Rose Nails & Spa

This is my second visit to Rose nail salon. My first visit was just as bad as this one, but since everyone has an off day, I decided to give them another try. my mistake. Just like my first visit, the water in the foot soak was ice cold (zero hot water). When the nail tech left the room, I turned on the hot water. When she returned to the room she asked how the water was and I told her that I turned on the hot water because the water was ice cold. She immediately took my fee out of the water (so much for a foot soak). She indicated for 5 dollars more I could get an upgraded pedicure… I asked her what that included and she handed me a brochure and started to cut my cuticles, then asked if I decided. I told her that I would pass since my foot soak was already complete and she said «it’s the same thing but with good products». Ok so now Im thinking what do you use without the upgrade? Bad products? …I will pass. Now she appears annoyed and says «it’s fine if you don’t want it, but you don’t have pedicures often so you should just treat yourself for 5 more dollars». I politely decline. She then proceeded to whip through the pedi like she was on fire… no scrub, basically ran the pumice like sponge under each foot once and painted my nails with two coats of nail polish (no clear top coat). She then got up and told me to go out front and dry my nails. I walked out front and had no idea what table I should sit at… she came out and sighed and turned on a fan and said just sit there and walked away. I will upload a picture of my nails… they look like they were painted by a six year old. There are plenty of nail salons in Southie, do yourself a favor and avoid this one! I have nothing good to say about this salon, it’s not very clean and the chemical smells will choke you.

I contemplated going but it was so close to home and out of convenience I decided to try. Well as my gut suggested it was in fact awful. The space looks like a storage facility. Not well kept at all. Horrible service and the mani pedi was mediocre. Shame on me for not listening to my gut.

Best nail salon in Southie!

Stay away from Rose’s. The pedicure I received was terrible. Was painful during the process, realized too late that the tech had scrubbed the side of my foot until it bled. Skin scraped raw in 3 places. Really. Used to techs talking with each other but these techs were distracted in their own conversations. No customer service. Should not have gone to such a messy place, the condition of the spa reflected the service. So many other places to go in Southie.

8÷24÷14 French pedicure and gel manicure for $ 57. Nice job on both. Walked-​in and was one of 6 clients being serviced. Not a luxe salon, but clean.

This place is pretty clean and they have a good selection. The service is good; I’ve never had to wait to be helped.
It’s pretty cheap here; $ 12 for manicure, $ 35 for mani/​pedi (although one time I was charged $ 40, minus 1-​star).
Another minus 1-​star is because the last couple times I’ve been, they’ve been leaving a good amount of space between where the polish ends and the cuticle. It’s pretty annoying.
This place is right down the street from where I live so I come here often mainly for the convenience. I would recommend it however if you’re just looking for the run-​of-​the-​mill manicure.

Rose Nails staff members are very courteous, friendly, and always willing to stay late a few minutes when I arrive an hour before closing. It’s become my regular spot!

Update: I ended up going in for a shellac last week because I needed a quick mani before heading out of town. As luck would have it, I ended up getting the same tech who had done the horrible job before. Seriously, if you go and you get the tech who sits alone on the right, run!
I decided to get French in case it was another botched job, I’d be able to get buy if a few chipped. The mani itself was mediocre: the shaping was OK but she destroyed my cuticles. A week later and I sill have painful spots all over. The polish job was a mess. I had to keep pointing out fuzz or hair in the polish and spots in the white that had no polish. It wasn’t until I walked out that I realized two nails had little particles gelled under the polish. It’s been one week today and I don’t have a single finger still in good condition.

I get my shellac mani’s done by Laura, exclusively. She is great! My shellac lasts three plus weeks. She is very consistent, I def recommend her.

Missa from Soleil now works at Rose Nails! Just another reason to check it out. She’s the best.

I went to Rose Nails this morning and received what I believe to be the best gel manicure I’ve ever had (and I’m picky about my nails). Laura was my manicurist and she couldn’t have been nicer. I will be a regular here going forward. Thank you, Laura!

I came here on a whim when East Broadway nails had a long wait one Saturday morning. The manicure was one of the worst I have ever received, polish was all over my fingers and wasn’t removed. The hand massage only lasted about 10 seconds and the polish started to chip the next morning. The manicurist talked on her cell phone the whole time and insisted I needed my brows waxed. The end result was an okay manicure but I wouldn’t recommend this salon unless you couldn’t get an appointment anywhere else.

I went here just to get a polish change ($ 8), while the paint job was OK, they did not have a large selection of colors and the women working were overly pushy which I did not appreciate. They were trying to get me to have my brows waxed (even though I told them I go to someone to get them shaped and I dont wax them) and they made me feel like I had 2 caterpillars on my face! (even though they could use some plucking right now they are not THAT bad). They also commented on my lash extensions and were trying to get me to come back to them for those. (How much you pay? we can do for 100) I understand trying to sell your business, but after I politely explain to you that I am happy with who I use, dont keep trying to sell me! I only went here bc I was in southie for another appt and passed it on my walk back to catch the bus. Probably won’t go back if/​when I am in the area again.
Subtracting a star because my polish started chipping the NEXT DAY! UGGGH!

