Pre-text: I rarely ever give a business (especially a small business) 1 star, but if I could give this place negative stars, I absolutely would. I know that sounds really crude, but having had pedicures done at a variety places all my life and being a generally understanding / patient person for customer service, I feel like I can rate it that low with confidence.
General Review: Let me start by saying that there is a VAST difference between paying for a color change (less than $10) and paying for a pedicure ($25), but when a salon makes the service difference barely distinguishable between the two... something is wrong. When you walk in the salon and they ask whether you want a regular pedicure or a spa pedicure, you indicate you want a regular pedicure, and you are made to feel inferior for not wanting the latter... something is wrong.
Details: We came here because I recently hurt my back and was having a really painful time bending down for any task, much less painting my toes for the summer. So my mom wanted to treat me because I've been feeling bleh and we were both looking forward to spending quality time together before a business trip I had to take. So let's get past the attitude / unfriendliness / grumbling of every staff member we encountered, because my mom and I can certainly keep ourselves happy just chattering away.
Everyone knows that a large part of the reason that people get pedicures is 2 fold - (1) because you need to have the skin around your nails trimmed - the bed, etc.... this is kind of hard to mess up and it was fine in this regard... not great, but fine - standard and (2) to exfoliate the bottom of your feet. I am by no means implying that I need all signs of callous or roughness to disappear on my feet for eternity, but yes, I do expect at least somewhat of an effort made. It's supposed to be relaxing for godsake! I kid you not - we each got 2 brush strokes of our feet with the exfoliating rock before it was put away. That's NOT an exaggeration.
Ok... so let's say that you're a really nice person and you are able to get past that - the PAINT job was horrendous. And by horrendous I mean, once you got home - you had to take OFF the nail polish you just PAID someone to apply and redo the entire thing yourself. There are worse things in life but in the realm of paying for a pedicure, you can see my distaste.
If ever I were to caution someone from coming to this nail salon, this would be the time. STAY AWAY. There are plenty of salons in the area to choose from and this should not be one of them. read more