Art of Nails

I have no idea why this salon has such a low rating? As someone who pre judges a place by its Unilocal reviews it took me a while to actually book an appointment. I currently live in midtown and due to the lack of salons that do quality acrylic nails I decided to finally take a chance despite the low rating because the salon is so close to my loft and I really needed to get them done. Needless to say, I have been coming here for the last 6 months and love it! I have lived in both Miami beach and Miami and this place is the cheapest (hands down) and does a great job. This is not a fancy salon by any means but they more than make up for it in customer service, efficiency, and a consistently great job. They also have no problem doing a mani and pedi at the same time so you don’t have to waste your entire day which is a huge plus. If you are tired of the overpriced and overrated Miami nail salons I highly suggest you ignore the ratings on this one and give it a chance, I am so glad I did.

Ugh, this place. A friend and I went in for basic mani-​pedis on a Friday. My friend was with Martina and her nails were fine, but I was with someone else who should simply not be working in a nail salon. My pedicure wasn’t terrible, but she messed up two of my toes and three of my fingers b/​c her own nails were so long she kept bumping into me. I eventually just gave up and had her take all the polish off my hands and walked out with bare nails. I don’t live there, so there’s no chance of me ever going back, but I thought I should give everybody else fair warning.

This has got to be the worst place I’ve ever had a pedicure. I came in initially for special I had bought for what I thought was a full set of gel nails and figured while I was here I’d get a pedicure. The lady doing my feet was nice but did a horrible job. Cut my nails waaay too short, ripped one of them, didn’t turn the massager for the pedicure bowl on and had to re-​due one of my toes because she smudged it. Turns out the special I bought was for a shellac type manicure, no big deal I misunderstood, so not they’re fault but she was willing to charge me $ 20 more to do the full set. I’m sorry but I already paid $ 15 for the coupon if I add $ 20 to that I’m not getting any type of deal so I said I rather just wait till my natural nails got longer. That being said she was like «ok, let me file your nails for you while your here» after I said no thank you like 3 times I finally gave in and said ok. She filed me nails ridiculously short and I told her why would you do that when I just told you I would come back when my nails were longer. All in all a bad experience and I won’t be back. EVER. Someone else can have my coupon!

I would never put my hair into someone else’s hands. Janet does a really good job with haircuts and coloring.

While Martha is really nice I was not thrilled w/​the quality of my service. When I go for a mani pedi that’s my relaxing «me time» and that is not what I experienced here. Just not my style of salon and my nails chipped the same day. NO BUENO

This nail salon was all the way in Midtown Miami. I live in Miami Gardens, closer to broward county Line. The first time the salon owner Martina gave me a pedi, she was very evasive and insulting to my feet. I am a black woman and she appeared to be dominican with dark skin. She made me feel like my feet were the wrost feet she had ever seen in the world. I was insulted, mainly because I am well groomed and get my feet done every two weeks religiously. It was almost as if she was insinuating I did not care for my feet, she made several rude comments to me. Although the actual pedicure was quality work and lasted a long time. I will never go back here again. I felt alinated to the highest power. Also she did not take constructive critisism well either because every time I would challenge her on the comments made she would catch an attitude. I tried her once more after that to ensure that I was not over reacting. He attitude was the same, I even tried speaking to her about her demeanor, she was not receptive at all, very rude. She felt like because she was in business for soooo long that she was perfect. As a matter of fact she took the liberty of gloating about her success all during the pedicures. That was the last thing I needed to hear when I am trying to relax and enjoy a pedicure. the polish selection sucked and like the previous reviewer mentioned, there were only two salon spa pedi chairs, the only one that worked had no massage functions. Very unprofessional! I will never go back!!! I felt discriminated against.

Needed a quick pedi on the way home from work. After a search on Unilocal,I settled on Art of Nails. It’s useful to know that I’m used to paying $ 20 for a basic pedicure so upon seeing a cost of $ 25, I was expecting to be blown away.
I did not have an appointment so I wasn’t surprised there was a small wait on a Friday evening at 5:00pm. The owner of the small hair salon & spa was very nice and welcoming. She kept me updated about how long it would be before I got service, which I appreciated.
When my time had come, I was called to the back. There are only two «massage» chairs. Of course, the unoccupied chair — the one that I had to sit in — was broken. Definitely no massage and absolutely no back support. Kinda felt like I was laying on the exam table in a doctor’s office. Quite uncomfortable.
My technician (not the owner) didn’t seem too knowledgeable about giving a pedicure and was pretty timid throughout. I had to keep encouraging her and guiding her which, for a pedicure that costs more than most other nail salons, I wouldn’t expect to have to do. She made it no secret that she was tired and couldn’t wait to go home. I’m thankful that she may not have wanted to seem like she was rushing. However, it kind of worked against her because in the end, the whole process took too long.
I wasn’t thrilled with the pedicure I received here and the fact that it cost more than what most other places charge didn’t help the situation.

I went here for a polish change because it’s close to my office. Here are the facts:
— they consider themselves by appointment only and keep the door locked until they see someone standing there. Nonetheless, I was accepted without an appt.
— services include manicures, pedicures, acrylics, hair care, waxing
— $ 15 manicure, $ 25 pedicure, $ 10 polish change
— Martina is from Honduras I believe — she was nice but she chews gum really loudly (my pet peeve, especially when you’re sitting directly across from me)
— decent polish selection… some Essie and Opi, but a lot of no-​names too
— relatively clean, except for the small ant problem — there were two ants on my manicure table during the service
— i was going from dark polish to light polish, and even now I can see some leftover burgundy in the corners of my nails… minus points for quality of service
— accept Visa/​Mastercard
I might be back if I’m in a real rush, but that’s not really conducive to the whole «by appointment» thing. It’s tough to find a reliable nail salon in midtown. sigh…