Sinbad Discount Grooming Salon

Sinbad Discount Grooming Salon is a mother-and-daughter operation in Chipping Norton, in Sydney's south-west, where customers name Muriel and Monique. It is one of the few salons in the area whose reviews include regular cat work, with one owner bringing their cat in for a lion shave ahead of each summer for over a year. Dogs make up the rest: full clips, a lamb cut where matting forces a shorter length, and nail work on badly overgrown nails brought back without hurting the dog.

Two things come up in almost every review. The first is communication, with a booking confirmation, a reminder the day before, and a message once the pet is ready to collect. The second is calmness: an owner of a very anxious, easily frightened dog describes him arriving nervous and leaving a different animal, and says the same of a puppy brought in later. Nothing is rushed, requests get talked through properly, and prices are consistently called affordable. It suits nervous dogs, cats due for a summer shave, and owners who like being kept informed.