Hair salon · Wellington
Best hair salons in Wellington ranked by Google reviews.
We pulled the top-ranked hair salons in Wellington 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 Wellington.
- 01
Buoy Salon & Spa
100 Willis Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011
4.9 ★ · 597 reviews
- 02
Miss Fox
45 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
4.9 ★ · 575 reviews
- 03
Sable Fine Hair
109 Featherston Street, CBD, Wellington 6011
4.9 ★ · 160 reviews
- 04
Jacques Hair Design
Shop 1, Rydges Hotel, 73 Featherston Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011
4.9 ★ · 151 reviews
- 05
Mane Salon
62 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
4.9 ★ · 145 reviews
- 06
Dragonfly Hair Design
95 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
4.9 ★ · 103 reviews
- 07
The Hair Chair
251 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
4.8 ★ · 172 reviews
- 08
Badaro Hair Salon
shop 4/1 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011
4.8 ★ · 158 reviews
- 09
So You Hairdressing
273 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
4.8 ★ · 90 reviews
- 10
Jam
44 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
4.7 ★ · 269 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 Wellington 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 Wellington hair salons are clean.
- They follow up once, never twice. The polite single ask converts. The pushy second ask annoys.
How to climb the Wellington 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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