Chop Shop Roslyn is a neighbourhood barbershop on Tremaine Avenue in Roslyn, Palmerston North, with barbers Sinead O'Connell and Matt Paul running the chairs. The service list covers the whole family: regular cuts, zero/razor/skin fades and tapers, fifteen-minute buzz cuts, beard trims, mullets and dedicated kids' cuts — including the ever-popular design cuts featuring stars, spiderwebs and superheroes.
Reviews on the shop's booking page give it a 5.0 rating, with customers calling out the laid-back atmosphere, good conversation and a barber who could handle a two-year-old's haircut — and have the little bloke loving it. It reads as the kind of place where the cut is sharp and nobody takes themselves too seriously.
Hours run late Tuesday to Friday (9am–8pm), with a short Saturday morning session (8:30–11am); the shop is closed Sundays and Mondays. Appointments are booked online, and the one house rule is simple: cancel your cut if you can't make it.
On Tremaine Avenue in Roslyn, Palmerston North, Chop Shop Roslyn does exactly what a good neighbourhood barbershop should: it turns out clean, sharp haircuts without any fuss. Barbers Sinead O'Connell and Matt Paul run the chairs, and the service board reads like a short love letter to classic barbering — regular cuts, skin fades, buzz cuts, beard work and, for the committed, a mullet.
The shop holds a 5.0 rating from the reviews on its booking page, and the reasons shine through in what customers write: “laid back atmosphere, good prices and good conversation,” one parent reported after taking a two-year-old in, noting that the barber knew how to cut “even a 2 year old” — and that the little bloke loved it. Technical skill plus an easy welcome is the whole pitch, and by all accounts it lands.
Rather than a long list of near-identical options, the services here are specific and honest. The regular cut is the old faithful: short back and sides with a trim or style on top, done in about twenty minutes. The fade is the choice for anyone who wants it tight — zero, razor, skin fade or taper, with or without some taken off the top — and it always includes a trim or style up top. Minimalists can book the number one or two all over: a fifteen-minute buzz cut, no small talk required (though it will probably happen anyway).
Beards are covered too. A standalone beard trim takes around twenty minutes, and the combos are where the shop shows its practical streak: a regular cut and beard trim in one forty-minute appointment, or the full works — fade and beard work across fifty minutes — for anyone who'd rather sort everything in a single visit. There's even a dedicated mullet slot for those making a statement.
Chop Shop Roslyn is notably family-friendly. Basic kids' cuts keep things quick and calm for the little guys, kids' fades step the sharpness up a notch, and the kids' cut with design is where the fun lives — stars, spiderwebs and superheroes are what most boys ask for, with the shop candid that some designs simply take longer than others.
High school students get their own options: a straightforward number-on-the-sides, trim-on-top cut, plus a fade or taper for those after something sharper. Gold card holders have their own twenty-minute gold card cut, a nod to the regulars who've been wearing short backs and sides since long before fades had names.
Appointments are booked online through the shop's booking page, where you can also reschedule or cancel from your phone. The policy is stated plainly on the page: “We respect your time so PLEASE respect ours, always cancel your cut if you can't make it anymore.” Fair enough — a no-show costs a barber a slot someone else wanted.
Hours run Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 8pm, which makes after-work cuts genuinely easy, while Saturdays are a short morning session from 8:30 to 11am for early birds. Sundays and Mondays the shop is closed.
Everything about Chop Shop Roslyn — the short, specific service list, the plain-spoken booking policy, the reviews praising good conversation as much as good cuts — suggests a shop that trades on straightforwardness. You book a slot, you show up (or you cancel), you get a proper cut, and you leave having probably laughed at least once.
Whether you're after a skin fade, a toddler's first real haircut, a beard clean-up or a mullet with intent, the menu is tight, the barbers are experienced and nobody will oversell you. For anyone in Roslyn or the wider Palmerston North area, it's the local answer to “I need a haircut and I don't want a production about it.”