Nails by Deca

They do a decent job but the place doesn’t feel clean and they charge way more than they should. Only reason I keep going back is because of the proximity to my apartment.

This place is very convenient for me and when in a hurry sometimes I just have to… but I will never ever go again. I say this to myself every time. Mainly because the lady who runs this place is very mean and condescending to me each time, she laughs at me and treats me horribly for no reason. I always tip well and am friendly when going in so I have no idea why. She must really hate her job or be the owner so she gets away with it. I have been told I have time for a mani pedi and then rushed out when my nails are not dry… I have been given a hard time when asked what nail polish was new and current… God forbid I ever ask for a recommendation! The other night I was there and the woman I have been referring to, while rushing me out grabbed my arm to put my hands under the drier when I was paying attention to the woman who was putting quick dry on my toes!!! It was extremely aggressive and she laughed in an evil way. Also, I told the girl doing my pedicure that I did not want the scraping this time which I usually do want and when I was not paying attention as they were doing my fingernails at the same time I guess she did nothing to file my feet or soften them at all as I left with my feet harder than when I came in! I was just very clear that I did not want The $ 10.00 extra scraping that was all!!! I was so happy to see another new nail salon opening up around the corner and then very disappointed to see that is was Nails by Dec moving to that location!!! I wish I could get my money back for each time I have come here as I have never had a good experience and I have chips in my nail polish the next day often even on my toes, the results have never lasted!!!

Expensive. $ 23 for a pedicure. Not a great opening impression (dingy looking, no one really greeted me, prices were hidden behind the door), but the work they did on my ties was pretty good.

Worst nail salon I’ve been in last 10 yrs in NYC. Horrible service. I had a pedicure and my toe is now infected. Would never ever go back. Stay away

All the gel nails fell off in less than two days! I didn’t pick at them or do any labor intensive hand work! Typing? Hilarious.

Unhygienic, Inexperienced. Not my regular joint, but it is in the neighborhood. I remember why I never go here… It’s a dump and the service is poor. It’s crumpled and filthy. If you have low standards or just need to get your polished changed this might be the place. If you’re looking for a full service sort of thing… this aint the place. And did i mention expensive!!! For a substandard services.
Don’t do it.

The people who work here are incredibly rude. Awful, awful service. I tipped a little over 15% after a pretty bad pedicure and the woman harassed me about the tip. She kept asking to leave another dollar.
If you’re looking for a nail salon in the area, try Valley Nails. I will never ever make the mistake of coming here again.

Worst gel manicure ever. Several nails started chipping that same day! I went in the following day and the lady who runs the shop apologized and had THE SAME GIRL do them again. The girl kept telling me that the manicure she did the day before was «Beautiful» to which I had to explain that a $ 35 gel manicure should never start chipping the same day. That’s just unacceptable. So, another hour later, and after sort of a rough job where I had to tell her she was hurting me when she was cleaning up my cuticles and filing the polish off so roughly that she left my nails paper thin, I left. Well, wouldn’t you know, that evening, another nail chipped. Save your money and go to Top A on 9^th and ave A. This place sucks.

$ 10.50 for a manicure!!! Can’t beat it!
Manicurist was very sweet. She complimented me on my nonexistent arm muscles.

This place is ridiculous. Look below at the review about the women kicking someone out for taking a picture of the pricing menu. There’s a reason they don’t want you taking a picture! They charged someone I was in the salon with $ 10 extra dollars bc he was a guy, even though he wasn’t getting polish and he has small feet (a sign says they charge more for big feet).
Charging more for big feet? Are you kidding me?
There are plenty of cheaper nail salons in the area that won’t pull this kind of stuff.

