Best Nails

So please note: I’m a guy. With that in mind, this place is the best. I get manicures only. Started about ten-​twelve years ago and I’ve been around, but a regular here three years or so. The boss is fun, knows her stuff and doesn’t take any s – t from anyone, including me. With that said she is funny and is down with my dry sarcasm. My nail person is Huong and she does a consistent and great job and is almost as fun as Linda. Despite a disposition that I understand some may not appreciate, these women and this place have gone out of their way to do me personal favors not really associated with business. I’m a neighborhood guy and this is my place and my people and give them a try. Through it all, kindness is underlying it all and friendship is most rewarding. Oh, my manicures are always top notch. Top notch.

Great staff, massage chairs and mani/​pedi! Very thorough and neatly done, will be back

I have been going to Best Nails every two weeks for the last five months. If you are anything like me you’ve spent your life bouncing from one spot to another. Maybe settling at one place for a few visits because they seemed decent the first couple times until they cut you or do a substandard job eventually. If you can relate to this look no further and go to Best Nails.
The shop is small and clean. Huong always does my nails, but I would assume that I would get an equally great service from any of the girls there. I get a gel manicure twice a month and pedicure once a month. They have a great selection of colors, are fast enough (but still relaxing), super clean, and never ever cut/​file my skin. Your gel polish doesn’t get taken off with a drill (yikes!) and it always last two weeks (I never wait and see beyond that). Everyone that works here is friendly and welcoming. Best Nails should absolutely be your new place.

I’m not from the area and here just for 4^th of July. This place gets the 2 stars just for being open on Forth of July. However the service was horrible and I had to do my own nail design.
They painted the base coat for me, then asked me to move out of the massage chair for someone else since I just said I would do my own design. They attempted a very easy stripe and mangled it.
I’m thankful they were open but that’s about it. If somewhere else is open for you, I would suggest you go there.

Made an appointment ahead of time. Bedside manor was minimal, especially when we walked in.
The good: variety of color choices, variety of services. The massage chairs were wonderful! They do give you a quick foot massage with lotion (for pedicure). Best of all, price was very reasonable!!!
The bad: only saw white clientele (I am white myself) and I have read some former reviews that they prefer white clientele. Also, the women working are a little brute and unfriendly but they get the job done.
Overall: good experience for the price!

Incredibly rude. I felt like by my walking in I was already an inconvenience. I left to go somewhere else.

I stopped by to give this place a try. A woman looked up and asked what I wanted. I asked if they had someone who did acrylic nails. She said no and went on about her business. Nobody else asked if I needed anything else or when I could get acrylic nails. I looked at their price sheet and of course they do offer the service just not to me I guess. Hope you look rich and white if you want to even be acknowledged at this place. That is the clientele getting service when I was there anyway. I guess I will spend my money somewhere else.

Very nice staff. Reasonably priced and typically very good about accommodating walk-​ins. I got the shallac mani (French) and when one slightly chipped a week later, Mina was quick to fix at no charge. Not very talkative, but I rarely want to carry on conversation when getting pampered anyways. All and all a satisfying experience.

Linda’s the greatest. I go every other week for my gel nails and it looks the same every time I go. I’ve had mani/​pedis in 5 star salons and I’m telling you will not get a better mani/​pedi anywhere else.

My daughter and I unexpectedly decided to go get a mani for her and pedicure for me. We were immediately greeted with friendly attitude. My pedicure was nice, the massage chair was relaxing. I got a great foot massage and professional service all the way around. My daughter was very happy with her manicure. I recoomend and I am picky.

I called ahead and was told a 6:15 appointment was fine (with a 7 pm closing.) The ladies were friendly but that was the sole strength. My nails were cut with a cuticle clipper. Underneath the nail wasn’t cleaned. While she polished the technician was having a conversation with her colleague — barely watching my nails! The foot scrub brush was used. Polish choices slim in regard to higher brands — especially for $ 26. I was rushed out at 6:45 and told «sorry.» There are much better nail salons here in SB.

This is a great salon for getting the full on mani/​pedi in a delightful massage chair. They are exceptionally friendly and go out of their way to accommodate. I have work late and they stayed an hour later to do my mani/​pedi that I was in dire need of having done.
Nothing fancy but I would definitely recommend as a great local spot!

Great! I always love the friendly (although not too talkative) staff. They do the best job in town– and I’ve been to plenty before I found them!

Linda (and ladies) is/​are the best! Their salon is clean, they do immaculate manis/​pedis and they are very nice.

These ladies are wonderful! We dropped in on Fathers Day with our two little girls Tully and Cooper and they got all four of us done without much of a wait and they did an awesome job! Prices are great and I would come back! Thank you!

Came in with a group and thought it was barely okay, the pedicure was nothing special for the price and the gel manicure is where they loose stars and fast, i picked my color and everything and when she started to apply it i saw that it wasn’t the color i picked a quickly told her and she said no… the color will change… well the color didn’t change because it wasn’t the color i wanted!!! She would aggressively tap my hand each time she wanted the different hand which I thought was rude. And her massage on my arms lasted less then 30 seconds, spare yourself the 40 dollars for a bad gel manicure that chipped in five days and go somewhere else

So I thought I had a good pedicure they charged me 41 dollars and the lady spent like 2 hours on my feet. I specifically asked her to scrub my feet and I even told her exactly where to scrub the most because I had bad calluses. I paid the extra 15 dollars for the callus removal and all that. The massage she did was not very good it was a very light massage and I could hardly feel it actually. Then I asked her for one rhinestone and she added three. They look a bit silly. Once I got home I noticed my feet were not soft at all. They were still very coarse in certain areas where I had specifically asked her to scrub the most. And on top of it all my nail polish looks like crap. I could’ve done a better job painting my own nails. They look botched and not fully opaque in areas. The color on my toes doesn’t even match some are more opaque than others. Also this lady who did my nails didn’t talk to me the whole time. it was awkward. I don’t think I will be going there ever again. My preferred salon in Santa Barbara is modern nails just down the street. Those ladies are just so friendly and really know how to give a great pedicure and manicure. I will be going there from now on.

Love this place. Good value and availability is pretty consistent. The owner, Linda, is a hoot. She runs the place with the humor of a drill sergeant, and I am always laughing at her antics.
The gel mani is great and lasts a long time. The Salon is clean and close to my home in San Roque.

SATISFIED AND HAPPY
Very nice manicure/​pedicure, sweet ladies took good care of me.
Unpretentious, down-​to-​earth and very pleasant. They let me bring my quiet little dog!
I’m new to the area and have tried several salons, some high-​end, some not-​so-​high end. This one was just right. Nothing fancy but good service. Another place in Montecito is excellent too, but the workers there are so rushed it made me feel nervous and not cared for very well. These ladies took their time giving me a mani and a pedi at the same time, which was a great idea – a first for me. So I was finished earlier but at a nice gentle pace.
Toes and fingers look great!
I left feeling satisfied and happy.

I am visiting Santa Barbara when I decidedto search for a quick pampering session. I read a few other reviews and none to good before finding Best Nails. It’s about two miles off east on State street and I am so happy I came. Mani/​Pedi Combo is $ 37 plus I got an additional massage for $ 15 and she just rubbed and rubbed and rubbed. Love this godly woman. I will so return to Best nails. And pay that extra Ca-​Ching for the fab rub down.