For many men, a haircut is another appointment squeezed into an already packed schedule. The founders of The Upper Seat want it to feel like something more meaningful.

Located in Midtown Manhattan’s Garment District, the new men’s grooming and lifestyle club combines traditional barbering with facials, manicures, beard services, espresso, and space to slow down. Its founders, Fallou Bathily , Jonathan Reyes , and Chec , created the concept after recognizing that men increasingly want more from their grooming routines than a quick cut and a trip back to work.

“We didn’t want to create another barbershop with nicer chairs and higher prices,” Bathily told Men’s Journal .…