Fenwick & Sons

Barbershop · Bridge Street, Paddington · Since 1954

A haircut should last six weeks, not six days.

Four chairs, no music you have to shout over, and the price list is on the wall. Cuts from $35.

Walk-ins welcome two chairs held all dayHours Tue–Fri 9am–6pm, Thu until 8pm, Sat 8am–4pm

Prices
Cuts from $35On the wall and here
Open today
Tue–Fri 9–6Thu to 8pm · Sat 8–4
Where
Bridge StreetPaddington, Brisbane
Walk-ins
Two chairs heldAll day, every day

Two ways in

Walk in, or book a chair.

Walk in

Two of the four chairs are held back for walk-ins, all day.

  • Quietest on Tuesday and Wednesday before lunch
  • No deposit, no booking fee

Book a chair

Pick your barber, your service and a time. Less waiting.

  • The hot towel shave goes fast: only two a day
  • Same price list for all four barbers

The price list

What’s on the wall is what you pay.

No tiers by barber, no surcharge on Saturdays, no booking fee. Cash and card both fine.

  • One list for all four barbers
  • Beards and kids’ cuts are on the full board

Price list

Fenwick & Sons · Bridge Street

  • Cut and finish30 min · consultation, wash, cut, finish$35
  • Cut and beard45 min · cut, beard shaped and lined$48
  • Hot towel shave40 min · cut-throat, two hot towels, balm$45

Beard shape-up on its own and kids’ cuts: see the full board.

The barbers

Four barbers, one price list.

Book by name if you have a preference. Every barber has done at least four years on the floor.

Ade, a barber with grey hair and crossed arms, in a charcoal apron against a brick wall

Ade

Owner & senior barber

Third generation. Scissor work and anything that needs thinking about. Tue–Sat.

Kieran, a smiling barber with a short beard, in an apron against a brick wall

Kieran

Fades & skin work

Tidy fades and skin work.

Marcus, a barber with a steady expression, in an apron against a brick wall

Marcus

Shaves

Does every hot towel shave, two a day.

Sam, a young smiling barber in an apron against a brick wall

Sam

Junior barber

Friendly with first haircuts.

Our promise

We will ask what you want, tell you honestly whether your hair will do it, and then do it.

Not sure what you want? Say so. Nobody is going to sell you anything.

The work

What a chair here turns out.

Photos from the shop.

A barber shaping a client’s beard with scissors and a comb

Beard work: scissors and a comb

Close detail of a skin fade haircut

Skin fade

A young barber giving a child a first haircut on a booster seat

First haircut

A hot towel resting over a client’s face before a shave

Hot towel

A barber finishing a scissor cut with a comb

Scissor cut

1954

Since 1954

Slow to change, on purpose.

The chairs are the originals. Almost everything else has been replaced at least once.

  1. 1954Fenwick & Sons opens on this stretch of Paddington.
  2. 31 yrsGrandfather cuts hair here. He took the lease on Bridge Street.
  3. 26 yrsHis son takes the chair after him.
  4. NowThird generation. Four chairs, two held for walk-ins.

The regulars

Some of them since the old shop.

“I asked for something different and was told, politely, that my hair would not do it, and here is what would.”

Ryan A., PaddingtonEvery five weeks

“Took my lad for his first cut. Booster board, a certificate and a lot of patience. He now asks to come.”

Tariq S., Red HillSaturday mornings

“The shave is worth booking for its own sake. Forty minutes, hot towels, a small holiday.”

Frank O., BardonBirthday every year

Visit

Walk in and take your chances, or book and take your time.

Free parking on the street after six and all day Saturday behind the library.

Opening hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday9am–6pm
Wednesday9am–6pm
Thursday9am–8pm
Friday9am–6pm
Saturday8am–4pm
SundayClosed
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