B&J Nails

Just love coming here bc I receive the best customer service each time! They keep and maintain the salon nice and clean. Young B takes her time and knows exactly what I want when I give her my ideas. Thank you Young B! Xoxo

I’ve been coming here for years. Staff is very friendly and the prices are great. They just renovated the inside and it looks very nice! I always go to YoungB for amazing manicures plus she can do any design you ask for!

I have been going to B&J Nails for a little over a year and cannot find a better place in LA, especially for the price! I’ve never requested a specific nail artist until recently because they are all great! But if your looking to have a little fun with your nails and have a gel manicure that lasts a full 2 weeks you need to see Hunh Công Thy Uyên (pronounced Young Bee)! I now request her every time I go. She is super sweet AND talented!
**Bring cash for tip!

Wow. I love this place! I’m so happy a girl friend told me about it. Go see «young B» because she is the best! She is really good at manicure nail designs and gel. B&j nails is reasonably priced yet top quality nail, wax, massage, etc. I’ve been to nail places all over Los Angeles and this is by far my favorite. I feel like I’m apart of their family. It is always so relaxing when I’m there that I could fall asleep in their massage chairs. Everyone is super friendly and the shop is open 7 days a week & walk ins are welcome :)

Love this place! I have been a customer for 2 years now and I always get the best service.

Awesome job from YoungB, not only did she give me advice on wether to do a fill or complete a new set. She also recommended a design for me and while I was skeptical at first I ended up absolutely loving it! Happy I said yes. Will definitely be back for more, as she told me if I showed her a picture she would have no problem replicating the design! Overall great design, great service and great conversation.

walked in, turned right to look at polishes and walked right out. Refuse to get my nails done in a place where there’s a roach trap and mouse shit on the fucking floor. Can only imagine what’s going to touch my nails!!! Cannot comment on the quality of their work if they can’t even keep their place clean! Never again.

Won’t be coming here again no matter how cheap it is. Rat droppings and roach traps all over the floor by the nail station. Gross!!!

This is my go-​to place for a quick and cheap mani/​pedi. Their combo deal for a regular mani/​pedi is $ 16. It’s a hit or miss if your nail person is nice or not, but they get the job done if you’re looking for a decent cleanup for your nails and toes.
They accept card but tips are only accepted as cash. There’s metered street parking in front.

One word: C H A O S
A friend recommended to me this nail salon. She’s a regular there and has been going there for years. However, she warned me: «Don’t expect good service. Expect having them get you in and get you the hell out.»
That cannot be more true.
I stepped in with a mad house of men and women getting their nails done and Vietnamese ladies screaming in every direction. I wasn’t sure who to talk to. A manicurist next to the reception area ended up trying to help me but I had no idea as she was in the middle of doing someone’s nails too bothered to look up and speak to me. Either way, they managed me to get me in and sat me down.
There is no service at all. They don’t try to be nice to you but they try to get the job done. Because they try to squeeze everyone in, many people are seated in random areas like me where I got my pedicure in a tub covered in plastic bag. Not sexy but oh well. Their nail polishes are outdated where the examples are completely worn. I was wondering why the manicurist was showing me the color in the bottle before I did my gel pedicure and it’s because there’s a big chance your color won’t match the to the little discs of nails you can choose from. Beware and don’t be like me.
Now I don’t mind the craziness of a nail salon or shitty service or sticking my feet in hobo tub covered in a plastic bag. What I do mind is the price. Initially when I went in they quoted me $ 20 for a gel pedicure. They up charged me $ 31 for «my misunderstanding.» Apparently what they were trying to tell me was a regular pedicure is $ 20 and if you want to add gel it’s $ 31. How they were trying to communicate this to me was confusing and I feel gipped.
$ 31 for a gel pedicure is a good value but I don’t think I would go there again. I get my nails done to relax and that place is not relaxing. It’s a nail salon drive through and I definitely don’t want to worry about price increases when I was told one price in the beginning and left with another. There are way too many other nail salons in LA that are also affordable to continue going to this place.

Great gel manicure, espwcially for the price. Jeff was fantastic! My nails are perfectly shaped and look great.
I will be coming back.

I have been going here for almost 12 years off and on. 12 years ago the mani pedi was $ 12.99. It’s now only $ 16.99. My Persian receptionist brought me here when she was just 19 years old and I had just moved to LA. She knew all the best spots for the best price!
I now get my gel mani with Jeff and it lasts a month! I get a new one at 3 weeks because of the cuticle growth not because the gel has peeled or lifted. This is amazing as I am a dental hygienist and wash my hands a million times a day and use harsh hand sanitizer all day. I also am wearing latex gloves for 8 hours basically I might add.
Thu (pronounced two; there are 3 Thus btw. I don’t know about little Thu or Thu 2 as I only see the original Thu) does my gel pedi and I have the same excellent results. (Actually better because my toenails don’t grow as fast.) The gel mani/​pedi is $ 56
Jessica is also amazing!!! She does my daughter’s gel mani and pedi. She does a beautiful French gel mani and gel pedi for $ 61
I want to be clear though. There $ 16.99 mani pedi regular service is the best I have ever had! They look great no mistakes and last! They also guarantee their gel services to last two weeks and have you sign a book to keep track.
Love this place! We drive from Long Beach sometimes even

This is a place to go if you don’t mind the hustle and bustle of cheaper service. My nails always come out great, but I don’t have to pay a premium for it.
Plus, you can add on a 15 minute massage for barely anything!
TIP: Bring cash for the tip.

