Capital Nail Salon

How do you ruin a gel manicure??? They had me wait over 30 min when they said it was a 20min wait. They rushed with my nails and the lady filed my nails after putting the gel polish on!!! And filed the gel polish off leaving the tip of my nails unpainted. Would not come back. The $ 14 groupon was not even worth it. Also the tools are not clean or sanitized. Probably reused.

Bought my groupon, they charge $ 2 to remove my old gel manicure, $ 1 to use my debit card. They didn’t do a good job shaping my nails and one has a bubble. Tried to save money, well I guess I’m not coming back!

I made an appointment for 11 am, I didn’t get helped until 11:30… Idk what’s the point of making an appointment. I had a groupon for a gel manicure and I feel like once you say that, their attitude changes towards you. The lady who did my nails was a little rough cutting my cuticles and she put on thick blobs of polish on my nails. She didn’t go back to clean them up on the sides, she used her own nail to wipe off polish that went on my skin. More customers came in and I felt like she rushed through my manicure. I went to go pay with my groupon and I tipped her $ 7… She didn’t even say a word. Not even a thank you… So I probably won’t come back lol

Not a bad place but not great either.
I must have came at the wrong time a couple of really bitchy ladies here as customers. Wasn’t a pleasant relaxing time

Don’t go here if you want to get ripped off. Also they make you pay more even after you bought the groupon! Save yourself the hassle

One of the worst places I have gone too. Everything I told Kayla I wanted she then would tell me no and why not to get it. I’ve always had long nails and she cut them so short and told me long nails are bad for me. I then told her I wanted the pink acrylic and she kept fighting me on that as well. If you want a salon where you’re rushing to run out the door from terrible service this is the salon to go to. One dissatisfied customer.

Every time I come in to get a pedicure, if there is anyone already there, they always respond 10 minutes. After waiting 20 minutes, I looked around and couldn’t see anyone close to being done, so inquired. They said they were almost done. So flash forward, 30 minutes later, still waiting. They told me one time to call ahead, but all I found is that appointments are useless. I would call, make an appointment and then arrive at my time, only to be told «ten minutes» I like the pedicures here, and the distance from my house, but I might give midtown nails or some other places in town a shot. These guys have no concept of time.

I found a groupon for a $ 17 gel mani, so decided to head over after work. Their hours are convenient, parking is a little tricky if you don’t want to pay at a meter. Walking in I was greeted immediately and there were a couple other customers. I chose a color and was rushed through a manicure — my nails are uneven and corners are very sharp. Color application was decent. Had a pretty good selection of gel colors. I think she rushed through since I had a groupon :/​most likely won’t be back

I was looking for a basic, inexpensive mani/​pedi and found this in the area.
There was a little wait, but when I got my pedicure done, the woman was very pleasant and made small talk.
Both the manicure and the pedicure came out nice. I liked the extra shine on my fingernails from getting them buffed.
Would totally recommend to a friend

Went in with the GroupOn and had a fabulous first-​time experience! Tam was incredibly nice and very attentive to my nails. I even asked her to be a little more cautious with one of my fingers and she respected that request marvelously! They also have deals for returning customers so I will be back. Thank you Tam!

I visited this salon on a Groupon special, they were fast and friendly and the atmosphere was clean and my nails turned out great! I would go again.

Received my first Groupon for some gels and they immediately tried to sell me a pedicure and then when i didn’t want one (it’s middle of winter and was raining outside) the lady was super quick about getting me in and out. She didn’t laugh when i joked with her and spoke in Korean or whatever to her coworkers instead of me, all the while constantly looking toward the door and other customers waiting (i made an appointment) like she could possible be making more money off of them… I will not be purchasing any Groupons for the any nail salons in the future. I wanted to tip her 10 but i couldn’t bring myself to do it (she was so shitty) she made me feel like a nuisance for even being there. I happened to notice a handwritten sign by the register that Read:
Any Groupon customers getting gels will be charged for removal of any existing polish.
see this makes sense to me because I was in there all of 10 minutes… I can see how removing polish adds time.
I received a dirty look when i tipped $ 5.00, i only did that because she SUCKED. She didn’t even finish with hand massage on my left hand lol I mean what is wrong with this place?!
Also she only put 2 coats of gel polish! Every Gel Mani I’ve EVER HAD they’ve used 3 – 4 coat WTF is wrong with place, if you don’t like Groupon people then don’t use it! Too bad, if she’d done a good job, i would have been a repeat customer.

