Orchid Nails and Spa

I’ve been going here for years. I don’t know what’s happened in the last 6 months, but the service has gone straight downhill. I just got a pedicure and I felt like I was annoying the guy who was doing the pedicure. He rushed and was super lazy about it. The last time I went was the same story, they just didn’t seem interested in getting my money. I’ll be going somewhere else next time.

I found it to be a nice, clean salon that give a good pedicure. Nothing over the top but good.

This place is fair to bad. I went in for a manicure– I had shellac nail polish on my nails and wanted the gel polish removed and replaced with regular nail polish. I chose a nail polish color and then sat down in the makeshift waiting area. Choosing a polish color was difficult because the colors were weird and the nail polish looked very old. Finally I was summoned by one of the nail technicians to sit down and begin on my nails. The technician knew very little english and when removing the gel polish ripped it off my nails instead of using more acetone to remove it. It was a VERY painful process and she just laughed. Of course she and her nail technician friends were speaking in their own language and looking at me like I was crazy. Finally she finished the nail polish– which looked like a kindergartner did it and told me to sit under the nail dryer. I sat under the dryer and finally went up to the front desk to have the manager (guy with buck teeth) tell me that the gel polish that was used on my nails was horrible and I should never let whoever did it do it again and OF course I should patronize his place because they do a good job.
On another note even if they did do a good job on my nails I will not be back because the station I was sitting was obviously dirty and there was a Buddha shrine at the front desk!!!

I stopped in a couple of weeks ago because I wanted to get a mani/​pedi before I went on vacation. I selected the package that I wanted and was immediately urged to do the upgrade because it’s only $ 5 more. Okay, fine. Let’s do the upgrade. Then I was asked if I wanted to get the hot stone massage because it’s only $ 5 more. I said no thanks. For my manicure, did I want to upgrade the get the Shellac (?) and I told her that I didn’t. I really just wanted to get a nice manicure and pedicure and nothing else.
While I was getting the pedicure, the technician gave me the massage while using the sugar scrub instead of doing this during the moisturizing part. I had to tell her to stop because she was scrubbing the skin off my legs and it was burning. My legs burned for two days afterward. Why in the world would you massage someone’s legs for several minutes while using a sugar scrub?!
Finally, I’m not sure what she used as a top coat on my fingernails, but whatever it was reacted horribly with the sunscreen lotion I used on vacation and turned them into a gummy mess. This didn’t happen with my toenails.
I will not return to this place because:
–It was expensive for what I received
–The sugar scrub massage incident was weird
–Constantly being up-​sold to something more expensive
–They are stingy with nail polish. She barely had enough to finish my pedicure and I had to remind her to put more than one coat on. She then went and put something in it to thicken it up rather than open a new bottle. There is very little selection with the nail polishes and they are a mess.

Overall very friendly and clean. Little small. Would give it five starts if they had better UV lights for nail drying.

Best nail salon in Annapolis! This isn’t your typical nail salon either. Relaxing atmosphere, super friendly staff, CLEAN, and SANITARY! The prices are reasonable and you get what you pay for. They have a lot of pedicure and manicure selections as well as eyelash extensions, waxing, permanent make up, facials, things for kids, and spa packages. I highly recommend this salon to all the ladies in Annapolis.