Barkley's Pet Spa San Diego, California

Our first time at a new salon and the communication with our groomer was great. I'm always hesitant to drop my dog off with a stranger so I surely read all the reviews. Some people talked about the smell, complained of them not clipping nails, or wrong cut. I think it is awesome that they wouldn't trim a dog's nails if the dog was too uncomfortable with it because it is an unnecessary risk to the dog and groomer. As for the smell, it's wet dog so you should expect that when going into a groomers. As for wrong cut, it happens sometimes so it's all about the customer service that follows and shouldn't be based on the wrong cut because often times a wrong cut is due to a new groomer and it takes time to get to familiarize the dog and groomer. What owners need to care about is if their dog had a good experience or not. Mine seemed to have had a great experience because she wasn't pulling hard to get to me when she came out and seemed happy vs stressed. Additionally, she smelled great and they did a fabulous job on her nails. Thank you and happy holidays!

Came here for nail trim, extremely rude... after we came back we saw the toes were bleeding. There is a reason they don't let you watch!

Cody LOVES this place... he runs to the door to greet the staff. They do a great job and are so friendly.

Very kind and quick service. My dog Dublin loved his new haircut.

The front reception was a little smelly, but my dog came back smelling and looking great, and she was happy!

Best dog grooming in Rancho Bernardo - for both workmanship and price!!

Anna was awesome and it was the best haircut and bath Jett has had!!

Their service is well executed however they have no printed pricing and the price quoted was less than what I ended up paying. When asked to explain they seem to lean on ambiguous explanation. The first visit cost about 1/2 as much as the second visit for the same service. I recommend getting a quote in writing in advance. It makes me sad, but I’ll shop around for our next grooming.

Amazing service! My dogs loved it!! One is blind and Taya and the rest of the staff were great with her! Lola and Sparky give it 5 Stars too!!

We have a Small Maltese and have been using Barkley’s for couple of years. Ann Marie does excellent work. I like the fact that they do a quick job and our dog doesn’t sit in a cage for along time. They are the best.

They do a great job. Kind, nice, people.

The best groomer ever! They would take a picture of the look just for future reference if you want the same cut. They also will let you feel how long you want the hair to be. We have a poodle mix girl and hair gets tangled up so easily. After a few weeks we send her to Barkley and they would remove all the knots. They are very professional and careful.

Excellent service and excellent employees. I will recommend them to everyone!

Always friendly, dogs look and smell great, reasonably priced

This place said they would clip my little chihuahuas nails although she is not fond of it. Right when dropping her, all my girlfriend heard was yelps of agony from other dogs. When she picked our dog up, they said they couldn't even approach her without her "nipping" and throwing "doggie fits", and they couldn't clip her nails. She has never even nipped at anyone including toddlers who might even try to pull on her tail or not know how to handle dogs. After reading previous reviews of other dogs with skin tags etc. Coming out of this place bleeding , I should have been more careful. Avoid these people at all costs. The receptionist seemed nice too. Unfortunately they don't know how to treat animals that have anxiety about getting their nails cut.

My dogs Kara and Riley love going here. The service is quick, the results are great and the price is fair.

They always take great care of our older dog who can't stand for long periods of time due to arthritis. Friendly staff.

tiny business with a cute little pet store mixed in with dog grooming deshedding+ bathservice not rlly much of a pet spa

Roger grooms and cuts our cockapoo. We are extremely pleased with his work and Chloe really likes him!

Disappointed by the results. I didn't like the way they clipped his head. It was really puffy and he looked too much like a poodle. His body clip was decent, but patchy in some spots. I was a bit upset that they plucked my dog's ear hair. I was not informed they would do this and it later developed into an ear infection. Plus it was a bit overpriced. I mean $75 for a 7 pound dog is ridiculous. Definitely not going again.

Great job cutting the dogs hair!

They love my pup Maddie and all staff here are incredibly kind.

Excellent staff that are attentive and do a great job. I can always count on them to keep my pup looking handsome. Highly recommend!

I took my bosses dog here to have a full service groom. I specifically instructed the employee that we did not want her buzzed and I picked a hair length (number 4) off the example length list they had displayed. The girl said she would not use a razor but would use scissors and would just lighten her and trim her like I asked before she took her away. I was then told it would take 3 hours and too come back and get her around 5-5:3 when our appointment was at 2pm. We arrived and were told that they haven't even started Hallie yet and it would be another hour, so we waited. While we waited we could hear the workers blasting music which worried me because they seemed to be more focused on "how on a role pandora was today" rather than taking care of the animals they were grooming. Hallie came out at 6:20 and was completely buzzed proving to me that they did not care about our dog but we more engaged in the other employers and the music. Her nice luscious coat was shaved off and clearly was not trimmed with scissors. This is totally absurd and not worth the 55$ for a full service groom. I do not recommend this place to anyone. Horrible service and a clear lack of understanding on how to groom animals.

The staff was very friendly and they did a great job grooming my two dogs. I will definitely be back

Amazing job trimming my puppys nails. Only took 7 minutes. They simply have a way with dogs as other places my puppy had never felt comfortable.

We take our dog here exclusively. Our dog loves the place. The groomers are friendly and extremely talendted.