I'm glad to be the first to review the spa, as I hope they take note and make improvements for future clients.My friend and I hesitated when booking our mani-pedis as we saw the price tag, $62 for eac... Read More
I'm glad to be the first to review the spa, as I hope they take note and make improvements for future clients.My friend and I hesitated when booking our mani-pedis as we saw the price tag, $62 for each treatment + extra for Shellac. These are steep prices compared to what you could pay for both in other cities. However, the owner assured us we would be treated like queens and this would be better than any typical "Asian nail salon."The service upon entering was stellar. The nice man at the front made sure to help us with our polish selections and then get us started with choice of wine, tea or coffee, before our treatments.Then we were introduced to our nail stylists who took us back to chairs we had to wiggle to get to, quite inconvenient, and then prepare for the treatment. The girls were nice (I say girls because they admitted they were both teens!) but unexperienced when it came to doing nails. When asked if they had a licensed nail technician, they said there was one but she wasn't working that day. Lucky us! :|While the foot massage with clay and scented scrub was nice, there was not much in the way of actually doing the basics for a manicure or pedicure. There was no clipping of nails, only filing, and no trimming of cuticles. I had to ask several times for my nails to be retouched, filed again to be uniform, and then ultimately clipped my own tiny skin because she was too afraid to cut off any hanging cuticle! Absurd! Both my friend and I got the Shellac manicure and during the procedure one girl commented to the other that they were low on the base coat. She scraped the last of it onto my nails and I was not confident I had much of a base at all, let alone the other layers.Finally, when we left and examined each other's nails later that day, we realised there were already gaps without polish, uneven filed nails and we were certain the Shellac may not last through the next day.For the price and all the awards they boast, I am highly surprised at the lack of professionalism and quality I would expect from the area's top salon. While their service is impeccable, you certainly will not get what you pay for, and that is no reason to return. Read Less