Not the cleanest feel in a nail salon, but I love the massage chair pressure, which is nice and firm, throughout my pedicure. The callous remover treatment is an extra $ 5 add-​on to the basic pedicure package, but it’s worth it, as it does the job (whereas I’ve been to other salons with this type of treatment and it doesn’t). French mani or pedi is $ 5 extra (as opposed to a solid polish), which is also the case at most salons I’ve been to. Pedicure selection runs $ 25-​$ 40 range depending on the package you choose. I’ve always been happy with the firm massage pressure from the staff on my arms or legs (depending on whether I’ve gotten a mani or pedi) from what I recall. Overall, it’s ok, and I will return because I know what I’m getting and it’s close to where I live.

I’ve been to this salon before and their groupon could not be beat $ 16 for a gel manicure. The location on J street was convenient too, but you know what can make all that not worth it? Getting a crap manicure where you are cut by a file enough that you bleed. Yeah. That happened. I came in with a pretty rough hand — cuticles crazy, nails not the same length, and needing major work. I left with three of my fingers having marks from being cut by a file and hurting from the alcohol getting into the cuts and my polish on the sides of my fingers and not looking perfect. I guess you get what you pay for? If my fingers didn’t hurt, they’d probably get a better review, because I can deal with the less than perfect polish, but, my fingers DO hurt and that’s just unacceptable.

I got the worst (shellac) mani I’ve ever encountered in my life. I was in Sacramento visiting family, and we decided to got get our nails done as a special treat. My experience was anything but.
First, I called ahead to make an appointment, only to have to wait over an hour. They put acetone foils on my fingers to soak off my old shellac and left me to wait with it on for 40 minutes. It should have only been soaking them for 10. By the time the guy started working on my fingers they were burned from the acetone.
Next, the color I chose was out of product. I was summarily ordered to choose another color, which it turned out was also an empty bottle. Third time I got a color I didn’t really like because I was flustered, rushed and frustrated.
The guy (I don’t know his name, but I think he’s the only male nail tech there) was very rude. He speaks only enough English to say «how is your day?» — to which I respond and he then says something long and (random?) to me in (Vietnamese?)
He roughly scrapes the old shellac off of my nails, cutting my cuticles to shreds and breaking three of my nails in the process. He attempts (very poorly) to glue one of them back together. Then he proceeds to do the worst polish job ever. I think a child could do much better. He doesn’t clean up the edges at all. He does the final polish with alcohol which stings like hell because he’s cut up my cuticles, but he clearly used too much alcohol or didn’t let them cure properly because the finished nails don’t shine at all.
To conclude this «manicure» (which it most assuredly was NOT) with the most feeble attempt at an arm massage I’ve ever seen. Then (after 15 seconds) he says «you done!»
I walked away shaking my head. I told the lady near the front that I was not pleased with my manicure and she began shouting at me, ordering me to sit down and let her fix it. Eventually I get tired of being shouted at so I sit down and let her proceed to rough my nails, apply another coat of shellac and call them fixed. They’re not. They still look like utter garbage. Two days in they’re chipped, not shiny, messy and two of them have broken off down to the quick.
To add insult to injury I was over charged.
I’m thoroughly disgusted with this place. I’ll never go back. I’m shocked that this place can remain in business.

