Where can I get box braids in Footscray?

Paisley is Salon Africa. Nicholson is Roha at 95 and Medra-Genet at 117. 208 Nicholson is vacated, now 100 Story Building. Barkly is Afriqoz at Shop 4/154. Book long styles. Walk-ins are luck, not a promise. Eat first. Five to six hours is normal.

Where is the best barber in Footscray?

Studio Zero at G1A/4 Joseph Road is the high-review men's barber this directory lists. It is not the Essendon shop. Kultured at 30 French Street is the African walk-in barber. Delhicuts is 547A Barkly in 3012. Sonder on Leeds is a tattoo room with barbers, not a conventional salon.

Where do I get my nails done in Footscray?

Market: Venus stall 91 at 81 Hopkins, confirm Sunday. Barkly 3011: Voila at 237, 0452 267 789. Thread Lane 3012: Miss Jay's. West Footscray Barkly: Truly You at 581, confirm the door. Vietnamese hair plus nails: Minh Huy at 77A Nicholson.

8 Thread Lane, West Footscray 3012. Not 188 Ballarat Road. Colour and unisex cuts. Closed Sunday and Monday. 1300 645 082. Miss Jay's Nails shares the lane. Hair is MAMAWEST. Nails are Miss Jay's.

Is there an Indian barber in West Footscray?

Delhicuts at 547A Barkly Street, 3012. Not the Truganina shop. Not a Paisley braid desk. Confirm the door. 3012 Barkly is a different walk from Paisley.

Do I need to book for braids?

Yes for long installs. Phone the desk. Five to six hours is normal for box and boho. Walk-ins are luck. Eat first. Bring photo references. Book daylight if you can.

Is Venus nails open on Sunday?

Footscray Market is closed Sunday and Monday. Confirm the stall on the door. Do not trust a widget that ignores the locked hall. Minh Huy on Nicholson is the street-desk fallback. Confirm Sunday.

Can I walk in for a kids cut?

Kultured Barbershop at 30 French Street is the African walk-in barber, kids and fades. That is not a six-hour braid install. Do not take a toddler to Medra-Genet without a plan.

The chair

Hair, nails and barbers in Footscray

Pick the chair that already knows your hair. Book the hours. Confirm the suburb.

The west does its hair on the same streets as the food. African braids sit on Paisley (Salon Africa), Nicholson (Roha at 95, Medra-Genet at 117) and Barkly (Afriqoz at Shop 4/154). African Haircare at 208 Nicholson is vacated: that door is now 100 Story Building. Kultured is the French Street African barber. Vietnamese hair and nails are Minh Huy at 77A Nicholson. The high-review men's barber is Studio Zero at G1A/4 Joseph Road, not Essendon. Colour is MAMAWEST at 8 Thread Lane, West Footscray 3012, not 188 Ballarat Road. Closed Sunday and Monday. Nails split: Miss Jay's on Thread Lane, Venus stall 91 at the market, Voila at 237 Barkly, Truly You at 581 Barkly in 3012. Book long braids. Eat first.

Updated 2026-09-20

Where do I go for African braids or textured hair in Footscray?

Live braid desks, four streets, and the mix-up is walking into the wrong Nicholson number. Salon Africa is 20-20A Paisley, phone (03) 9396 0006, book by phone. Roha Beauty Salon is 95 Nicholson, 0435 935 349, wigs and silk press as well as braids. Medra-Genet Boutique is 117 Nicholson, 0401 429 731, long box and boho braids, often 5-6 hours. African Haircare at 208 Nicholson is vacated. 206-208 is now 100 Story Building. Do not mash 95 with 117 with 208. Do not book 208.

Afriqoz is Shop 4/154 Barkly, 0423 558 499, the braid search on the lit spine. FindMe closes Sunday and Monday; Bookwell still prints those days open. Cite both. Call before a long install. Kultured Barbershop is 30 French Street, walk-ins, kids and fades, not a six-hour install. Book long styles. Walk-ins are luck, not a promise. Eat first. You will be in the chair a long time. Bring references as photos, not vibes. Do not mash Paisley with Nicholson. After a late braid, walk Barkly or Hopkins home, not a Paisley shortcut at 9pm. Book daylight if you can.

