Gave me a infection in my nail and then tried to tell me it was my fault I will not be going back there.

I got a pedicure and a full set before I went on vacation. The first day, unfortunately one nail fell off and I didn't feel it, but I was already iut of the country. Other fell off quickly after that, and I even got 2 nails fixed elsewhere. The nail tech also cut one toe too far, and it hurt for a couple of days, so I was pretty bummed about that. I wish I could give a better review, but was disappointed. Photo shows the two nails that I fixed a couple days after and thumb which stayed from this set. read more

Five Star Nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

Firstly they said they opened at 1030,i drove 30 plus minutes to get here and arrvied early, they did not arrive to open until 1055 and were very rude short when asked about timely opening, I understand that it is snowing, however the weather forecast said there would be snow, you are running a buisness. Horrible customer service I have been trying to get a no chip fixed which peeled off within 12 hours of having it done, I paid a decent amount of money and they simply dont seem to care to fix their mistakes.dont get me wrong the original service was great my nails looked amazing but when you pay for a no chip you expect it not to chip and that if it does you should be considered a priority. You took money for something but did not follow thru on your service, this has been the worst andost exhausting experience of getting my nails done in the 18 years I have been getting my nails done read more

This place always has people here ! I spend a lot of fine in the area since I moved in with my boyfriend so I needed to find a new place to have a conversation and get my nails done. When I came here Vicky was available to do my nails and I have to say she was fast and did a really good job. I wish there was some music playing in the background but overall the experience was very good and I will be coming back here. Check out the photo I posted of my pink ombré dip! read more

Five Star Nails - Pink ombré - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

Horrible horrible place. GOT A HORRIBLE INFECTION on my finger. Place is very dirty. They don't have attention to detail or care about clients health. I do not recommend coming here. read more

This is the worst nail salon I've ever been to. Aside from the fact that they have a pretty unclean place they messed up my nails when I asked for an ombré and they gave me this mess. DO NOT GO HERE!!!!! They cut me, did not give me what I wanted even the length. I said I wanted short nails and she said no. HORRIBLE PLACE read more

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I went there asked clearly do you take cards. They said yes both card and cash is fine. I signed up for Meni&Pedi. The behavior of the lady in charge was insulting and annoying. I thought may be she is sounding like that due to issues in English communication.I ignored the behavior.It was my first time.The lady who was doing the work was nice and doing the job properly but again due to language barrier very poor communication. I ignored that also as I respect all languages. Then once all done I asked her to paint my nails, then to my utter surprise the lady started laughing and started talking to her coworkers in their language and making fun out of me.The lady first asked are you sure? 3 times. Then she said why you want to do?Then she asked me what color you want ? I said bright colors and black. Then the lady said very rudely that go and choose your color but just before sometime they brought the color catalog to a lady customer. In the mean time the other lady who was in charge of the shop started shouting that we don't color Men I am sorry we can't do it. Please pay and leave.I was amused by it. Funny part is just beside me a guy was doing nail painting to a lady customer. I asked them why didn't you tell me before, then they again started speaking in their native language and started laughing. Even the other two customers were surprised.Then I realized they are horrible resist,sexist people and immediately said let's do the billing. I gave them my card then they said 2$ more for card. I was again surprised and asked why didn't you said that before. Then again they ignored it completely. I was so annoyed and irritated I just paid them went out. After Coming back home I was checking their reviews then I saw a review that they did the same to another guy because they think of any men color his nails are gay and they don't server gay people.You can check that review in their Google/Yelp review.This is just horrible.I am not gay and even if I was they don't have any rights to treat gay people like that. It's our life our choice. These people are the worst human beings ever and this business needs to be shut to stop gender .discrimination and harassment. read more

