Stanley Nails & Spa

Came in to do my nails with my sister and we left really happy. This is going to be my new nail studio

I had Tracy and she was amazing. She works very well with the acrylic powder, I recommend her. She offered me a free 3D flower art design because the design I originally had got wrecked within an hour. I got acrylic with shellac and a design and it cost $ 44. Very good pricing

It’s an okay place, I would go again for a pedi. I was unhappy with the acrylic refill and shellac I got there. It started lifting off the nail in three days. It came with the usual getting nicked by the technician which you get used to from a regular walk in place.

I could not be happier with my nails! I showed the staff a picture of what shape I wanted and picked the colour I liked! It took about 1.5 hour but the nail technician did such an amazing job! I don’t have any cuts or bruises and she didn’t file down my nail too much to kill my nail bed lol I paid about 56 $ for it and it was well worth it

I walked in Stanley Nails with my friend and immediate they were too infused in their conversation to care to help the customer. Eventually, I asked for solar acrylic done by this very obnoxious man. I say he’s obnoxious because he was being so aggressive with holding my fingers and so rude in the way he did my nails. Constantly, he’d take calls midway of my nails being done, talk to his co-​worker so loudly across the room, and to top it off he also ruined my nails. They aren’t even, they aren’t what I wanted, and he did a before and after picture of them without my permission and I was just so fed up with him that I wanted to leave. He charged me extra in the end when I was paying for them and when I told him I paid 50 $ last time with this girl that sat in a corner section he raised his voice and said «No she’s wrong, where’d she sit huh?» And I kept repeating myself and was so annoyed of him. I even showed to him that they were so uneven, why should I get charged regular price? But he made no compensation. He SHOULD NOT be working there. I understand he’s a male and it’s different to see that in the workplace of a nail salon, but wow I was ready to punch him in the face for being so rude. Definitely NOT recommending this place. But if you go, do not choose to be seated with this guy. He is going to wreck your nails and give you the worst experience.

I went here over the weekend desperately seeking a relaxing time. I work extremely long hours and days and getting my nails done is just about the only thing I do extra for myself. I was greeted when I walked in the door by some woman laying on the couch with her shoes off asking me if I have an appointment.(super professional) I walked to the station once taken in and looked in the waxing room and there’s another woman in there laying in the bed having a nap? (okay now it’s getting weird) I sit down and am finally to just relax a little only to IMMEDIATELY, been bombarded by 2 children who belong to the staff running back and forth repeatedly and a lady and a man yelling at them to stop. This immediately annoyed me because nail salons are not a place for children and if they are there, that is the wrong way to deal wht it. The girl doing my nails was rough, rounded off my nails so much that they look rediculous, and then only to notice NONE OF MY TOOLS WERE CLEAN. This is disgusting. I know for a fact each client needs a clean unused Emory board and file and everything must be put in an autoclave. None of this happened. It was gross and painful and one of the most disruptive experiences I’ve ever had in my life. I witnessed a staff member cleaning off the tools with water in the hand washing sink and spraying alcohol on the tools to clean. This is absolutely unhygienic. No way IN HELL, would I go back there. Good luck ladies…(and I am sending a negative experience email to them aswell, so it’s not just me bitching on the Internet to strangers)

My daughter and took me here for a bday mani /​pedi and it was just bizarre and fairly gross. She used an actual kitchen tool on my feet, unprofessional staff yelling in the salon, unsanitized tools and they did a poor job of shaping my nails. I liked Vicky but I won’t come back…

I came to Stanley for the first time after my sister recommended the place to me. Hannah was the technician that did my pedicure and my shellac manicure and she did an amazing job. Unlike a lot of other places, she took her time and didn’t rush through anything. Hannah made sure that my nails were the exact shape I wanted and fixed anything that I didn’t like. I like my nails a little thicker so she even applied an extra coat to my hands when I requested it. Definitely will be coming back for my next mani/​pedi.