Where is Vietnamese hair and nails?

Minh Huy Hair and Beauty is 77A Nicholson Street. Vietnamese and English. Bookwell prints seven days 9am-6pm, phone bookings, (03) 9689 6188. Older cards skip Sunday. Cite both. Confirm glass. This is one desk, not a dump of every nearby nail bar. Nicholson can do Vietnamese hair and Vietnamese groceries in one trip if you planned the bag. Green Valley and Phuoc Thinh sit on the same strip. Sequence it. Do not eat tomato sauce in a fresh silk press.

Market nails are Venus Nail and Beauty Spa, stall 91 at 81 Hopkins, (03) 9077 0454. Footscray Market is closed Sunday and Monday. Confirm any Sunday widget on the door. A Maps hour that ignores the locked hall is how people waste a trip. Market nails plus market lunch only works on a market day. Sunday still fails that combo.

Where is a barber with reviews, and where is colour?

Studio Zero Footscray is G1A/4 Joseph Road, the river precinct, same street as Heavenly Queen Temple. Official site lists Footscray and Essendon. This directory lists the Joseph Road door only. Do not send a Joseph Road search to Essendon. Sonder Studios is 38 Leeds: tattoo, barber and coffee in one room. Book the service you actually want. A tattoo consult is not a fade.

Delhicuts is 547A Barkly, West Footscray 3012. Indian barber and salon, not a Paisley braid desk, not a city fade factory. Closed Tuesday, 10am-7pm other days. The Truganina shop is a different suburb. MAMAWEST is 8 Thread Lane 3012, AHIA Victorian Salon of the Year, colour and unisex cuts, 1300 645 082. Closed Sunday and Monday. Tuesday to Thursday to 9pm, Saturday to 3pm on FindMe. Miss Jay's Nails shares that lane. Hair is MAMAWEST. Nails are Miss Jay's. 188 Ballarat Road is not MAMAWEST. Colour is a booking, not a Saturday surprise.

Where do I go for nails if I am not at the market?

Miss Jay's Nails is 8 Thread Lane, West Footscray 3012, closed Sunday. Voila Nail Salon is 237 Barkly in 3011, a few doors from Ras Dashen, not stall 91, walk-in, 0452 267 789. Truly You Beauty Nail n Hair is 581 Barkly, West Footscray 3012. Confirm that shopfront: company records collided in 2025.

Do not treat a maps near Footscray pin as a 3011 door. Afriqoz is still 3011 Barkly even when people say they are going west for braids. Read the number. A Barkly search is not a postcode. The comparison guide is the suburb split. This page is the chair split.

How do I book, and how long will braids take?

Phone. Many of these chairs do not live on a pretty app. Medra-Genet long box and boho braids often run 5-6 hours. Eat. Bring references as photos, not vibes. Kids cuts at Kultured are a walk-in job, not a six-hour install. Colour at MAMAWEST is a booking, not a Saturday surprise. If you needed a language at the chair, say so when you call. Minh Huy lists Vietnamese and English. Delhicuts is the Indian salon job on 3012 Barkly.

Do not assume every African hair desk speaks the same languages. Ask. Do not bring a toddler to a six-hour install without a plan. Do not ask a lawyer page for a braid booking. Hair is Beauty, not Services. The professional services guide is Leeds suites. This page is the chair.

Which postcode is the chair in?

3011: Paisley, Nicholson, Barkly east, Joseph Road, Leeds, market stall 91. 3012: Thread Lane, Delhicuts, Truly You. Afriqoz is still 3011 Barkly. Read the number. Night walking after a late braid is still Barkly or Hopkins, not a Paisley shortcut at 9pm. The safety guide is that map. Book daylight if you can.

Joseph Road barbers sit near the temple and river apartments. Calmer than the plaza. Still 3011. Still a walk you name on purpose after dark. Group up if the chair ran late. Headphones off. The trail is not a night shortcut with a fresh cut and a phone in your face.

What do people get wrong about Footscray hair desks?

