I will be the first to say, when this place opened I was a huge fan! It was clean, the selection of colors was nothing short of amazing, and the neck massages after your service set them apart from ot... Read More
I will be the first to say, when this place opened I was a huge fan! It was clean, the selection of colors was nothing short of amazing, and the neck massages after your service set them apart from other salons. I quickly became a repeat customer and referred all my friends. Everyone knew I loved the place so much that I received over a hundred dollars in gift cards for my birthday. So it honestly saddens me that I have to write this review and not return to the establishment after seeing the same situation occur several times. Fast forward to building their customer base and being in the spot a few months....The receptionist was just missing her tail and pitchfork, because if she isn't the devil then she must be the devil's daughter. I am a big proponent of "quality customer service" and they are failing at this. I have been exposed to 3 different circumstances that prove their customer service needs a lot of work. When you want to sell a place to others you obviously speak about what sets them apart from the competitors. The first time I brought my friend in, I received my neck massage, yet she did not. Her tech felt his lunch break was a priority and left before her gel nails were even out of the dryer. Another time, my mother overheard the woman inquire about the neck massage because every other person in the place received one except for her (she said this happened two times). Today, the place had about 10 nail techs and 3 customers.. Everyone else got a neck massage besides me. Now, you can keep your 3 minute neck massage, the world will still turn without it... But, when you are providing a service and attempting to be "better" than your competitors, it is imperative that you treat all customers equally. I do not want to pay for a service that is sometimes remarkable and other times simply okay. I asked the receptionist what the deal was with the massages, simply so that I do not falsely advertise their services to friends and family. Personally, I get embarrassed if I refer someone to a place and they are treated poorly. The receptionist blatantly ignored my question. So, I asked again (now I am beginning to realize... When they don't want to do something in there they just ignore it and hope you don't notice). "Sometimes they do sometimes they don't" she finally replied with an attitude. At this point I am just annoyed for being ignored and receiving an ignorant response. I continue to bring up that I want to understand if this is part of the service or not. She tells me "you can go find the manager if you want." Okay, so should I introduce myself to each nail tech and ask their job title so I can find the manager? Coming from someone who spent all of high school and college working in the customer service industry, the respectful thing to do would be to apologize and either bring a manager over or say you will relay the information to the employee or management. But that would be way too much to ask of the receptionist (I guess 2016 you are supposed to get paid to just sit there and not take care of customers).I finally got to speak with the manager. I also apologized to the woman receiving her service at the time because I did not want my conversation with him to ruin her experience. However, she agreed with what I was explaining to the manager and voiced that to him. He kept saying to me that his team strives to provide the best service to customers. So am I not a valued customer? Because I religiously receive services there and refer others, so why am I not worth the "best service." He said that the nail tech I went to "doesn't do massages." Wouldn't that be the point, as a manger, that you step in and have someone else provide that service or you do it yourself? He could not grasp the concept that it is very important to consistently provide great service in this industry. He did not care to make the situation right by apologizing and saying he will work on changing this for next time. He did say "what you want me to not give anyone a massage then?" I would like to know that I am going to receive quality services each time I go, I want to know my friends will receive the same quality, and I want to know that the strangers who are spending hundreds of dollars as well and keeping this place in business will receive the same quality. The business is clearly lacking key competencies necessary to run a successful business. Mistakes happen, I am the first to admit that. But it is important to fix issues when they arise. They are fully aware that they are not consistently providing "the best service" but apparently only some customers are worth receiving that care. All I needed was for the manager to say he will fix this problem and provide quality service to all instead of justify that this is acceptable.Best of luck to the business if they do not change their ways... Losing your loyal customers might become an issue when bills are due. Read Less