Golden Nails

I’ve gone here many times for pedicures and am always happy with my experience. I always go as a walk in and they fit me right in. My toes always look great, and I’ve never had an issue here. I have gotten French tip acrylics a few times here as well, which also turned out great.

What a sloppy job and overall experience. My nails look worse than before coming in. Moreover, the manicurist next to me was cutting other ladies acrylic nails and they were flying all over the place. Save your money, go somewhere else.

This place was okay. I had 40 minutes to kill, and needed a manicure (no polish) so I thought I’d try it. She was quick, I’ll grant you that, but the main reason I get manicures is that I have very thick, tough cuticles. She barely soaked them, did a quick snip and that was it. She then cut my nails, did the oil and lotion thing, and we were done. Maybe 15 minutes total. Walking back to my next appointment, I was pushing more cuticle back and picking some off. I don’t think I’ll be back.

I love this place I get my nails done once a week and the owner knows exactly what I like the other girls are great too I went some where else just to venture off a Lil and I have regret I have to take these claw nails off so they don’t know I cheated lol but I love the place and the location nothing is better then having your nails done and then going for cocktails

I am not one to complain much however this place was absolutely horrible. A group of us went in today, 2 of which were there less than 9 days ago to get acrylic nails. They started to look bad very fast and had to be filled. The woman didn’t even apologize for the fact that they looked bad and charged them both full price to be filled. Then two of us got our toes polish changed, I had to ask the girl who was doing mine to take off all of the polish, she was going to leave the dark nail polish around the edge of my nail. When I asked she said «well it is stuck to your nail» ummm really? That is what nail polish is supposed to do. Then My manicure and one more were done, here’s where I have the biggest issue of all. As I was sitting there waiting for it to dry is started to ripple and wrinkle, so I pointed it out to the lady and her response was «it’s because you put it too close to the fan» Ummm again really? we spent collectively $ 75 and none of our nails came out good, we all have to get them done again, and we will never go back. The attitudes and lack of experience really showed through. I am a mom of 3 and when I spend money on me I plan it out very carefully. So to spend money here was a big fat waste! Thanks for nothing.

So, after 2 days my nails started to peel. The gel polish all came off and it looked hideous. I will never go back to this place. I called Saturday night notifying them I will be coming in because the gel base coat is peeling off and the lady I spoke to seemed extremely unorganized. I came in and the same lady that did my nails Tuesday didn’t believe I got it done by her (the owner) and said I’ll fix your nails once but I’m helping you out. As if It was a huge favor. Never go here. It’s pricey, scandalous, and not worth the money.

Not great, especially for the price. No massage chair plus they had infomercials playing on the TV the whole time. There is nothing about infomercials that is relaxing or entertaining!

They are a cool crowd! Very caring and don’t talk in their native tongue like most places nowadays. Very spacious my boyfriend loves to give me foot massages after I get my pedicures they do an awesome job and have an excellent customer service highly recommend this place

I love this place! I never have to make an appt, just walk in & they take you. They always do a great job & are always super friendly.

basic nail salon. Went and got a mani-​pedi. The ladies working there were very nice and quite accommodating. I do like that every time I go here I never have to wait, there is always someone ready to take you.

I went in knowing exactly what I wanted and Tina made it happen. Tina truly went above and beyond on my nails I will go back to her again and again. She can do so many fun tribal designs and much more. EXTREMELY talented and great pricing.

My girlfriends took me here. The prices are great (cheap). They took us right away and all at the same time which was important to us. They did a great job.
The only reason why they didn’t receive 5 stars is because they coulyn’t free hand a design for my pedicure; however they have little nail stickers that worked out even better and it lasts for ever!

I walked into Golden Nails, excited that I was going to get the chore of getting my eyebrows waxed. It was affordable and it took about 10 minutes until they called me back. Never will I got back!
I’ve gotten my eyebrows waxed dozens of times before. When she peeled the strip off my eyes, it hurt, but waxing never feel good. My eyes started to tear up because I have relatively sensitive eyes/​skin (whichever one), and it sometimes does that when I get my brows waxed. The woman begins to laugh at me, commenting on my watering eyes, and then she begins yelling across the store to another woman in Chinese (pardon my ignorance if they spoke different). I felt uncomfortable and a little embarrassed to say the least…
Then, when I left the salon, I noticed where she had waxed it was much redder then normal. It took two weeks for my skin to heal!!! They stripped some of my skin off, and for the next couple weeks I had to mask on the makeup just to cover the redness around my eyebrows!
Terrible service and the least bit courteous. I dont know what else could have gone worse.

