The Barber Room, Paola

The Barber Room is a high-volume barbershop in Paola, not Valletta, as older directory data recorded, trading Monday to Saturday from 08:30 to 20:00 and Sunday from 09:00 to 18:00, with close to fifteen hundred customer reviews. It runs barbering courses on a one-to-one basis alongside the shop.

Two courses are named in its enquiry form: a Fade Crash Course and a Beginner Course. The beginner content is described as cutting and styling techniques, shaving and beard grooming, taught in small classes by what the shop calls old-school barber professionals. We would rather be straight about the limits of what is published here: no duration, no price, no dates and no detail of what certificate is issued appear anywhere on the site, and the training carries no MFHEA licence or MQF level. The shop is unambiguously real and busy, and one-to-one tuition from working barbers has obvious value, but you will need to establish every practical detail by direct enquiry before committing.