Where do I begin... Disastrous manicure. If I could give them -75 stars on Yelp - I would. I thought this kind of things should not happen in a professional place that takes money for their services. I was sure up until today that if a person charges you money, it is sort of expected that the service is good or maybe average-ish, maybe bad, but is still there. Not this time. Manicurist has no idea what she's doing, rude, ridiculous "service" (which is really absent in this place): hurt my fingers by buffing them too much, then thinning them with a machine that they were bleeding (took no care of it whatsoever and continued - just smashed blood on the nail and that's it) and made my nails too short that it actually hurts. No scrub, no massage like in normal places around. Just some cheap lotion and a weak "effort" to massage hands. I could do a way better job, alas I didn't have time for that. If I had an important event this evening, not just a friends gathering, I would have been so so so ashamed by the manicure I have because it looks ATROCIOUS. As if a 5 year old child have done them... this bad. I would probably visit back just to talk to the owner or manager and show them what costed me $32. DO NOT GO THERE! Take your money somewhere else. This place is ridiculous and dirty, I wish it closed. read more

I went to this place because of all of the reviews on Vicky. I made an appointment with Vicky. When I arrived I sat for an hour after my appointment should have started. She was extremely rushed and was doing three appointments at once. I don't feel like she was paying very good attention to my appointment. No lotion after my nails and she didn't even give me an opportunity to check my eyebrows in the mirror after she did them. My nails turned out OK but she tried to charge me more then what they were. I had a design on 2 nails at $3 each hand. This should equal six dollars and she kept insisting on I pay 10. In the end I had to pay the 10 and I just took the other four out of her tip. I must say for how many good reviews there were I was disappointed with my appointment which lasted an hour longer than it should have because she started late and she was doing multiple appointments at once and rushed through the whole thing and skipped out on normal manicure steps. She did the design OK but I might not come back if she's always this rushed and busy and my eyebrows turned out to have been overdone and will have to grow back. I actually look a little silly and am very unhappy as I have a date tomorrow and I will be on vacation next week so I will be stuck with these eyebrows until they grow back. read more

Five Star Nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

I have a few problems with this place.... the first thing is, if you are choosing to charge a fee for using a credit card or debit card, you need to have that information posted and let your customers know in advance. The second thing is.....they refuse to serve gays and any man, that they assume is gay. This is unacceptable! read more

ZERO stars! Stop, don't make the same mistake I did! Unfortunately, this was the worst pedicure ever, facility was unclean and the fees charged to use a debit card are illegal, $6 fee!! Much nicer nail place about a black away in new CMX shopping center, go there instead! read more

My friend recommended I come in here, even though I was hesitant because it looks like a hole in the wall. I was told to only go to Vicky... So on a Saturday morning I called for a last minute appointment at 1pm, and surprisingly that was the only time that Vicky actually had available. When I came in she was just starting with some girl, but she told me to pick a color for the no-chip. There was an amazing selection of colors, and there was an acrylic nail on a stick with every color painted on it, there were also different nails with different designs. I chose one of the design sticks and went back to Vicky. I was sat at a table to soak my hands in warm water. For the next 2 hours Vicky skipped between me and 2 other girls... I found this extremely unprofessional, and at some point one of the girls warned her that she had to go back to work and didn't have time for such a long manicure.... Due to the skipping around and length of time I would usually leave a lower rated review, but my nails look amazing!! I hear that if you go during the week and not on a saturday it is slower there, so you will get more attention. It's been almost 2 weeks and still look good. The top coat by the sparkles that I got started chipping a little, but i assume it's just the sparkles, plus i am the only one that can see a difference. Don't expect a high class salon, or superb service, but if you go to Vicky expect to get great looking nails that will last for a while. read more

They are not even close to a five star place. As soon as I walked in I was rushed into picking a nail color the lady was absolutely rude. My natural nails needed to be cut because one hand had them a bit longer than the other She did not cut the length or file my nails before even putting the acrylic tips on, She only got as far as that and I asked her to remove them because they were not even and I told her I would not be getting my nails done here. She still charged me for putting on the tips. Horrible place would not recommend at all!! read more

