J & S Nail Salon

I have been here a few times and haven’t been disappointed. I recently was here on Saturday and the lady did a great job. Way better than what k has done at a high end nail salon. It is wort nothing that the nail salon is on the corner of nostrand and pacific and not between herkimer and Atlantic.

At first sight I thought here’s another not so good looking hole in the wall nail spot. Was a bit run down (chair covers were split for instance). I would have preferred if it was a bit more kept up. I couldn’t give a 5 star for this reason. Other than that all i have is praise. I had Andy give me a pedicure. He had great technique. I usually QC the work before allowing them to apply bail polish. And when I did, there was nothing to say. He had done a great job cleaning underneath and all around my toes. Plus whatever I did not catch, he caught on his own and did a little more clean up before applying the polish. I only wished the massage lasted a few minutes longer. He did my eyebrows nicely too.

I am way behind on writing this review. I went here with a friend around New Years. They advertised I think an 18 $ pedicure, but if you get anything extra at all (salts, lotion, etc) it goes up to 25 $. Still worth it to me. Jessica did mine and did a great job. My friend had to wait a while because it was busy, so we didn’t get to sit together, but that’s my only complain. While the employees do talk in a language I didn’t understand, I didn’t feel like they were mocking the customers like some other places do. Jessica was super sweet, did a through job, and I was thrilled! My pedicure lasted for several weeks, and if I got them more often I would certainly go back here!

My homegirls and I were looking for a place to get our nails done and enioy our «Girls day out»! Didnt see this on Unilocal,but my homegirl heard about this place from other people so we decided to go. Very nice place! Clean, quiet and the staff is nice! Enjoyed my pedi/​mani! Def a new go to spot!

I have to bring my ratings down… this place is starting to look run down. Its sad because the nail techs are pretty good but its true, the carpets are raggedy and have nails and dead skin every where. Also the atmosphere is not relaxing… people talking on their phones loud, kids running around… I’m disappointed. They still do the best designs in the area but its time for me to move on… so sad…

They always take great care in grooming my eyebrows.

Oh my, oh dear. Unfortunately my fellow Unilocalers led me astray.
I couldn’t get an appointment at my usual spot so I decided to check out what was near me and cheap. Yikes. I kept walking up and down Nostrand trying to figure out if there was a new trend for nail salon speakeasies. Where the hell was this secret J& S salon? Oh I see. The cross streets on Unilocal are incorrect. It’s actually located on Nostrand between Atlantic and Pacific. Once I sorted it out, I was excited to get my mani-​/​pedi.
Gasp! Madness inside. It was prime time; around 6pm on a Friday night. Great weather +weekend=people making sure their hooves are on point. Apparently it was organized confusion because I was taken to the pedi seat within 10 minutes. Score! But then things took a turn for the worst when I really opened up my eyes.
This is definitely your run of the mill, get em in, bang em out kinda joint. I usually don’t mind that but it was a bit grimy in there. I’m talking stains on the wall, toenail clippings on the carpet, bacteria festering Erry’where kinda place.
It’s a shame because my nail technician was very nice and did a pretty decent job. It’s certainly more than affordable but I can’t deal with the post anxiety of checking
in between my toes every day to see if I developed a little bit of gangrene.

ok soooo… i just came back from this place after reading the excellent reviews and all I can say is, good job Unilocal. the most accurate reviews I’ve read so far belong to this place…
I went in and ended up with Christy, and requested a spa pedicure. she was very thorough and really took her time, on top of that, it felt amazing. the rest of the employees were sweet and Christy’s personality made the experience all the more enjoyable. The massage chairs were great too :)) .I recommend sitting by the back if you can, it was overall pretty quiet, not much traffic. I was there early Wednesday afternoon, so that’s probably why.
…all this and it’s two blocks away from my front door. GAH! …until next time J&S…
SOOOO…
if you want a great deal and good quality in a decent looking salon, definitely stop by this place.

