T & L Nail Spa

Very friendly staff and Tiffany is full of great tips. She will accommodate special requests and is frank about best treatment for YOUR nails. My hands and feet have never been so well groomed as they have since I’ve been coming here. I really use my hands a lot at work and home, and find my manicures last through the 10 days to 2 week expectation for shellac polish. I recommend this salon if you are local, or just passing through.

Truly the best manicure and pedicure experience I’ve ever had in my life! Enough said.

Went to T&L with my Bridesmaids day before my wedding because they had good reviews, and could get 4 of us in at one time. They are a couple blocks from Ocean, so easy to walk to lunch and shops after, and fairly easy to find some street parking on a Friday.
I was a bit distracted talking to my girls during the pedicure, and I did bring my own polish, but I’m not sure they put all the different coats on they should have, as it’s already swirling and chipping, and normally my pedicures last for eternity.
I had them do French tip polish on my natural nails. I’ve never had French tips before, but the first thing the girl tried to do was clip my long nails! I quickly pulled my hand away, as I want to keep my long nails long! (she didn’t even ask!
again, I don’t recall if she did a bottom coat and the white tips are chipping off all over the place only 4 days later. she didn’t buff my nails or prep them as far i can remember, just a soaking before clipping the cuticles.
I will give props to one of the ladies, as she re-​did my left hand at least 3 times until I was finally mostly satisfied. I had to keep pointing out all the oddities of her work, and I thought the tips were supposed to have a curve to them, an arc with the shape of my nail? they’re pretty flat, and the reason the left hand had to be re-​done was because the first girl made the white tips all the same length no matter the length of my nail, so where a normal nail might have ½″ of nail and then ¼″ tip, my shorter nails would show like ¼″ of nail and then the same ¼″ tip, making my nail look really odd. I also asked them to put a silver stroke below the white tip, and the first girl did the silver, and then put the pink nail color over, which took away the glitter of the silver, so another girl then tried to go back over the silver again, which just made it sloppy because you cant go over someone else’s stroke exactly. when cleaning up the silver that was over the pink nail coat, she would end up removing some of the pink and then didn’t replace it, so again, my nails are all jacked up.
I also made her continue to redue the Left hand nails until the white was balanced on each side of the nail. yes, I’m a bit of a perfectionist, this is also my wedding finger hand! I wasn’t thrilled. I should have just gone with a solid color, it prob. would have looked better.

My friend and I had appointments at 4pm on a Friday (after finding this place on Unilocal) and we went around 330 to see if they could take us early and they did. They also let us add on an additional spa pedi
The spa pedis were amazing because of the massages (really take time on it) and the massage chairs are always awesome. The pedicure itself though was average. I was surprised that they didn’t even use a bottom coat!
Spa pedicure was $ 45 & with a regular mani $ 61 so maybe not so worth the prices but good experience overall. Fair amount of color choices

Best nail place in town! Tiffany is awesome and so is all the rest of the staff. Great at eyebrows too!;)

My mom and I were on the hunt for a nail salon while visiting Carmel. I called at 5PM to see if they could squeeze in a gel manicure/​toe polish change for me and a regular manicure for my mom. We were told to come in at 5:45 for both and were started right away. Totally appreciate that they were willing to stay past their closing hours to get both of us done! The color selection was great, and despite the fact that we were the last ones in there, I didn’t feel super rushed through my gel manicure, which can be laborious. Will definitely go back!

Carmel’s the kind of place that makes you want a pedicure real bad. It makes you want a lot of things you don’t need, but if you’re going to buck frugality and indulge, this is the place to do it, right?
I didn’t want a spa pedicure, just a good basic pedi to get my snaggle-​toes looking sandal appropriate. T&L was just the remedy! Nothing fancy, not too expensive, quick and efficient. $ 30 for a pedi (that’s more than I pay in Oakland, of course) but the quality is top notch and the sheen on my paint has stayed for a week. Pleased!
We called to make an appointment an hour in advance, and they happily took us, right on time. They have nice massage chairs, a clean shop, a TV and good girly magazines. Totally does the trick!

Visiting Carmel for vacation and wanted to get my nails done. Read all the reviews good and bad and thought I Try it out myself. Walked in and the place is clean. For a basic mani and pedi paid $ 41, not a bad price because I wasn’t interested in paying close to $ 100 for a mani and pedi at some of the other spas around the area. All the equipment was cleaned and so was the foot spa which was nice to see. Got there early in the morning and watched the owner clean everything while another did my mani and pedi. Looks like they sanitize the equipment so I thought I write a review on my experience. Cleanliness is very important to me. While my nails are drying, I watched a few locals say good morning to the owner Tiffany. One local man walking by even made an appt for the next morning. So nice to see this is also a place where locals go to. The lady that did my nails didn’t speak much but I actually prefer none of the chit chatting so it worked out well for me. She did good job for a basic mani and pedi. The price is comparable to what I normally would pay near San Francisco.

