Village Nail Salon

Love this place. These women are always very nice and place looks clean too. I have seen them cleaning the entire place few times. They have good choices with gel nail colors too.

From top to bottom, my experience at Village Nails was just terrible.
It’s 25 dollars for a mani/​pedi combo which is one of the cheaper deals around town, but you are better off spending the extra 5 – 10 dollars at Nails Touch or Aree for a much better experience.
Before I get into the actual mani/​pedi, I’ll just quickly vent about the interior and the customer service. The staff is extremely unfriendly and rude and there is zero selection of polish. To make matters worse, the polish that they do have they watered down, so if you are going to come here definitely bring your own. It’s also just strait up dirty in here. The area for drying your hands is sticky, the hot (or lukewarm in this case) towel that they use on your hands during a manicure has dirt on it and the pedicure chairs are stained and have ripped cushions.
These probably should have all been signs to turn around and head elsewhere… but for some reason I decided to stick it out… #regret
The pedicure was awful. The outdated (and dirty) chair was not comfortable, the water was cold and there were no jet streams in the water. So basically, my feet were just sitting in a tub of murky water. Normally a pedicure involves some leg and foot massage, but there was none of that here. The manicure was a little more bearable, but because of the watery polish it’s now two days later and my nails are already chipping.
25 dollars is a good deal, but that is pretty much the only redeeming quality here. I highly suggest spending the extra 5 or so dollars and venturing to almost any other nail salon in East Brunswick. You won’t regret it.

Not sure why there are so many negative reviews; I’ve always had good experiences here. But, full disclosure: I’m way low maintenance. I get 3 or 4 pedicures a year and fewer manicures. No fake nails or any of that crap, so take this review for what’s if worth: someone getting a basic mani /​pedi once in a while.
That said, I always walk in (weekday or super early) and there is usually a short wait (10 – 20 mins). The staff is always courteous and as friendly as you are (you chat, they chat, you keep quiet, they keep quiet).
I’ve never found it to be anything but clean (unlike another local place where you could see crud and scum floating in the «fresh» bath for your feet!). I’ve seen them scrubbing down the pedicure tubs/​stations and all the equipment goes into those sterilizer thingies.
The pedicure is not rushed and includes a nice little leg massage. Nothing crazy fancy, but just enough to be enjoyable.
To the comment about the place only being filled with old people… Ummm, what? Every time I’m here I see a wide range of customer ages, from 10 to 60. I guess it depends on what day/​time you go.
Again, I can’t speak to fancier treatments, but if you’re after a basic mani/​pedi, this place is a good bet and has always served me well.

I have been going to Village Nails every so often for as long as I can remember (only 2 minutes from my house). I never had a complaint about it, but never would rave about it either, it’s a very mediocre nail salon. However, yesterday I went in for a mani/​pedi and only two technicians were working. I sat in the pedicure seat for a solid hour and 45 minutes, some of it was due to the actual pedicure, but right before it was time to do the nail polish, my technician sat another woman down and did a full blown pedicure for her and left me sitting there waiting. Then she rushed through my manicure and didn’t even clean under my nails for the residue left by the acetone. My nails chipped an hour after I got home from the salon.

I had a terrible experience today at village nails. The woman who did my nails did not care at all about doing even a half decent job on literally the easiest nails ever. When asked to fix a nail she brutalized my cuticle so there are literally streaks of my own blood dried into the polish (very light pink– practically clear) on that nail. I haven’t had a manicure in ages– but somehow my cuticles look worse now. When I asked her to fix a nail with a jagged point filed into the middle she said something under her breath that I didn’t need to understand her language to get the gist of. I told the owner but wasn’t even offered to fix the problems. I’ve had many lackluster manicures but never left so disgusted and disappointed. I keep looking at them and get mad all over again. I’m never going there again and I suggest you do the same!