Horrible just horrible!! The people were so rude when doing my nails! They called me stupid (I get a little shaky because i have anxiety and this definitely didn't help) they nails were all thick from so much polish, I asked for no chip and even before leaving they chipped. Nails were gross and crocked. They cut me so many time and was over priced. DO NOT RECOMMEND read more

Five Star? More like One Star. I will not be coming back here. I went here once years ago and after not being able to get appointments at other salons, my mom suggested I go here for the mani pedi that I desperately wanted. The pedicure went fine, but it chipped the next day. I WAS pleased with my manicure, as the polish held up for quite a few days, which was great since I'm busy with my hands all day. Then, I took the polish off and was shocked by the state of my nails. When I got my nails done, I had on a no-chip from another salon. I felt a little attitude from the manicurist when I told her I needed it removed. She told me it would cost extra and placed a bowl of liquid (I think it was acetone) on a candle warmer and put my fingers in it and walked away. Periodically, she would pull my fingers out and scrape at them with one of the instruments and then put it back in the liquid. The liquid got VERY hot and I actually think my finger tips got a little burnt, as I lost some feeling in the tips afterwards. I told her it was too hot, and again, I got some attitude from her. She pulled my fingers out and began vigorously scraping the old polish off. Looking at my nails after removing the polish, I see little nicks in my nails. That was from her scraping at my nails so roughly. So there is still polish stuck in the nicks and my nails look ridiculous and full of horitzontal nicks all over. I've had a no-chip removed before and there was none of the brutal scraping that occurred at Five Star. Go elsewhere. read more

Made an appointment with Vickie for pedi and French no chip. She made pedicure great. By the time she was finishing up my toes, she got a lot of people coming in, on top of that someone directly asked her to do her nails, so I started noticing that she is really hurrying up with my manicure, even though I told her the reason of me being there was my best friend wedding. I came with a certain design in mind that she has done for my friend, but when she started doing it on me, she hardly have any care of how it looks, and she would ask me is this or that is ok, which it totally wasn't, as the lines were not even and just not done right or neat. Every time I would ask her to fix something she would very obviously get attitude and say something on her language that I didn't understand. Rude! After 2-3 nails she tried, I asked her just to do French manicure. At the end she charged my card and I did t find a tip line on a slip, which I asked her about ( not like I wanted to leave her anything after being rushed out of there with an obvious don't give a care attitude) and she answered in a very rude tone: YOU GOT NO CASH?! Well duuuh... I got no cash, you not going to die from paying taxes on your income! So she charged my card one more time for getting that tip from me. She didn't even say thank you. I swear, I have never been treated like that! On top of that it has been 19 hours and my nails are covered with broken curricula that she didn't remove. I just got those nails done and need to go and get them redone as they look like trash and I need to go to a wedding! On top of it she charged me 64$ plus 7$ tip literally for a pedicure, because I can not even call that manicure. WORST experience ever! I made sure I made an appointment so she got time for me and do the same design she once done for my friend but I guess those dollar bills ring in her head louder when more people are coming so she doesn't give a care about the quality of her work and satisfaction of her new clients. I posted some pictures for those who are interested to see my wedding French after 19 hours of being done! Feeling horrible about this situation! I wish I could give her minus 5 stars read more

Five Star Nails - It has been 19 hours since Vickie made this horrible job! I have never had a worse manicure done! - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

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Vicky is quick and on point..... shaped my nails to perfection and came up with a design on the spot.... read more

Five Star Nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

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I've been coming here for about three months since I moved in the area. It is very clean, the techs are very nice, and my jo chips last until I peel them off myself. Not sure why all the bad reviews! read more

Five Star Nails - Vicky does a fantastic job - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

Bad place so dirty and plus you have to pay extra if you use credit card , that is there job paying for credit cart fee , and them you pay every little diétalo. So dirty it was a spider hanging top of me got so scare . And she kill the spider with the instrument she was doing my nail I toll you not use the one on me and she just put in water to clean the instrument read more

