Elegant Nails & Spa

The best pedi I’ve gotten in Goleta, probably even the entire SB area. The gal did a great job with everything, especially the nail shaping and painting. Glad I decided to stop in today.

It was my first time visiting this nail salon and only stopped here because I decided to sneak away from our happy hour at Zodos for a much needed manicure.
I opted for a gel mani, and went with my regular of a neutral color. She started prepping my nails and did cut a little too much of my cuticle on my middle finger but not like it’s never happened before. I didn’t bother to make a big deal about it.
I closed my eyes, started relaxing and opened them back up when the manicurist asked me to put my hand under the blacklight to see that the color on my nails was a dark berry color not blush as I had requested. No biggie, I figured I would step out of my comfort zone.
My nails turned out beautiful, the manicurist took her time on my nails, I have never had such beautifully looking nails.
However, the days after my mani my middle finger was hurting. Figured the pain would go away. Day 3 and my finger was SWOLLEN, with a puss bubble and throbbing on my arm. Of course I knew immediately that I had contracted an infection from the nail salon. Went to the doctor and didn’t mention nail salon, and her first question was when did you get your mani? She knew it was an infection from my nail salon. Anyhow, my finger was drained and cleaned.
As much as I loved how my nails looked, I did not appreciate the infection on my finger and my medical bill.
I called the nail salon and the lady didn’t care to hear about my finger.
I wish my first visit could have been different and I would have become a regular, but not with this first experience.
Sticking to my regular nail salon from now on. Learned my lesson, be careful where you go and make sure their instruments are clean!

First time for me came to this place, the people work here they very friendly, very take their time, very detail, and do nice jod. Very highly recommend for every one … I’m will to come back …

Andy does an amazing job on acrylics. Only one I know who will get the shape right, and clean my nails up before so that my nails look awesome. The whole staff here are very friendly, remember your name, and always try to make you smile! I love them!

BEST nail salon in SB! excellent service. the people working there are always so friendly!

I have been coming to this salon for a couple years now to get my eyebrows waxed. Tracy does a wonderful job and always puts in the extra effort to make sure all my hairs are plucked and that my eyebrows look super clean and ready to go. Even if I wait a week or two more than I should and my eyebrows are a big olé’ mess, she still manages to make them look great even if it takes a little more time. She also makes sure that my brows are just how I like them. There is never really a wait every time I come in. Even if all the employees are busy working on other people’s nails, they always make time for me to get my brows waxed. I would definitely recommend this place! They are all very personable I have not gotten my nails done here yet, but I definitely will soon.

I came here to get my nails done for an important event. As any person would do, I made an appointment a week earlier to make sure that they would have space for me.
Once I arrived, the manager told me that there would be a 30 minute wait. When four other parties arrived, I finally understood that he had booked all of us for the same time slot.
Unless you have plenty of time to wait a around, I highly suggest that you don’t depend on this establishment for good service

First time here today. What a great experience! Tracy was amazing! I came in to have my acrylic nails taken off and decided to get a gel mani. She paid so much attention to detail it was amazing! She was friendly, helpful and understanding when my card got declined and tagged for fraud LOL that was a nightmare!
I will definitely be back soon and this next time I will try a pedi too!!!

Won’t be back. I used to come here like 10 years ago and I moved away. So when I moved back I thought I’d give them a shot.
No AC. Seriously. It’s is hoooooot. I commented on it being warm and the girl working in my toes says «yeah it’s cooler outside» well it’s 86 degrees today. I was sweating. The girl next to me actually asked for a towel to wipe her forehead. It was horrible.
Girl hurt my toes and was rough. Massage… More like what massage?
The chair. Ow!!! So uncomfortable. It wasn’t broken. It was just old and no padding. I was only in it for 30 minutes and my back is killing me. Btw: that 30 minutes was everything. Including the 10 minutes to paint the nails and 5 minutes dying time.
Then they started cleaning the tub thing before I was done. That bothered me. You can’t wait til you finish my toes? That’s very unprofessional in my opinion. Most places I’ve been to clean it after you out of the chair. Not making the customer move their feet so you can clean.
Kids. Must the workers have their kids running around? And screaming «daddy daddy» or is is custom to have a 5 year old shoving pencils in your face and almost stabbing you. «Pencil lady see. SAY PENCIL» at other nail places.
Okay so my toes look good though my legs itch like crazy cuz they didn’t wipe the oil off. Place is cluttered. If I could give a zero I would. Very disappointed. On the plus side I walked out and fresh air felt amazing. There is nooooo air flow in there. Avoid this place and go else where.

