Magic Nail Salon

I went here as a change instead of my regular nail salon because I wanted to try a new place. it was awful. I asked for a very simple design on one of my nails and the workers faces seemed freaked out, the lady didn’t do it and had to get the owner, who actually did it, but it was honestly not very good. I know for a matter of fact that any other nail salon would have had workers that are able to do that. I personally just go to the salon when I want a design because why go out and have someone paint your nails when you could just do it yourself? The First Lady I had didn’t even speak English and none of them had gloves on. Omg, when she cut my cuticles in the beginning she did it so badly that all of my fingers hurt, and some were even bleeding! it still hurts. I paid $ 9 but it wasn’t even worth $ 5. All in all, I haven’t been to many nail salons in my life, but all I know is that any of them would be better than this one. I highly recommend you don’t come here.

I came to Magic a couple of times, once to get acrylic tips and the second time to get a gel manicure. My acrylic nails didn’t last very long at all and my nail ended up cracking because of it, obviously not blaming them for this, I’m just going to stick to gel manicures from now on. So I call at 6pm and tell them I’m going to get out of work at 7pm and i asked if they could fit me in and if not, I would return the following day. Instead of being honest and telling me they couldn’t fit me in, they had me come in anyway and then rushed through my service. My gel manicure lasted for 2 days before chipping, so needless to say I won’t be returning. To be fair the owner, I think his name is jimmy, is very hard working and he will remember you forever, but unfortunately I’ve never been particularly happy with the services I get done here.

Been coming here for 4 years. I’m in this shop every week like clockwork. Every 2 weeks for a fill in and every other week for a paint change. Jimmy always does an amazing job and even if I’m not sure of what to do, he is so creative with his nail art. Absolutely love my pedicure and foot massage every time. The staff is always super sweet and I honestly have nothing bad to say. Keep up the good work guys.

I come here every two weeks to get my acrylic nails filled-​in and never have I ever been disappointed with how they look. Jimmy and Lisa always come up with the most beautiful designs. I trust these people with my nails completely. Absolutely the best in Astoria for acrylic tips!

I found this place through my roommates and have been coming here quite often. They offer really affordable prices on mani/​pedi and gel polish. The color selection is good and service is always pleasant. There can be a wait sometime because they have many customers. I’m not sure why many people complain (esp people w 1 – 2 reviews) but I’d definite recommend this place.

I originally started going to Magic Nails over the one across the street that has poor service. Magic Nails gave a very nice manicure at a very affordable price for a while. However, my visit today will be my last. I had a new girl today and she just did not do a good job. She was very attentive but her polish job was the worst I’ve ever had. Not very close to the cuticle and messy. It looks like a $ 6 manicure, whereas before it never did. Maybe I just had bad luck with the new girl. I’m sure she’ll get better. But then as I got up to leave the drying area, you could hear the owner coughing up something in the other room AND a cockroach crawled across my seat. I will never be coming back here.

I’ve been coming here off and on for about 7 years and the service is reliable. Sometimes there is a bit of a wait later in the afternoons but as a freelancer I can go and enjoy instant walk in service. Have had a couple of meh pedicures here and there in 7 years but overall they are consistent and good. I don’t get regular manicures because I work with my hands pretty intensely & also wash them quite a bit so it’s not a frequent splurge for me because I ruin them the same day… but they know me in there and are always nice to ask how my business is, my husband, etc.
Sometimes I feel girly & grow my nails out and get them wrapped. Today I went in and wanted something a bit more fancy than usual and the owner Jimmy put me right in his chair. If you do wraps or tips, HE IS YOUR GUY. I don’t like those super thick or long guidette or DMV nails and Jimmy gets the length spot on, will pull out some bad ass designs, & is a perfectionist with his work. They came out super thin and super fly. Reliable no frills spot where you can get what you need and style for a good price!

