I've been going to Romance Nails since 2016, and I can honestly say it's one of the best nail salon I've ever been to! Jennifer, Kathy, and Emily aren't just incredibly talented (they shape my nails perfectly every single time), they're warm, kind, and make you feel like family the second you walk in. You leave every visit feeling not just beautiful, but seen and cared for. They go above and beyond to accommodate everyone, and I'm endlessly grateful for their skill, consistency, and heart. If you want your nails done right, with love and precision, this is the place. Romance Nails is, and always will be, my forever spot. read more

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I've been coming here every 3-4 weeks for years now and couldn't recommend more! Such great service for a very reasonable price. Jenny, Emily, Kathy and the whole staff have such great attention to detail and always give me the perfect gel mani and/or pedi. I always get compliments on my nails! read more

The salon is very clean and the experience was overall pleasing. Jenny was very nice and my nails came out amazing! Would def come here again. read more

Great place for your nails! Jennifer and her team always treat me well and are able to accommodate my last minute requests. Good choice!

They are just not as good as before. I've been coming for years here and they just don't pay attention to detail anymore. My toe nails weren't even and when I told the owner she didn't even care. They increased the prices without saying anything. So done with this place. I'll pay more for better results. read more

I've been coming to Romance Nail Spa and seeing Emily for my nail appointments for almost 2 years now. I am ashamed to admit it but I am EXTREMELY picky about my nails. Yes-- I am that crazy person. But-- hear me out-- I truly believe that if I am paying to have my nails done, they should be done to my expectations (within reason) and I think that many of us salon-goers would agree. I have yet to find any nail tech who freehands a French manicure the way Emily does. She is so incredibly precise and the lines are always crisp. She is also extremely kind and remembers your preferences after seeing her 2-3 times. She also gives a meannnnm hand and forearm massage!! So if you are as picky as I am when it comes to getting your nails done, do yourself a favor and visit Emily here. You will not be disappointed. read more

Jenny is amazing! I've been going here for quite a few years now. Got my wedding day nails done here too :-) read more

Romance Nail Spa - Jenny is the absolute best! She did my nails for my wedding day. Can't recommend this place enough been going for a few years now! - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

Excellent spacious nail salon. Prices are good. Very clean and professional. I go to Jenny. She is very sweet and lovely. I don't know the other workers names but they are also very sweet and do a great job. Excellent massage with a pedicure read more

Very friendly and professional. I brought my mom for her very first pedicure ever, and she was in love. The ladies loved her, too, and we all had a great time. They did a wonderful job on my and my mom's toes, and I will definitely come back again. The atmosphere was relaxed and comfortable. Just make sure to bring cash because you cannot tip with your card or any other electronic method. read more

This was my second time at Romance Nail Spa. I can't complain about the staff except they aren't very upfront with you. Instead of saying I would need to wait 30-45 minutes, they just said it's a couple minutes and had my sit on the massage chairs. I didn't mind this as all, I'd prefer they had just told me in the beginning. I love the quality of their work because the women do an amazing job and my nails lasted 3 weeks long. I had come in the first week of August, and yesterday the same girl cleaned and redid my nails. Their prices are pretty high for a simple manicure and pedicure but I guess it's understandable due to the location. I took my younger brother with me and he also had a manicure and pedicure but without any nail polish. So they were glad to help which was great. I definitely will return! read more

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The gals at Romance Nails have been so awesome from fixing my initial bad set of acrylics six months ago to always helping me experiment with new ideas. And they're super friendly, two. read more

Romance Nail Spa - The girls at Romance Nails do beautiful nail art!! Thank you for an awesome new look! - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

They're OPEN again so goooo! I've been going to get my mani/pedis at Romance for almost 10 years now. I took my bridal party to get our wedding nails done...yes, they're that good! Everything is clean, the ladies are all super thorough and take their time and they offer pretty much all of the latest nail trends. Call ahead for an appointment and you won't be disappointed. Jennifer and her friendly team will take good care of you! read more

