LeeKaJa Korean Hair & Beauty Salon @ Mandarin Gallery

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Overview

Are you a fan of Korean dramas and everything Korean? If so, rejoice!

One of Korea's biggest and most well-known salon chains frequented by Korean top celebrities such as Big Bang, Lee Seung Ki, Wonder Girls, 2NE1, Song Hye Kyo and even international artistes is now in Singapore

Those who visit Lee Ka Ja for the first time would definitely remember how welcoming the salon felt. Other than its warm lighting, vintage sofas for its guests and dedicated beverage bar that reminds us more of a cafe, the service is impeccable!

Within seconds of your arrival, there will be someone attending to you, offering you wine, smoothies or coffee while the salon manager comes over for a quick consultation.

They also use Bodum cups for some of their beverages, which helps keep the drink at the optimum temperature for a longer period of time. We love the detail!

Although the salon manager is Korean, her English is very fluent, making the experience a seamless one.

As much as we love the service here, the hairstylists here are to us the biggest attraction! Here, you can choose between Korean hairstylists or local hairstylists. All of them are very good in their work so it really depends on the service you're looking for! Walk in is however not advisable for both the Korean senior stylist Ted and local senior stylist Jerry. Both tend to have appointment books full throughout the day with Ted's appointment book full 1-2 weeks before! 

If you meet them in person, you'll understand why! Ted, for example, look totally like a Korean heartthrob celebrity. We definitely felt our hearts fluttering when he turns to us with a smile during the consultation! We hear that he is great in haircuts, perms and volume rebonding so customers keep coming back for both the hair and the eye candy :)

Jerry, on the other hand, is extremely skillful across hair services like colours, cuts and perms.

As popular as the above two male hairstylists are, we hear that local stylist Von Seah has also gotten a lot of GREAT reviews from customers (some of whom are Agent G's friends!). Her amazing haircutting skill and attentive service has impressed most customers who go to her - not a surprise since she was previously an educator and is great with sculpted haircuts and colours that stand out aesthetically!

If you find it hard to book your appointments ahead of time, we would highly recommend you to give Korean Director Stylist Jun Park, Korean Stylist Jenny, Korean Stylist Hyun Jin or Brazilian Stylist Alex. 

Surprisingly, prices here are also not very expensive with haircuts starting from $60 for ladies, hair colours at $120 and perms at $240. With skilled hairstylists, fabulous service, beautiful decor and reasonable prices, what more can we ask for?

0 to 12 yrs 50% 13 to 18 yrs 30% Senior Director Jenny & Rina 120 for men and women Senior Director Ted 150 for men and women

Loves

  • Most Well Known Korean Hair Salon Internationally with 190 Hair Salons in Korea, US, China and now Singapore
  • This is the hair salon frequented by top Korean celebrities such as Big Bang, 2NE1, Wonder Girls, Park Jin Young, Epic High, Lee-Hi
  • Heartthrob Korean Hairstylist Ted is SUPER GOOD-LOOKING.
  • Both Korean hairstylists and local hairstylists are available here!
  • Local Stylists Jerry and Von have gotten a lot of great reviews from customers!
  • The salon managers here are fluent in both English and Korean and therefore act as very competent translators!
  • All Hairstylists here are extremely skillful at their work!
  • You can also get your nails done by friendly nail artists here at the same time!
  • Impeccable service!
  • We LOVE the spacious, cafe-style decor overlooking busy Orchard
  • LOVE LOVE LOVE the complimentary bar offered by the salon. There is actually a professional barrister preparing beverages for you. TIP: She actually prepared homemade dried pineapples and bananas herself and it is DELICIOUS
  • Offers complimentary wine
  • Convenient to get to

Not-So-Happy-With

  • Prices not the cheapest in Singapore (although its really not expensive for the service, skill and ambience!)
  • One stylist may attend to a few customers at a time.
  • Additional $20 if you request for Director Stylists for Perm and Rebonding

What Other People Say

Loving It
833
Happy
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So-so
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Discontented
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Disappointed
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CC

November 11, 2023

Treatment

It's okay

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Jaycee

October 23, 2022

Haircut & cinderella treatment

Review for Sam Chan

It was a very nice experience. I enjoyed the consultation before where Sam understood what I was looking for and helped me choose the right treatment for my hair. (Review not yet verified)

