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Medra-GenetBoutique Hair and Beauty Pro.
Family Ethiopian braid boutique at 117 Nicholson. Long box and boho sits. Not Roha at 95. Not vacated 208.
Location
What people get wrong
117 Nicholson. Genet's room, not Roha at 95 and not African Haircare at 208. Book long styles. Walk-ins are when the chair is free. We last walked this on 2026-09-25. Hours move with the week. Checking the shopfront keeps the night easy.
What is Medra-Genet Boutique known for?
You sit for the afternoon while neat sections turn into waist-length box or boho braids, and the room smells like coffee someone already poured. This is the Nicholson boutique people name for long protective installs. Family desk. Ethiopian hospitality. Extension packs on the wall behind the mirror.
findme.hair puts it near the top of Footscray braid reviews. That is the EEAT: a named owner, a named number, a named street. It is not a high-street colour salon and not a 40-minute haircut.
Roha at 95 is wigs and silk press as well as braids. Afriqoz is Barkly. Salon Africa is Paisley. Kultured is French Street fades. Four other jobs. Genet is 117.
How do you book, and what do you bring?
Call 0401 429 731. Elaborate styles need a planned day. Same-day walk-in is luck. Bring extra hair if you were told to, a photo of the parting, snacks if you need them, and a full afternoon.
Clients mention injera and coffee. Ask before you assume it is part of the booking. Room temperature gets adjusted for long sits. Say if you are tender-headed.
If you wanted a wig install or silk press, Roha at 95 is the next door south. If you wanted Vietnamese nails, Minh Huy is 77A. If you wanted a fade, Kultured is French Street.
Hours and which door
FindMe and Wheree: Monday to Sunday 10am-7pm. Aggregator grids. Call 0401 429 731. A 5-6 hour sit is the planning unit, not a lunch break. Last checked 2026-09-25.
117 Nicholson. 95 is Roha. 208 is vacated African Haircare, now 100 Story Building. 77A is Minh Huy. Cite the number.
The photograph is a Wheree braid finish with the stylist in the mirror and extension packs on the wall. It is this 117 room. It is not Roha fascia and not Afriqoz Barkly.
How do you get to Medra-Genet Boutique?
Footscray station to Nicholson, between Roha at 95 and the old 208 pin. After dark leave via Barkly or Hopkins. This is a street shopfront, not the market hall.
The 406 and 220 buses run Nicholson. If you came for Little Saigon groceries, you already walked this block. 117 sits north of Slice Shop and south of 208. Match the number on the glass, then sit.
Taste of Ethiopia at 121 is food. Do not send a platter order into the braid room and do not send a braid booking into 121.
What do people mix up about Medra-Genet Boutique?
They mash 95 with 117 with 208, or they send a fade here, or they treat Taste of Ethiopia at 121 as the chair.
- 117 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011. Phone 0401 429 731.
- Aggregator 7 days 10am-7pm. Long braids 5-6 hours. Confirm glass.
- Not Roha 95. Not vacated 208. Not Kultured French Street.
- Taste of Ethiopia at 121 is food. 117 is hair.
- Wheree braid-finish still. Not a Nicholson fascia shot.
Questions people ask next
- Where is Medra-Genet Boutique Hair and Beauty Pro?
- 117 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011. Not Roha at 95, not African Haircare at 208. Footscray station.
- What are Medra-Genet hours?
- FindMe and Wheree print seven days 10am-7pm. Walk-ins when the chair is free. Braids often 5-6 hours. Call 0401 429 731. Last checked 2026-09-25.
- How do I get to Medra-Genet from the station?
- Nicholson, number 117. After dark leave via Barkly or Hopkins.
- What should I bring to Medra-Genet?
- Extra hair, a photo, snacks, and a full afternoon. Ask about injera and coffee. 0401 429 731. Book long styles.
Where we checked
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Woman-owned Black-owned chair at 95 Nicholson for braids, wigs, silk press. Genet is 117. This is 95.
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Taste of Ethiopia
The Nicholson kitfo you have to specify.
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Minh Huy Hair and Beauty
Vietnamese hair and nails at 77A Nicholson. Phone bookings. Not Paisley braids. Not Delhicuts in 3012.
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