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    Minh Ly's Nails

    4.3 (138 reviews)
    ModerateNail Salons, Waxing
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    Services - Minh Ly's Nails

    Nail fill-in

    Toe nail fill-in

    Hand nail fill-in

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    Hand and toe nail fill-in

    Manicure

    Manicure and pedicure

    Pedicure

    Nail polish change

    Toe polish change

    Hand polish change

    Hand and toe polish change

    Nail polish removal

    Toe polish removal

    Hand polish removal

    Hand and toe polish removal

    Nail repair

    Waxing

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    Tina S.

    It is our first time to try this nail salon in Santa Barbara. We drove from LA to visit my husband in SB, thus, we were not able to make any nail appointments. Upon researching in Yelp, I stumbled upon this place and gave them a call to check if they could accomodate me and my daughter. We were glad to give this place a try. Amy did the acrylics of my daughter and she was pleased with the result. For me, I also had my eyebrows waxed by Be. Customer service is good and prices are reasonable!

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    Richie D.

    I never like to admit that my sister is right. Never. But after her and I had both been to several nail salons in Santa Barbara and Goleta separately, she kept telling me that I needed to visit Minh Ly's for my next mani-pedi because they are simply the best for the price. Sure enough, I was well overdue for some self care with my cuticles beyond repair. My sister made us an appointment together. Sadly due to work I was running 20 minutes behind and I told them over the phone that if they need to move to their next customer appointment that I can reschedule. They simply said to take my time! I arrived all stressed and sweating, yet Me hong (Amy) and Huong (Bee) reassured me that all is well. After I had calmed down, the sweet Vietnamese gals of countless years of nail experience took amazing care of my sister's and my nails. We sadly suffer from horrible ingrown nails in our toes, yet they were sure to dig them out and clean up our feet to a brand new condition. The pedicure consisted of a foot bath, nail and cuticle trim, callus pumicing, a scrub, massage, and painting or buffing. Then they continued with the same services but on our hands. I left extremely pleased with the friendliness, care to attention, their ability to carry on a conversation, and patience with my late arrival. I will definitely be reaching out soon for another nail appointment--especially at $50 for a mani-pedi.

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    Amy C.

    I just had the most amazing experience at Minhly's Nails. The ladies were so incredibly sweet and B (name of nail technician) did an excellent job on my nails. I went in today to get a gel manicure and pedicure. It was the BEST one I have ever received. B took her time and was very thorough. I get very bad ingrowns on my toe nails and they become very painful if not dealt with. She knew exactly how to cut the nails to relieve the pain. Others have just cut the big toes but she did all of them. I was shocked how much she focused on them to help me. The foot massage she gave me was also amazing and she did it for a decent amount of time. For the price and the service I received today, I will recommend this nail salon to everyone I know. I do advise making an appointment because the staff is small but they do a miraculous job!!!

    Victoria M.

    So I have mixed feelings about this place. I will start off by saying it's awesome for the price and the people are very nice. Minh is even there painting the nails himself. I went in for graduation nails and the place is a bit dirty and they kinda just shake the nail dust off before seating you. I did ask for a very complicated design, and they did an excellent job. I then went back later to get gel nails and they were nicely painted. My only complaint is that my nails weren't soaked and they didn't remove my cuticles or apply any lotion before painting my nails. They simply removed the old acrylics and threw the paint on top of my nails. But again, the people were nice and the nails will come out looking great, just don't expect to be pampered.

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    Emily L.

    I love my nails!! they are welcoming and prices are affordable here. Definitely worth coming in for a gel mani!

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    Isabel W.

    Minh Ly does an excellent job with the gel manicure. He is very detail oriented and my gel manicure looks fabulous. He is also very kind and the prices are extremely reasonable. I will definitely be coming back, 10/10!

    I don't normally write reviews, unless it's absolutely excellent or absolutely terrible. Please do not go here. There were only two people who worked there. They were kind and clean. But everything else, good lordy.. It was run down, in how they had to fiddle with wiring for the curing lights, the seats were uncomfortable. It was dimly lit. Pedicure: The polish was old. Didn't get my callouses off or cut and shape my toe nails very well. The polish is messy around my cuticles, and it does not reach the sides of my nails.(They didn't cause the cut, I accidently ran a door over my toes, and it scraped along my big toe and bruised me a bit) Manicure: jfc what a disaster. If you want something super simple and are okay with imperfect polish then come here. Otherwise Don't.. anyways, I wanted a short stiletto. Dude didn't know how to do it, tried to give me a regular stiletto instead. I told him my pointer finger nails are a bit crooked, but with the correct filing, it looks like they're not. He couldn't do that either. I asked him to make my stiletto short again after he ignored/didn't hear/forgot my request. He clipped the tips off and started filing to a point. But didn't actually make a point as they were still flat at the tips when he was "done". I showed him how they were still flat and he somehow didn't see how they were flat, and showed them in the light and said I don't see what you're talking about. And so I asked can I see the file please? I had to attempt to fix my nails. I was able to fix the tips. However the sides I couldn't fix. As shown in pictures, my pointer fingers are crooked, one of my middle fingers is filed crookedly. The paint is messy around my cuticles and doesn't reach the sides of multiple nails. There are jagged edges of acrylic+gel+natural nail. One was so bad I had to clip the jaggedness when I got home. It's still not great though. It's just all bad. And to top it all off, dude didn't even fully cure my nails, so now certain nails/certain places aren't smooth to the touch, they're bumpy. Oh and btw, they didn't have the ability to properly do a basic flesh tone to green ombre nail. That's what I originally wanted. Said something about not having the color green in dip powder. I've gotten ombre before, they put paint in one of those mini paint/liquid makeup sprayer things. So I suggested red since they didn't have green. They tried to give me pink instead. Dude put pink dip powder in this little perfume like thing that he squeezed to make it go on my nail. Didn't even say they didn't have red, just tried to see if I would want pink by putting it on me. Like bro no. In conclusion, don't come here.​

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    8 months ago

    My daughter and I went in for mani/pedi! Very friendly and did an excellent job! Will definitely be returning

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    11 months ago

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. They got me in right away, did a lovely job, great massage on my legs and my toes look fantastic!!!

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    9 months ago

    Really thorough and attentive at a great price! I did gel nails and they did magnetic at no extra cost.

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    Always excellent service and they do a great manicure. Easy to schedule- and it's our go to place in Goleta!

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    I think this place is cheaper than other nail salons. But they're not good at design nails.

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    Ask the Community - Minh Ly's Nails

    How much are gel manicures now?

    I believe $30

    How much do they charge for acrylic nail removal?

    Just $10. Thank you. Please call us 8056834413

    How much is a gel manicure?

    $30

    Do they do dip powder nails?

    No- just called!

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    Review Highlights - Minh Ly's Nails

    Be fixed an ingrown nail problem another salon created and it took her many months.

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