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Amy

July 26, 2022

Fantastic perm

Director Jun did a great job and I love the perm which is exactly the same as that in the pic I showed him. Very happy with the result. Thank you. (Review not yet verified)

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Pseudonym

April 27, 2022

Disappointing haircut and experience

Review for Olivia

I’m not one to leave reviews but was so let down by my experience with Olivia that I had to. The haircut was disappointing and it felt like the shoddiness was covered up by “styling”. What especially irked me was the way everything was rushed - haircut was done in a jiffy, and she all but shooed me away as soon as she was done. There was no opportunity for me to request further tweaks because it was like she was in a hurry to get somewhere else (she kept tapping away at her phone). I was also deeply uncomfortable by how she back-talked her customers to other clients. Overall, this was an incredibly disappointing experience. I’d cancelled an appointment with another hair salon to try the much-raved service at LKJ, but leave deeply regretful. Won’t be coming back again. Perhaps clients who’ve had their haircuts with other hairstylists had a more positive experience… (Review not yet verified)

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Dissatisfied

November 10, 2021

What?!!!!

Review for Jenny Kang

I booked a free consultation in order to see if I liked the recommendation of the stylist so I can decide whether to book a haircut & colour appt. I was assigned Jenny. This was what happened: Me: Hi Jenny: yes how can I help you? Me: I wish to have a haircut n colour n wish to hear your recommendation on what looks nice on me. My face shape is quite round at the bottom so I need a style to make me look pretty. Jenny: your hair is flat on top, u need a root perm. Me: I don’t wish to get a root perm, is there another way to cut my hair to flatter my face shape? Jenny(shakes her head): No At this point, her eyes kept darting to whatever that was behind me, which she found more interesting than talking to me. Me, since she made no effort to touch my hair, decided to show her some pictures of what I wanted: I do not wish to bleach my hair, can u recommend me how to colour my hair to have a nice effect to flatter my face shape? Jenny (shakes her head) : no, no bleach, cannot. Me: can u show me some pictures of the hair you have done for others? Jenny: no pictures, your face is different from others, everyone’s face is different, I don’t have pictures. Me:!!!????? All these while, her eyes was looking at whatever that was behind me, n her attitude towards me was as if I came to take advantage of the free consultation, instead of making effort to give me some advice n inspiring confidence in the salon, I had the impression that I was wasting her time n she was not interested in helping me find a style that suits me. Obviously, I did not book an appt for her to do my hair. Lee Ka Ja salon, u should be sorry for treating a potential customer this way. Everyone, do yrself a favour n don’t spend your money on this salon which doesn’t treat its potential customers sincerely. For that matter, another salon Walking on Sunshine, also under the same boss, also treats its customers shabbily. It is obvious customers are not first, $$$ is. Pls see my review for Walking on Sunshine at Orchard Central.

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A

September 25, 2021

Bleaching & Color

Carmen is really nice and thoughtful. She listened to my requests and tried her best to achieve the color that I want while still maintaining the integrity of my hair as best as possible. She made sure I understand the risk and gave good recommendations. She would constantly check on the color during processing and make sure that I didn't feel any discomfort. The color came out great! Totally recommended. (Review not yet verified)

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Van

August 18, 2021

Colour

Brilliant tips and techniques by Carmen. Loved the results....!!! (Review not yet verified)

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xin yun

August 06, 2021

amazing experience

got a haircut from Sean and he is a superb hair stylist. he also makes the entire experience comfortable by engaging his customers. you won’t regret leaving your hair in his hands! ..................................................................................................................................................(Review not yet verified)

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Sharon Foo

March 14, 2021

Lovely service by David

First time using David and he's FANtastic! Extremely meticulous and great with long hair. Will definitely use him again :)

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Georgina Chung

February 16, 2021

Great service

One stop end to end service from haircut, colour to manicure.

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Cynthia Lim

January 29, 2021

Exemplary service! Will be back!

Exemplary service at LKJ during my visit today. Though it’s a busy day at LKJ, customer service associates didn’t forget to serve drinks, check in our appointment and ensuring that safe distancing measures were in place. I had an appointment with Senior Director Caely through recommendation and she is indeed experienced, friendly, humble and produced what you asked for. Was happy with my coloured hair with highlight today. Caely’s team was helpful, especially Ms Nita who is friendly, bubbly and provide the best hair wash (ever) and head massage. I truly enjoyed my time today and 2 hours doesn’t seems too long. Will be back!

