I came here for a gel manicure and was thoroughly unimpressed by the service, and the manicure itself. No horror stories really, but with so many good salons, why go here? It's definitely worth payi... Read More
I came here for a gel manicure and was thoroughly unimpressed by the service, and the manicure itself. No horror stories really, but with so many good salons, why go here? It's definitely worth paying an extra $5-10 to get a clean, long-lasting manicure elsewhere.The place is not terribly clean, and I doubt they are fully sanitizing all their equipment. It looks like they are reusing files from customer to customer, for instance. I won't go back for that reason alone - salons should fully sanitize/replace all their equipment between customers, including files and buffers. To not do so puts people at risk of fungal infections and worse.As for service, my manicure was done by the lone man working there (not a problem for me), and he clearly had little interest in doing a high quality job. After he was "done" I had to point out numerous spots where he had not finishing filing - like big jagged spots! Then, there was also a LOT of gel left around and under my fingernails. Not wanting to bother explaining that no, he was not done with my nails, I just went home and finished it myself. He was definitely rushing the entire manicure and it showed. Additionally, the final product was mediocre at best. It's not TERRIBLE, but not good. Gel manicures should last at least a week - it's day three and I already have numerous chips despite not doing anything besides type and do dishes, etc. Also, many of the lines (I got a French tip) are uneven. It looks okay (apart from the chips) but if the manicurist had slowed down for half second, I think it would have turned out better. Read Less