The shop

Five Civic Center Lane

There has been a barber on this block since 1909. The name on the door changed. What happens in the chairs did not.

1909 The year a barber first opened on this block

There has been a barber at 5 Civic Center Lane since 1909. For decades the shop was known as Frank Pisa's Barbershop, and plenty of people in Millbrae still call it that. It is run today by Vik the Barber, who kept it rather than gutting it. The chairs stayed, and so did the habit of taking the time a cut actually needs.

The shop is open Monday through Saturday, and the doors open at five in the morning Wednesday through Saturday for anyone who needs to be squared away before work. Between the chairs there is over fifty years behind the clippers. Everything runs on appointments through Booksy, which means no standing around the doorway waiting to see if a chair opens up.

You book a barber here, not a slot in a rotation, so you get the same hands every time.

Millbrae Barbershop

Behind the chair

Your barber

Vik, barber at Millbrae Barbershop

Vik

Vik Your Barber

Scissor work, hard parts, bald and skin fades, and beard work with a straight blade. Vik takes the shop’s style cuts and transformations, and a lot of Millbrae books him by name.

Book with Vik
Max, barber at Millbrae Barbershop

Max

BigBarberMAX

Clipper cuts, tapers, buzz cuts and line ups. Max takes a good share of the shop’s senior and kids’ chairs, and will give you an honest opinion on a style if you ask for one.

Book with Max

Details

Good to know

Where
5 Civic Center Ln, Millbrae, CA 94030 between Trader Joe's and Baskin-Robbins
Barbering since
190950+ years of barbering behind the chairs
Call
(650) 866-0960 Booking itself runs through Booksy
Days
Monday to SaturdayOpen at 5 AM Wednesday through Saturday
Booking
Appointments only, through BooksyA card holds the chair, charged only on a late cancel or no-show
In the shop
Parking, Kid friendly, Wi-FiKids from four years old
Book on Booksy