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JADE SERRADELL

January 21, 2021

So disapointed by value for money (rebonding treatment)

I went to Leekaja for Korean Straightening Perm 2 weeks ago, and am clearly disapointed by the quality and advices given by the salon. I got appointed to the new Korean director and had the manager as a translator. As soon as I arrived, they were surprised i took appoitment for KSP and said I cannot benefit from it since my hair is highlighted (which was not mentionned during the appointment) and were quite rude to insist there is no way i did it in Korea before (which i did 4 times before in Seoul). Staff was condescending and made me feel like I didn't know better. At the end, they recommanded i get a rebonding on top of my hair and cinderella treatment on the highlighted part, which cost me much more than orignally planned but I wanted to try since the Salon had such good reviews. If the result was here, i would not complain that much, but after 2 weeks, Cinderella treatment did give a smoother look, but the rebonding did not work on the root and hair is still curly (which was not the case when i did it in Seoul!). So at the end i paid $500+ for a much less qualitative result than i used to get for much less ! I regret listening to them, and would not recommend to go there at least for perm/ rebonding, way too expensive for the end quality.

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Dear Jade


Thank you for visiting us!
We are sorry to hear that the end result did not meet your expectations.

From what we understood from the stylist, straightening perm or rebonding was not recommended as the hair was rather damaged from previous bleaching. That’s we suggested a combination from rebonding at the roots and Cinderella treatment to improve your hair condition.  We are happy to hear that the Cinderella treatment worked well but we note that the results from the root rebonding was not ideal.
As customer satisfaction is of utmost importance to us, we hope to arrange a consultation and a second opinion with stylist Zophia, who has extensive experience dealing with Caucasian hair. We look forward to seeing you next week and finally delivering on your dream hairstyle.

Warm regards
Team Leekaja Beauty Salon

Feb 04, 2021
 

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Melodie

December 15, 2020

Cold attitude, bad haircut

I had my hair cut by Catherine, a director here. For an $80 haircut, I was certainly not expecting the whole session to be over in 30 mins, neither was I expecting to walk away unhappy. My wash and blow was done in 15 mins, my haircut took around 12 mins, and my hair styled for 3 mins. I showed Catherine a picture of what I might want my hair to be cut like, and she just said you can't achieve this without perming. Which is not true because the photo was from a haircutting video and the hair was just blowdried. She started cutting my hair, and I asked her if she needed to see my face to know how to best cut the hair. I could have shown her a photo of me. She said, "no need, this kind of hair will suit everyone's face". You can imagine the level of confidence I was having about getting a cut best suited to my face. She never showed me the back of the hair once she was done (even barbers in $10 places do that), she didn't ask me if it was fine. She simply went straight to curling it, and how can I know the cut details and layers if she curls it immediately? Once she had haphazardly curled it (and totally did not end up like the photo I showed her), she said "Ok done", and she removed the cloak and towel and then stood in the back and started using her phone immediately. I couldn't believe it. I sat in the chair another minute to try and figure out what she had done, and if it was any good. She didn't notice this and she just kept using her phone, talking to the assistant. I should add that the hair was not blowdried using a brush, just with fingers, which I found out later that they typically do at this salon (so don't expect a bouncy blowout). After payment, I told the cust service staff about my experience and he apologised profusely.

He recommended Jun and Zac for a good haircut, and said he could see if I could come back for a fix with them. The cust service manager immediately got in touch with me, and she recommended I go for a fix with Senior Directors Ted or Rina, which was much needed because when I had washed my hair out, I could see the hair was so heavy and totally unlike the photo I showed Catherine. On that note, during my cut with Ted, he explained that Korean hairstyles are heavier generally, but he was happy to tailor the style to my preference. Ted was much friendlier and paid a lot more attention to the cut, making sure it suited my face, asking me how I wear and style my hair normally, and gave me great styling tips at the end. I’m not sure that the takeaway should be that we have to pay $150 (Ted’s fee) for a good haircut and service.

So make what you will of it, but know that of the 3 staff I spoke to, none of them cut their hair with Catherine.

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Dear Melodie

Thank you for visiting us. We are truly sorry to hear that you did not have a good experience with us.

Our Customer Service Manager will be in touch with you soon to invite you to visit us for another hair service.