My mother in law first introduced me to this place and I have kept going to Romance Nail Spa for a few years now. They have always treated me well, great service and the technicians are great. Even when it's busy they always take care of me. They are creative with their designs. read more

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I've been coming for years and have always had a great experience. Clean, friendly, and great work. Always happy to support this small business! read more

Romance Nail Spa - Gel French manicure - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

Just spent 88 for my nails and a pedicure. Not sure what the pedicure was but was the worst I've had there EVER!! The nails cost me 55.00 for what should have been a fill on 1 hand. 5 total Nails had fallen off and the owner charged me for a full set. Then proceeded to tell me when I called her after leaving that cleaning and manicure is not included. She was okay putting new nails on dirty fingernails. She didn't clean them, cut my cuticles or anything fore 55.00 dollars I walk out with after she took an hour...and mind you this is the owner.. all the nails are different shapes and have chunks under them read more

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This afternoon, Jennifer, the long-standing operator at this establishment, turned away my 80 year old mother and loyal customer for over 15 years. She would not accept a gift card my mom had from 2014 because it "expired." I called Jennifer inquiring on this, completely expecting that there must have been a misunderstanding of some sort and that Jennfer would realize the mistake. She quite simply said she would not take the gift card after all these years. It was against the "policy" to accept an expired gift card... a policy authored and dictated by Jennifer herself, not one of some other nebulous and elusive owner/operator. I tried explaining to her that the gift card is good as cash, bought, and paid for, and monies that Jennifer reaped the benefit of, but no service was extended in return. Jennifer was snarky, rude, dismissive, and instead of seeing the BIG picture, she would rather lose our family of customers than allow my mom to redeem the value of the card. Before I started to write this review, I called Jennifer back to give her the option to make this right or expect that a review on Yelp would be the next appropriate measure for this situation. Jennifer did not converse with me. Instead, she handed the phone to a customer, not an employee of the salon, to speak on her behalf. Clearly, that went nowhere as this cutomer had no fundamental understanding of the situation or a grasp of the facts, but rather a spokeshole for Jennifer. I engaged with said customer, but quickly realized this woman was out of her element, had no idea on how to run a business or what it means to stay out of someone else's business. I don't normally write negative reviews or any reviews for that matter, but this one really was on a whole different level of blatant disregard for the elderly, for long-standing customers, and a massive failure of not doing right by customers, especially ones that have stayed true and loyal for years. She has lost all four members of our family over a decision that saw pennies over dollars, a small picture over big picture, and foolishness over common sense. Jennifer, shameful on your part. We will never step foot in your business again. In an area littered with nail salons on every block, those that stand the test of time will always put principal, loyalties, and graciousness over profit. Romance Nails does not exude the qualities that matter. read more

Love this spot. The ladies are so sweet and patient. They never keep you waiting. I can also appreciate how gentle they are. My feet are super sensitive and they never hurt me. It's the simple things. And their music selection is the best. 90's rnb read more