They ask a lawyer page for a braid booking. Hair is Beauty, not Services. They walk into 208 Nicholson with a braid photo: that door is now 100 Story Building. They mash Roha at 95 with Medra-Genet at 117. They send a Joseph Road barber search to Essendon. They treat 188 Ballarat Road as MAMAWEST. They assume Venus trades Sunday because a widget said so. They mash Delhicuts with Paisley braids.

They also treat Highpoint as local. They bring a toddler to a six-hour install without a plan. Name the chair. Book the hours. Confirm the suburb. Eat first. Walk the lit spine home. That is the whole west-side chair skill.

Can I combine a chair with food on the same street?

Yes. Afriqoz sits on Barkly near food. Voila is near Ras Dashen. Joseph Road barbers sit near the temple and river bars. Do not eat tomato sauce in a fresh silk press. Sequence it. The food guides are the plates. This page is the chair. Nicholson can do Vietnamese hair and Vietnamese groceries in one trip if you planned the bag.

Market nails plus market lunch only works on a market day. Sunday still fails that combo. The market guide is the locked hall. Remember it. A braid that ends at 8pm is a Barkly walk, not a Paisley experiment. Book the chair. Then book the bowl. Not the other way around if the install is six hours.

Questions people ask next

Where can I get box braids in Footscray?: Paisley is Salon Africa. Nicholson is Roha at 95 and Medra-Genet at 117. 208 Nicholson is vacated, now 100 Story Building. Barkly is Afriqoz at Shop 4/154. Book long styles. Walk-ins are luck, not a promise. Eat first. Five to six hours is normal.
Where is the best barber in Footscray?: Studio Zero at G1A/4 Joseph Road is the high-review men's barber this directory lists. It is not the Essendon shop. Kultured at 30 French Street is the African walk-in barber. Delhicuts is 547A Barkly in 3012. Sonder on Leeds is a tattoo room with barbers, not a conventional salon.
Where do I get my nails done in Footscray?: Market: Venus stall 91 at 81 Hopkins, confirm Sunday. Barkly 3011: Voila at 237, 0452 267 789. Thread Lane 3012: Miss Jay's. West Footscray Barkly: Truly You at 581, confirm the door. Vietnamese hair plus nails: Minh Huy at 77A Nicholson.
Where is MAMAWEST?: 8 Thread Lane, West Footscray 3012. Not 188 Ballarat Road. Colour and unisex cuts. Closed Sunday and Monday. 1300 645 082. Miss Jay's Nails shares the lane. Hair is MAMAWEST. Nails are Miss Jay's.
Is there an Indian barber in West Footscray?: Delhicuts at 547A Barkly Street, 3012. Not the Truganina shop. Not a Paisley braid desk. Confirm the door. 3012 Barkly is a different walk from Paisley.
Do I need to book for braids?: Yes for long installs. Phone the desk. Five to six hours is normal for box and boho. Walk-ins are luck. Eat first. Bring photo references. Book daylight if you can.
Is Venus nails open on Sunday?: Footscray Market is closed Sunday and Monday. Confirm the stall on the door. Do not trust a widget that ignores the locked hall. Minh Huy on Nicholson is the street-desk fallback. Confirm Sunday.
Can I walk in for a kids cut?: Kultured Barbershop at 30 French Street is the African walk-in barber, kids and fades. That is not a six-hour braid install. Do not take a toddler to Medra-Genet without a plan.

Where do I go for African braids or textured hair in Footscray?

Where is Vietnamese hair and nails?

Where is a barber with reviews, and where is colour?

Where do I go for nails if I am not at the market?

How do I book, and how long will braids take?

Which postcode is the chair in?

What do people get wrong about Footscray hair desks?

Can I combine a chair with food on the same street?

Questions people ask next

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Places in this guide

Delhicuts

Salon Africa

African Haircare and Beauty

Medra-Genet Boutique Hair and Beauty Pro

Roha Beauty Salon

Afriqoz

Kultured Barbershop

Minh Huy Hair and Beauty

Studio Zero Footscray

Sonder Studios

MAMAWEST

Miss Jay's Nails

Venus Nail and Beauty Spa

Voila Nail Salon

Truly You Beauty Nail n Hair