Jordan Nails

I haven’t been going anywhere else to get my eyebrows threaded. Love the arch and cleanup I always get.

I just had an excellent first experience at Jordan. Mike did a quick and beautiful polish change on my toes followed by a full acrylic set manicure. I came in with really disgusting chipped nails on both hands and feet – the kind you have to hide with closed toe shoes or strategic hand placements, but man do I feel great and polished now! All under an hour, $ 35+tip. That’s really hard to beat in the city, so I will return!
Since everyone commented on the look and feel of the place, I will add that of course it’s not a Lincoln Park-​type spa, but it’s exactly what you’d expect in a big city. And hey there’s a reason I live in Ukie Village, not LP :) It is not actually dirty as some Unilocalers have said. It’s just casual and well-​worn, but they had a wide array of colors to choose from, quick and cheap service, and every customer I observed seemed very happy with their results. Plus there’s an adorable puppy!

What a Dump. Don’t pet their flea-​ridden pooch, while you wait 15, 20, 35… no, 55 min for a mediocre pedicure. Did I mention this place is a dump?

I had a really good experience here! Kevin did my pedicure. He was great! Super nice and interesting to talk to (when my eyes weren’t shut relaxing in their good massage chairs!). Good scrubs and a great foot/​calf massage.
It’s not fancy. I like that. It’s a family feel– a sweet child curled up on the couch with her little dog– so cozy. It’s a $ 20 pedi– the color looks great and is sealed with top coat.
It wasn’t busy when I came in, but by time I left, there were several more people getting mani/​pedis/​facial waxing. My friend gets her eyebrows done here and says it is the best– quick, cheap and they do a great job.
Sold. I felt very comfortable here.

I had been meaning to try this place because it’s in my neighborhood. Went in for a gel nail repair and a fresh coat of polish. When I walked in, no one said anything to me. I said I needed a nail fixed and a polish change, and he told me there was no time, sort of with a joking laugh? So I asked again if they could fit me in, and he just told me to sit down in the waiting area.
The nail was fixed fine at the end of the day, although they never asked me if I had gel or acrylic nails (or if they even knew the difference), so I’m still not sure whether they used gel or acrylic powder. The shape was not correct on my nail once it was finished, either (I have long coffin/​ballerina nails), so I had to go home and whip out my nail file and fix it myself. I tried to tell the nail tech that it was wrong, but to no avail.
Then, I showed the nail tech a photo of the nail polish design I wanted (very simple inverted V shape with negative space (exactly this design:
), and it was as if I showed him the Mona Lisa.
He did an absolutely terrible job even painting the nails — he missed painting big chunks on the sides of my nails (as if he just painted strips down the middle), the polish was streaky and messy, and the lines were horribly crooked instead of straight and sharp. I eventually went home and completely re-​did everything the nail tech did. I kept showing him errors and tried to correct him over and over, but all he kept saying to me was, «no, I think it’s okay.» But it definitely was not okay!
I paid and left, and will never return.

Great pedicures, lots of attention to the feet and nice paint job. Did get a no chip on my nails that didn’t stay on as long as I would have expected, but I will continue to go to Jordan Nails. I have noticed that Unilocal shows it is open on Sundays. I have gone a couple times to find it closed on that day.

Nothing spectacular… the girl painted my nails great. Could have spent more time with my toes though. The place it self is dirty. It feels like they haven’t cleaned it… ever. No one really said anything to me when I walked in. Just kind of an awkward experience. With so many nails places in the area you would think they would try to stick out. I would say if you’re in a rush to get it done it’s acceptable but I would not go back.

So upset I went in there after having dinner down the street it was only 7:20p.m the sign says they close at 8pm and when I walked in the lady greeted me but once I told her I wanted a fill in she grabbed her glasses looked at my nails and said «you come back friday» I looked at her and said «what ?? Ummmhh NO I am not coming back friday or any day at all so disgusted with the service I walked in the business because I wanted my nails done and I am the one paying so I get to decide what day to go and to top it off there was only one customer in the store NEVER AGAIN! Will I walk in that so called establishment again

I had a really good experience here! The man who did my pedicure used like 3 different scrubs (my calluses were bad) and gave me a solid massage.
It’s not fancy and they have lots of «off brand» polishes but seriously… Who cares? It’s a $ 20 pedi– the color looks great and is sealed with top coat. PLUS the off brand color I chose was marked as formaldehyde (and other stuff) free. Sold.

Good nail place in the area. You can usually walk right in and not have to wait too long. They have been closed on Sundays for a few months now and I wish they weren’t! Massage pedicure chairs too!

