Dude, this has got to be the BEST nail salon I have ever experienced. I have been to a handful of nail salons from every part of town. I have also been to the majority of beauty schools and higher end nail spas in Oregon, in hopes of finding the ideal nail salon. Well, yesterday...I found it. (I quit my acrylic addiction eons ago, but I still like my paws to look good.)
My friend was having a bad day and I decided to take her out to some pedis. Since I was in the Beaverton area, I wanted to look up reviews for a reputable nail place before taking her there (wouldn't want to make her day worse with bad nail experience, right?). I found this gem among others, but the thing that made me chose this location over the other nearby locations is the consistency of 5 star reviews written by fellow Yelpers. Excited and curious, we made our way over to this joint.
We were warmly greeted by Kim. She asked what we were here for and we told her we were interested in the Spa Pedis ($25). They were running a 4th of July special where you buy one for $25 and the second Spa Pedi will be $15. Great deal, so we sat back in the luxurious massage chairs to go on our magical Spa Pedi journey. Before starting, Kim asked if we were first time customers and we said yes, and she handed over slips of paper for us to fill out our name, phone number and birthday. Kim mentioned she will use the info to notify us special discounts from time to time. After that, Kim joyfully handed over a huge plastic bin filled with raffle slips and told us that since we were first time customers, we get to each draw a special surprise! We each got a $5 gift certificate before even starting our Spa Pedis.
My friend had Bobby and I had Kim to service us. We bought our own nail kit but they took out new nail kits for us and told us that theirs were better, we shrug and said "go for it". We were expecting them to charge for the nail kits after the Spa Pedis were done, but they didn't! Kim said that our nail kits were free of charge (every nail salon out there will charge you at least $3-$6 for a nail kit that costs a mere $1 at the store and tell you that it's required "by law"...HAHAHA what a freaking JOKE!! To all you other nail salons out there: Y'all just wanna rip customers off because YOU can't afford to provide your customers with the core basics! If anything, YOU are violating the law and your business should get shut down! Go fuck yourselves already, thanks! ^_~).
Our nail kit came in a nice white box that fitted a pumice buffer for the feet, nail file, nail buffer and a "toe-sie separator" (my own term because I don't know the correct term).
Both Bobby and Kim kept talking to a minimum, which we prefer because most of the Vietnamese-owned nail salons we have been to, had staff that were loud, chatty and annoying (unprofessional!). Now, the quality of the Spa Pedis were *ahhhhmazing*!!! They took their time and was attentive to the smallest details. I get occasional in-grown nails (despite taking care of my toesies on a regular basis) due to wearing a lot of stilettos for work and other unhealthy shoe habits. Kim noticed this and took care of my paws accordingly. She was gentle and effective. After almost an hour long Spa Pedi, we had a paraffin wax treatment (included in the Spa Pedi!) as the happy ending :)
At the end, while I was paying, Kim gave my friend $5 (first time customer raffle) and $10 for her upcoming birthday and myself $5 (first time customer raffle).
5 star service at amazingly affordable prices. Salon is SUPER clean (someone was always cleaning something in the background). My friend and I stared at our beautiful toesies for the rest of the day. Our feet looked so purrfect, almost photo-shopped. After 23 years of searching for the ideal nail salon, I found it. So did my friend. :) I live in Gresham, but I don't mind the drive to Beaverton. Definitely customers for life! Thank you, Kim and Bobby...you guys are awesome! read more