Very nice place and always friendly Andy did a great job on my nails. I have been going here for a few years. read more

Super disappointed! I went to take off my acrylic nails and asked for a gel manicure. I ended up with three of my nails bleeding. The lady kept filing my nails thinking it would make things better but was actually making things worse. read more

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Nancy is amazing I get compliments constantly on her work. French glitter tips to perfection. read more

Creative Nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Watsonville, California

This place is... love it or hate it. I keep trying to like it, at the least but I've been there 3 different times when Andy had been rude to people, not just rude but I think the guy gets a kick out of humiliating women, just don't get how you don't care about professionalism more or the customers who you're making a living off of. So i just did my nails here a week ago. My nails were trimmed and clean so i feel like the lady (didn't get her name) felt like she could do them fast. Never paid cuticles any mind, no moisturizing or cleaning anything up, literally started putting my nails on straight away. There's bubbles on top of 3 of my nails and rough edges and there's a gap under all of my nails and the acrylics. My pedicure was good though, thank goodness BUT why don't we get the choice between feel or not now? read more

Walked in this morning and was seen within15 minutes which was great. The salon looked clean and there were plexiglass partitions at every station. The reason I am not giving them more stars is the quality of work. I was very disappointed with the way the nail tech shaped my nails and painted them. The polish was so far away from my cuticles that it looked like I already needed a fill, not to mention the sides of the nails. All the polish was so messy and when I asked her to fix one nail in particular she didn't make it better, she made it worse. Not sure yet if I'll be coming back. read more

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Not from the area and needed to kill time before my first appointment. Stumbled across this location. Was very pleased with the service and my nails. Since I'm in marketing I can't do anything too crazy, but she did a very great job I keeping it simple yet classy. Whenever I'm in the area I definitely will be back read more

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First time coming to this place loved it!!! Lisa did my nails and they came out great got exactly what I asked for ...also got a pedicure it was great totally recommend the place read more

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My first time there today for a pedicure. Lisa took care of me and did a great job. They only take cash but they have an ATM inside. Of course, there was a $2.00 fee but, otherwise, the service was perfect. I would definitely go back. read more

If you want to get cut with a nail file and leave feeling disappointed, go see Nancy. I initially tried to let her know the pointer nail was crooked and instead of fixing it--she insisted it was because she was looking at it straight on and I was on the side that created the perception it was crooked. Huh? Despite my bringing it up a couple times, she still didn't fix it. At that point, I figured I'll just get it fixed somewhere else. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything about the crooked nail or said anything about the cut because that just made her more rough with me. Towards the end she then mentioned she was tired. Yikes--was this the justification for an unsatisfactory job. I guess if you want to have a relaxing day at the nail salon--avoid this place. You'll feel like you are a chore. This was my first time coming here and I just felt so disappointed $51 bucks later. :( read more

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The nails are super thick and she cut me four times. Started talking about how she was tired and couldn't see. Worst nail experience in 17 years read more

Even after calling to make an appointment you will wait 30 to 45 minutes for a pedicure. Andy went ahead and did a gel pedicure, he did not ask if that's what I wanted. Now my toenails are all scraped up. Like others have shared, he has a bad mouth, it's very uncomfortable to sit through any procedure with someone like him around, it's impossible to relax. His mom asked him to watch his mouth and behavior multiple times. As he stood at the salon door yelling out a womans name ( that was across the street/walking to her car) then proceeded to flipping her off. It was just a very unprofessional experience. I was planning to have a mani and pedi done, but was only able to withstand staying for the pedi procedure. Also, they also only take cash, but they do have an ATM machine. read more

Great service! Ask for Lam "owner" sweetest person ever and you won't leave disappointed... read more

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Idk why in the hell I decided to give this place a second shot. I was in such a hurry to find a place that was open before it got packed so I just decided to go back. Well the nail polish chipped the first time and it chipped this second time too. I just went to get a refill and I got charged almost the same as when I got them done. It was total waste of time. I don't recommend this place the job is not done right. read more

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My daughter wanted to get a set of nails, very last minute 5:45 pm on a Friday, she not only accepted my daughter but me as well! I had to wait a bit, but the owner stayed late and very gracious. It was very inexpensive and they look amazing. It was hectic, she was very calm and professional!! Great set, so affordable & a future returning customer! read more

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That guy Andy needs to shut up and just do his job he's so rude I'm never coming here again. Also a girl had came in saying that she had just gotten her nails done and that they had fallen off and they wouldn't refund her money. Poor customer service I really hope they go out of business. read more

Not the relaxing experience you expect when getting your nails done. Customer service is horrible and the owners son Andy is extremely unprofessional. He cusses non stop and when asked to watch his mouth as children were around he continue to cuss and provide even worst customer service. Nail tech work is okay, I was not impressed. I was also told by a woman there that she got fungus after getting a pedicure there. I would never come back to this place and will escalate Andy's unprofessional behavior to City of Watsonville. Someone has to do something about this, this place should not be operating. ALL PLEASE GO FILE A PUBLIC NUISANCE COMPLIANT WITH CITY OF WATSONVILLE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPT. Andy's behavior is unprofessional and needs to be addressed! read more

