Express Nail Salon

Lisa always makes my nails look fabulous!!! Love love love this place!!! I highly recommend Express Nails if you’re looking for uniquely beautified nails. I’ve had nothing but great designs and mani pedis and I’m always left satisfied!!! Five stars all the way. Ask for Lisa! Tell her Chanel Girl sent you!

Alright I have come here a few times now and its pretty standard nail salon. The thing is with this place, you get and you get out quick! If you expecting amazing service — well maybe get out of this area and pay more elsewhere.
For the price and the service– very good.
But they will try to sell you on other things, eyebrow waxing and lotions and stuff.

The nail salon could be cleaner. The paint job looked sloppy. I won’t be going back.

I’ve been coming to Express for about a year and it’s the best nail salon I’ve found in Jersey City since moving here in 2013. Lisa does my nails and she’s great. She shapes my «claws» just how I like em! The only reason I didn’t give em 5 stars is because sometimes the wait is just too long to ignore. But when you do a good job for decent prices, what else would you expect. I’m a loyal custie nonetheless!

My first visit to this no frills nail salon… love my nails! Lisa did an excellent job filing and even made suggestions for my nails. Lots of gel polishes to choose from and I didn’t get a design this time, but from the looks of the pics, she does a great job with that too! Definitely going back and I might even get a design done (I normally don’t get a design because I like it simple)…

For nails they’re great. For pedicures not so much as they don’t disinfect their sinks and tools. They have a small variety of nail colors as they want to push gel colors onto you.

Just got my nails done here last weekend and it was terrible. They didn’t filed the nails evenly or buff them down and as a design all i asked was one straight line across the nail. The nails and slanted and the design is crooked.

September 2015 for review of a pedicure only. It looked good when I left but then once I removed the nail polish two weeks later I saw the damage done to my nails. This salon buffs (sands) the face of each nail with a Dremel sander with course sand paper. This damaged and infected my otherwise healthy nail. The price for services is cheap however I would avoid this place like it has a fungus.

I used to come to this nail salon a lot back when I was in high school and a few times after… Today after years of not coming here I see why I stood away for so long. HORRIBLE JOB! My manicure was done so fast, she never put a base coat underneath my color, and the top coat was so thick is dropped from the brush as she polished. I went to dry my nails and when I got up to pay I noticed I had smudges of nail polish on my finger tips, I asked to have it removed and the guy said «when you go home and shower it will come off» WHAT??? He said «you want me to take it off?» I just walked away. WHO SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! Never again will I come here. I’ll stick to my usual place!

I do not recommend this place. I went in for a gel manicure and I’m very unhappy with how it turned out. She got nail polish all over my cuticles and it looks sloppy and unfinished. She was also working on another person while she was working on me so there was more rush going into the work and less care. Will definitely not be returning. Wasted my money.

I would give them zero stars if I could. The customer service is just awful! I went in for a mani/​pedi. It was crowded when I arrived but they assured me I would be 2^nd and the wait was «not long.» I waited for 45 minutes (in the hot store) — after all, it was a Saturday. Finally they tell me to go to the chair which I do. I wait another 30 minutes and they tell me «soon.» Four people are being worked on ahead of me, who came in after me… I understand people may have had appointments but at least be honest up front and tell me it’s going to be a LONG wait! I would never go back here — very unorganized

Nails done by Lisa, I’ve been coming to her for about 7 years and none does my nails better than her! She is awesome at everything she does! They have very good customer service with all their clients, fast and friendly. I so recommended express nail besides them being fast and friendly they are very clean with their tools.

I just needed to update to add that after less than a week since this manicure, I am truly able to see how very much they jacked up my cuticles! I tried to take some pics but it’s difficult to capture such small details. I am really appalled.
I was thinking I would still run to this place for a quick polish in the future if I’m a tight bind but after this realization… never! Ugh so annoyed!

I was a frequent client of this salon, strictly out of convenience as I live so close to the salon and there never seems to be a very long wait. However, I am done and will never go back! Aside from the fact that my cuticles were never properly cleaned up and the quality of nail polish is very poor … I was having a pedicure on my last visit, and witnessed the technician only spraying the pedicure basin with water after the client sitting next to me was done! I complained and said they need to clean it before helping another client. The reaction, spray more water — no soap, no scrubbing, nothing. Hygiene is clearly not a concern which is not only gross, but dangerous as infections can easily spread. Stay away!

Express Nail is the only nail salon I trust. I’ve tried other places but always wond up back here. It’s my favorite place, I always recomend people there, and give Lisa’s name. If you want a clean and friendly atmosphere, this is the place to go!

Don’t like this place, won’t go again!!!
One hour later pedi chipped, the price is higher then on the posting board

This is the second place I tried to get a manicure this week. After being asked to wait a couple minutes, I waited forty minutes and then ladies came in after me and were helped first. I must say, they seem to have a very large selection of colors and brands. Nervous about getting my natural nails painted after reading other reviews. I did notice a lot of their polish is separating and looks old — this could be part of the problem with bad polish jobs. I guess I will be doing my own nails since I can’t seem to find a salon in my neighborhood who will give me a manicure. Feeling frustrated.

Went for my birthday last year in September to get a mani pedi. 1. Price list was not posted. 2. Price was more than my east midtown Manhattan Mon-​Wed special. 3. Base coat was not used when manicure was done 4. Manicurist complained about my Zoya nail polish which is a non toxic line by the way. 5. Polish job was not proper as it started bubbling as it was drying. 6. Polish chipped 2 – 3 hours after manicure was done due to improper application of polish and cheap top coat. Overall, I would never return to this place. They may do well with artificial nails but they don’t know how to handle natural nails.

I have been here for manicure/​pedicures about 3 times, since I live in the heights and it’s close. I was always like eh, they’re ok. It’s nice that you don’t need an appointment. However, I always feel like I could have done a better job myself. This past Saturday, I went for a mani/​pedi and the polish was a chipped mess by yesterday, being Monday. I had to remove it. I also told the woman she didn’t need to file my nails, as I had already done them. She did anyway, and I don’t like they way they file there. They make them too square, and I prefer more of a squoval. As for the pedicure, it could have been much better. Instead of getting a nice foot rub, I got lotion quickly slapped on me. Same with the manicure. And she really didn’t buff away much of my calluses. I seriously could not have made their job any easier too. I removed my polish beforehand and my feet are in really nice condition all year round. So, thirty dollars and a ten dollar tip wasted on a not so stellar service. I am definitely shopping around on Unilocal for another salon.

I went in for a basic manicure because of the good ratings on Unilocal and the proximity to my apartment. This is the worst manicure I have ever received. The nail technician completely messed up the shape of my nails, and when I tried to point it out to her and have her fix the shape, she only made it worse. She did a poor job polishing my nails. I had to point out spots she missed and she got polish on the skin around my nails. Then only 3 hours after getting the manicure the polish started chipping. Not even 24 hours later the polish is chipped to the point that I need to take it off. Sure, the manicure was cheap, but still not worth the money.