For the price this place is awesome! Usually no wait and quick service. One thing they can improve is buying new polish and having latest colors from ESSIE and OPI.
Winter they are closed on sunday. If your getting gel nails make sure you go to the guy, he knows what he is doing

I got a manicure which involved the lady hacking off one of my cuticles until I bled, and another various other fingers are sore from it. Never again. The nail polish lasted a day, too, if that.

My go-​to nail salon in Ukie Village. The new massage chairs are wonderful, I’d pay just to sit in them. The staff is great, not chatty which is fine by me. Good color selection and while the nail art isn’t avant guard, the swirls and flowers are fun. I’ve tried elsewhere but always come back here.

This is a simple small and gross nail salon. But I went because I heard great things about the eyelash extensions by Lisa.
It was rushed, painful, and she didn’t use any real words with me (more grunts and hand motions). But the eyes ended up looking nice and then when I messed them up she reluctantly fixed them.

Kinda rude, place seemed dirty and smells like food. I went in for a brow threading and a fly kept bothering me. So coupled with the customer service of looking annoyed when I asked how soon they could see me, and the smell and the fly signifying what was most likely dirtiness, I decided to bounce immediately! Ladies, please pay the extra couple bucks at one of the nicer cleaner places on Division for your nails… its not worth the $ 2 saving.

Went in for No chip manicure. After two hours I left with 3 roughed-​up nail beds, and a regular polish job because of lack of color selection and overall knowledge of the task at hand.
I guess if you want a $ 10 mani and don’t mind the «Beauty Hurts» rule, this could be your place.

I. Am. So. Annoyed.
Rude service, all around. My nail tech didn’t move my bags to the manicure station after my pedi which led me to smudge my toes as I attempted to do that. Then I felt guilty for having her fix them. She also didn’t bring my bags over to the drying station when I was done.
Neither of the techs assisted my friend when she was attempting to put the plastic baggies on her feet to leave. I attempted to help her until the one friendly person working oiled her toes bagged her.
The male nail tech elected to make my friend wait so he could smoke, then proceeded to muscle by us when we were walking out, muttering ‘bye’ as we had to move out of HIS way so he could come in the door. Excuse us.
They have crappy selection of OPI and Essie, and there were nail clippings everywhere.
Unacceptable. I will take my business elsewhere.
(Two stars because my nails look half-​way decent.)

$ 10 manicures.
*this is the shortest review I’ll ever write.

Second time here.
First time went pretty well, no big complaints. Like others have said, very bare bones and maybe a tad sketch. I have had a couple toes mangled here because they were on the wrong side of a pair of eager, metal clippers.
Still, my first mani here lasted about a week, so I thought I’d give it another try. It’s cheap, $ 30 for a mani and pedi combo. This time, though will never bring me back.
First, they appear to reuse quite a bit of their equipment. This grosses me out especially since, again, a toe got bloody during the pedi. Ouch means STOP, please.
I was still okay with the quality of the service (though the massages are hilariously pathetic… why bother when you obviously don’t care?) until it came to the mani, then, someone else came in and needed a pedi, so my girl left me with one coat on one hand and bare on the other to take care of her while her husband (I’m assuming) finished me up. Um, hello, I was here first. Also, 5 more minutes and I would have been done.
The husband tried to only do one coat on the bare hand, got polish all over my fingers and during the top coat, didn’t swipe the tip of the nail to make the polish last longer (this last thing basically just showed me he had no idea what he was doing or was just trying to hurry to get me to pay and leave).
The kicker is that it’s obviously a family, and I had the 8-​year-​old girl check me out because after barely finishing my nails, the man went straight to the back while his older daughter and wife did two pedicures. I felt bad for the poor girl, so I still left a decent tip, even though I’ve never been more unsatisfied with a manicure.
Also, bad selection of OPI polish which they hide over by the register.
I will not be back and suggest you stay away as well.

I have walked past this place for years, and have never thought to go in. But, alas, in these trying economic times, I should be paying less for a little thing like a manicure.
So, $ 10 and twenty minutes later, I was done at Jordan nails, and I will be back for sure. The only downer is that they don’t have a lot of choice in color. Maybe I will bring in my own next time. There was only one other person in other then me, and I felt like it was the prime time to go — right after work.
I might try the pedicure next time — its not the cleanest nail salon I have been to, but honestly I have seen much, much worse.
Again, its a bang for the buck, super fast, no wait — any conveniently located in my ‘hood.