Nahh if I could give a 0 star I definitely would they messed up my brows don't get your eyebrows waxed here I had just grown them out, seas mamon tengo dos lineas and I mean about the nails yeah I stopped going here years ago for the same reason, I chose to go back like a idiot but learned my lesson. read more

First time coming here since I was in town and must I say Very horrible job ! I literally asked for almond shaped nails and not short and I got the complete opposite ! She still charged me an extra $5 for "length" when they're super short , my natural nails were longer ! Also they're not even filled in good and it was a new set . Not to mention she cut me twice . They're all really thick so they look all bubbly . Just wanted to get out of there instead of telling them to fix it to cut me up more . She didn't even offer any discount or nothing . Never coming here again . read more

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These people charge your card their own tip! But they wait until you leave.. also they are very sneaky me and my friends asked for the same thing and they charged us all different prices!?!! Not only that the lady that works there yelled at a child that was asking her mom if she was almost done and she said if were still sitting down that means we're not!! How rude and unprofessional never coming back!!! Awful people! I'm so irritated at these people they don't know how to treat customers they are not honest people! read more

It's the only place in town I trust with my nails... But only if Lisa is there!!!! Everyone else there are rude if you tell them anything. If anyone else does my nails they always hurt me read more

Me and my mother have been coming to Creative Nails for a very long time. Ive been going for 12 years. My mother has been coming for over 20 years. Lam (owner) does an amazing and effective job every time. You show her a design and it ends up better than the picture! Lee does an amazing job especially with nail shape! All the staff is really lovely and Lee also speaks spanish making our spanish speaking community a lot more comfortable during their appointments. read more

I truly love this place. Yes, you will have to wait for some time if it's really busy. I've waited from 30 minutes to an hour and a half. LISA IS WORTH THE WAIT. She is so sweet and does an amazing job. I've done my nails with her a few times and have loved the results each time. The place is nice and clean. They have a nice restroom. The only downside is that you will have to wait sometimes. My new favorite place in town. read more

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My friends teas me cause I get pedicures BUT I only do it cause of the great service and quality of work done here at Creative Nails.... I honestly can say I wouldn't go any where else!!! Lam (the owner) and her staff are just amazing and I truly enjoy the relaxed experience every time ALL the time!!! read more

Tried this place two years ago and was disgusted by the service. One of the male nail techs who seemed to possibly be the owners son Andy was doing his friends nails while using the n word several times and cursing profusely. As a black women I was extremely disgusted. Two and a half years later I figured I would try this place again as a last resort and again horrible customer service the women up front has a terrible attitude. It's not that hard to be professional and kind but hey maybe this establishment just DOES NOT welcome me will not be returning. This salon doesn't belong in Watsonville pure garbage!!!!! Terrible business terrible service read more

Came in for a pedicure. Was told to "wait a few minutes". 35 minutes later the tall, young man with glasses that works there has escorted 4 people who came in after me. I'm still waiting then I walked out. Will not be back. read more

I've been going here for about two years and have never had a problem. I went in for a fill but noticed my nail had a stain so I asked to get them off and redone. I told her I wanted my nails a little bit cut and the lady completely cut them to the point where my nails sting. She then went on to tell me she was going to put tips after I told her I only wanted acrylic. She did an overlay and gel. I paid $40. I went back two days later because a nail chipped. The owner, Lam, filed it and told me my nails were too short. After I told her the other lady cut them by accident she went on to say "it's okay honey! They're nails! They're gonna grow!" So I basically paid $40 for a mistake!!! Two days later 3 more nails chipped! I went in and they made the biggest deal. They even told me they would charge me $30 for a new set if I wanted them fixed. $70 in 5 days!! I told her that was ridiculous and i would not pay that. She even told me to come back the next day even though they had a completely empty salon. She ended up fixing the 3 nails. . Today is days 6 and ANOTHER 2 nails broke. WORST nails of my life. Waste of my money and waste of my time! I will not be going back EVER! read more

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE CHECK THE OWNERS SONS MOUTH?! I could not stand sitting in that nail salon for 1 1/2 hours listening to Andy's voice. Disrespectful, annoying and straight rude. Using the "N" word which is straight wrong. Not only did I wait an hour to get seated. I waited another 30 min until I decided to leave. It was 30 minutes until they closed and if they would've done my nails, it would've been a rushed half ass job. I'm sorry but this is why I stopped coming here, her sons [Andy] mouth is filthy and they need more nail techs. I will stay faithful with my go to nail salon Tracy's in capitola. read more

They take there sweet time in the world you can actually be waiting for more then 3 hrs plus they do in awful job...