I’ve been going to this place for years. Year round I get my eye brows waxed/​shaped by any of the women there and I’m usually pretty satisfied and during the spring and summer I love going there for professional pedicures.
Went in today, a Thursday at 1 PM and the owner tells me it will be a 10 minute wait. I put an hour in the meter to play it safe and proceed to look at polishes to pick a color. After looking I decided to just go for a French pedi.
I’m waiting and waiting and waiting. The place is busy for a Thursday early afternoon. Meanwhile, a woman comes in after me to get her nails wrapped and before you know it I see she’s being worked on. Ok, could be she had an appointment. The boss sees me looking and sits me at a pedi chair. Now I’m thinking ok my turn, I’ll get this done before my meter runs out. I realize I only have under 25 minutes left on the meter.
More waiting and waiting and waiting. Finally I say to the owner, you told me it was a 10 minute wait, my meter is going to run out soon. I unroll my pants, put on my shoes, go to my car add money, pick up a cup of coffee and go back in. I proceed to sit back on the chair. During those 3 minutes they take someone else. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Five minutes later a woman I have never had before comes to do my pedi with the worse attitude I have ever encountered in this place. She didn’t talk to me and it would be more appropriate to say she barked at me. As she was «working» on me she kept talking to her coworker in Korean with anger. She did not do my cuticles, gave me a poor pedicure and did not even bother to give me a foot massage which is always complimentary. In short this woman does not belong in the service business. Just a nasty, unprofessional human being.
THE WORSE FRENCH PEDI I HAVE EVER HAD. No way was I going to let her come near my eye brows. By the time she was finished one of the nice young ladies who has taken care of me through the years became available and I said I wanted her to do my brows. She did. She sat me down by the dryers also to have my polish dry and even gave me the usual complimentary back rub.
I gave her a $ 3 tip for the $ 6 brow wax for being a professional and gave that nasty woman nothing.
On the way out the owner was smoking outside and apologized. Honestly he should have put his worker in her place when he heard and saw how rude and unprofessional she was to me. I WILL NOT SET FOOT IN THERE AGAIN. There are too many nail salons available to have to be put through this kind of horrendous treatment. The only reason I gave a 2 star rating and not a 1 is because of that nice young Spanish woman who took care of me at the end.

Good and fast service. I generally don’t have to wait and get attended right away. This is a great place if you’re looking for an affordable mani and/​or pedi. They have great color selection and brands. This is not a place you would want if expecting to unwind and pampered, this is a place that gets the job done right. in and out.

I like this nail salon! It’s been consistently good through out the years that I’ve been coming here.
There’s one girl I don’t remember her name, but she gives an awesome pedicure, unrushed, good massage, and knows how to use the darn rock that when certain people do it I can’t help but giggle from how ticklish it feels when they are being rough. She knows exactly how to do it without having to embarrass yourself inside the whole salon.
The owner (the guy in there) is always very friendly and the prices are pretty good.

Hold up– everyone has a problem with this place?
I actually really like this place and switched from the one across the street– Perfect Nail & Spa, because of how their service was lacking and basic poor treatment.
This is a simple nail salon, that offers manicure, pedicure, back rubs and waxing as well as facials.
I only go here for MANIs and PEDIs — so please beware that this review is only about that service.
I’ve never had a problem here, they are basically fast, courteous and clean. Plus they have these new chairs for the pedicure which I really appreciate and they don’t give me any ‘tude. I am tired of going to nail salons with attitude.
The best part? They aren’t asking for my newborn child– manicure and pedicure is $ 16!
Holla for a dolla!
Basic manicure is $ 6.
And to top it all off I can go across the street to Martha’s Bakery and chill with a coffee afterwards.
No problems for me and trust I get a weekly manicure and I’ve tried them all.
This place is perfectly fine, but people please realize that this isn’t some fancy joint so keep perspective!

This place is really good. The owners and the staff are very friendly. You can get a cheap mani/​pedi well done. Try to make appoitment before you show up, some day sthe way is long.

I used to come here every week, many years ago and I decided to stop in for a fast pedicure on my way to work since I found parking right in front .It was nice that the owner remembered me but that
doesn’t help the terrible service !!!
This was by far the worst pedicure, I was rushed and basically all she did was wet my feet and pretend to work on them and just a polish, I could have done this at home by myself and saved my money, then they try to hustle you into getting more services instead of just taking the time and doing one thing right !
I won’t be back here again!!!

