T-Nails

This is only the second time I’ve gone to T nails. Had a bad experience the first time. Got a pedicure and the lady cut my toe nails so short they bled and were crooked! I told her it hurt but she kept filing :(then she put a flower without asking and charged me for it. Plus you could barely see the flower. I though I’d give them a second chance for a Mani yesterday bc I had just left the tanning bed and they are close by… No one spoke English and one again my ring fingers were cut too short and filed to a nub. I kept telling her it hurt!!! They are still sore today. She also seemed angry while she was massaging my arms. My nails were jagged and I had to try to fix then when I got home. It was really devastating because I spent my hard earned cash on something I had to fix later myself.
I hope other people have better experiences… I’m never going again.

I’m so sad I didn’t remember the name of the guy who did my mani and pedi! he was really fast & efficient, paid attention to detail, & dealt with my indecisiveness when picking out colors. Got a student discount too! Definitely coming here again whenever I need a little r & r

Awful experience, never to return. The guy working barely understood English. After 5 minutes of explaining I wanted acrylics, he finally started my manicure and cleaning my nails. Then he started getting polish out to paint and I said NOOO I want acrylics. He then proceeded to say nothing and call someone on the phone, hand it to me and I had to speak to another woman at a salon downtown who said I have to come to her location if I want acrylics.
I was livid that he couldn’t understand that’s what I wanted in the first place. I ended up staying to just get a gel manicure instead which ended up being overpriced and chipped after 3 days. Would not recommend.

This place can be a hit or miss depending on the day and time you come. Luckily for me, I have enjoyed sunny days at T-​Nails.
Pros:
–Cheap. There’s a student discount which is always a nice surprise :)
–Attention to detail. My nail was chipped close to the nail bed and they helped glue it together to keep the shape and style I wanted. Not sure how healthy this is, but my nail looked great! I also had another experience when the guy re-​did an entire french tip since it seemed a little off after everything was set.
–Amazing product. They use OPI which I swear by. What is most amazing is the fact that I was able to keep my gel nail french tips for over a month without any chip. Those gel nails withstood an entire wedding, household move, hiking extravaganza, and daily carelessness. I was super impressed!
Cons:
–Employees. I came here at 2 o’clock on a weekday once and it was closed! No sign about where they went – just closed. Had the owner not returned before I got into my car and off to another place, they would not have gotten my business. Turns out, there was only one employee on duty and he had to leave to pick up his daughter. As the daughter of a small business owner, I totally sympathize with those situations, but as a customer, I know it’s not really professional to have a business closed without notice and without any other employees on standby to hold down the fort.
–Ambiance. This is not the type of nail spa you go to sit back and relax with cucumbers on your eyes. Their tvs are usually turned to America’s funniest home videos, the shop itself is small and open, and there is a conglomeration of random souvenir type décor that in no way scream upscale spa.
Simply, T-​Nails is a place to get your good ol’ manipedi and go. I absolutely love each and every nail style I’ve gotten from them and I can’t argue with the price at all. Love this place and will return whenever I’m in town.

I hesitate even giving this place a star. The pros. It’s cheap. It’s clean. The cons: it sucked. It hurt. I got no massage. Everything about my actual pedicure hurt and went bad. I should have left. You get what you pay for I guess. Don’t come here.

Steven is the best! My gel manicures last 2 – 3 weeks and I make my living playing in the dirt.

I have been coming here for years but I think they are now under new management. As a Poly student I needed a place to get my pink and white redone and have been coming here for 3 years. Sad to say but getting back here after summer, it’s very different in there. While the guy was very nice and trying not to put me in pain as I got a new set, he left old acrylic under the new stuff which has cause most of the nails to start lifting up (after only a week).
The service was fine but the product has declined rapidly and I don’t think I’ll be heading back any time soon.

Never waste your time or money here. I got gel and it chipped after one day. They promise two weeks– well, looks like they don’t know how to do nails. They also spend forever on your nails and when they don’t know what to do they call another person from another salon to do the job. Wtf. Recommendation: find another salon. Unless you have tons of time and you plan on going back every few days to fix their mistakes.

Thanks, Unilocal!The reviews led me to a great spontaneous pedi during my weekend get-​away. Quiet, clean, thorough, easy in/​out, great value. I’d be a regular if I lived here.

I went and got a great pedi today! Everyone who works in this shop are all so nice! I like it because they speak English most of the time! I can’t stand going into shops where they just speak their language! I think that is so rude! Keep up the great work I will be back soon!