Romance Nail Spa - Moon nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

If I could give this place ZERO stars, I would! My teen daughter was treated with the utmost disrespect at this establishment. No adult should EVER treat a polite teen and a good kid (or any kid) the way my daughter was treated! I dropped off my sixteen year old daughter at her scheduled nail appointment at 3:40pm. I had a client after so I had made arrangements for her to get picked up later. The ride arrives 1:15 later and my daughter is not even close to being ready and texts me how they just sat her down 20 min ago. I called the owner Jeniffer and asked why its taking too long, and remind her how I had specifically asked her to not book anyone at the same time as us (as she had done before). We are a busy family with sports and work obligations so we don't have time to sit there for hours. She assured me that another half hour and lies about how my daughter took too long to pick design (my daughter knew what she wanted and had told her the design upon arriving) Needless to say, TWO HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES later my daughter calls saying she is ready. No nail job takes that long!! Jeniffer repeatedly left my daughter to go work on OTHERS, walk ins, while my poor kid waited and waited. Oh it gets worst... while she is working on my daughter's manicure, she uses my daughter to text (using her free hand) her daughters tutor, read a list off her phone (as if my daughter is her secretary and not a paying customer). The inappropriateness reaches its PEAK when both Jennifer and Kathy (older tech) decide to tag team telling my daughter to lie to me and not tell me they were working on other people and making her wait. YES you heard that right! Grown adults (parents themselves) asking a teen to lie to her mother. To think that Jennifer and Kathy would allow themselves to do this is beyond appalling specially considering how generously I would tip ALL of them everytime I went in. To make matters worst, my poor daughter (who by the way babysits to pay for her own nails) was not even happy with her nails after the 2:20 wait. She had holes and nicks all over her nails that Jennifer refused to fix saying "they are just air bubbles" I should have known how greedy and unprofessional Jennifer is when the time before Kathy made a mistake and did gel pedicure instead of normal for me and as soon as I saw she brought the lights to bake it, I was like I didnt want Gel but I felt bad for Kathy and said its ok don't worry about taking off and redoing (although no one wants blue toes for a month!!!) and Jennifer who was doing my manicure at that time and heard the entire thing, charged me the full $20 extra for my gel pedicure when I checked out. Never setting foot in that place ever again. I will take my business to the million other nail salons in studio city where owners and staff are not driven by GREED and BAD MORALS. read more

I just had a mani and pedi and the girls were incredible! First time ever getting acrylics and they walked me through it and answered all my questions and my nails came out EXACTLY as the picture I showed. I'm so excited!!! Comfy massage chairs, good pricing, just be sure to book an appointment. They got very busy mid afternoon. read more

Went there on a top recommendation from a trusted friend. Made a proper appointment for dip removal and application. I've been getting that done for 10 years at other places. No issues. Upon arrival, they put my hands in boiling hot acetone to soak. ???? I have long natural nails. When I complained, they said they would have to wrap my nails in foil. (That's normally how it is done.) they put on acetone and cotton and wrapped my nails in foil and then left me to take a walk in client for a manicure. ??? What happened to my scheduled appointment?? I sat with foils on for almost an hour. Very bad for nails. And I took the foils off myself as I was told it would just be a few more minutes. But still more time passed. As we approached the hour mark I had to leave because of how this was all handled. The cotton has cemented to my nail beds and my nails were so sore with whatever acetone they used. This is how I had to leave and find another establishment which handled all as expected. Not sure why I got this poor level of inconsiderate service but this place is a huge NO for me. read more

Romance Nail Spa - Cotton hard as rock. The next place had to drill it off - acetone dried my nails and skin beyond bad. - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

I wish I was still having my nails done here instead of being on lock down!! Tracy did a great job on my fingernails and filed them exactly the way I like, kind of square with rounded corners. She was very sanitary and wore a mask while working. The salon is reasonably clean and they are very busy even with the beginning of the corona virus shut down. The only weird thing was some scary homeless guy wandered in pretending to speak a language no one else understood and the owner didn't shoo him out fast enough. Hopefully he didn't have COVID-19!! Yikes I should have taken photos of him!! Sorry Yelpers!! read more

First of all, no, just no. I've made 2 attempts to come here considering I live directly across the street and have been unsuccessful due to them overbooking which is extremely unprofessional. You might as well just walk in because this place prioritizes those. You'll still have to wait because they're greedy now. Not to keen on the ethics of properly running a business. Anywho, my last visit, made an appointment. Get there on the dot. Walk in and all the nail techs look up and then right back down without saying a word, which forces me to announce i have an appt to the entire salon. A lady then tells me to sit for a few minutes. 10 minutes go by i ask if its going to be longer and she said yes 20 more minutes. wtf. why did i have to ask this??? they will just let you sit and wait 30 entire minutes when you have an appointment. absolutely not. the station i was waiting at was run down and the whole decor in the place is a bit out of date and unstylish including the worn down leather pads you rest your hands on. Luckily! I walked 2 stores down to Natural Nails in the plaza which was heaven sent and were able to take me right away. read more