First let me start by saying that this salon was my go-​to for over 2 years and I loved it but after taking several months off from pedicures & manicures I returned today to a completely different experience. I sit in the chair and look around — everything is so dirty and disorderly. Magazines on the floors, towels all over. The tools used today as far as I can tell weren’t sterilized properly or at all. After my pedi was done I watched the girl take everything to the sink and instead of submersing the tools into the sterilizing solution, she rinsed them in hot water, put them back in the tray and brought them back to her station.
I’m amazed & I will not be back unless I see that things have turned around significantly.

3.5 stars. This place is good. Not great, but good. They do an a-​ok job, but nothing spectacular. Yesterday, I went in to get a gel mani & pedi w/​paraffin ($ 5 extra) using the Groupon I purchased. I know a lot of other Unilocalers have made comments about the customer service related to Groupon. I have to say, this was not my first time using the Groupon & have yet to be treated badly.
I made the appointment earlier in the day since that was a stipulation of the Groupon. When I called, I spoke to Nina who indicated both services would be about an hour. I made the appointment for 6p, knowing they closed at 7p. Due to traffic coming from Roseville where I work, I knew I’d be a little late. When I called just before 6p to let them know I’d be in about 5−10min late, the lady who answered said it was no problem. Nice!
Upon entering, I was immediately greeted & asked how they could help. I told them I was here for gel mani & pedi, & was told to pick a color from the wall. Once I had my choices, they had me sit in a pedi chair, which was not uncomfortable at all. In fact, I noticed they were new from the last time I was in. I sat down & Tami came over to do my service. She was quite friendly, smiling & made nice small talk. I’m a talker & a smiler, so conversation was short but sweet. Tami did a great job on my pedi. When it came to the paraffin, which was my first time getting, it was pretty hot & almost felt like it burned. Of course I let her know right away & she was kind enough to stop to let it cool down a bit. She must’ve thought I was such a sissy. LOL
Soon after my pedi began, Nina came over to begin my gel mani. She too was very nice. There were often times where they all would speak to each other in their language, but I expect this when coming into an establishment like this. Sure they were probably talking about customers, even me at times I could tell, but that stuff doesn’t bother me cuz I just tell myself they’re not talking smack, they’re just having conversation. Well, that’s how I see it.
When Nina started doing my mani, I mentioned my upcoming trip to Disneyland with the Hubby for our 1^st year anniversary & that I wanted to get a special design this time around, as I typically only get a standard, no frills gel mani. She asked what I wanted & since I’m not the creative type & didn’t really know, I just said something Disney or something wedding-​ish. This is when I learned, this is NOT the place you come to for really good nail design. Nina tells me she’d put white on my nail (as opposed to the sparkly pinkish color I had picked out) & then put a red Mickey Mouse on it. Huh? I thought everyone knew what Mickey Mouse looked like, but I don’t think Nina did. She made sure I wanted the white since, as she put it, once it’s on, it won’t come off cuz of the gel. I found that a little strange, but ok. She proceeds in putting the white polish on my ring fingers, as those were the only ones I wanted the design on. The white polish looked, weird. But I was going w/​Nina, who was the ‘expert’ here. I asked her how long has she been doing nails, she says 10 yrs. I asked does she do a lot of nail design, she says some. Well, once she began attempting to do the Mickey Mouse design, it was obvious that this was not her specialty. Tami chimes in, in their language, to give her pointers I suppose. After Nina’s first attempt was no good, she & Tami switch places, & Nina finishes off my pedi, excluding the big toe, which would also get the now Minnie Mouse design, as I asked Tami to make the Mickey Mouse black (not red like Nina was doing) & add the red bow for Minnie Mouse. Luckily, Tami knew exactly what I was talking about, as she shared that she had recently been to Disneyland w/​her kids last July 4^th.
I watched Tami make the design on my fingers & toes, & she did an ok job. She had to redo my fingers a couple of times due to smudging or odd shaping, but each time she was happy to oblige. She would ask, is this good? To which I would reply, it’s ok. Hey, I had to be honest! It wasn’t good, it was fine. Since they charge $ 5 per nail for design, the barely decent Minnie Mouse designs costed me an extra $ 20, when really I felt like it was only worth paying $ 10 extra, since it was so, not great. Oh well. Lesson learned.
I forgot to also mention that Nina was a sweetheart & offered to do paraffin on my hands, as she saw my cuticles were very dry. Not sure if I was charged for this either! So after Tami finished my mani design, Nina finished me up w/​the paraffin treatment. Again it was hot, & Nina chuckled at my sensitivity to the heat, saying it feels good. I laughed & said, yeah after it’s cooled down some! We were good sports about it. I ended up leaving at 7:30p, where they were finishing up their last customer.
All in all, I say this place is fine for your standard mani/​pedi, but nothing super fancy. & I say, don’t forget about the Groupon!!!

