Hair salon · Minneapolis, MN
Best hair salons in Minneapolis, MN ranked by Google reviews.
We pulled the top-ranked hair salons in Minneapolis, MN 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 Minneapolis.
- 01
Hare and the Hound Salon
100 W Franklin Ave #105, Minneapolis, MN 55404
5.0 ★ · 51 reviews
- 02
Gem Salon Spa
1621 E Hennepin Ave b20, Minneapolis, MN 55414
4.9 ★ · 661 reviews
- 03
The Chair Salon
3255 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408
4.9 ★ · 351 reviews
- 04
HAUS Salon
4240 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409
4.9 ★ · 304 reviews
- 05
Boho Hair Collective
1519 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
4.9 ★ · 125 reviews
- 06
Paper Salon
2228 E 35th St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
4.9 ★ · 115 reviews
- 07
Northeast Hair and Co.
654 19th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
4.9 ★ · 115 reviews
- 08
BRADLEY DOUGLAS SALON SPA
930 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415
4.8 ★ · 1,427 reviews
- 09
HAUS Salon North Loop
730 N Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401
4.8 ★ · 522 reviews
- 10
Honeycomb Salon
3504 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
4.8 ★ · 132 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 Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis hair salons are clean.
- They follow up once, never twice. The polite single ask converts. The pushy second ask annoys.
How to climb the Minneapolis 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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