After my manicure, I had lunch next door at Rendezvous. I sat outside with my friend and noticed that my nails were purple– not the cherry black color that we each brought in. I compared my nails with hers, and sure enough, my nails were purple.
I think this was due to the top coat that was used. It was really thick, almost gooey, and it looked old.
Throughout the day, bubbles started popping up on several fingernails. It started with my thumb nail, and now as I type this, all of them have bubbles.
Lastly, when the woman started cutting my nails, she cut the first one way too short, although we were able to stop and adjust for the rest of my hands.
Sure, it was inexpensive ($ 12), but I’d rather spend the few extra bucks at my place in Maxwell Village. You get what you pay for (in both instances).

I know that communication might be a little difficult some of the time. But I have to say that this place gets you in and out & the prices are pretty decent for what you get. I personally enjoy zoning out when I am reading my magazines getting my mani & pedi. Sure, it might be a bit awkward when the ladies are talking to each other in a language that I do not understand… but I still leave happy with beautiful polished nails without paying an arm & leg… It’s a trade off I don’t really mind.
One thing, I do wish that they would pay a little more attention to is the dust. It would be great if they invested some time to clean the shop more often… But, again, it’s another trade off.

I walked in and turned around and walked out. This place is disgusting. So dirty, I couldn’t help but picture those people who loose toes due to fungus from nail salons. Sorry, but heard of a mop?

I was visiting some family in Santa Rosa today, and it was my first time downtown. I was catching up with my younger cousin, who I hadn’t seen in a few years, so we decided to do something girly and get our nails done.
We walked all over the downtown area, and as it was Christmas weekend, most places were closed. However, Golden’s was open! Hooray! I appreciate that the world doesn’t stop and nails get done, even around Christmas. :)
There were only a few other people inside. The place was organized and felt spacious. There was a pretty big waiting area (4+ chairs) so it seems like they’re good at accommodating anyone who’s waiting. They also had a great selection of colors and lots of airbrush art displays to look at.
The women weren’t talking under their breath like at other places, and actually made conversation with us! Definitely plus. However, something sort of strange happened:
My younger cousin came in wearing a sweatshirt and track pants. I mean come on, it’s the day after Christmas and we’re getting our nails done, we don’t need to be fancy. However, the woman doing her nails told her she needed to pay BEFORE she put the color on.
WHA?!
I’ve never ever heard of paying BEFORE the job is done! Did they think she would RUN AWAY before her nails dried? My manicurist didn’t ask me to pay ahead of time. When my cousin pointed at me and told her lady that I was paying, the woman seemed relieved and went back to painting my cousin’s nails. Extremely. Odd.
Although I’m truly flattered to think that I, in my Star Wars t-​shirt and grey hoodie, painted a reassuring picture of responsibility, I thought it was extremely off-​putting for them to imply that my cousin was somehow going to color-​and-​dash.

I went with a friend who swears by this place. I went in with a very positive attitude and didn’t have many expectations.
Walking in was very awkward. They take walk-​ins, so as soon as they walked in the main lady shouts out if we have an appointment, which makes every person in the salon stop what they’re doing to stare at you.
The wait wasn’t bad for a walk-​in. My friend got someone incredibly nice and friendly doing her pedicure. About 15 minutes later the main lady starts my pedicure. We were not even 2 minutes in before she stops to help the people who walked in, and this continued on for 10 minutes. She scrambles to get my nail polish on (leaving droplet spots on each toe). My pedicure gets done before my friend’s pedicure gets done — actually, she got distracted with another customer and had to have someone else finish the job. It was not worth $ 20 for a $ 5 job. I know and understand they had more people in the salon than they were staffed for, but that’s no reason to do a low quality job.
I give it a two star rating for the nice man who was doing my friend’s nails, but other than him it was not worth the time or money.

Doesnt everyone feel a bit uncomfortable when someone your with is talking to someone else your with– in another language– for more then 5 minutes? I cant stand when i go get my nails done and everyone wrking there is yelling back and forth this nonsense– They know english– but still talk in their native language. They say hello– how are you, what color and thats IT– Its rude. I love it when I go somewhere and i feel pampered– acknowledged. It was messy in there– very outdated. I felt very out of place and uncomfortable. The young girl doing my nails stopped 2x to answer the phone and make appointments. She did an OK job– She left some sort of blue dot on the top of my nail and missed a sliver on my thumb– but my nails def. look better. Very un professional and not friendly.

Golden Nails is where I got my nails done for years. The place is pretty cheap, you can get a basic acrylic full set for 23 (approx) and a fill is 15. Of course, it all depends on who you have help you. I have had some bad experiences with some of the people there, so now I only go to one woman *Helen* she is precise and very talented with her free hand design. As a plus for those who like to get to know their ‘nail lady’ she is young, nice and has a great memory for faces and preferences.
I give Helen a 5 star rating, but overall the other people have been pretty inconsistent. The shop itself is pretty big and much better ventilated than some of the other oriental run shops I have been in.
***update*** Helen has moved on to better places, so dont got there looking for her. Brenda, who owns the place is pretty good, so she might be your next best bet. I no longer frequent this salon, having switched when Helen left.