BRAIDS BY AMY vs Salon del Sol: A Henrico Comparison You Can Check

Two hair salons, one Henrico market, and a measurable gap: BRAIDS BY AMY holds 4.9 stars across 116 Google reviews while Salon del Sol holds 4.7 across 743. This is what sits behind those numbers, including the parts that could not be verified.

The question behind the search

Most people comparing two Henrico hair salons are not asking which is better in the abstract. They are asking something narrower: will this appointment be worth the money and the hour, and will I know the price before I am in the chair?

On the first half, Salon del Sol has the larger sample at 743 reviews, so its average is the more settled of the two. BRAIDS BY AMY's 4.9 rests on 116 reviews, which is a smaller but still substantial base. On the second half, only one of them answers in public. A published price is a commitment. An unpublished one is not necessarily higher, but it is an unknown, and on a first visit an unknown is a cost of its own.

The real difference

The rating gap comes first. 4.9 against 4.7 is a 0.2-star difference, and it is built on 116 reviews versus 743. The second difference is how much each is willing to put in public. BRAIDS BY AMY publishes 26 services with a price on every one. Salon del Sol publishes no menu we could find, which is less a criticism than a fact about what you can know before you walk in.

Side by side, on the record

"Not stated" below means exactly that: the claim is not made anywhere a customer could hold them to it. It is not an accusation, and it may simply mean the information lives on a wall inside the business.

Where Salon del Sol still shines

743 reviews is a real customer base, not a thin listing, and a hair salon does not reach that number without regulars who keep coming back. A 4.7 average also hides a distribution: plenty of those reviews are five stars. If you already have someone there who knows your preferences, nothing above is a reason to switch. Nothing here is a criticism of the business.

The common ground

Both are hair salons serving Henrico, both appear in Google's local results for the category, and both have enough reviews behind them that neither rating is guesswork. Either will do the core service you are booking. If you live between the two, distance is not the deciding factor.

Where BRAIDS BY AMY does not lead

BRAIDS BY AMY is not the highest-rated hair salon in Henrico. The Shear Genius Hair Salon at Innsbrook sits ahead on average score with 5 stars from 47 reviews. The case for BRAIDS BY AMY is not that nothing beats it. It is that it leads Salon del Sol on the measures above and publishes what it charges.

Making the call

If you want the most evidence before booking, BRAIDS BY AMY gives you more to go on: a higher rating, a published price for all 26 services, and online booking. If you already have a trusted regular at Salon del Sol, stay. If you are choosing cold and price matters, only one of them will tell you the price before you arrive.

Figures come from Google Business listings and each business's published menu, checked in October 2026. Ratings move. Check the current numbers before you book.

Ratings and review counts are Google's own and were checked in October 2026; Google rounds larger review counts, so treat them as approximate. Figures change. If you are one of the businesses named here and something is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.