I have very mixed feelings about my experience at Stellar Nails and Spa. Visited in june 16 2025.
The environment is very basic - definitely not a bells and whistles establishment which is fine as long as there is great service to back it up.
I arrived on june 16th (Sunday) at 2:10 pm. My appointment was scheduled for 2:30 so that went smoothly as far as timing is concerned. When I walked in I was greeted and signed in. I was told to pick a color but was given no direction as to where the color wheels for nail polishes were, so I went and sat at the first nail station because that's where I saw a color wheel of nail colors. Mimi let me know that the colors were actually at the front sequestered in a shelf and I could go over there.
The pedicure went decently. The filing is not great here. Very light and ticklish, I prefer to have a firm filing and exfoliation on my feet personally. The paint job itself was very streaky and looks unfinished up close. From far away it looks good.
Cleanliness factor of this salon is very low unfortunately- just being honest! The caddies that hold the nail supplies are dusty and I see a lot of tools being reused... Not sure whether they are even sanitizing them because they are kind of just laying out in a fashion that makes it look like the last customer had the same file and sand box file / buffing tool used on their feet. I don't like that. Overall I would rate the pedicure a 3/5.
Onto the manicure: The services I asked for were a manicure AND acrylic nail full set. These are two separate things and I got one service whilst the other was completely disregarded. I was still charged for it of course. I've noticed a lot of modern day nail salons completely eliminating the manicure service itself but still charging for it, this place is no different. When I say manicure, I mean the typical manicure. Cutting cuticles, treating and soaking my hands, removing any under nailed debris, etc." the works " if you will. When I say acrylic set, that is the actual nail itself- The polishing, the shaping, the color. I only received the latter. This is very annoying because I have also been to many salons that DO give you a manicure when you ask for one , some even provide korean hand masks. I don't expect that even, but you need to absolutely treat the hands if you are charging your customers for that, not just bypass it and move on to filing. I didn't even get a nail soak. Mind you this WAS itemized and I WAS charged for both services despite not receiving both
Filing was very rushed and multiple times the nail "tech" (who's name I forgot - usually sits in second station on left side, middle aged) used a super high setting that was extremely painful. I asked multiple times for her to turn it down. She also made a comment about another customer who had gotten her nails done a few days ago and was back stating verbatim to ME a paying customer: "I did her nails the other day , she didn't even tip me and now she is back to get it fixed" whilst rolling her eyes. that is SUPER rude and unprofessional I didn't even say anything because I was just shocked at that level of entitlement and behavior. I'm a heavy tipper (personally) and I have never wanted to tip someone less in my life.
The acrylic set also was a let down. The only decent thing about them was the shaping. I selected the shades you have to pay extra for- it has a shimmer undertone to it. They are opaque on the display wheel but once on they are on you- sheer and see through and streaky. The nail tech made the acrylics extremely thick kind of how the old school grandmas used to get them when acrylics first came out. Not cute. I'm not a fan of that for obvious reasons. She was extremely rushed with the service the entire time like she had somewhere to be as well.
Anyways, I won't be revisiting but I did want to at least give an honest feedback of my experience. know that if you are coming to this salon in the summer, the door will be open the entire time so I definitely had flies land on me during my manicure- I don't care that much but a lot of people hate bugs.
3/10 is my rating for this salon when professionalm, level of precision and price are all considered. Wont return. read more