I feel really bad giving them a low review, but it is my hopes that the manager reads this and makes appropriate changes so that I can go back.
Positives:
The salon is really beautiful and nicely set up. There is also a glamorous shower that hits you from the top and sides, soft bathrobes, comfortable seating, and complimentary fruit and ice water.
The staff is very nice.
Cons:
The staff doesn't seem qualified, despite how nice they are.
I've had a haircut (and I don't want to mention names because, as said, these people really mean well), and it was a "my girlfriend cut my hair" type of haircut. I wanted to pay less for haircuts and this place charges about 30 dollars less than where I normally go. But I had to go back to my normal hairdresser to get it fixed. So I spent the money for two haircuts.
The pedicure person gave me an ingrown toenail and I had to repeatedly interrupt her conversation with the woman doing the pedicure seated next to her to ask her not to be so rough.
I got a facial, which gave me a breakout in hives.
The main reason I kept going back was for the massage. The last three times it has not been as nice and I've tried two massage therapists there. One did a FAST job: back, arm, arm, leg, leg, flip over, and while she did fast strokes, she told me all about her relationship problems. I repeatedly told her I have trouble listening while getting a massage and prefer no conversation. She apologized each time and then forgot and would start talking again.
The other person was much more qualified but on my last visit, she decided to do "energy work," which means that she held my head for a good 10 minutes. I told her I wasn't interested in "energy work" but that I wanted a massage and she said that this would "align my energy" or something and that my body would tell her when to stop. After three songs passed, I told her whether or not my body had communicated with her, this massage was about 2 dollars a minute and I didn't get undressed for her to hold my head. I was pregnant, so the hormones made my tongue a bit sharp.
So she stopped the energy work and went on with the massage, which wasn't as good as it was in the past, but maybe that's because I felt pissy over the lost time. She kept me 15 min over to make up for it (which was nice), BUT she did it without checking with me, and because I budgeted my time, I didn't have time to take a quick shower and wash off all the lotion. Had to throw on my clothes to pick up my kid on time from school.
Then I got stuck at the cashier because she quoted me ten dollars more even though I told her I checked on the phone for the price and I also checked when I arrived. She replied, "Sorreeeee," and so since I only brought cash with me, I had to stiff my massage therapist a proper tip. And because I was trying to work all this, I got late picking up my kid and had to pay a late pickup fee!
The people are nice but I want qualified. I found another massage therapist, I'm keeping with my regular hairstylist, and I'm trying out facial and pedicure places. Wouldn't it be nice, though, if the manager hired some really qualified people to work in that beautiful salon? Just a thought... read more