — a fully licensed whisky bar and cigar lounge alongside the chairs. Cut-throat shaves, sharp fades and a night-out atmosphere in one sitting.

    Queenstown CBD (Shotover Street)
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    #3

    Queenstown Hair

    A women-owned, LGBTQ+-friendly salon on Camp Street with a loyal local following and international-trained stylists. Known for nailing exactly what clients ask for, from precision kids' cuts to bold colour work.

    Queenstown CBD (Camp Street)
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    #4

    Violet's Hair Design

    A Church Street fixture prized for its fun, unpretentious energy and stylists who genuinely listen. Master technicians on the floor mean precision cuts and colour corrections without the usual salon stiffness.

    Queenstown CBD (Church Street)
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    #5

    Bro Barbershop

    Owner Milton runs this Trade Precinct barbershop like a neighbourhood lounge — sip a coffee, chat, and get a properly unhurried skin fade or beard shape from someone who treats the craft like art, not a conveyor belt.

    Queenstown (Trade Precinct, Glenda Drive)
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    #6

    Hall of Fades Barbershop

    A community fixture since 2020 serving locals and tourists off the same chair with equal care. Consistency is the calling card here — clean fades and polished finishes that don't vary whether it's your first visit or fiftieth.

    Queenstown CBD (Earl Street)
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    #7

    Iron + Ivy Hair Studio

    Led by award-winning colourist Lauren McMurray-Sherwin, Iron + Ivy has built its name squarely on blondes, balayage and tape-in extensions. The go-to Frankton studio when you want a proper lightening job done right.

    Frankton (Queenstown Central)
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    #8

    Revolver Hair Studio

    Iron + Ivy's sister studio brings the same 25-years-deep colour expertise to a historic Arrowtown shopfront on Buckingham Street. Precision cuts and lived-in colour worth the short drive from town.

    Arrowtown (Buckingham Street)
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    #9

    Cutting Edge Hair & Hair Care

    Twenty-five years in business and still going strong at The Landing shopping centre, with an international team handling everything from keratin smoothing to foils. Longevity that speaks for itself in a town with high staff turnover.

    Frankton (The Landing)
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    #10

    Wild Daisy Hair

    Owner Haley Bower brought sixteen years of European colour training home to Five Mile, building a salon around blended blondes and glossy, lived-in colour rather than quick in-and-out cuts.

    Frankton (Five Mile)
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    #11

    Pure Hair Studio

    Sarah Mickan's studio takes a patient 'low and slow' approach to colour correction and transformation work, backed by real fashion-week styling credentials. Also the name locals call for bridal hair across Central Otago.

    Queenstown (Hylton Place) / Wanaka
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    #12

    Hairon

    Operating in Queenstown since 2005, Hairon runs both a salon and an attached Queenstown Barber arm across CBD and Five Mile sites. Two decades of local trade means a stylist for nearly every hair type and budget.

    Queenstown CBD & Five Mile (multiple locations)
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    #13

    Frankton Hair

    A no-fuss, fully equipped Frankton salon that welcomes walk-ins for men, women and kids alike, with late-night and Saturday hours that actually suit shift workers and tourists on tight itineraries.

    Frankton
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    #14

    Hair By Shiyee

    Seventeen-plus years of hands-on experience behind the chair at this Frankton Road studio, where returning clients book directly with Shiyee rather than whoever's free — a sign of real trust built one cut at a time.

    Frankton (Frankton Road)
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    #15

    Arrowtown Hair Company

    Set in the middle of Central Otago's prettiest township, this small team leans into exceptional client care over volume — the kind of unhurried, warm service that keeps Arrowtown locals from ever driving into Queenstown for a cut.

    Arrowtown
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    Hair & Barbers in Queenstown — common questions

    Barbershops and cut-only salons generally take walk-ins, most easily midweek and outside the after-work rush. Colour appointments effectively always need booking because of the chair time involved.

    A week or more for a specialist colourist, and considerably longer around Christmas, New Year and the wedding season. Colour is a long appointment and the good chairs fill first.

    Yes — Frankton, Five Mile and Arrowtown all have salons and barbers on this list, and they are usually easier for parking and for a same-week appointment than the CBD.

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