Mavericks Barber shop
At Mavericks Barber Shop, located in Letterkenny, we offer the ultimate barbering experience. Our team of skilled barbers is dedicated to providing high-quality haircuts and beard trims, all without rushing, ensuring attention to detail. We not only specialize in haircuts, but we also offer hot towel shaves that will leave you feeling rejuvenated.
Within our relaxing environment, you will enjoy exceptional services, including cold beers and even the chance to catch live football matches. Walk-ins are always welcome, although we recommend booking to secure your slot at your preferred time.
Additionally, we stock one of the largest selections of beard and hair care products in Ireland, so you can take the best of your barber experience home with you. To book your appointment, simply reach out via our social media, the Mavericks Barber Shop website, or by downloading our available app. Come in and treat yourself to sharp cuts and close shaves!
Opening hours
- monday: 10h-18h
- tuesday: 10h-18h
- wednesday: 10h-18h
- thursday: 9h-18h
- friday: 9h-19h
- saturday: 8:30-17h
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Our comment from BarberSpot about Mavericks Barber shop:
A Vintage Sanctuary for the Modern Gentleman
Mavericks Barber Shop stands as a premier destination for men seeking a blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary style in a relaxed, welcoming environment. The shop is celebrated for its antique decor and old-fashioned ambiance, creating a space where clients can unwind while receiving top-tier grooming services. From the moment you step inside, the atmosphere is defined by genuine friendliness and a 'gentlemanly' approach that makes every visit feel special.
Expertise in Cuts, Shaves, and Facial Hair
The team at Mavericks is highly regarded for their technical skill and attention to detail. Whether you are looking for a sharp fade, a classic scissor cut, or a precise beard trim, the barbers are praised for their ability to deliver consistent, high-quality results. Many long-term clients highlight their loyalty to specific barbers, such as Darwyn, Josh, and Paddy, who are known for their expertise in everything from basic trims to more complex styling. The shop is also highly recommended for children’s haircuts, with staff noted for their patience and kindness when dealing with young or anxious clients.
The Ultimate Hot Towel Shave Experience
A standout service at Mavericks is the hot towel shave. Clients frequently describe this experience as 'relaxing' and 'fantastic,' with many noting that the addition of a cold towel at the end is a unique touch that elevates the service beyond a standard barber visit. Whether it’s a cutthroat shave or a modern straight razor finish, the grooming experience is designed to be both effective and soothing.
Customer-Centric Service and Amenities
What truly sets Mavericks apart is its commitment to client comfort and convenience. The shop offers complimentary beverages, including coffee and beer, allowing customers to enjoy a drink while they wait or after their service. To manage the high demand and reduce waiting times, Mavericks utilizes the QJunkie booking system, which allows patrons to secure precise time slots and avoid long queues. While the shop is so popular that waits can sometimes occur, the staff’s professionalism and the quality of the work make the experience well worth it. The barbers are not only skilled technicians but also engaging conversationalists, ensuring that every visit includes great 'craic' and a friendly chat.
Mavericks Barber shop: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Gteat pre wedding cut, thanks!
Fantastic experience: I got a hair cut from Josh and it was the best experience I’ve had getting my haircut. I went in with longish thick wavy hair and no clear idea of what I wanted done, came out knowing what to ask for in the future and who to ask for!
Fantastic experience: Best barber shop in leterkenny Ryan the barber gives me a good trim every time I go overall very good
Fantastic experience: Without a doubt, the best barbers in Ireland. I have been going to Mavericks for the best part of 6 years and have never been anything but delighted with the results. I recently left Donegal and moved to Dublin but have made a point of making the drive back up to Donegal every month, just to get a haircut from Darwyn. 11/10 service and worth every penny.
Fantastic experience:
Fantastic experience: Pure Gentlemen! After getting the worst haircut Iv Ever had. I walked in just before closing as a walk-in taking a second chance from the reviews on google this time, as I’m not local. He had a look and sorted me out. I wish we had an Irish barbers in every town like these guys I can’t recommend these lads enough! there isn’t enough stars on google.
Fantastic experience: Always a great experience
Fantastic experience: Great service book online straight in your on the time and ready too cut
Fantastic experience: Great service. No better spot in the town. All barbers excellent and very professional.
Cheers Benny, always good to have you in
Fantastic experience: Excellent service... friendly staff.... 100%
Fantastic experience: First time visiting here. Oran is a credit to this barbershop! New to the trade yet gave me a best fade I've ever seen keep up the good work man! Can't recommend enough!
Fantastic experience: Had a hot shave at Mavericks whilst in Letterkenny for work and I can't recommend the place enough. Paddy was excellent, the shave was fantastic and the cold towel at the end was a first for me but felt amazing. I'll certainly be returning the next time I'm in town.