Pros: Good prices, walk ins available, awesome nails
Cons: They ALWAYS hurt you, i always leave nicked and bleeding, sore nail beds, and even an infection once. I dont get why they have to be SO brutal to their clients nails, it should be a relaxing experience, not sitting in pain the entire time. Extremely busy, rough, but you will leave with fabulous nails :\

Probably the worst mani pedi I’ve ever received
Manicure — I got a shellac mani done by this guy named rain first off he was quite rude… Super disappointing and on top of that my nail shapes are different on every single nail and the shellac is so bumpy I’m honestly going to get it removed tomorrow
Pedicure — My pedicure was done by this lady named Vicky she was very quiet but polite. She rinsed my feet at the end in the dirty water that my feet were soaking in which is absolutely disgusting and she removed so much skin that my feet are now raw and hurt to walk on even after I was telling her she was shaving too much off she continued. My feet are not smooth there’s random chucks of skin missing from the bottom and looks like Swiss cheese it’s awful.
Side note — the owner was doing nails beside me on another girl and you can definitely tell he knows his shit he was very fast and the end result looked amazing. And there was a bigger Asian lady doing my friends manicure she was very funny and she did an amazing job on my friends nails. I wish I got her name because she was awesome.
It sucks that for a first experience this turned out so awful for me because I work a block away but I will definitely not be returning and wont be recommending this place to any of my friends. turned out to just be a waste of money for me I didn’t even want to give them a tip but only did because I work in the service industry and know how shitty it is when you don’t get tipped

Keep Walking
Tried this place after 2 recommendations. (I was apprehensive after reading reviews.)
I asked for gel French and was told $ 27 on the phone and when I got there it was $ 45 and then extra $ 10 for pink and white… Uhm okay, maybe a miscommunication but I was already there. I kept saying I wanted gel just to make sure we were on the same page. When I asked for a design on my ring fingers she said $ 5, okay great.
The bad; not only did I Not get Gel nails, I was charged $ 10 for a STICKER instead of a design and after 1 day they are already lifting. Do Not Go here

This place is a fucking joke.
Today I had the worst experience I have ever had out of all the nail salons I’ve ever come across.
The nail technician, one of the males, was probably the most rude human I’ve ever encountered in customer service. He did a shit job with my nails and got aggressive when I refused to get gel nails for an extra $ 10, then made me feel so bad and tried to make look like an idiot hollering out to customers «SORRY GUYS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES» laughing, as if I was not there. This place is piece of shit STAY AWAY AND NEVER EVER GO.

If I could give the review 0 stars I would. Went in today for a pedi with a girlfriend we booked our appointments on Thursday for today and we were told to not be late so we wouldn’t hold up other appointments. Makes sense right. So we arrive at 11:50 am for our noon appointment and the place isn’t open no one is even there. Right at noon one girl shows up and takes her regular customer in telling my girlfriend and I the others are running late… but I had to be on time?
Needless to say it didn’t start out perfect. Then another girl walks in chatting on her phone its about 12:15 now and takes us back. So she gets us ready then walks away chatting on her phone. By 12:30 our feet had been soaking and no one was there doing our pedis.
Once they had finally started both our girls kept getting up talking on there cell phones and just walking around. Once they finished painting our toes they both moved on to different customers and just left us sitting there we had to take the foam spacers off our feet and put our sandals on with no help. This all took an hour and a half!
So we went to pay. I paid first and when the receptionist saw I hadn’t given a tip she asked me who I had done my pedi and I pointed to the girl who was now working hard on a mani. She proceeded to look at my receipt then me waiting for an explanation so I explained to her I don’t make an appointment, get told not to be late to have to wait for the employee to get there because they are 30 minutes late with the other 5 staff members then get left repeatedly throughout my service pay full price AND leave a tip. Also, I was in no way being rude to her since it was not her fault.
She apologized and I thanked her but said it isn’t your fault for her to say to me she hoped I did not have a nice day.
All in all very classy place with classy employees needless to say I will never be back and if you go make sure you have extra spare time to wait around.