Recommend her all day every day girls hand down no doubt schedule your next appointment with her Vicky I love you read more

Five Star Nails - Mood color next time totally get in this color purple and pink pretty hot - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

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Besides the fact that you cannot understand what they say to you, they are kind of rude, rush through the manicure, making more mistakes than necessary A lady clipped my nail so hard while cutting cuticles in a RUSH that I bled the entire time. Don't waste your money! read more

If I could rate it 0 stars I would. Not very professional. I was guaranteed 3 days of warranty on my nails. Instead I got yelled at for coming back and having them fixed and blamed for not taking care of them. read more

Been coming here for a long time and it's been very pleasant experience and extremely nice people. They definitely know what they are doing. The only place I would go to get my mani and padi done. read more

Love love love this place!! Been a customer for 5yrs and counting! They all do an amazing job and my nails come out beautiful every time! Also had a Brazilian wax, upper lip and eyebrows done. Love walking in and being greeted with a smile! read more

My manicure experience was really stressful in this place. Very rushed and sloppy job. This place looks very dirty and unkempt. Don't waste your time and money here! It's very overpriced for the quality of the manicures! read more

This was my first time going to 5 star nails, and I have to say I was not impressed at all, in fact I'm incredibly disappointed. I have been getting Acrylic/Gel nails for years now, and I was told by a family friend that Vicky was the person to see, so I decided to give it a shot. I had made an appointment with Vicky, and when I got there, she had somebody in her chair at my scheduled time, that as it turns out was a walk-in. Although it was annoying to have to wait an additional half hour before getting my nails done at my scheduled time, I decided to let it slide because I wasn't in a rush and patiently waited. When it was finally my turn, I felt that Vicky was trying to finish my nails as fast as possible, and as a result she ended up cutting me and making my cuticles bleed/sting on 5 different fingers with the rotating blade/drill thing that is used for acrylic. I have gotten acrylic done before and sometime a cut does happen, but never on 5 separate fingers during one appointment. She was careless and rude. Finally, after it was time for the polish. Vicky tried to push me to try their no chip nail polish because it dried faster. I told her I didn't want to because I had already picked out a color, and instead of dropping it, she was very pushy and tried again to convince me. She made me, as a customer, guilty for not wanting to get it. I hated the pushy-ness and the guilt. Also, I had narrowed down my polish choices to 3 different colors, and at every other salon they let me see the color on my hand, so that I can see if it looks good with my skin, when I asked Vicky, she very rudely said no that they don't do that there, and she made me quickly decide on the color. Luckily, the color I chose I happen to like on me, but still I think that was very rude and made me feel rushed. Overall, my acrylic fill in looks good if you ignore the fact that 5 out of my 10 fingers have red swollen cuticles that sting like crazy and hurt 6 hours after my appointment. Needless to say, I will not be coming back because my fingers hurt and the service was rude and rushed. read more

The owner is amazing. Great customer service and my nails always look great! They help me choose the best colors for the season and have so many color options! Thank you! read more

I go to Vicky all the time. She is the only one I trust with my nails. They always look perfect and last a long time. She knows what she is doing and no matter how busy they can get she makes sure your nails still look amazing. If you want to have great nails and know they will be awesome I would come here. read more

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I have been going to Five Star Nails for over a year. I find that Vicky is one of the best nail technician's that I've used. I get the best of the best! My pedicures are incredible and nails are a "work of art" every time. I highly recommend them. read more

I had a very pleasant first time experience at this nail salon. I had some time to kill and needed a pedicure.I don't know the name of the guy who did my pedicure but he was very experienced and did a great job. My pedi is nice and very neat and this guy even told me when my nails were dry and I was good to leave :-) pedi was $25. I'd definitely come here again if I'm in the area read more

Five Star Nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

Making the appointment was easy. The customer was seen on time. The customer was 100% satisfied with the results. One minor complaint that may or may not bother you; The ladies constantly jibber jabber in their native language while working on the customers. read more

I'm not sure how is the nail service. But I really love the lady who does wax. Always fast, clean, no pain, no ingrowns, she's the best! This is the only place I can do Brazilian and full legs wax. read more

I was blatantly refused service because I was gay after checking in and waiting a half an hour.

