Uhhhhhhh...
That's basically the reaction my friend and I had throughout our manicure experience. We walked in at around 3pm and asked if they had any availability later in the day. They wrote us down for 6:30pm, and we returned at 6:25 for our appointment. They told us it would be 5-10 min since all their technicians were occupied then. No problem for us, so we sat down to wait. At 6:35 one nail technician was free, so I began my manicure. She filed my nails and checked if I liked the shape. Then she asked what scent of lotion I would like for my hands. These were nice touches, though the lotion massage lasted only like 5 seconds.
After that, there were only downsides to the experience. The nail technician caused some minor bleeding in my finger due to aggressive cuticle cutting (photo attached). She also did not use a base coat for my polish... luckily I chose a translucent color so there most likely won't be any nail staining, but still... base coats are a fairly standard practice, so not sure why they shirked out on it. Overall, I felt my manicure was really the bare bones - I've gone to places for a polish change (half the price) for better quality, care, and services (e.g longer hand rub).
In addition, my friend was not attended to until 7:05 (35 min after our appointment). At 7:05 she was told to take a seat, but even after sitting, she was left waiting for 10 min while the technician cleaned the bathroom... in the meantime, I finished my manicure at 7:08, and another client who had an appointment at 7pm was seated with my former technician. So a client with a later appointment was serviced before my friend all while my friend's designated technician was cleaning the bathroom. My friend was very confused, and we were nervous about making our 8pm dinner appointment in time. After my friend made several distressed faces at me, my former nail technician noticed and began servicing my friend (so balancing two clients) at the same time.
Overall the salon is clean and follows good health / safety practices (I saw my technician open a new disposable package of tools), but they seem to overbook and are disorganized. I'm not sure if it's common to run late in appointments from both ends (client / technician) in Italy, but we were sufficiently confused by the behavior at this salon. The technicians seem friendly enough and responsive to feedback, but I probably would not recommend this salon. read more