**Disclaimer: As a male, this was the second pedicure I had in my life, but I do keep my nails well-​trimmed and cuticles cut** You’ll understand why this is important later in this review.
So, lets begin. I arrived here tonight, Sunday November 23 at 6:45PM with my girlfriend who was getting a manicure and pedicure combo. We take our respective seats in the pedicure chairs and then they begin their work, dipping the feet in the Chihuahua-​sized hot-​tub and beginning to cut my toe nails and cuticles. My girlfriend had hers started at the same time and was also getting one of her hands done simultaneously to save time.
So my pedicure finishes (no polish, I just wanted them prepped before a trip we’re going on), and hers goes on for about another 10 minutes or longer while they do her polish. At this point, we ask how much its going to cost, because its a cash-​only spot and they have an ATM.
$ 29 for my pedicure (with tax)
$ 23 for her pedicure (including polish)
$ 35 for «Shellac» polish (some premium-​girl thing, you guys will probably know). Apparently this is actually pretty standard price so not complaining about this.
$ 87 Total
Wait, what? My non-​polish pedicure cost more? I begin to inquire why.
1^st response: «Because there is more cuticle, more work» and then she kept talking, saying that the real reason is that «[guys] only come in once or twice a year and girls every two weeks»
I retort: «So basically price-​gauging, or a tourist tax, because I don’t come often. That doesn’t seem right.» I continue, «Also, going back to your first point, you are still doing her toes because of polish, I didn’t have polish, so instead of charging me more, it should be a discount because it’s actually less work!»
2^nd response, to my comment: «Thats how it is and how we charge»
At this point, I realize that 1) I need to get money from the ATM regardless, and 2) I need to look up precedent cases/​something about men’s pricing at salons. I’m not one to be picky about pricing but this just seemed ridiculous.
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I will summarize: Essentially, guy was overcharged $ 4 for being a guy. Sued the place for $ 100k because of clauses protecting race and gender. The place tried to counter saying that it had to do more cuticle work, but that argument is invalid under a section of the DC Human Rights Act of 1977 saying that you cannot charge more for increased cost of labor, unless is an entirely different services being added, basically.
I do not agree with a 100k suing, but just a cease-​and-​desist.
Once again, let me add that she was still doing my girlfriend’s toenail polish while trying to make this argument.
So, back-​to-​present moment. As we got ready to leave, we left the woman with $ 90. Before we can even step out the door (this place is tiny), she barges after saying «Tip is not included» to which I responded… «And neither is illegal price gauging based on gender or race» and then start to spiel the bit about the precedent case, how restaurants don’t charge more for people that get more water, (more work), that cities don’t charge tourists more (legally) for just coming «Once a year,» etc…
At this point, I can tell that they have previously encountered the problem before because she starts yelling at me, «This is a business! Get out!!» in front of all the other customers to which I left with the recommendation that «she quit charging men for ‘Having bigger feet’» as the sign says on their price chart (see pictures, I uploaded this). Not that it matters, the two other women there getting pedicures actually had bigger feet…
Save yourself from this kind of ordeal (and apparently others given the reviews below) and go to Dress Salon around the corner on Elizabeth st. It’s cheaper, and you most likely won’t be discriminated against.
All of this begs the eternal question: if *Mrs* Sasquatch comes in, with size 20 feet and 2-​inch toe nails, what would they charge her?

I took a picture of their pricing menu for future reference, and the manager locked the door and threatened to call the police unless I deleted it. MEDIOCRE MANICURES ARE NOT WORTH THAT LEVEL OF CRAZY.

Worst nail salon I’ve ever been to in my life. And I’ve been to salons in just about every borough in NYC. I assumed by the location it would be slightly upscale but just goes to show don’t judge a book. Not only did they completely humiliate my friend in front of the entire salon by yelling loudly that she had toe fungus and they refused to do her nails (FYI she went to a salon the very next day and it was confirmed she did not have fungus just dry sensitive skin) but the next day I woke up with a swollen finger from where she had cut my cuticle and made it bleed and when I went to the urgent care they confirmed I had paronychia from unclean tools. Never never never go to this place. It’s unsanitary and dangerous and above all just a horrible experience.

worst worst. it’s totally unsanitary. i’m pregnant so need to be extra careful, they do not clean their utensils. had to pass on the pedi, i saw brown gunk in the foot tub. yuck!
my nails are also supposed to be filed square but they’re all lopsided, i had her redo it twice. mani still looks bad.
i would never go back here, i could do a better job myself.

