LA Barbershop at Lot One is a men's grooming concept store by the renowned Japanese Komars Group, and one of the first brands in town to offer an exclusive grooming experience for men — from shaving to haircuts, massage and ear-cleaning services. Its tagline sums up the approach: it's not just a haircut, it's an experience.
The shop is built around a sense of nostalgia — the idea of a barbershop where men gather to talk about everything from business to sports to current affairs while professional barbers take care of the grooming. The menu reflects that: premium and precision haircuts complete with hot towels, scalp massages and styling; straight-razor face and full beard shaves; twenty-minute head and face massages; and the old-fashioned pleasure of a proper ear cleaning.
This branch sits at #03-03 of Lot One in Choa Chu Kang, opening from 11:00am on weekdays and an hour earlier at 10:00am on weekends and public holidays. Kid's dry cuts and women's haircuts are on the menu here too, alongside timed packages for those who want the full ritual in one sitting.
LA Barbershop's tagline is a promise: it's not a haircut, it's an experience. At the Lot One outlet — #03-03 on the third level of the Choa Chu Kang shopping centre — that promise plays out in hot towels, straight razors, scalp massages and the kind of unhurried, old-school barbering that has become rare inside Singapore's malls.
LA Barbershop is a concept store by the renowned Japanese Komars Group, and it was among the first few brands in town to offer an exclusively male grooming experience. The founders set out to evoke a sense of nostalgia — the barbershop as a men's club of sorts, a place to gather and talk about everything from business to sports to current affairs while professional barbers take care of the grooming. It's a deliberate throwback, and the service menu is built around it.
Hair is the core of the menu. Men with shorter hair book the Premium Haircut, those with medium lengths the Precision Haircut, and both come wrapped in the same ritual: razor line clean-up, shampoo, hot towel, scalp massage, a quick shoulder massage and finishing styling. There's also a simple head wash and style, a full head shave, women's haircuts, and a kid's dry cut — this Lot One branch is one of the selected outlets that offers it, which makes it a practical stop for fathers and sons.
Then come the services many barbershops have quietly dropped. Face shaves layer a hot towel, shaving soap lather and a straight razor pass before a splash of aftershave and a cold towel. The Full Beard Shave adds pre-shave oil or cream and a face massage; the Beard Trim + Shave pairs precision clipper work with a razor-clean finish. Ear cleaning — careful attention to the ear flaps and outer canals, finished with an ear massage — is the nostalgic extra that regulars come back for.
Twenty-minute face and head massages round things out, the latter combining acupressure with scalp and shoulder work, and a fresh scalp shower can be added on to any visit.
For the complete experience, timed packages bundle the highlights into one sitting. The Whole Deal runs 90 minutes and pairs a premium haircut and scalp recharge treatment with a full beard shave and ear cleaning. The Works (75 minutes) combines haircut, scalp recharge and beard trim + shave. The Classic (45 minutes) is the quick haircut-plus-scalp-recharge double, while The Experience adds a face massage and fresh scalp shower and The Basic adds ear cleaning and the scalp shower alongside the cut.
Nostalgia is the theme throughout. This is conceived as a gathering spot — somewhere conversation drifts from business to sports to current affairs between the hot towels and the razor work. The brand proudly features its customer reviews, and it leans on word of mouth from men who return as much for the ritual as for the result.
The Lot One shop sits on level 3 of the mall at 21 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4. It opens at 11:00am from Monday to Friday and an hour earlier — 10:00am — on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, closing at 9:00pm daily. Appointments are made through LA Barbershop's Facebook page, and the outlet can be reached directly on +65 6235 3400. Walk in for a quick trim or settle in for the full ritual; either way, the idea is the same — leave looking sharper than when you arrived.