My experience was the worst. My cuticles are still recovering over 1 week later. I went in for a simple manicure to remove the cuticle growing from my nail beds. The man wanted to know if I lived in the area & why I was in the area? I shared. I felt he wasn’t interested if I was not going to be a regular customer. I didn’t want polish, just buffed. The posted price was $ 15.00. He ran my debt card through for $ 19.00 and was surprised I didn’t tip. When I pointed this out to him, he said it was extra because I wanted them buffed and no polish.
My nail beds are sore, red, and I need another manicure to fix his manicure. Disappointing and my nail beds hurt.

I debated knocking my rating down to 4 stars due to the seemingly endless add ons at this location, but then I remembered that not only did I come in with a groupon, but I’ve also had so many experiences with nail places that are NOT up front and honest about add on prices and extra costs (I’m looking at you, Los Angeles nail salons). Capital Nails is a very honest business.
On top of that, my nails are flawless. If I hadn’t had the groupon, I would have paid more for these than I would at AJ, my regular nail salon. In my mind, it’s worth it though. My gel mani and my pedicure are flawless. I think I really lucked out on the nail tech, because I asked her to put gold glitter over the top of the pink on my toes, and she gave me options!!! She asked if I would like her to do it ombré with a few fake gems. I said, sure! I’m used to having to explain three or four times what I actually want, but she read my mind. After it was finished, she literally clapped her hands and said my toes look like an Indian Wedding Sari. Truth!
The result was FAB-​U-​LOUS! My pink glitter gel mani is perfect. My pedicure is perfect. It’s been three days and nary a chip on either. I don’t think I’ve ever had a better experience with presentation. This location could definitely do better on other aspects, but presentation is down pat. As an added bonus, I sat next to the nicest gentleman in paisley shorts. I feel like the clientele here is more friendly than other nail places, but I’ll need to come back in order to verify that one.

Loud, sweet, and consistent…
That would be how I describe the ladies and atmosphere here.
Go get their Groupon. They hate them, but for some reason they keep selling them. All. The. Time. Sometimes they’ll bundle gel manicures, sometimes it’s just for one. They are a little tricky and will charge you an additional $ 2 if you come in with a set already one, but if you have virgin nails, then you’re good. They also charge you $ 1 if you use a credit card.
Just like most nail salons on the Grid, you can’t find a gel manicure for less than $ 25-​$ 30, which is no different here — unless you have said Groupon.
The ladies are nice, probably talk about you while they service you (but with a smile), and always seem to do a good job.
Again, a generalization. Like many places, it’s easier to walk-​in, than to bank on an appointment. I’ve made one, only to be sitting there for awhile, because they accepted too many walk-​ins during my appointment time. If you don’t mind and aren’t in a rush, I’d say just walk-​in or call five minutes before you plan on being there to peep the situation.
They aren’t anything over the top or fabulous, but they are convenient if you are a Grid-​kid and if you can cop a Groupon, it’s worth it!
Killin’ the nail game, one Groupon at a time!