Friend recommended, so instead of getting my mani-​pedi done in my usual spot, I decided to try something new. I shouldn’t have. Me and my friend got pedicure done at two different chairs at the same time, by two ladies who I guess are from Bangladesh or somewhere in that area. Nice ladies BUT it took them 10 – 15 minutes to finish the pedicure! The manicure was even worse. Originally I was planning on doing gel nails but observing their lack of experience I decided to go for regular manicure. My friend ended up getting her nails repainted twice AND she literally showed the manicurist how she should cut the cuticles by taking the instrument into her hands and doing it by herself for a few min. Will NEVER go back there again!

Did my nails there yesterday. Place felt dirty and the manicurist was not very good at her job so to say, however nice and friendly. It was cheap so I guess I should have known what I was in for but then again I’ve been to cheap places which has been a hundred times better. I tipped the lady quite well in hopes she really would try her best to do a great job — stupid me, I would have been better off saving that money for a new nail polish and fix them myself.

I go here pretty regularly for an affordable manicure conveniently around the corner from where I live. More often than not, it looks fine and lasts an average of 3 days. I had one manicure that lasted a week, but I’ve also had one that consisted of uneven shaping and spotty polish that only lasted a couple of days. Basically, it can be hit or miss, but it’s usually totally fine.
I won’t deduct any points for the senseless apostrophe on their sign, but they should really get rid of it.

I’ve been here two times for mani/​pedi (gel manicure) and wax, everything came out great. Didn’t expect but i got this spot in my favorites now. Last gel manicure was holding almost a month for me and didn’t flake or anything, which is rare. Nice and polite service .
the attitude is not the best im edititng my review from 5 stars to 2 stars cos of their attitude!

Lots of problems with this place, which is sooo unfortunate, given it’s amazing location. I’ve gone twice at different times. I only remembered because the experience was horrible. They do not know how to cut cuticles. Not only do they do it to the point where you have bleeding. If they don’t bleed you end up with cuticle peeling stuff that is so amateur. They do an average job on the shaping.
It’s clean and the people are no meaner or nicer than other nail salons of similar price and feeling. The massage chairs work no better or worse than places of similar quality. They don’t convert all the way backwards, but they function and it’s nice enough.
1 star though. I give no one one star. I try to make excuses before assigning 1 star. But really, a bad job and not just once.

My favorite place in Chinatown was busy so I needed a MANICURE (EMERGENCY)
Closest place was this one. So I’ve decided to come since it’s always busy.
— Lady Greeted me (L = Lady, M= Me)
L: Hello, what would you like to do
M: I would like a manicure, is there anyone available?
L: Sure, No problem, please pick a color.
M: Ok, How much is it?
L: It’s $ 9.50
M: Ok.
(Picked a color, sat and waited for the lady for about 2 minutes)
Place is really Small and tight, Didn’t feel comfortable when I went inside.
Lady Grabbed my hand and started Cutting, and filing my nails. Then She made me get up and Dipped my hands with Wax, then back to the desk. Felt a bit ackward since this was totally different.
OK, Lady just cut my cuticles in less than 2minutes (both hands). WTH… I can still see dry skin peeling.
Then gives me a massage for a minute, not even a good one.
Now puts lotion and gives me massages (It’s alright)
Time to pay… I gave her Cash.
Puts nail polish into my nails, missing spots on the side. and she sits me to the other table where there’s a fan to dry your nails.
Exact time… about 35 minutes… Overall service… POOR
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After testing this place, My hands got SUPER DRY and looked worse than before, 2 days later the nail polish were peeling, usually it should last to at least one week.
WHAT A RIP OFF!
I will never come back here again, Sorry ladies, Not worth it!