iHow the Experts Score is calculatedEach factor is scored 0–100 on absolute terms (standing in the category can only raise it), then weighted; problems flagged in review highlights or a recent slide in ratings are subtracted:Satisfaction 55%92+50.2Reliability 24%91+22.1Value 14%100+14.1Replies to reviews 7%63+4.5Craft & service penalty95−0.5Experts Score= 90Grade A: A = 80+, B = 60–79, C = 40–59, D = 20–39. Needs 10+ reviews.90SCORE
AGradeiLetter from the Experts Score: A = 80+, B = 60–79, C = 40–59, D = 20–39, F = under 20.
#39 of 101 hair salonsiPosition by Experts Score among all companies we track in this category. · better than 62%
4.9★★★★★930 Google reviews · 24 photos
96%five-star reviews
4.93★last 12 monthsiAverage stars on reviews from the last 12 months only.
1%1–2★ in 2 yearsiShare of 1–2★ reviews in the last 24 months — or the 20 newest reviews when the company had fewer than 20 in that time.
39%reviews answered by the owner
$66typical billiMedian bill customers of this company reported in their reviews (needs 3+ priced reviews).
Google reviewers rate Focus Salon and Spa 4.9 out of 5 based on 930 reviews, frequently praising the friendly, LGBTQ-owned environment and skilled stylists for haircuts, coloring, and waxing services. Customers often highlight attentive communication, educational styling tips, and the salon's welcoming atmosphere. However, some lower-rated reviews mention issues with pricing, difficulty reaching the business by phone to cancel appointments, and dissatisfaction with specific color or perm results that did not match client expectations.
Google rating: 4.9 out of 5 from 930 reviews (96% five-star).
Reviews on this page: 932 Google reviews (623 with written comments, 45 with photos).
Owner responses: the business replied to 39% of reviews.
Most recent review: October 23, 2026.
Service: Hair Salon serving Louisville, Kentucky.
Data from Google, last updated October 27, 2026.
Score profile vs other hair salons
Score per factor (100 = best)iEach factor is scored 0–100 on absolute terms (star average, share of 1–2★ reviews, price verdicts…); standing within the category can only raise it, never lower it.. Strongest: value and momentum; weakest: replies to reviews.
Focus Salon And SpaHair Salons median0 = centre, 100 = best
SatisfactioniSatisfaction · 54% of the scoreRecency-weighted star average (2-year half-life), shrunk toward the category mean by review volume; the company’s own lifetime average as the prior; absolute: 4.0★ = 0, 5★ = 100.Focus Salon And Spa: 92/100 on this factor. Category median: 88.A
92
ReliabilityiReliability · 24% of the scoreHow rarely jobs go badly: share of 1–2★ reviews — 60% the last 24 months (or the 20 newest if fewer), 40% all-time; 0% = 100, 15%+ = 0; the category percentile can only raise it.Focus Salon And Spa: 91/100 on this factor. Category median: 84.A
91
Craft & serviceiCraft & service · penalty only, up to −10 pointsGoogle review highlights: Quality, Professionalism, Responsiveness, Punctuality — how rarely reviewers flag them as a negative, per review since highlights began; 0% = 100, 5%+ = 0. Subtracted from the score (up to −10), never averaged in — clean highlights are the norm, not a bonus.Focus Salon And Spa: 95/100 on this factor. Category median: 98.A
95
ValueiValue · 14% of the scoreCustomers’ own price verdicts (Great / Reasonable vs Overpriced) and Value highlights; 65% absolute (all “reasonable” ≈ 80, “great” = 100), the category percentile can only raise it.Focus Salon And Spa: 100/100 on this factor. Category median: 97.A
100
MomentumiMomentum · penalty only, up to −10 pointsPenalises only a real slide: last-12-month average below lifetime (−0.5★ = 0). Still 4.8★+ over the last year, or steady/improving = 100. Subtracted from the score (up to −10), never averaged in.Focus Salon And Spa: 100/100 on this factor. Category median: 100.A
100
Replies to reviewsiReplies to reviews · 7% of the scoreHow often the owner publicly replies to reviews under 5★ (1–4★). Needs 3+ such reviews, otherwise not counted; 65% absolute (80%+ replied = 100), the category percentile can only raise it.Focus Salon And Spa: 63/100 on this factor. Category median: 47.B
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Star ratings
932 Google reviews we collected
4.9of 5
5 stars89396%
4 stars162%
3 stars81%
2 stars00%
1 star152%
Praise vs complaints
Phrases our text analysis found in 623 written reviews
96%praise
Praise56596%
Complaints214%
Price
What customers reported paying
$66+12% vs typical hair salons
Middle half of what 235 customers paid ($48–$102) · gold mark = category median.