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!
Where to begin?! I typically like going randomly to places and trying out new nail salons. My buddy and I saw a sign «$ 16 for manicure and pedicure». We thought this was a good deal. Upon walking in… all the workers looked miserable. We weren’t properly greeted and we were told to pick a color after announcing the services we needed.
We weren’t given a wait time but considering it was a lazy Sunday, I decided to keep my mouth shut and just wait it out until it was our turn. We waited a good 20 minutes before we were told to sit at the pedicure station, where we waited another 10 – 15 minutes. When the pedicure lady came, she didn’t greet me or anything. I didn’t care much about that. What I didn’t like is the following:
She only cut the cuticles on one foot. When I told her that she didn’t do the other foot, which was sitting in the pedicure tub, she argued that she didn’t and that I didn’t see it. I was on my phone BUT I was still watching her too. She did not cut my right foots cuticles. Not only that but I don’t think the pedicure baths were clean… I should have said something and that was my fault. Anyways, the foot massage and scrubbing off the hard skin wasn’t fully done. I gave up on her and didn’t bother since she would argue with me anyway. She wasn’t even picking at the cuticles! When it came down to painting my nails, she didn’t put the paper and she didn’t do the greatest paint job.
I wish I never gave her the 2 dollar tip and when she was done with me, she went to the lady that requested her… which is why she rushed with me.
Also, the color selection sucks.
First time= bad impression, I am never ever coming here ever again.
If I can give 0 stars, I would.

This certainly isn’t the fanciest nail salon, but it’s clean and does the job. I have been regularly getting pedicures here for the past year and a half, and it’s been generally consistent. Can’t really beat the price– $ 12 for a pedicure, $ 5 for a 5 minute additional massage. Don’t confuse it with the Magic Nail Salon on 21^st Ave which does not deserve the 4 star review I gave this location.

I just got back from this salon and am completely disgusted! I was just about to get a spa pedicure here when the woman doing my pedicure began to unwrap the plastic wrap she was going to use on my legs. As she shook the box an army of COCKROACHES fell from the box scattering to all corners of the salon. After simply stomping on a few, she attempted to turn to me and continue with the pedicure saying that was nothing. I was so disgusted that I made her wash off the goop on my legs so I could go home. The women who worked there tried to convince me to stay but I have never been so disgusted. I certainly wasn’t going to stick around and have some crawl in to my shoes or purse so that I could take them home with me and infest my apartment? No, thank you. I will NEVER step foot into this salon again!
I gave one star only because I can’t give ZERO STARS!

I am literally limping after receiving a regular bikini wax here. I waited for a while to be seen since the salon was very crowded and busy. The waxer moved along VERY quickly, applying wax (hot) and ripping off strips. She paid no attention to holding the skin taught or doing ANYTHING that might eliminate pain or discomfort. She went over the same area several times in a row and laughed when I made noises that I was in pain. I am now left swollen, red, inflamed and BRUISED. I’ve never had such a terrible wax and I’ve gotten many and have done Brazillians but this was much more painful. What is the point of a smooth bikini line when mine is now purple? Will NEVER go back.

I got the worst manicure of my life here. I’ve never walked out without tipping, but I did here. The tools they used were not clean, and the manicurist filed one of my nails down to a nub. I have no idea what she was thinking. When I pointed that out, she mumbled under her breath and gave me attitude. She also cut my finger twice and made me bleed. There is a much better nail salon across the street, but it was packed and so I thought I would try this new place. I will never go back and would not recommend it.

This salon is owned by the same people as Forever Magic Nails & Spa, they just have a slightly different name.
Clean and it has been redecorated so it has more of a Spa feel. You can get a great manicure/​pedicure here or acrylics done.
Waxing is available.
The staff is attentive and caring.
Tip well and become a repeat customer and they will treat you like a VIP.