Eh… Had finally grown my nails out a little longer and lady filed them down all crooked. When I pointed it out, she was rude and filed it down worse. Another lady took over and she was better. No hand massage. Cuticle trim was messy. Owner seemed nice. Should have asked for her.

I went here based on reviews last August while in town for Pebble Beach Concourse. We visit every year for 2 weeks and was hoping to find a salon that does acrylic nails. I have never been so disappointed in the job done on my nails. Although everyone was nice, the nail tech who was highly recommended in the reviews, DID NOT file my nails manually as the reviews said, but used the «electronic» file so popular in certain salons now. When I inquired about it, he shrugged like he didn’t understand. The acrylic started chipping the next day and the acrylic was rippled not smooth. I have never written a bad review but felt compelled to do so this time.

This place is near my second home, here in Carmel. I have had a manicure and a pedicure. This time I brought my own tools as the implements used for the manicure were unclean, to say the least. There were signs on the tool container, the «autoclave,» and several other places, that said «CLEAN.» Hardly!!! Do NOT go to this place. They substitute polite, friendly, chatting for a clean salon.

Tried to go here without an appointment and was told to come back several hours later. Boo.
Went here for a mani/​pedi a few weeks later (with a reservation) and had a wonderful experience! They are very friendly and my nails looked amazing. When they told me it was $ 40 I couldn’t believe it was that cheap! This will be my «go to» spot in Carmel.

Had my nails done here. No reservation needed. Friendly. My nails looked ok, better than I can do, but not salon quality. Prices are reasonable and the shop is clean.

Three of us got our nails done here for my cousins bachelorette. Unfortunately, all of our nails started peeling the day after. We did have a good experience while we were at T&L though. Everyone was friendly.
Also, when I got home they charged me more than I had authorized on the credit card receipt. Bummer!

I am a local and go here twice a month. Tiffany is very accommodating and very helpful. She is the owner and tries to make sure all the walk ins get serviced. My nails and toenails always look great and the foot massage almost puts me to sleep. Tiffany took special care with a woman I help that has callouses on the bottom of her feet. My friend is 90 years old and it was the first time she ever got a pedicure. You’re never too old.
The cost and service are excellent and would recommend it.

I can’t recommend this place any higher! I was in need of acrylics for my wedding day. I had never had them done before, so I didn’t realize how spoiled I was going to get.
There is a gentlemen there who works with Tiffany. He is AMAZING at his craft. If you’ve ever had acrylics done before, let me just say, he’s an artist. He was able to do the work completely by hand and paintbrush. They looked completely authentic. I was amazed. I had them and my toes done in a french manicure and it was the best experience I’ve ever had.
Note – The fact that it’s the best doesn’t mean that it is also quick. He took his time and took pride in his work. So, set aside time if you want a good job done. I wish I lived by this place. All the nail salons I’ve been to and acrylics I’ve had done since are simply sub-​par.
KUDOS to T&L! THANK YOU FOR SPOILING ME! :)

The nails are good. Nice color selection, did a french manicure well, but they don’t get 4 stars because of the reservation… here goes the story.
I book this place after reading Unilocal.They seem good. I call, book 3 of us on a Saturday at 1pm. My friend calls to confirm 2 days before — Saturday 1pm. We arrive the lady goes we have you down for Sunday. NO WAY LADY. But it’s ok, they will work on our feet and hands at the same time, no biggie we were the only ones in there. I didn’t get why the rush until a large bridal party of 9 girls starts coming in. I swear we got bumped for them.
Not cool. We got rushed on our massages.
So beware. Call to confirm. Maybe there is a way you can get them to email you the confirmation too. I would be upset if it were my wedding and I got the timing screwed up because of a nail salon!

Great pedicure that included a fabulous massage.
I was able to walk right in off the street and get immediate treatment. And what a great treatment!
Thanks T & L.

I love coming here to get my gel-​manicure! I found this place on Unilocal and glad I gave it a shot because it is by far the best place! It is a ways out for me since I from San Francisco, but whenever I go to Monterey and in need of a fix, you bet this is the only place i will go.
Tiffany is such a sweet lady and very chatty. She takes her time with me and I liked it because I didn’t felt rush one bit (unlike other places I’ve been to). This salon is super clean and bright. They have about 4 pedicure spa tubs and 4 manicure tables and a small waiting area up front.
The gel-​manicure I get here lasts for weeks and still looks great. The price is much less than what I pay in the city so that’s a bonus! I can’t wait to back and see Tiffany and her staff and get pamper. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants great service for good prices.

Walked in about 1PM on a Sunday, no reservation, and had a really nice pedicure for $ 25.
And pedicure is picture perfect.
Bliss.
Would definitely return again.