** short review: cheap dirty salon trying to not be cheap. But they're cheap. And the owner sucks. Gone here over a dozen times over the years. Doesn't respect customers if they have issues. Great staff, but communication needs a boat load of work. Go here for cheap, but beware you'll get a cheap service. **
So I've been going to this hole in the wall nail salon for years (despite how dirty it is). After Amy's nail salon started treating their customers with less attention and raised their prices I switched to urban, because they had better prices and seemed to be catering to my picky needs.
I'm VERY picky when it comes to my nails. I fully understand this. But I always compensate for a job well done. I always say please and thank you and I may have high demand and nit picky actions, but I always am polite about it and I'm always paying for it.
The last three times I've gone into Urban, the owner has been the focal point to my issues with that salon. That and miscommunication. They don't speak the greatest English; I'm always empathetic towards that fact and try my best to work with them. However, today was the final straw and I am completely fed up with her treating me like I'm a problem.
They know I'm picky. I even told them I'm VERY PICKY. But she charged be $33 for a basic acrylic when it's $25 for a basic full set with regular nail polish. They never told me it would (now) cost more for long nails... Which defeats the purpose of a full set of fake nails, because the entire point is to make your nails longer. And the acrylics didn't even turn out very long.
Let alone she argued with me about something completely stupid. She blamed me for taking over 2 hours in her salon like that was an issue then said I keep complaining about my nails. This was completely untrue as all I wanted was my nails painted to the nail bed, my nails to be shaped almond, my cuticles cut, and the dirt cleaned out from under my nails. The nail tech didn't understand all of this. So I was really understanding and just decided I would do it on my own when I got home.
When I asked The nail tech to paint my nails to the cuticle she rushed me to the dryer counter and then got the owner.
(I also didn't like the color, which I was fine with tipping extra to change it to something less flashy but all of a sudden that cost extra when before they never charged extra for that.)
The owner painted my nails and while she painted them she proceeded to Scold me.
"Everything she does she tries to please you, but nothing she does seems to be right. We can never please you; you take too long. I know because I counted the time."
So I stood up for myself and I basically told her that if she's going to treat me like this I can take my business elsewhere, because I'm paying for this time and I'm paying a lot of money to have my nails look nice.
I have my own business; I deal with customers all the time and I never argue with them like this even if they're wrong. I go out of my way to please them, because I know that their reviews and their potential returning business is more valuable to me in the long run than the time it takes to please them.
Spending 2.5 hours in a nail salon for a full set and a pedicure isn't obscene. 45 minutes for the pedi and a little over an hour and a half on a full set isn't crazy. The nail tech did a great job on my nails, but she failed to communicate properly with me, especially when she was rushing me to dry my nails. If I'm spending about $80 every two weeks to have beautiful nails I don't think I'm asking for much here.
So I won't be going back and none of my friends who I've sent there will be either. You NEVER ARGUE with a customer and you NEVER up your prices just because you took more time to do a basic full set. That's something I pay for in the tip which unfortunately I couldn't tip them as well because she raised the prices just for me.
She's got some decent workers there, like her brother and husband and the Sunday crew. Loved chatting with Kevin, But they need to COMMUNICATE and learn to understand their customers. As for the owner, she needs to unlodge that stick from her a**. She could also use a customer service course. Not to mention learn to clean her salon properly (like learn to dust lady, it's not that hard) and look into redesigning the interior of the shop to not look like a cheaply renovated children's bedroom. read more