Went there with my sister this past saturday for a fill in and a pedicure. my pedicure is nice and done well, but my fill in on the other hand is horrible. I got a french and i feel like my 8 year old niece could’ve done a better job and my nails are already getting bubbles underneath and it’s only thursday not even a week later. and they didn’t even ask if i wanted uv gel on my nails she just put clear coat on them. Maybe its time for an upgrade village nails? They’re a little outdated for my taste. No Airbrush for french tip? Rude staff? never again will I go there.

This place is pretty beat. I have never been to a nail salon that was carpeted before. The carpet is worn (indoor outdoor office kind) and taped in spots. There are two huge chandeliers but one looks like it will soon fall to its death due to the major ceiling tile leak.
My pedi was pretty solid tho. Lasted a long time.

I stopped for a gel manicure and pedicure one day while passing through the area. A friend who went to RU recommended it and I was happy with my experience. I usually go to less expensive nail salons and I found this one on the higher end of quality and service for that sort of place. The ladies were pleasant and the price ($ 45 for gel mani and regular pedi) was reasonable. I was asked if the temperature was ok for both the foot bath and the hot hand towel — something that doesn’t always happen! I also noticed they use Seche Vite for regular manis which is a nice plus. I would come here again.

Disgusting. Dirty, smelly, moldy in some places. Went there after finding out my regular nail salon was closed for the day. The girl who did my manicure cleaned them with a stick that was covered in someone else’s nail gunk. I was horrified and will NOT be going back.

This place gets a bad rap. The ladies who work here are friendly, and their manicures LAST. Their prices are unbeatable — don’t expect to be in the lap of luxury. But their tools and facility ARE clean and I’ve always been happy with the service I receive here.

The staff is RUDE. Not very clean. Horrible manicures. The manicures may be cheaper but it ends up being terrible and the staff is so rude. I do not take it kindly when I am yelled at by a staff member in front of the entire place. Not worth your time or money!!!

I doubt this review will have any impact on this place’s business as all of their clientele is over the age of 70, but I will continue for the good of the Unilocal community. You know when ²⁰⁄₂₀ does some expose on a nail salon, and they find that their grimy little nail tools are giving people deadly fungi and the like? You find yourself thinking «Does a place like this actually exist?». It does, and it’s Village Nails. The place is beyond dirty, and the staff is RUDE. To top it all off, my pedicure looked like it was done by a four year old. With no arms. It’ a good thing that an assisted living community from across the street goes on field trips to this strip mall, or they’d be out of business. Avoid!

My passion for food has me writing restaurant reviews 100% of the time but I’ll make an exception due to my awful experience I had to endure at Village Nails today. I went to Village Nails a few times in my teens and had a mediocre experience — not anything to make me consider them my «home» salon. These days, I usually go to another (better) salon but they are closed on Mondays so I resorted to having the minor nail repair and polish change done here at Village nails thinking how the hell can they fk up those two basic services. HA. I specifically asked the lady to repair my nail using clue and a thin layer of gel so that my nail bed is reinforced and won’t break in the same painful place. She looked at me like I was speaking a different language entirely which didn’t provide me with much confidence that she could do the job. After explaining what I wanted twice more, she sat me down after I waited for 15 minutes and proceeded to repair my nail with glue and some powdered top coat. It felt pretty solid when I walked out of the place and she only charged me $ 8 so I was pretty satisfied. 10 minutes later after slowly searching for my cell in my purse, the same nail cracks again in the SAME place she supposedly repaired. OUUUUCH!!! I called the lady and she said I could come back to get it redone. More time out of my day I didn’t bargain for! Luckily this place is down the street from my house. I ask her to cut the nail down and put a tip on it. She agrees and finishes the job. She says she is going to charge me $ 4. I didn’t mind the charge but I had no more cash on me. I explain this as I hand her my debit card and the lady ROLLS HER EYES AT ME as she takes my card and runs it! That’s it for me and this salon. I won’t be going back. I’ll stick to my usual place thank you very much.