First time going here, after hearing a bunch of friends from work talk about this place I thought I would get my nails done here. Everyone said they did a good job and the price was cheap. They did an okay job
(so maybe I got the wrong girl??)
My nails are pretty even… not perfect but I’m pretty o.c.d so maybe its just me thinking that. The lady was kinda rude. She didn’t completely clean up around and under my nails…
And then the price was more then everyone had said.
Maybe next time I’ll go with a friend who knows what the prices are cause it seems like I got ripped off.
—Would Not reccomend to a friend.—

Although this place is really cheap for taking acrylics off, they do a really bad job at it. It was my first time taking them off and I would of expected some acetone involved but there was none.
Instead the girl who worked on my nails took an acrylic nail from her desk and started shoving the nail into my nail ripping all my acrylics + gel off! It even ripped my real nail and was super duper painful. I even bled and they wouldn’t give me a bandaid when I asked

This place is a hit or miss for me. Each time I come in I actually don’t know what to expect, Some days are excellent and some days are just horrific for me. I can honestly say the guys there do a way better job than the ladies though. And yes I agree with most of the reviews here about over booking.

Only go here if you have time to waste.
I made an appointment, got there and noticed right away that there was 4 people working and about 8 women in the salon, myself making 9.
15 minutes pass and no one says anything to me or the two other women that were also waiting who arrived earlier than me. I asked them how long they had been waiting, 25 minutes. One of the women also mentioned they overbook all the time. So we’re all waiting, and one girl goes and answers the phone and takes ANOTHER appointment for? In 15 minutes! Tf! Please tell me how you plan to finish 4 sets of gel nails, start 3 clients already waiting, and take in another in 15 minutes?
I called nails by Jenny and went there instead. When I went up to them to tell them I’m leaving they told me the girl just got here and she’s going to fill the tub right now — how convenient.
Still left, because they overbooked themselves to make some extra cash, at the cost of my time.

BE CAREFUL.
the reason im only giving 1 star is because in my eyes, if you cheat and lie to your customers, no matter how good a few of your employees are at adding little bows and glitter to your nails, you have no right to get more stars than that.
why is it when you call in and ask for prices, they differ from the prices that the employees tell you when you walk in and that differs from the board they have on top in the front of the store?
i called in and asked how much a refill of gel nails would be. simple gel nails. one colour. easy easy. the lady gave me a price.
i walk in from the back and am told to sit down right away which is fine, no complaints on that cuz i didnt have to wait at all. i tell her that i want a refill and she begins. we’re making small talk and everythings going okay until i randomly ask, how much does this cost, wanting to confirm what i was told? she tells me an even higher price.
i think to myself this isnt right? i say hold on for a sec and walk up to the front of the store, thinking maybe i’ll do something else.
the price on the board is even cheaper than the price i got over the phone and two mins before.
i ask her that it says refills cost $ 29, and why ive been told $ 43? she laughs it off.
she tells me she didnt understand what i wanted, which makes no sense since she had started doing the fill perfectly fine? she obviously had understood what i said and was trying to screw me over.
i would let this go as an honest mistake, but one of my friends had previously warned me about this happening to her. she got her nails done and was told a certain price and when she went up to pay they charged $ 30 more than what she was expecting. when she argued that the nail tech who worked on her, had told her different, they laughed and said he must have misunderstood.
charge the prices you are advertising. why cheat the customers and then pretend that you just «misunderstood» and laugh it off.
disgusting.

These nail technicians are perfectionists! They spend a lot of time and effort making sure every nail on my finger is perfect. They even massage my shoulders while I wait for my nails to dry. Minus one star because the lack of parking though. Other then that I will definitely be back!!!

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WOO HOO! Finally, after eight months I have finally found my new salon. Stanley’s.
Majority English speaking staff +
clean facilities +
amazing massage chairs +
professionally dressed +
nice ambiance +
beautifully decorated+
talented staff +
reasonably priced+
TVs =
A Perfect Pedicure!!!
Only prob is that they have to share the bathroom with the hair salon. Other than that it was the little things I liked. Being offered water, the sign at the door to warn you about tow times and the amount of effort and detail that Dao put into my pedicure. She knew everything I liked and I never even met her before! And I love she is using her Asian name and not «Lisa» or whatever other Canadian name they give themselves. I told the older lady there how great I thought Dao was and she replied «we are all very good». Of course they are!
They have every colour of polish (lots of OPI) and every shade of glitter! They even have the little tiny balls and patterned acrylics!
Stanley’s was very busy when I went in but definitely the type of place I have been hunting for since I came to BC. (4 – 5 years ago!)
Stanley, you did your place up RIGHT!