Hair salon · Edinburgh
Best hair salons in Edinburgh ranked by Google reviews.
We pulled the top-ranked hair salons in Edinburgh from Google’s own
listings. Here’s the leaderboard, what the leaders share in common, and how
a branded biglove.to link helps yours close the gap.
Data refreshed from Google Places.
Leaderboard · top 10
Who’s winning the review race in Edinburgh.
- 01
Cheryl Irvine Hairdressing
20 Argyle Pl, Edinburgh EH9 1JJ
5.0 ★ · 246 reviews
- 02
Muse Hair
45 Ferry Rd., Edinburgh EH6 4AF
4.9 ★ · 479 reviews
- 03
Urban Edinburgh
38 Howe St, Edinburgh EH3 6TH
4.9 ★ · 291 reviews
- 04
House of Lilith Hair Design
42 Easter Rd, Edinburgh EH7 5RG
4.9 ★ · 73 reviews
- 05
Rock n Rose Hairdressing
23 Jeffrey St, Edinburgh EH1 1DR
4.8 ★ · 236 reviews
- 06
Dean Jones Hairdressing
3a Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AA
4.8 ★ · 114 reviews
- 07
TONI&GUY Edinburgh
52 Frederick St, Edinburgh EH2 1LN
4.7 ★ · 413 reviews
- 08
McGills Hairdressing - Edinburgh
5 Home St, Edinburgh EH3 9JR
4.7 ★ · 282 reviews
- 09
Paige Conner Hairdressing
40 Broughton St, Edinburgh EH1 3SB
4.7 ★ · 124 reviews
- 10
Macintyre's Hair & Beauty
66-68 Thistle St, Edinburgh EH2 1EN
4.6 ★ · 231 reviews
What the leaders share
Patterns from the top of the leaderboard.
Hair salons run on referrals and Google reviews. The leaderboard below shows what asking customers consistently does to a review count over a few years.
- They ask every customer, every visit. Not just the obvious fans. The compounded effect of asking 100% of customers — even shyly, even with friction — beats asking 10% of customers enthusiastically.
- They make the link short enough to say out loud. The hair salons at the top of the Edinburgh leaderboard print a memorable URL on receipts, table tents, or cards. Long Google review URLs don’t survive the trip from till to phone.
- They don’t gate. No "rate us 5 stars first" forms. No satisfaction filters that route happy customers one way and frustrated customers another. Google’s 2026 review policy and the FTC’s 2024 Consumer Reviews Rule both prohibit gating, and the leaderboard reflects it — the top Edinburgh hair salons are clean.
- They follow up once, never twice. The polite single ask converts. The pushy second ask annoys.
How to climb the Edinburgh hair salon leaderboard
Five steps that move the needle in 90 days.
- 01
Claim a memorable review URL.
Pick a slug that customers can read off your receipt.
biglove.to/your-hair salonbeats the long Google URL on every printed surface. Free preview at biglove.to/check — no signup needed to see your slug + QR. - 02
Print the QR somewhere your customers see it twice.
Receipt and door sticker is the highest-conversion combo. The customer sees the QR when they pay, again when they leave, and again at home if they keep the receipt. Three impressions beats one impression by a wide margin.
- 03
Make the ask part of the script.
Train staff to mention the QR card during natural pauses ("If you enjoyed this, our Google review code is right here on the receipt"). Don’t script a 5-star pitch — that’s gating. Just point at the QR.
- 04
Reply to every review within 48 hours.
Public replies signal an active, accountable hair salon — both to future customers reading the reviews AND to Google’s ranking signals. A short, sincere thanks is enough; engagement matters more than length.
- 05
Track which ask path works.
Pro tier on biglove.to gives you click analytics — country, hour, device, referrer — so you can tell whether the receipt QR or the email signature is actually driving the reviews. Optimize what you can measure.
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