This is the nail salon right next to Stop and Shop in the Walmart shopping center in Islandia. Not sure if it's called Regal Nails or Clover Nalls as I think they have new management now? Well anyways, I live locally in Islandia and drive past this place all the time. So I figured before I went next door into Stop and Shop that I would get a pedicure. The decor is mediocre, nothing fancy. The place appears to be clean. They carry basic nail polishes...very few China Glazes, NO Essie Polishes, and some OPI. But mainly the cheap polishes you can buy at Walmart. They use prepackaged sterile equipment and open it in front of you which I did like. After seeing this sterile package I was sure I wouldn't find anything gross. BUT here is where they messed up: As I got my pedicure done, the two customers sitting next to me (one on each side of me) completed their pedicures. I closely watched how the two different employees cleaned the pedicure tub after they left. They each did the SAME exact thing: they both used a small rag (appeared to be crocheted or knitted?) with the same soap used to wash customers feet and wiped down the tub with it, rinsed the tub, then dried it with a towel. They used NO form of antiseptic cleaner as they should have. You are supposed to clean the tub with a form of antiseptic cleaner and allow it to sit for a certain amount of minutes so that it kills all the germs etc. I then watched an employee take a stack of towels and put it inside the tub. She then soaked the towels in the pedicure tub, rung out the excess water, and placed them into a towel warmer. YUCK! So basically, a stack of towels went into a tub that just had someone's feet inside of it, that was not even disinfected, and then placed in a warmer (let's breed some bacteria in a damp, dark, and warm place) to later be placed on your skin? I will NEVER go back to this place nor will I ever recommend anyone to come here just based on this. I was very happy with the pedicure I received, he did a perfect job and even gave me a fantastic massage. But I am completely grossed out and won't ever come back. Too bad because I would have been a loyal customer if it wasn't for seeing this happen. Some places are too worried about seeing people wait and wanting to serve them right away that they forget about what they should have learned in beauty school. You have to protect the public from contracting diseases and bacteria that these pedicure tubs harbor. If you are serving the public it is your ethical duty to do the right thing. Who cares how long people have to wait. You don't put someone's feet in a tub that hasn't been disinfected. I am a Registered Nurse who works for the DOH and I will be making a formal complaint. What this place did was disgusting. I will be taking my money elsewhere. read more