I just went in today to get my nails done for graduation and the couple who owns the place was super awesome! I am not a fan of the sqaured off chunky french tip acrylic nails and i wanted a much more round tip, the lady wasnt exactly sure what I wanted so I showed her a picture and she was more than happy to do them as I wanted. She took the time to hand file my nails for about 30 min to get them to the perfect shape. I was so happy with the result and would definitely go back there if I wasnt moving!

As a Cal Poly student I love coming to T. Nails just to release stress. Tammy is so cool, sanitary, and she’s a total perfectionist with my nails! Totally stoked!
Chill environment and not a lot of noise.

Tough review to write! I’ve had 2 fantastic pedicures here with a group of friends. They stayed open late for us and we brought snacks and wine. However recently we had an appointment for 10 people a few days before a wedding, and they forgot our appointment even though it had been confirmed days before. We waited 45 min without any service, and were asked to continue waiting while they had employees on the way. We called another salon, happy nails, which accommodates us quickly and did a great job. Not sure if I will Try t nails again after the disappointing experience.

Note: To the bad reviews about waxing, they had a TEMPORARY person that they have since let go. Not really fair to rate these guys based on a one-​time experience with temp help.
I’ve been seeing Tammi ever since they opened and she not only does a fabulous job with nail polish, she always takes extra time to remove any ingrown nails. Also, her calf massage is heavenly! Usually the nail spas I’ve visited have been way too wimpy for my tastes (I’m a bodyworker so I’m a little picky) but Tammi is awesome. She and Michael have always greeted me kindly in and out of their store.

I’ve been a true costumer of T-Nail’s ever since they were California Nails on California Street a few years ago. However the last few times I’ve been in the owner has been exceptionally rude and the service was very half ass. I usually go in for pedicures which haven’t been the greatest lately and decided to switch it up last night and get my very first manicure. They literally spent 10minutes painting my finger nails and was finished! Didn’t say thank you or anything. I won’t return :(
Also if you show up with a debi card they will ask you to walk over to Albertsons/​rite-​aid to get cash back, even though they have card labels outside.

Horrible place
i called to inquire about back waxing, they gave me a good price and said no appointment is needed, just walk in. I did so and they were busy and after making me wait the took me on the side and asked if i would come back later which i said i would .
left and came back at the time she told me, but still had to wait longer then she got the job done after 4 hours from my original walk in .
mch bigger problem appered next day when my whole entire back broke up with pimples all over it (i never ever had acne or pimple problems in my life), i had to go through 2 rounds on antibiotics and skin creams and over 3 months of treatment, now it looks better but not even completely gone

Have been going to T-​Nails for many years now. Love their friendly, laid back manner, reasonable prices & vigilant attention to hygiene with their equipment. Try the «deluxe» pedicure, I prefer it to many of the foot spas I’ve tried!

T-​Nails is fantastic! I have gone here for pedicures for years and they do the most incredible job. Tami also does the most beautiful designs on my toes and I always get so many compliments on them. My friends love going there and we always have a fabulous time. Plus they have the most comfy pedicure chairs :)
Michael and Tami are professional, polite and really care. I would recommend T-​Nails to the highest extent!

My brow just needed a clean-​up. No reshaping needed to happen and yet she decided to butcher them so that they are now super thin and un-​even. She tweezed more than she waxed and when I got home I had to spend 10 minutes cleaning them up myself?
Should have known to check because when she was «finished» she never handed me a mirror and turned out the lights in the room and said «ok, thank you».
I’ve been here before and vowed never to come back but it had been over a year and my regular place is now closed on Sunday so I thought I’d try it out again.
DO NOT LET HER TOUCH YOUR BROWS! SERIOUSLY LADIES, LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!
My fill is decent but I said shorter NOT non-​existent?

Got my eyebrows done here. Never will again. She seemed to only know one eyebrow shape, and it did not match what my eyebrows were doing. She paid not attention to the way the hair naturally flowed, and didn’t trim at all before she waxed. There was a LOT of tweezing and thinning and cutting-without-regard-to-how-it’d-grow-out going on. The final product was too thin for my liking, and didn’t match the shape of my bone structure at all. I told her I didn’t want much off, and even outlined for her where I wanted it waxed. I could feel that she was putting on too much wax, but I figured that she knew what she was doing. Before I knew it, half my eyebrows were gone. I got the wax in May, and my hair still hasn’t recovered.
I hear they’re good for pedicures, though, and I’d believe it. Those chairs and foot-​baths look super comfortable.