Jay did an amazing job on my gel full set. It was enjoyable being able to talk to him while he did my nails. I had a walk in appointment, and they were able to get to me right away. I wanted a design but I was unsure of what to get, so Jay came up with an adorable flower with rhinestones. read more

Five Star Nails - Beautiful gel nails done by Jay! - Nail Salons Near Me - Wheeling, Illinois

Only gave one star because I had to pick something to review. Expect to wait if you made an appointment and do not expect to get the person you made the appointment with. If you're gay or a gay advocate do not go here. People have been turned away and Jason is vocal about his hatred. I am not gay but I believe rights for all. I will never put money in their pocket again. read more

Very bad service, very rude. I went in for a no-chip mani and the girl did not even have the courtesy to stop working on the other customer. Everyone there is working on 2-3 people at the same time! She rushed through, & did a terrible job. Do not waste your money! I will not be swayed by a coupon again. read more

If I could rate this less than a one I would. Showed up at 10:00 a.m., which is when my appointment was scheduled, and there were 2 walk ins. Only one technician and she asked who had an appt. which I was the only one. She takes the walk in and I sit there until 10:30 when the rest of the technicians show up. Terrible job done on both my nails and feet. No apology for being so extremely late when I had called 2 days earlier to schedule. I would have walked out if someone hadn't given me a gift certificate. Would NEVER recommend this nail salon. Would highly recommend going to Nail Tech 6 in Wheeling, IL. Appointments are almost always on time if not you get a courtesy call. Also, Nail Tech 6 does quality work. read more

HORRIBLE!!! PLEASE DO NOT EVER COME HERE!!! I've never had such bad service in my life then here!! I left this place physically ANGRY! I cannot understand how getting your nails done, which is supposed to be a great relaxing experience, can make someone so frustrated and upset - but they have mastered this skiill here!!! AND this was not an "off" day - I've been here at least 3-4 times in the past, each time kicking myself for ever going back. I've given this place several chances since they are so close to my house and I wish they were anyting less then horrible for convienance purposes. They will never do what you want them to- rush through your service - do a terrible job and have horrible customer service. I never would have come back here but I had a gift certificate to here that I want to use. The shop itself is run down, everything is old and outdated, hardly any colors to chose and DIRTY. I came in the afternoon asking for a pedicure-maniure. After waiting 30 minutes, I was informed there were 5 mani/pedis ahead of me and asked if I could come back in an hour ( it would have been great if they told me this when I first walked in, but whatever...) So I agreed. So I called before coming back just to confirm and was told I would have to wait an additional hour - which I did. ( AGAIN, had I not had a gift card, I would have never wasted my time ). While I was picking out my color, I was told to "hurry up, we are busy later." RUDE!! I was told the design I wanted they could not do - the color I wanted is too light and would take too many coats for them to apply which would take a long time and they are busy. I'm sorry, I thought I was a customer and just as important as everyone else here??? Apparently not... LONG STORY SHORT - My nails look F*(&$$%& horrible! They charged me $10 extra to put a design on my toes! Their 5 year old son is the cashier and handles everyones money. This place is just a disaster. read more

I made an appointment for 3 people and when we got there one of us had to wait 30 minutes sitting in cold water before someone coukd get to her, one of us got placed in the chair and the water was so hot her feet turned red. Then we were shifted around between manicurists and when they were questioned about why we had to wait if we had an appointment, they started talking in their language which i thought was very rude. They did a good job on the actual mani/pedi but the customer service was HORRIBLE. read more

They give a decent pedicure for $25 and Vicky is amazing with acrylic nails. She is very fast and gets you in and out in no time. I have acrylics and like them to look natural and she gets it and shapes them nicely. read more