This place sucks. Like another Unilocaler wrote, they tried to copy soleil with their private pedicure room but it’s itty bitty and you are literally on top of the person next to you. The water in the pedicure tub was freezing! I asked them to make it warmer and it only got colder! Personally it irked me that they have no new magazines; the most recent one was from July of last year. Why do I want to read about Emily Maynard wanting to become the next Bachelorette when the current season is airing? Seriously Rose salon, get with the times. Also for the price I paid I expected a decent manicure but I could of done a better job myself. Lastly, when I mentioned how streaky and not fully polished my nails were I expected someone to fix it but instead I got attitude and something along the lines of «I no see the problem.» Never again. P. S. Get your shellac done across the street at Champagne nails for $ 22

I’m really sad to see all of the poor reviews for Rose’s because they are the complete antithesis of my experience here. For example, I went into Rose’s on Saturday ⁴⁄₂₂ right at 10:00 am when the doors opened. There was only one employee there working on another patron and she immediately excused herself and called in her back-​up. Rose, the owner, arrived about 5 minutes later and gave me a hug when she arrived (I go often enough that she remembers me now). She did a Shellac manicure (she orders new colors every couple of months and loves to show them to me) a pedicure and my eyebrows. Rose is the best at eyebrows! The total cost for all three procedures was $ 61.00.
While I was getting my eyebrows done, I heard a girl complaining that her water was too hot to put her feet in and when Rose heard that, she opened the door to the waxing room and made sure that her employees were attending to the issue. I think that sometimes the staff does get overwhelmed with the volume, but they do try to rectify things that come up.
I want to be supportive of this South Boston business because I think Rose is a lovely woman and my own experiences here have been wholly satisfying. I don’t find any discernible difference between what I’ve gotten at other salons up the street (like Soleil) in terms of my manicures, but that’s just me I guess!
Just an FYI: The layout is not a copy of the salon up the street. Prior to the nail salon moving in, the location housed a massage parlor (hence the private back rooms). The rooms were already built out that way and rather than pay the expense of having walls knocked down… they chose to leave it as is. Furthermore, the pedicure chairs are spaced as far apart as the rooms will allow (and as far apart as most other places on East Broadway as well)!

This is place is cozy and the staff are all so nice. I’ve been here twice for pedicures and have not been disappointed yet. The pedi areas are private and the chairs are comfortable. I had rose both times and she’s very detail oriented and a great nail tech. The hot towel and leg massage is amazing along with their big selection of Essie and OPI colors. I’ll be coming back.

I went here with a friend for the first time today and was not pleased with the customer service. We waited a good amount of time before anyone came out of the back to greet us and when they finally did they weren’t prepared to do us both at the same time. The lady that did my manicure was extremely rough and talked on her phone the entire time. And when it came time for my pedicure the water was freezing and room was equally as cold. To top it all off I found them to be expensive compared to other salons… I expected MUCH more for the amount I was paying.

I was excited to see a salon open right off of the 7 bus stop — I had a fill done on my nails and they all started breaking off 3 days later. no one really greeted me when I walked in the door– everyone was nice enough while I getting the fill done which was EXTREMELY painful for some reason– like my fingers felt like they were on fire OUCH! — I’m giving this place two stars instead of one because I am hoping this is just my bad luck– I always want new businesses to do well and hopefully your experience here will be better than mine. I am going to stick to Wendy’s salon down the street.

This place was the worst place I have ever been! They copied a well established salon directly across the street by offering private pedicure rooms, but the service was not good at all. My heels are very dry and cracked, and my technician didnt even smooth them out with the pumice stone, and she burnt my legs with the hot stone massage, the rocks were so hot I now have blisters from the burns on my calves and they charged me $ 25 for a pedi, which chipped less than a day later! Worst place ever!!! Figured I would try them out, but I’m going back to Soleil and will gladly pay $ 28 for a pedicure job well done!

This new nail salon is on my walk home from work — there are a multitude of nail salons on East Broadway and none are spectacular so I figured I’d give this new spot a try. At first glance the place is tiny, but there are semiprivate pedicure rooms in the back and the interior space and all of the equipment is brand new and very clean.
In terms of the services themselves, I got a pedicure and shellac manicure and was not particularly pleased with either. Though the nail technician was very nice, she was very rough during the manicure and pedicure. By rough I mean she made cuticles on multiple fingers and toes bleed, and I was cringing during a large portion of my pedicure as she vigorously rubbed pumice stone on the tips of my toes and arch of my foot, while neglecting my heels which could have used the scrub. Usually I judge a good pedicure by the duration of the massage, but in this instance I was glad the massage was brief as it consisted of an abrasive salt scrub that was very coarse and a lot of short squeezes as opposed to long, soothing strokes.
When it came time for the manicure, I was alarmed when another employee had to show my technician how to use the shellac UV machine. Based on other shellac manicures I’ve had, you’re supposed to leave your nails in the machine to dry for at least 3 minutes in between each coat, but my technician went through each coat at the same speed of a standard manicure, allowing my nails to sit in the dryer for less than a minute between coats. I didn’t argue this point at the time because I’m not a nail professional, but I have a feeling that the rushed procedure may be the reason my shellac manicure that is supposed to be chip-​free for two weeks has chipped less than 24 hours after I got it.
All in all, the place is clean and has new equipment given the fact that it just opened, but it seems as though the staff (at least the technician I had) is inexperienced. The prices are cheaper than other places on East Broadway (I paid $ 50 for a pedicure and shellac manicure) but I wouldn’t consider the services a bargain. In the future I plan on dropping the extra few dollars and having more peace of mind at Soleil.