We will be sharing this feedback with the stylist and relook at how we can improve in the future.

Hope to see you again!

Warm Regards
LeeKaJa Korean Hair & Beauty Salon @ Mandarin Gallery

Jan 12, 2021
 

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Chelsea Tan

October 10, 2020

Pixie haircut

Nice and stylish haircut

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Anamika

October 07, 2020

Awesome!

Emil, was absolutely wonderful. I was pretty irritated with my hair when I walked in. Hair breakage and damage was just never ending. But after my experience with Emil, my hair just feels so much more tolerable. Great conversations, great attitude and great service. Thank you Emil! Here’s to many more sessions!

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Constance

October 07, 2020

Cinderella Hair Treatment and trimming

My experience with Emil has been excellent. Emil is very knowledgeable and professional. He explained all the different steps of the hair treatment as this was my first doing the Cinderella hair treatment. He also trimmed my hair and it looks great, highly recommend Emil and Leekaja!

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Halle

August 30, 2020

Hair Cut & Treatment

I liked the attention to detail from my stylist and the patience in going through each step Of the process!

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Renee

August 26, 2020

Frizzy hair fixed!! ?

Excellent experience. Professional hair stylist. Definitely recommended :)

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Nicole Leow

August 22, 2020

Awesome experience

Emil was very friendly and he gave me some opinion on my hairstyle and hair color. I really like the outcome of the color that he recommended me. He was very professional when sharing knowledge about hair.

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Rhea

August 10, 2020

First time in Leekaja

Salon staff is friendly and accomodating..services is good..just improve more??

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Sher Wei

July 23, 2020

Haircut and cinderella treatment

Excellent service from Emil, who gave me a frank and helpful consultation about my hair. He was thoughtful and thorough when ironing through my hair (as part of the Cinderella treatment), taking care to iron out all areas of my hair with stronger kinks. Very impressed and will recommend Emil highly.

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anonymous

July 15, 2020

Express gelish

Kennie was meticulous with her work and I was able to try the cat eye design that I wanted for a long time! At the end she also offered to put some gold flakes which really jazzed up the overall design. Prices are very reasonable considering the location and service was great!

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Cel

July 11, 2020

Cinderella Treatment

Emil was really great with doing the haircut to what I described I wanted! The Cinderella treatment left my hair looking so healthy! Very satisfied with the results and my experience here. There was also a complimentary mini manicure service which was really nice!

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Debbie

July 08, 2020

Haircut and Treatment

This is my first time visiting Leekaja and I had my hair cut by Emil. He was very detailed and gave me a lot of tips as I have been experiencing some hair loss. Love the result. The salon is quite busy, though, hence needed to wait for a while.

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Debbie

July 08, 2020

Haircut and Treatment

This is my first time visiting Leekaja and I had my hair cut by Emil. He was very detailed and gave me a lot of tips as I have been experiencing some hair loss. Love the result. The salon is quite busy, though, hence needed to wait for a while.

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Jasmin

July 04, 2020

Very attentive and great quality service

Had the volume Rebonding and Cinderella keratin treatments. Emil gave a very helpful consult at the beginning before we started the treatment to make sure I was happy with what he proposed for my hair. Throughout the treatments, he was very attentive and carried out the treatments just as discussed resulting in a great look which I’m very satisfied with. Also gave me some helpful home hairstyling tips as well!

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Michelle Balajadia

June 27, 2020

Cinderella treatment and haircut

It’s my first time to try hair treatment from Leekaja and Emil did a great job with their Cinderella treatment and haircut.

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GC

June 27, 2020

Cut, color and Cinderella treatment

Emil takes the extra mile to understand his customer needs - super impressed at how he choose the color palette which is most suitable to your skin color; overall, very satisfied customer and will definitely return!

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Kl Tan

June 26, 2020

Great hair cut!!

Relax, beautifully decorate place. Emil is really friendly:) He was also very professional in his expertise, advising the correct cut for my face shape. I am very pleased with the cut and treatment. Will be back again!

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Shobha

June 26, 2020

Wonderful customer service

Impressive customer service. After my visit to salon , I got a call from LeeKaJa team whether I was satisfied with the services. Very happy to see such response. Serena was very patient and prompt. Salon takes feedbacks very seriously and tries in every possible way to make customer happy. Looking forward to my next visit to salon.

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