Haircuts in your suite at The Surfrider Malibu

Across Pacific Coast Highway from Surfrider Beach and the Malibu Pier, this boutique hotel has about 20 rooms. A rooftop deck offers ocean views and a casual dining menu. The look is relaxed, with natural wood and surf culture details.

Surfers, creatives and weekenders staying here can get a fresh cut right after a session in the water. The visit is quiet and contained: a cape, a clean station by the window, and a finished cut in well under the time it takes to go down to the lobby and back.

Your schedule sets the appointment.

Ben holds licenses in barbering and cosmetology in multiple states. Before Los Angeles he built and ran four barbershops, and his chair has since followed entertainers on tour and onto television and music video sets. Rod Wave, Polo G and Lamar Odom are among the names who have sat with him. Expect fades blended without a visible line, tapers that grow out cleanly, line-ups drawn with a steady hand and beards shaped to the jaw. Straight hair, waves, curls and locs all get the same attention.

From 23033 Pacific Coast Hwy, guests are minutes from Surfrider Beach, Malibu Pier and Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Ben covers all of Malibu and the surrounding areas of Pacific Palisades, Calabasas and Santa Monica, at the hotel or wherever the day leads.

There is one way to book and it is fast: a call or a text to 608-201-7717. He is available 24/7, including holidays. Haircuts start at $150, the standard daytime rate is $300, and travel distance and time of day set the final number.