No more ! ! I used to go there for few years, also got my friends go there, few times it happened to me that Jenifer left me in the middle of doing my nails at a position that I couldn't left , and got a walk-in costumer that was more important than me. Also few times it happens to me that as soon as I walk at the door, (always with scheduled appointments) they asked me if I want pedicure as well when my appointment was for doing my nails. Stupid me I agreed to do pedicure and when my feet in the water my nails appointment was delayed. My friends stop going there because the same reason that they don't respect your time. Today it happens to me again. My appointment was scheduled to 2:30 I rushed to get there on time , at 2:30 Jenifer was still busy with other customer, as usual they asked me if I want pedicure, unfortunately I agreed although I did few days ago, but I did it because it's better than just wait. The lady took of the nail polish and cut my nails a little bit , and by this time 2:40 Jennifer finished with previous customer. Instead of coming to me she got another customer. I asked her what about me she told me she will do the other one fast, I told her I don't want her to do her fast I want her to start doing my nails it's already over my appointment time. However I took my feet out of the water and I told her I am leaving. I was charged 25$ WTF??!! I don't know why I paid but I went to the car crying. So disrespectful. I spoke to my friend and she told me that is the reason why she is never coming there again. Their job is decent, but nothing to write home about, however if you are looking for a place that will respect your time, that will not leave you in the middle and go serve someone else, this is not the place for you. Never again! read more

Love this place and have become a regular! $45 for a full set with gel polish. Good brow waxes too. The color on this photo is 181. read more

Romance Nail Spa - Full set with gel polish $45. Color 181. - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

Not an uppity, boujee gal ridden spot. I got a gel manicure & tbh I've never had all my nails stay pristine for over a week. This place lasted 8 days - lit! My pedicure was kind of half-a$$ed. In other reviews I read about a basically cheese grater looking thing to get skin off your heels which didn't happen for me. My feet were decently soft but not like "wow I just got a great pedicure" soft. There was a cool room that looked like a backyard tiki party that I really wanted to peek into. (I believe there was even fake grass & possibly even tiki torches? Unsure, was a very lazy (personal) Sunday but maybe one day I'll find the bravery to venture in. Nice technicians though. read more

I have been going here for years and the service has always been awesome. They are so professional and have consistently been able to do what I ask for, as well as offering suggestions when they get new polishes in. read more

Romance Nail Spa - Love this cloud manicure! - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

This is by far the best nail salon in all of LA. It's nothing fancy, but the ladies there are beyond meticulous and beyond attentive the smallest details. Thank you for always taking care of John and I! read more

Romance Nail Spa - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

Super rude! I walked in and they told me to come back in 30 minutes. I came back exactly 30 min later and they just looked at me and said "you have to wait". Ok...fine. So I asked how long I would have to wait because I was on a time crunch. No one cared to answer me! It's fine, there are 4 other nail salons within .1 miles of you. I'll give one of them my business. read more

The mail techs were not friendly at all.Out of all the nail salons that I've been to in the past the friendliness would bring me back to give them a second try even if my nails didn't come out right, but no.....I will not be going back.This was my first time at this salon to get a pedicure and I will be trying a different one next time..Poor customer service and very little time spent scrubbing or massaging. read more

I absolutely love this place. Whenever I'm forced to go to another place, I end up paying way too much for a mani & pedi that doesn't last more than a week and I hate. read more

Romance Nail Spa - Manicured perfection! - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

Clean, caring, soothing, sensational experience every time and they take appointments (which I recommend).