I've had good service here in the past but today....Oh my, I had the misfortune of getting a pedicure with a new employee here. A tall young man with glasses, looks up from his phone after I've been standing in the entrance a while.....three other women are busy with customers. Strike 1: As my feet soak he tells me "You don't look like you're from Watsonville, you look like you're from Silicon Valley. (I love Watsonville, and I don't like being stereotyped) Strike 2: As he removes my old nail polish he asks me where I work. I tell him I work here in town. He says "I would never live here. The people are, well, never mind (frowning) I just don't like them". I suggest that he consider speaking kindly of the community where he works. Strike 3: As he is working on my feet, I notice he is somewhat clumsy and easily distracted. He checks his phone, twice. I'm getting nervous. and annoyed...then....as he is cutting a toenail....Ouch!! I say "that hurts! No. Let's just not do any of that, and just put on the polish, okay?" (I figure that's safe) He says, "I don't know what happened you must have thin skin, oops, it's bleeding, that's weird". No kidding. The other three employees looked and acted very professional. I don't know what the story is with this new guy but I recommend avoiding his service. Honest. He is clearly in the wrong profession and is not good for this business. If you go, be aware. read more

Beware of Andy the nail tech!! Rude!! This place is accessible, easy to find- Parking is available. Lot's of color selections. The staff was welcoming when we arrived. The wait was short, The technical work-final product was standard ---BUT the customer service was poor. My mom unfortunately got Andy as her nail tech. He was rude, unprofessional, calling us "weirdos" based on the color selection we had chosen. We asked for him to be patient with us and he stated "I have no patience". He is clearly in the wrong line of work. I still tipped him because his technical nail work wasn't bad, but his customer service was the WORST. If I hadn't advocated for my mom and been there, I'm sure he would've been more rude. I can't imagine what others who may not speak English may go through. Do I recommend Creative Nails, sure! BUT I don't recommend you go to Andy! read more

We travel a lot in our RV so we rely on Yep for feedback on any place we go to eat, haircut etc. I love manicures and pedicures as a special treat. Being concerned about cleanliness in a salon is one of my top priorities as well as Yelp feedback. This is my first visit here as we are just passing thru this area and moving onto our next RV stop. This place is clean. Cleaner than most. Didn't see nail dust residue all over, things are tidy and neat. Had a gel polish manicure and pedicure. Came to $55 which is really probably average that I pay. I did have to request to have the old gel polish removed totally. They were content to sand it down and apply new. This is the first place that I've visited that wanted to do that. Anyway I had a nice manicure. As well as a pedicure. Average really. I'm use to being able to choose what level of mani and pedi I want. They don't have that option. Too they are still using water directly into the pedicure chair foot tubs. Most places I've visited recently in California are using plastic liners that are disposed of after each pedicure. The chair I was put in for my pedi was a bit worn out because i can actually sunk down into it - no support. The foot tubs show signs of hard water deposits but appeared to be clean. I was there for 1 hr and 15 minutes for both. Overall I would come back if in the area again and would hope by then they have plastic toss away liners to use in the pedicure chairs. read more

Worse place ever went to get a manicure literally the next day it was chipped from one nail. A week passed and they are all chipped. Such a bad job done do not recommend this place. read more

Showed up to creative nail at 10:05 the nail salon was not open until 10:20. The person who did my nails was nice but did a crappy job. The shape of my nails is very bad and the paint was very clumpy. See pic below! NEVER GOING BACK WASTE OF $34 dollars ! read more

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Customer service was great I was kind of bummed I kinda liked my nails but the lady that was doing them kept saying they look like funeral nails She did cut me a few times and my nails were uneven it's OK I just went down the street and got them fixed I've gone there before and had great nails done I think it's just a hit or a miss read more

Loved this place. Theres a tall young man with glasses who did my mani and pedi. Hillarious. He was so much fun. Great personality. My nails came out fabulous. Thank you. I will come back. read more

I used to come here regularly until the service and wait times got really bad. I found better places elswhere. Looks like they lost a lot of customers - the place was empty on a Friday afternoon. Fridays anywhere are usually super busy but not here. Came back to get my nails polished. They are friendly but the place is outdated. They are also selling lots of lotions now. Prices are also higher here than most other places. read more

Very disappointed first she complained that I wanted my nails long then when she was done cutting them the length I wanted she did not bother to measure them to the other hand I wanted coffin shape she gave me a weird almond/coffin shape not that I wanted left with my nails uneven one side is longer than the other !!!!!! do not go here unless you want over priced nails and to be getting shit talk to in their language! read more

Came to this place after going to another and finding it was closed. Walked in and waited for about 15 minutes due to other ladies waiting as well. While they were working on me several people kept walking in, which was a good sign. Overall I was happy with my nails, my one complaint is that the lady that worked on me was pretty sure. read more

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Worst pedicure in my life. Bad attitude, horrible nails cut and no callus removal if you don't pay "5 dollars more!" on top on the $22 you already pay. Oh and then they charged me $23 instead, but I didn't want to discuss about that....never going back!!!!! read more

Went in to get acrylics and they proceeded to charge me $35 for the set, which was okay I guess but I went in to get a fill and I was told on my first appointment that a fill was $25, so when she was done with my nails I proceeded to ask how much and she told me it was $35 so I told her why was it 35 and she said because of the shape and how long they were.. if I knew it was $35 I would've just gotten a whole new set. read more