I'm somewhere between 3 and 4 stars.I recently went for a no chip mani & pedi. I called ahead and made an appt specifically for these services. I arrive, no welcome or hello, just stood there for a ... Read More
I'm somewhere between 3 and 4 stars.I recently went for a no chip mani & pedi. I called ahead and made an appt specifically for these services. I arrive, no welcome or hello, just stood there for a bit before anyone acknowledged I was there, saw this happen to a few other people. Why do all nail salons have to be so sad face and unwelcoming? I mean if you don't like what you do, don't do it?!First, the decor seems a bit run down, no massage chairs, seems they were built by hand of plywood and painted white. As you can imagine paint is peeling, looks dingy. Floor dirty, looks swept never washed, which this made me skeptical of cleanliness overall. You place your feet into a copper bowl, but I didn't see any bleach or cleaning going on in between people like I see hard core scrubbing at other places that have the bubbly foot baths. I hope they are not counting on copper's bacteria resistant properties that heavily. The chairs are uncomfortable, if you are tall, there is not the appropriate amount for leg room. So sad faces aside, the services....The pedi was ok, no hard core scrubbing of the soles, more like "maintenance scrubbing" meaning they assume you have a pedi every 2 weeks. Less work for them I guess. I asked for square nails, got rounded version. I did enjoy the hot stone massage and that they offer to add in baking soda, lemon or green tea to the water. My cuticles were trimmed nicely, but under nail cleaning of dead skin was omitted, not cool.Mani time... the music they play there is so relaxing, I was ready for a nap. They also have 2 flat screen tv's with movies going which is nice. The same lady that did my pedi started my mani. Mid way through she got up and left. I thought maybe she had to do something, but there I sat for a while with no one. She ended up just going to start someone's pedi that was directly behind me, and I had to wait until another manicure was done before my interrupted one would be finished. I ended up in there for nearly 2 hours due to this. The second lady did a mediocre job on the no chip, she put extra nail polish on the tips, and when dry this looks like duck lips, not professional.Finally, about their scheduling. The music is about the only "zen" experience here. The lady who answered phones stated at one point that they are absolutely booked right now (at the time 2 people in the salon, with 4 nail techs), a few min later a lady walked in with no appt and they took her anyway. No real organization.Overall, pricey $65 for no chip mani and regular pedi, not super clean, not comfy chairs, and definitely not friendly. Park Ridge has a ton of nail salons to choose from, think I'll try a different place next. Read Less