Originally Posted by karthik

I had my hair cut in Chennai, India at a place called Ravi's Parlor, on the recommendation of a cousin from London. This was a quite upscale establishment (on par with upscale salons in the US), kind of of a men's boutique salon. (Manicures, spa treatments, etc available, with very professional staff.)

Haircut: $2 - I have short hair but they took 45 minutes to cut it (used to 15 - 20 minute haircuts back home!)
Shave: $1
Tip: $2, and they were extremely grateful for that

They took a great deal of time and effort on the haircut and shave and did a great job; I'd probably have paid $60 in the US for similar. (And I usually go for $10 - $15 haircuts which are just fine for me. I asked my Indian driver and he told me his basic haircuts run around 20 rupees, or about $0.50.)