Drybar - River North

Car worked absolute magic on my hair! I came in with a couple of inspo pictures for my updo and she did even better than I could’ve hoped and was really personable, too :) The updo looked this good AFTER a full night of dancing at a wedding!

I’m close to tears, honestly. I have an important event here in Chicago on Monday, and went in for a blow dry today, after having my hair cut and colored (and styled straight) in my hometown on Thursday. Last photo shows my hair on Saturday night. I literally asked for the same look at the DryBar on Sunday morning, just fresh. Explained that my hair is naturally wavy/curly but I need it straight and smooth for an outdoor event, and that usually a salon style lasts me a few days. Paid extra for “liquid glass”. I got a blow dry close to what I could have done myself, and by 4 PM it was just gone. My hair is a mess, my event is early enough tomorrow that I won’t even have time to wash and dry into my natural style. And it was over $70… I hate to sound like a Karen here, but I just don’t have money to throw away on stuff like this and only did it for the event. If you have thick, wavy or curly hair — this may not be the pace to style it.

This Drybar location is great. I always make it a point to visit when I am in Chicago. Their stylists do a great job with the wash, the dry, and the styling. All stylists are great, but a special shout-out to Betsy is deserved as she works wonders with my hair. The owner, Joy, is also fabulous. She went out of her way to help me with a barfly membership issue. Can’t recommend this location enough!

Shoutout to this location and its wonderful staff. I was lucky enough to get paired with the manager, Kay, and she gave me a BANGING blowout!! The place was clean, professional, and just a generally great atmosphere. Recommend to anyone looking for a killer blowout and great girl talk! Thanks again, Kay! (Also, add the scalp massage you won’t regret it)

I’ve had many great experiences at other Drybar locations but this one was the absolute worst due to the rudeness of the front desk staff member. We were 12 min late to our 9:30am appointment and were told that we need to have a dry style because we were more than 10 min late (I checked my confirmation emails and this policy is not listed there). I asked to speak to a manager and was told to wait to speak to them. At 10am, I was finally seen by the stylist who told me the manager isn’t even there. After all that, we still had to wait 30+ minutes for our appointment because no one was available. From 10am to 10:13am, the same stylist did 2 of our dry styles. For $35, that was not worth it. What a bad experience.