In the chair · Victoria, BC

Meet the barbers in Broadmead.

Two barbers, twenty-two years on the chair between them, and no booking app. Walk in and ask for either by name.

Zaki and Aymen work the two chairs. They cut from the same service menu at the same prices — a skin fade is $30 in either chair — but they came up differently, and each has regulars who ask for him by name.

There is no appointment system, so a preference is not something you arrange in advance. You give the name at the counter and wait for that chair.

Zaki

12 yrs on the chair

Zaki comes from a long line of barbers and has been cutting in Victoria since 2022. He's the one regulars ask for when they want line work or a design shaved into the fade.

Twelve years on the chair shows up in the blend. The sides come down to bare skin, then travel back up through the guards with no visible step anywhere in the gradient — which is why a skin fade is the longest cut on the menu. Ask for him for a fade, a modern shape, or line work, and mention a design when you sit down rather than at the end, so there is time to plan it.

Skin FadesModern StylesDesigns

Aymen

10 yrs on the chair

Aymen came to Royal Look from Montreal and has been cutting in Canada since 2022. Ask for him if you want a beard trim shaped properly and finished with a solid fade.

Ten years on the chair, and the work leans traditional. Come to him for scissor work if you are growing your hair out or keeping length on top — the weight comes out and the ends get tidied without the length going with them. On a beard, the cheek line and the neckline are most of the job: too high on the cheek and it reads thin, too high on the neck and it reads like a collar.

Scissor CutsClassic StylesBeards

If you’re not sure

Which barber should you ask for?

Start from what you want cut

If the decision is mostly about the sides — how short, how sharp, whether the bottom goes down to bare skin — that is Zaki. If it is about the top, or about a beard, that is Aymen. Everything else comes out the same from either chair: a regular cut, a buzz cut, a kids' cut, a senior cut.

No preference is a real answer

Most people who walk in do not ask for anyone, and that is the quickest way through the door. Both barbers start the same way, with a short conversation before any clippers come out. A preference is something you end up with after a few visits, not something you need to arrive with.

Say how you want it to sit

A photo does more work than a description, whichever chair you land in. So does telling your barber how much time you are willing to spend on it in the morning. If you have none of that worked out, say so — nobody expects you to know the words for it.

Walk-ins

Asking for a barber by name.

Walk in, say the name at the counter, and wait for that chair. There is nothing to fill in beforehand and no list to get onto. How long you wait depends on when you come: weekday mornings are the quietest stretch of the week, afternoons and early evenings are the busy ones.

Who is on changes through the week, which is the better reason to call ahead. The wait is a guess, but who is behind the chairs today is something we can tell you straight. Call (778) 430-0040 before you set off, or find us inside Broadmead Village Shopping Centre.

Walk in and ask for either.

Inside Broadmead Village Shopping Centre, just to the left of Starbucks — with free parking in the lot right out front.

Open 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday and Sunday.

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