Fantastic experience: 10 / 10 for this place! Darwyn was kind and patient with our 4 year old who was anxious about his little Gent's cut. Haircut was second to none - highly recommended!
Fantastic experience: Great place for a relaxing hot towel shave. Great job John Paul
Great to see you Eamonn, call again soon!
Fantastic experience: Great haircut and very sound staff had a enjoyable experience
Cheers Charlie, thank you for the review
Fantastic experience: Absolute gentlemen very welcoming and great crack would highly recommended
Thank you Barry for taking the time out to rate us & your kind words. Great to have you in! See you soon.
Fantastic experience: Good quality haircut. Necessary to book ahead using their app
Thank you for taking time out to review Alan, much appreciated, see you soon
Fantastic experience: Good price perfect cut
Thank you Seyidor
Fantastic experience: Thanks dylan , first proper haircut in last three years. John
Your welcome John, thank you for the review
Fantastic experience: Very friendly and talented staff. Able to work off the menu and tailor your haircut to how you like it. Complimentary coffee at the end is also well appreciated.
Fantastic experience: Great service & super haircut
Fantastic experience: Great guy's lovely shop as well
Thank you Ian, great craic having you in...
Fantastic experience: Excellent Barber shop. Great staff. I always book with Darwyn. I always get my hair done exactly how I ask for or if I'm looking for something different, Darwyn has plenty of suggestions. I wouldn't go anywhere else.
Thank you Rory, always a pleasure having you in, see you soon
Fantastic experience: Paddy is a top barber
Negative experience: Over priced and fairly rude service. Inexperienced trainee hairdresser working with no supervision. Trainee taking ages on basic haircuts and clearly doesn't know what he is doing.
Fantastic experience: Had a dodgy haircut in Galway and came here to get it fixed! Darwyn did a great job and was very friendly. Highly recommend this place, good skills and a nice atmosphere.
Thanks Dylan, appreciate you given us feed back on your experience
Fantastic experience: Excellent place, the hair cut was perfect. The staff were really professional and friendly. I highly recommend them.
Thank you Bassm, glad you were happy with our work...
Fantastic experience: Amazing always an amazing experience with top notch hair cuts I wouldn't take my son anywhere else
Much appreciated Katelyn, great having you in...
Fantastic experience: Best barbers in town. John has great attention to detail and is easy to chat to!
Appreciate it Jerome, always enjoy the chat...
Negative experience: Called to Mavericks for shave and haircut Asked to come back in 30 minutes came Back to be told they hadn’t time to shave me There was one customer in at the time and 3 Barbers very disappointed Micheal Mc Quaid
Michael very sorry for the miscommunication, Although there may only be 1 customer in the shop at the time, the other 2 barbers were likely waiting on clients to arrive for their appointment, we always strive to accommodate everyone when possible.
Fantastic experience: Really good haircuts
Thanks Reuben
Fantastic experience: Amazing Service
Thank you for taking the time to review us David, good having you in...
Fantastic experience: Professional and friendly staff. Cutthroat shave was superb. I will be back. Thanks Darwin!
Thank you Keith...
Fantastic experience: Great haircut
Always look forward to you coming in Colm, thank you...
Fantastic experience: Super service
Thank you Brian, always good to have you in...
Fantastic experience: Great barbershop. Very nice layout since the pandemic hit, the team have done everything in their power to keep you safe & it's appreciated by your customers. The QJunkie booking system is great from the perspective of the customer in that you have a booking timeslot, so no wait time (which was always the case at peak times due to the well deserved popularity of the place) The staff are all very friendly, and have always had a good cut here. This is the only place I would bring my two boys for a hair cut now.
Really appreciate the few words John Paul, yeap doing our best to keep people safe...
Negative experience: Very expensive, €30 for a haircut and beard trim is hard to justify particularly when I had to come home and finish the trim myself.
Fantastic experience: Very nice shop and very professional service new booking system Qjunkie a dream as less time waiting around good job
Thank you for the review and words, see you soon John
Fantastic experience: I've been looking for a place to get a great hair cut. I found it. The fella that cut my hair was great. Very friendly and very good at his job. I left very satisfied Nd I've been tell all my friends about it. They also do blade shaves as well. Very professional
Thank you for taking the time to review and say a few words, means a lot Ronan....
Positive experience: Good haircut clean fade and did what i said for my fringe. Long wait but worth it if u have the time
Different story now Cahir, no waiting at all with our new app, that being said, thank you for the review
Fantastic experience: Great haircut stunning
thank you very much for taking the time to review Maggie...
