Nail Studio 1

Just moved back to town and was overwhelmed by the nail salon choices. Popped into this one and I’m glad I did. It’s super peaceful, super clean, and the gal who did my nails did a really awesome job. She was so gentle but cleaned them up really nicely and gave me the perfect short square shape that I love. My only gripe is that I didn’t get an arm massage and I was so looking forward to that! Maybe it’s a California salon thing though? Will be back for sure.

Just moved to San Diego from OC, Holly is amazing! She’s the best at eyebrows waxing !

Came in to get 1 nail fixed. When I asked how long the wait would be the lady «Cindy» was extremely rude an instead of giving me an approximate time she reminded me that because I was a walk in I would just have to wait. Walk ins are NOT welcome here and they don’t know how to tell time.

I’ve never had a worst gel manicure in my life. My nails don’t grow very fast and I’ve been to tons and tons of places, and my gel usually lasts 3 weeks everywhere. It has been a week and the gel is completely off… mostly because i asked the nail technician to give me an angled french manicure, she was so annoyed that it took her longer than she thought and only put one coat on everything, and ended my «manicure» with «go wash ur hands and than your done» no massage or anything and than charged me $ 40 because «it was harder than expected» very rude and bad customer service!

this is the best nail salon in PB. I’ve been coming here regularly for the past few months and every mani, pedi, gel, you name it has been flawless. All the girls are great, Jenny is the best. I will be having her do my nails for my wedding. 5 stars.

Holly is the best. She’s been doing my brows for a decade and no one else has ever touched them lol.

Very nice people that work here. Good selection of color. It seems very clean and they do a great job. Current magazines to read and massage chairs. No appointment necessary and you can tip on your debit card :)

This place is amazing. All the technicians are nice and very accommodating. I have never had a bad experience. Not to mention that the work they do is flawless. My gel manicures last up to three weeks with no peeling or chipping. I tell everyone asking for a good nail place in PB to come here! You should too!

Very very clean. I thought it was new since it was so clean. No waiting. That was the positive.
Originally I was going to just have a pedicure done but then asked if I could also have a manicure. The lady doing my nails said sure. But since she was the only one working on me, where as the lady beside me had both Holly doing her toes and another lady doing her hands, I decided I didn’t have time to do the mani after my pedi was done. It seemed that Holly did a way better job on the lady beside me. I noticed some of my nails weren’t filed very good. This wasn’t one of my better pedicures and I won’t go back again. Sticking with my fave nail salon further up the street.

Love this place! So clean, professional, great prices for excellent work. I love Linh and Holly

I’ve been coming to see Jenny for 17 years. I followed her from her last salon. She is such a warm and kind-​hearted person. She really cares about her customers. If you want a real bikini wax, look no further. Jenny is the one! Her prices are reasonable and you won’t be disappointed.

Been coming to this nail salon for years Holly and her staff are great the salon is clean & affordable. I love that it’s a one-​stop salon you can get everything done and always perfect. once you come in here you won’t go to another salon. Btw they don’t do hair but waxing and massage. A must do!

I’ve been coming here for 16 years. Everyone is very good here, and Jenny is the best! I get compliments on my nails all the time. I’ve had to go other places just a few times and there’s no comparison! Very much worth the extra couple dollars you pay here compared to other salons that don’t have quality as their number one priority!

I had a very positive experience here. The ladies were friendly and sweet, even though I am pretty particular about things! They did a good job on nail art too. I thought the prices were fair and reasonable. I’ve definitely paid more elsewhere. I will be back

I have been coming to this place since they opened and followed Jenny over here when she moved from another place to open this salon… Over 15 years! I’ve always had a great experience — the ladies are all very nice and do a good job. Prices are more than reasonable for the quality. Lots of regulars indicates to me that I’m not the only one who loves them!

I’ve been looking for a regular place to get my nails done in PB. A place that 1) Does a great job 2) Provides a clean/​relaxing atmosphere and 3) Decently priced. Nail Studio 1 has all three. For their basic mani/​pedi combo, it’s $ 30 — and that includes a relaxing massage on both your arms/​legs. It was great!
The women are very nice, friendly and easy to talk to — which is a must for me. I always find it difficult when I can’t talk with the women working on my nails. I had the pleasure to meet the owner, Holly, and another women named Leelee (or Lele — sorry if I spelled that wrong). Both very sweet.
The salon is clean, great sized, and the chairs are comfortable. They even have seat warmers. Nice!
They did a great job on my mani/​pedi. They genuinely care about how the final product looks before letting you leave. I chose a very light pink for both my hands/​feet. The color looked great on my hands, but it was a little light on my feet. Holly noticed right away and offered to find another color that matched perfectly, but was less translucent.
Can’t wait to go back — thanks!

Came here for gel mani and pedicure. While pedicure the lady was stopping multiple times to take payments and seat other customers– it made the experience not relaxing AT ALL. My manicure… first of all it took forever to be done and they put the nail polish really far from the skin. It started chipping after 2 DAYS !! I regret wasting my money on gel since it lasted such a short time.

My friend is a bartender in PB and she gets her nails here all the time. Her hands are constantly in water and ice and she said the gel nails last over 2 weeks! So I went here with her and she was right, my nails look really good and it’s been almost a week and they still look really good! They also had a big selection of colors too! I will be coming here from now on.

Went in for a callus removal pedicure and I’m probably never going back.
For a REALLY basic, quick, plain, pedicure, this place is decent. Good color choices and it’s usually quiet so you can walk in and be serviced right away… But it’s quiet for reasons.
A pedicure in NY usually INCLUDES the pumice-​stone scraping of callus, and a callus-​removal pedi is when your feet are smothered in lotion, wrapped in cellophane and left to soak for a few minutes, then your feet are scraped to rid of any excess dead skin.
Here, callus-​removal is an extra $ 5 and you get a pumice stone scrape. Like I said, I’m accustomed to that automatically included, so I politely inquired by showing them the callus on my feet and the women advised that the pumice scraping IS how they do the removal, and that you need to keep coming back for it to go away completely. What I hear when they say that is that they are cheap and lazy and want you to keep coming back to spend more money on them.
Aside from the callus removal services, the «massage» on my legs can barely be considered pleasurable. The woman repetitively rubbed my legs and feet until they became so tingly that it just started to hurt.
I tried so hard to like this place, especially bc it was so close and so convenient to my new SD home, but I doubt I’ll ever step in here again. Maybe bc I’m from NY and things are different there, but I’m down to earth and don’t like over-​the-​top, fancy and flashy things. What I do appreciate is quality. I would not deem this place so.

Best Pedicure in Pacific Beach!
I love this place. Here is why:
1. Great polish selection
2. In and Out quickly
3. Epic pedicures
4. Clean, good music, friendly people
5. Good prices
6. Magazine selection is off the hook
7. Ample Parking
8. Location of the salon is perfect
A review that said the place isn’t fancy… they are right. It is clean and simple. No need for fancy.
A review said that a nail tech was rude… no one rude here. They are great! Super friendly EVERY TIME
I love this place!