My new go-to. Best overall nail salon I have experienced thus far. THE AMBIANCE: Romance Nail Spa ("Romance") is a large nail salon located on a wide, Main Street in Studio City. The salon is always clean and the spa chairs with massage are well-maintained. Low key music plays; it might be a "love" radio station and I love it because it's relaxing. THE COLOR SELECTION: Romance has great color options. You can find a wide selection of Essie, OPI, and gel colors. I like that they have multiple nail color swatches on acrylic nails so you can get a better idea of what the color will look like once applied. THE SERVICE: Excellent. I have not left Romance unsatisfied no matter who does my nails. My favorite nail tech for a gel mani right now is Lin. I get mad goosebumps with filing and she is super gentle unlike any other manicurist I've had! I am so happy to have found her! She also pays extra attention to details so I leave with perfect nails. THE TIPS: Street meter parking; free on Sundays. read more

Romance Nail Spa - Nails by Jennifer - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

Jennifer is rude and was talking about me in her languag. I been going there for years... I want Emily for my medi pedi and no one else, Jennifer had problem with that. read more

1st time here & I really like it.Helen & Jennifer did amazing job,they were very gentle and applied gel very careful.I am picky about nails but I like this place.Very clean too! read more

I've been going to Romance Nail Spa for over 4 years now and as far as nail salons go this place is truly as good as it gets. Fortunately I live a stone's throw away, but I can honestly say if I didn't, I would gladly commute to receive the quality of service that the technicians here provide. You can't go wrong with anyone who works here, which makes booking a breeze; no need to schedule with a specific person as each does stellar work. With that said, If I had to pick a favorite, it would be Jennifer (sorry!! you are all wonderful!). She runs the salon and is an absolute gem in every way imaginable. Bottom line: If you're considering coming here then DO IT, you won't regret it! (Jennifer is responsible for my awesome Valentines themed nails - see photos attached) read more

Romance Nail Spa - Amazing work! - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

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Operation: Stephy Needs To Save Money To Someday Own A House Status: Failed. Okay, so I blew it yesterday. Just a mere 3.5 weeks into my save my cash for a roof over my head mission, I thwarted my own progress due to a desperate need for a mani/pedi. I'd been doing so good. I gave up all of the hookers and blow. I stopped my late night gambling rings and even cancelled my wine club memberships (hey, desperate times!) But yesterday, I spent $53.75 on a spa mani/pedi and an eyebrow job and well, I am still going to sleep at night because my feets, fingers and brows look awesome! This was my first time here and I only found it because I couldn't turn left and decided to make my way down Ventura. It looked so tranquil on the outside and seeing as how there was a spot right in front of the place, I took that as a sign and my foot did the rest. Once in, the tranquil instincts were spot on. Greens, whites, nice comfy massage chairs and smiling people ready to tend to your every whim. Then there were the gossip rags. I usually refrain from reading those things unless I am at a nail salon, but I learned so much yesterday about Jen Anistons shopping sprees, LeAnn Rhymes' adulterous affair and of course that stars eat too!! (Please read the sarcasm here) As for the job they did, it looks great. Neutral paws and hot red hooves and a nice, retro shaped eyebrow line that will pair quite nicely with my vintage garb. Overall, yes, I spent too much, but hey, when you get a day off a month, you have to at least have something to put a smile on your face and relax, right? Right. read more

Romance Nail Spa - Nail Salons Near Me - Studio City, California

I've visited this salon periodically over the 15 years I've lived here and consistently I've been pleased with their work. I've gone to several other places because I just happened to be in different areas of LA. But I think I'm done with all that and am just going to get my nails done here from now on. read more

Loves it! Just finished getting a fill and pedicure. Take their time, pay attention to detail and do a great job. The ladies are so sweet here. I love the ambiance as well. Very relaxing and low key. I think this is my new spot! Very happy! You won't be disappointed! read more

I had such a great experience getting a gel mani and regular pedi here. The staff was attentive, parking was very easy I parked right in front, and I loved both mg gel mani and pedicure. I can not wait to come back read more

I normally love this place! Very sweet staff! Been going there for years and every time I land back in LA I go straight there and I leave happy. This time, NOT SO MUCH!! Highly disappointed in the work Jennifer did with my nails. Within 2 days my nails were chipping and I had very important engagements to attend. So sad this happened. I hate that I have to leave a bad review but now I am in another city and have to pay MORE money after spending 80 dollars to get nails and feet done there. Unfortunately, I feel this place isn't the same. It's going down hill.! read more

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