Topic share
How often each topic comes up in the written reviews
7topics
Staff & attitude23039%
Quality & results15526%
Would recommend9416%
Communication478%
Honesty & trust224%
Speed & response214%
Price & value173%
What customers talk about
We read 623 written reviews and marked every phrase about these topics. The same colors are highlighted in the reviews.
“LGBTQ Owned, operated, and friendly - If you're part of the rainbow, COME HERE.”
“Very unprofessional!”
“Abby continues to do a great job doing my brows and lip wax.”
“…her just below shoulder-length hair (now 2-inches shorter)and looks horrible but the top looks good with blond-ish streaks.…”
“Kit was incredible, they’re so attentive and professional in every way, couldn’t recommend this place enough!”
“…I can save someone time and money please please go somewhere else I would not recommend this salon to anyone!…”
“My stylist Tommie gave me great feedback and listened to the ideas I had for my cut.”
“I tried to cancel my appointment by calling and texting and they did not answer and charged me 40 dollars anyways for missing my appointment.”
“I would trust her with any needed service and am extremely satisfied.”
“Tommie did a great job, they were very attentive to what I asked for and was quick to make adjustments.”
“…2 inches of natural gray so well with high and low lights at a very fair price.…”
“The low rating is because they recently increased their prices and it's not worth it for just a haircut.”
People customers mention
Alicia35 reviews
Topher27 reviews
Kim24 reviews
Kit15 reviews
Ethel15 reviews
Mara13 reviews
praise complaint · found by our text analysis, Google review wording unchanged.
Reviews for your job
Customers hired Focus Salon And Spa for 8 kinds of job. Pick one to see what they paid and said.
ValerieLocal Guide · 28 reviewsiTotal number of Google reviews this person has written across all businesses on Google Maps (not just this one). More reviews usually means a more experienced, trustworthy reviewer. · 5 days ago★★★★★
I love my new cut! My stylist Tommie gave me great feedback and listened to the ideas I had for my cut. I’m really happy with my new hairstyle. I wish I’d come in sooner.
Paid $40–60HaircutHairstylingCurly hair
Elaine7 reviewsiTotal number of Google reviews this person has written across all businesses on Google Maps (not just this one). More reviews usually means a more experienced, trustworthy reviewer. · Edited 6 days ago★★★★★
Great experience! Kim, the stylist, recommended by a friend who has been a client of his for 30 years. Took the time to find the right color for a root touchup and taught me how to blow dry my hair for styling following the shampoo and hair cut.
Paid $40–60HairstylingHair coloring
Jerrod1 reviewiTotal number of Google reviews this person has written across all businesses on Google Maps (not just this one). More reviews usually means a more experienced, trustworthy reviewer. · Edited 6 days ago★★★★★
Salon is a beautiful, fun, queer friendly place! Topher took a mess of hair and made it look fresh again! I appreciated the way he spent time explaining the dos and don’ts. Fabulous experience. Can’t wait for my next appointment!
Paid $200+Shampoo & conditioningHaircutCurly hair
Jessica5 reviewsiTotal number of Google reviews this person has written across all businesses on Google Maps (not just this one). More reviews usually means a more experienced, trustworthy reviewer. · Edited a week ago★★★★★
Always a lovely greeting and such a sweet staff. Everyone comes out looking and feeling like a million bucks!
MaryLocal Guide · 18 reviewsiTotal number of Google reviews this person has written across all businesses on Google Maps (not just this one). More reviews usually means a more experienced, trustworthy reviewer. · Edited a week ago★★★★★
Abby continues to do a great job doing my brows and lip wax. I would trust her with any needed service and am extremely satisfied. Best esthetician I have been to! Support staff are also great and salon is pleasant and stylish!
Paid $60–80WaxingService not listed
crystalLocal Guide · 29 reviewsiTotal number of Google reviews this person has written across all businesses on Google Maps (not just this one). More reviews usually means a more experienced, trustworthy reviewer. · 3 weeks ago★★★★★
Everyone is so friendly and personable. I personally have had my haircut by Tommie and recently Alicia. Both do amazing jobs! My 13 year old recently had his hair cut by Kit. He liked the cut and Kit's personality. He very much enjoyed his first salon/ spa experience with Focus!