Fantastic experience: My husband and I went here to have the full works before our wedding in Portnablagh. The guys were all amazing; welcoming, friendly, professional. We felt and looked $million. We live in London, however are looking forward to a return visit for the ultimate pampering session.
Cheers Kevin, thank you for the review and kind words
Fantastic experience: I went in looking like something out of Grizzly Adams ( showing my age there I fear ) or an US Civil War re-enacter! I came out like I knew how to groom myself competantly. Popped in off the cuff and a short wait later and I was seated and expertly shorn and shaved. Staff were friendly and knew their business. The antique decor, down to the olde time cashier bell, sets the mood well. I'll definitely drop in again when I need to look my best, thanks!
Thank you Martin, delighted you enjoyed the service and shop
Fantastic experience: Always a great haircut and great service. Sometimes a bit of a wait, but sure that's a good sign of the place!
Thank you Ryan, no waits any more with our mavericks app for booking, straight into the chair....
Positive experience: Posh, stylish and comfy place for a haircut. Free drink. Proficient staff. Pity that some of them are a bit arrogant and not fully professional (not paying enough attention to the details of the hairstyle).
Fantastic experience: Best haircuts and shave in Donegal
Thank you very much Dan, appreciate you taking the time out to review us
Fantastic experience: Always to a brilliant job an good staff
Fantastic experience: Great haircuts and great prices (for someone used to Dublin prices). Staff are very nice and friendly.
Fantastic experience: Great place. would highly recommend
Fantastic experience: Really nice service and atmosphere! Loved it
Fantastic experience: Ducked in for a beard trim and shave. Lovely shop, great old-fashioned barbers, reasonable price
Fantastic experience: Always get a good cut here. Professional service in a relaxed salon. Highly recommend this spot!
Fantastic experience: Always a good cut
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend for attention to detail and an old style feel.
Fantastic experience: Cool vintage setting, I don't get my haircut anywhere else since I first went there!
Fantastic experience: The Hot-Towel shave is a must. I get it done on my head too - so relaxing so worth it. Lads working are seriously friendly and genuine. Love a wee trip in
Fantastic experience: My 2 sons got their haircut there last Saturday. I called in halfway through. Great venue, love the characters, the braces and the ambience. Also you have a star in Ronan Curran. Think the place is great.
Fantastic experience: Best in town!
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and experience, great work from greatest barbers in town!!!
Fantastic experience: Talented barbers includes free drink
Fantastic experience: I'd advice going down early on weekends, the wait is horrible otherwise. They are very high standard.
Fantastic experience: Great barbers lovely friendly staff highly recommend
Good man Dave, nice to have you in, we enjoy keeping that fade looking sharp!
Fantastic experience: Best in town. Great hair cuts, great craic and free beer!!
Fantastic experience: Free drink and great service! My new fav barbers!
Good stuff!!!
Fantastic experience: Great service, very good staff. They take their time to do a very good job. Very clean.
Thanks Adrian, we take pride in having all our equipment sterilized before and after every cut to ensure we provide a fresh clean experience and the customer enjoys it, good having you in!
Fantastic experience: Most of the time there is a wait but that can only be a good sign as the barbers are great at cutting my sons hair and he loves going in to get his free drink too. Friendly staff with great old style surroundings.
Thank you for taking time to explain your experience, we also wish the queue didn't get long at times, but we have to take it as a complement that people appreciate the workmanship of the Mavericks team. We recently increased our team in order to address the situation and so far it has made a huge difference, but thank you for being patient, hope to see you in soon!
Positive experience: Great for blokes to go and chill TV, drink, shave, haircut designed great. Friendly staff.
Thanks for the review JP, we need to up our game tho, we are not happy to send someone out feeling it is a 4 star, must be room for improvement, on that day anyways!!! Cheers JP see ya soon!!
Fantastic experience: Great experience and staff would highly recommend it for all ages
Thank you for your review and taking time out to comment, see you soon!
Fantastic experience: Best barbers out there!!! And u get a free drink.
Cheers VD, always like to be told we are the best, cause that's what we are aiming for, see you soon!
Positive experience: Good barbers with old school to class treatment
Thanks Timothy, we love it when a gent enjoys his experience!
Fantastic experience: Great service and great coffee too
Thank you Shane, we get a lot of good feed back on our coffee, we thinks its one of the best cups in town and its complementary too!!! Cant beat that, see you soon hopefully!
Positive experience: Always a great cut, cue can be long
Thank you Sean, especially for elaborating on why you didn't give the full 5 stars. We completely understand the ques can be long at times, but I think it is testament to the quality of work the team does and the experience they give to the client, thank you again, see you in soon!
Fantastic experience: Friendly atmosphere. Lovely take away coffee.
Thanks Stephen, we like that you enjoyed all aspects of the shop not just the haircut, see you soon!
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