Definitely my new go-​to nail salon for mani-​pedis. They were extremely thorough is scrubbing my feet and trimming my cuticles. I hate when I go to a nail salon a they do a quick run with a dull pumice bar thing and my heels are still dry. My pedi lasted 3 weeks without chipping. It was amazing!
Pros:
–Thorough foot scrub. Even have razor for extra rough skin if you want.
–Pedi is long lasting
–Quick service
Cons
–Not many quality polish options. (BYOP)
–Not the most aethestically pleasing salon
–I don’t recommend eyebrows here, but it may have just been my nail lady
All in all, this will probably be the only nail salon I go to as long as I live in BK. Pedis are perfect. I always get simple clear polish for manis so they do that well too! The price is also great.

I absolutely LOVE this salon and travel from the other side of Brooklyn just to get there. The employee that makes me into a star is ANDY and he is great! He is very quiet so you would never think that he’s as good as he is. He does my toes & eyebrows sooooo AWESOME, however, I do not like the way he does finger nails. I don’t usually get my finger nails done anymore but when I did do them, I would go to Sammy who is the co-​owner of the salon and her husband Jack (also co-​owner) is great with nails and eyelashes. I love this salon and they know me by name there. I highly recommend this place. :-)

This review is also for Christy. Upon walking in and feeling like a werewolf, Christy will clean up my eyebrows and have me looking like Naomi Campbell (or at least feeling that way) in 5 minutes for a mere $ 5. Her manicure/​pedicure skills are no less than excellent. It may look like any other old nail salon in the «hood», but Christy will have you walking out of there feeling like you’re walking on roses. Her constant sunny disposition is an added plus. Highly recommended!

This review is for Christy. She is an awesome nail technician. A genius with pedicures and a sweetheart!
It’s not a fancy shmancy place but my feet and nails always look great.
They do eyelashes and waxing although I can’t tell you how good they are as I am partial to my Brooke Shields eyebrows circa 1982.
The prices are average for the area and they do have that gel manicure stuff for a lot cheaper than those fancy shmancy places. I think this might be the most times I’ve uses the term fancy shmancy in one review… but anyway…
Give them a try. Cheap and fast.

Right now, my nails look like they’ve been marinated overnight in a bowl of sexy sauce.
I was out cruising tonight looking for a place to get some french tips, I drove by like 5 different nail salons before I found this little gem. I went inside, was greeted of course, and was promptly directed towards Cindy’s little nail station. I told her I wanted french tips, she walked away and returned with white sparkly tips. I of course fell in love with them and opted for those ones even though they cost like double the price of regular tips.
My nails look great, she didn’t draw any blood with her arsenal of power tools (it’s happened at other salons), and I think because I got the expensive kind of tips, she let me dry them under the fancy light while the other customers had their hands under the crappy fans.
I don’t know if the girl that I was with was new or if I was the only person that had ever chose those tips but there was another worker standing literally over my hands watching the entire mani and there was another worker sitting next to us staring at my hands as well. I didn’t mind but it was a little weird. My gal definitely tried to upsell me a pedicure and eyebrow wax as well but I can’t fault her for trying to make some extra cash.
Was it a bargain? No. I just got the french tips done and it was $ 35 and I gave her a $ 7 tip, so $ 42 in total. I think they were supposed to be $ 30 but she told me $ 35 because she was including her tip assuming that I wasn’t going to tip her. Had I gone with the regular tips, the price would have been half of that. Was the atmosphere nice? Yes actually, aside from the people that come in there to try and hustle you. I was there for like half an hour and was bothered by a guy trying to sell me his cd and then a guy trying to sell prescription glasses.
Over all, my nails as mentioned before, look nothing short of amazing. My gal Cindy gave me a business card when I left and I’ll be back there to see her again in a week. I recommend her, and the sparkly tips. =]

I love that BK nail salons are so cheap! Mani/​pedi for $ 20 and this one is right around the corner from me!
The lady that did my nails wasn’t as good as the one I used to go to in Clinton Hill, but everything turned out nice.