I love my new cut! My stylist Tommie gave me great feedback and listened to the ideas I had for my cut. I’m really happy with my new hairstyle. I wish I’d come in sooner.
Price: $40–60
Services: Haircut, Hairstyling, Curly hair
Atmosphere: Relaxing, Modern
Maintenance: Well-kept
Robert Bright1 reviewiTotal number of Google reviews Robert has written across all businesses on Google Maps, not just this one.
Great experience! Kim, the stylist, recommended by a friend who has been a client of his for 30 years. Took the time to find the right color for a root touchup and taught me how to blow dry my hair for styling following the shampoo and hair cut.
Price: $40–60
Services: Hairstyling, Hair coloring
Atmosphere: Relaxing, Energetic
Maintenance: Pristine
Jerrod Kraft1 reviewiTotal number of Google reviews Jerrod has written across all businesses on Google Maps, not just this one.
Salon is a beautiful, fun, queer friendly place! Topher took a mess of hair and made it look fresh again! I appreciated the way he spent time explaining the dos and don’ts. Fabulous experience. Can’t wait for my next appointment!
Abby continues to do a great job doing my brows and lip wax. I would trust her with any needed service and am extremely satisfied. Best esthetician I have been to! Support staff are also great and salon is pleasant and stylish!
Price: $60–80
Services: Waxing, Service not listed
GoogleFillerInformation1 reviewiTotal number of Google reviews GoogleFillerInformation has written across all businesses on Google Maps, not just this one.
LGBTQ Owned, operated, and friendly - If you're part of the rainbow, COME HERE.
06OCT2026 - Total cost (plus tip of 25%) - $118
(WAXING, STYLIST: ABBY)
Abby was the first to see us into the back of the facility, in which they have a private nook with a door so as to perform various styles of waxing without any forms of privacy violations. Abby took their time with us, was very conversational and warm, willing to listen to us babble and we loved how absolutely PAINLESS the process was with them.
Outside of a very minor twinge here and there, they rapidly performed wax work on our eyebrows using much different wax and technique than that of the bigger chain locations, meaning that the usual redness and irritation was effectively nonexistent.
Abby made us feel super welcome and we will 100% be returning for her services at a future time.
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(HAIR, STYLIST: KIM)
We went in with hair that has, according to KIM, a lot of us doing things right, but has been without a cut or touch for nearly 2 years. With some selective tips for our hair type and desires, it came out looking absolutely WILD with curls.
Before performing a wash-down, Kim did a layering method on a "dry cut" to take the weight out of the curls and get rid of any splits or damage with minimal loss of length to the hair to properly shape it.
It needed a good detox treatment (stripping of sediment from chemicals and various exposures) and suddenly the shine and softness was back to its best luster in a long time!
After the detox treatment, conditioner and product were applied to our absolutely dripping wet hair, and while it was, Kim advised us to do a series of things we'd been doing already but in a different pattern, with some minor alterations to application and processes.
Post-wash, there came some more shaping and cutting, very little was needed just to get things to bounce a bit more. Then a blow-drying process that flipped the script on our usual routine that ended up making our hair glow and bounce in ways it hasn't in YEARS.
Kim is very kind and considerate, listened to our methods and research, pointed us in a few other directions and shifted some methods timing, giving us a more bespoke treatment with our hair than we've had with *any* other stylist in our 20+ years getting our hair done.
There was no upsell, no demands to use a specific product, just showing what their products do, sending us home with some free samples, and no forced expectations.
We don't normally do reviews, more often because places that perform the bare minimum expect to be showered in praise for doing what is expected in their line of work, this place is absolutely on a very short list of places that goes above and beyond to make sure their clients are satisfied, comfortable, and supported in their goals.
We are already scheduled for seeing both Abby and Kim again in short order, and this is our new permanent salon.
Price: $80–100
Services: Haircut, Waxing
Atmosphere: Relaxing
Maintenance: Pristine
Claudia Fitch4 reviewsiTotal number of Google reviews Claudia has written across all businesses on Google Maps, not just this one.
Everyone is so friendly and personable. I personally have had my haircut by Tommie and recently Alicia. Both do amazing jobs! My 13 year old recently had his hair cut by Kit. He liked the cut and Kit's personality. He very much enjoyed his first salon/ spa experience with Focus!