The ladies are always so pleasant and do a pretty good job. There are a few times they’ve been behind and taken me 40 min after my appointment time. And there have been times the polish hasn’t been applied all over or nails are shaped inconsistently. Overall this place is a solid 4.

Andy is the best! I got an appointment the same day for a full set of acrylic nails. I love how detailed Andy is, he makes sure that the shape is just to your liking, your cuticles are trimmed (a step that SO MANY salons skip), and that your nails look perfect! I came in with a picture that I wanted my nails to look like and he went above and beyond to make sure my nails looked like the picture! I’ve been to a few other nails salons in Goleta/​Santa Barbara (Minhly, Lilly’s) and this is by far the best acrylic set I’ve gotten! Definitely will be coming here for all my manicures!

So happy I came! I had a gel manicure with nail art and they came out so beautiful! We made an appointment and so glad we did because first thing Saturday morning they are busy! We still had to wait about 20 minutes but it’s relaxing so we didn’t mind. The manicurists are friendly and talked just enough with their clients so that you don’t feel awkward but can also relax in peace. I also really appreciate the fact that if you are a walk in they are honest with their wait times so that you can come back if you’d prefer. They don’t rush through your appointment just to fit more people in and I love that! Anh did my nails and I absolutely love them! They are beautiful. Big plus is that she opened a STERILIZED bag of instruments to use on me. Sadly, I’ve never had that happen before. I highly recommend this place for nails. I WILL be back!

Everyone is really nice and the place is very clean. Good selection of colors and its only $ 25 for a spa pedicure. Yippee

Professional work at Elegant Nails, they took time and did very detailed work on my nails. Even for a simple pedicure they made sure to take the time and get extra polish on my skin off with their little brushes. They were flexible when I asked to change color, they also painted a toe to show me an example of how it would look on, and happily took it off when I changed my mind. Thank you Elegant nails, we will definitely come back!

I never do my nails, but I felt like treating myself to a gel manicure for the first time ever. $ 33 seems like an average price in Santa Barbara. The friendly lady who worked on my nails was very detail-​oriented and did not seem rushed. It was nice knowing she wanted to leave them looking perfect. I like how they turned out. Not sure when I’ll do it again, but I’ll make sure to come back here :)
Btw, I called in to see how busy it was and they told me to come in about ~40 minutes. I’d call before trying to walk-​in if I were you.

The place was pretty clean and the staff was nice. However, I’m only giving it 2 stars because the lady cut a tiny portion of my nail bed off. It was SO painful and I teared up. My finger continued to hurt throughout the entire session. How could she be so careless? She then tried to clean it with antiseptic but I had to ask her to be extra careful.
Aside from the incident, the overall experience was okay I guess. I just know that I won’t be returning again because I don’t trust their technique anymore.

This review isn’t for the service, its for the rude esthetician who bashed another customer in the Vietnamese language. not realizing I could fully understand her. Awful awful work manners

Overall great service! Walk-​ins welcome here and quick service. The ladies are very polite and mostly quiet while I was in. I was helped by Liên and she was very happy and fast while doing my pedicure.
All the ladies who work here are good at what they do! The salon is very clean and equipment is like new. They only have 5 chairs for pedis and 4 for manis so call ahead or make an appointment just in case!!! They have a large selection of OPI, China Glaze, Dare To Ware, ORLY and Essie. They keep the doors open throughout the salon for air flow so it is not stuffy or smells like chemicals!!!
I highly recommend this salon!!! Great work! Thank you ladies :)
Only $ 25 for a pedi!

Andy did an awesome job on my acrylics today. Clean calm and relaxing environment. Very polite staff.

Great service, okay nails.
I was in the area so I decided to get acrylics. If you are one that is not particular in how yours nails look, go for it. They have amazing service and work very diligently. I personally am one to look at my nails in close detail. On a scale of 1 – 10 I give them an 7.5 on looks.