Premium Barbers is a barbershop on level two of Wheelock Place at 501 Orchard Road, in the heart of Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district, holding a 4.4 Google rating and an Instagram page as its main online presence.
A barber is judged less on the first cut than the second, when it becomes clear whether they remembered how your hair actually behaves — the cowlick at the crown, how quickly the sides lose their shape. Clipper work is the real test of skill: a clean taper or fade depends on steady blending, and a barber who asks how you wear your hair between visits is worth returning to. Regulars tend to stick with one barber rather than the shop itself, and to time their visits around the lunchtime and weekend rush that hits any barbershop in a busy shopping district.
For shoppers and office workers along Orchard Road, Premium Barbers is a handy stop for a proper cut, directly above Orchard MRT station.