I’ve been coming to B & J Nails for 5 months now and I always get my nails done by Jeff. He’s an artist and I love the ideas he comes up with. He’s also super great with collaborating if I bring a picture in. I highly recommend him if your looking for some stylish nails. He’s also goofy and fun to hang with while getting my nails done.
The salon itself has always been a lovely environment to be in. Seems clean from my experiences. Everyone is really nice and welcoming.

One of the best deals in the city!
I’ve been rocking with B&J since ’06, back when they were two doors down in a tiny shop. They’ve ALWAYS been busy. You’d walk in and see a packed house, but it wouldn’t matter — another nail tech would shuffle out from the back with a folding table & get you going right in the middle of the room!
Not much has changed in 10 years except for the space, which has undergone a major upgrade. Nail techs are mostly good (with a sprinkle of misses.) Color choice is endless, the room’s always packed, and pedi’s are still the best pick.
$ 11 and 30 minutes will give you the best quick pedicure in all of LA. Techs see so many clients in a day that they’re all pros with nail shape & polish application.
Plus, they got the best shop name. Ever.
**TIP** If you want to make an appointment, you’ll need to name a tech specifically.

Here’s an update! I was hoping that the owner would take my review as constructive criticism to help her business but when I just called, she said she would not allow me to come back to her store because of my review. I told her that all she had to do was agree to make an appointment for me because I’ve been going there for years and I would take the review off. Well, she hung up on me!!! How’s that for customer service? All I want is a little respect and I would gladly change my review.
B, if you’re reading this, try being nice to loyal customers that you’ve had for years! I spend a lot of money at your place and I asked you nice to make an appointment for me but you hung up on me every time. And now, instead of taking my advice to make your business better, you tell me I’m banned from your store? That is the most unprofessional thing I’ve ever heard. Anyway, even though you’ve always treated me like crap, I’ve always been nice to you. If you choose to stay stubborn, I’ll have no choice but to tell your customers about the awesome place across the street… where they still do silk wrap… which is awesome! It’s up to you.

Ugh. Swore I was never coming back here again and I did!
And it sucked!
It’s so worth it to pay more somewhere else — your time is money! B, the lady who runs this place, is the worst!
B, she is the manager or owner, is the most rude person ever. Had appointment at 3:15 for mani/​pedi and got started on my mani about 3:25. OK, not that big of deal, I get it. But come 3:50, I still had not started on pedicure. Meanwhile, FOUR other people that walked in after got served. Rather than try to make it right, she blames it on Kathy, her worker, who is taking too long in the back to sanitize her equipment. 3:50, I said nevermind — they rush through it anyways.
The most hilarious part is that she flat out LIES to customers when they walk in. She tells everyone «Oh, we help you right now, 5 minutes.» Meanwhile, 20 minutes later they are still sitting there after «pick out your color!»…3 people even walked out and she RAN out the door down Santa Monica Blvd to say she would get to them right away (which was not going to happen) –they kept walking and I am so glad they did.
I will never give this awful business another dime. DONT GO HERE!

Wow! Amazing customer service incredible to walk in and notice how well the team work together to attend to my needs. Susan did an excellent job cutting my toe nails. I absolutely recommend this place!

Super duper disappointed.
Although the prices here are super cheap, the cost truly reflects on the quality of their manicures… You get what you pay for.
Even though my manicurist was very sweet, my nail polish began to chip only two hours after I got them done. I was planning on going to a special event the next day and by that day, the polish on a bunch of my nails already chipped.
Getting there was a challenge within itself. Coming from the Beverly Hills area, the traffic was a bit annoying on my way there & finding parking wasn’t much better either. Luckily, eventually after some time, I was able to score a parking spot at a meter right in front of the store.
Overall, I was left feeling very underwhelmed and disappointed at the quality of their work & nail polishes. I don’t think I’ll be back again.

It’s decent for something simple for a manicure or a simple pedicure. I didn’t want any gel since I can’t really tell how good their work is and I don’t want to risk any money for mediocre work.
The lady who did my nails, Lee, was very sweet, fast, and detailed. She let me choose the way I wanted my nails. She didn’t barge me with any additional services, which can be bothering for some.
My nails came out nice. Simple. For $ 8.00 dollars, you really can’t beat that. I might come back.