Nail Spa

I’ve been here a few times before and have gotten great service — love their polish selection. This time however, had issues. I got a mani/​pedi and two people working on me. There was only one other person getting a pedi and 4 employees there. The manicurist was nice, but rushing the whole time. After the 1^st coat she was struggling to get a smooth finish put some nail polish remover in the bottle to get «more product.» That was my mistake that I didn’t ask for a different shade. Adding polish remover is just diluting it. She did 4 coats of a already pretty opaque color when it only needed 2. Within 2 hours after it started peeling. Not a lot of cuticle cleanup, either. The massage was fantastic and give that 5 stars.

Horrible! I work around the corner so I thought it’d be nice and convenient to walk there and treat myself. WRONG.
I normally get a fill on my acrylics and a new shellac every two weeks. I was due. So I immediately get seated and they put the foil on my nails to take off the shellac. They left me for a good 30 minutes waiting while they seated more people and started working on them.
Next when they were cleaning out the underneath of my nails, she poked 4 different of my nails and all of them started bleeding.
Even as she was buffing my nails she burned 2 of my cuticles. Along with the poor service, the place is small and cramped. I’d never recommend it to anyone to get their nails done.

Don’t visit here. Only one person knows how to do acrylics. Horrible customer service took 2 hours to get a simple acrylic didn’t even have the patience to wait tk get color. Worst nail salon I’ve been too yet I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT

This place was recommended to me from another shop owner in the area. I think this was the best manicure I’ve had in Seattle, which is about 5. The color selection was ok– not amazing I’ve seen a lot worse. The thing that distinguished this place for me was the hand massage which was long and great. My manicurist was very meticulous and it really looks great 4 days later. It was $ 10 which seems normal here. I did put on an extra layer of top nail polish a day later, which I always recommend to make it last longer. Enjoy!

Not closed. Just renamed Platinum nails. Same owner, chairs, prices, etc.

Reasonably priced mani and my nail polish lasted forever and took a beating with cleaning my house. I’ll return for a polish update soon.

I found this spa one day after grocery shopping. I saw that it was $ 10 for a mani and $ 15 for a pedi. I thought why the heck not. Man I’m sure glad I did! The polish lasts FOREVER!!! Most places the polish starts to peal or chip by the next day if not right after you leave the salon, but not here. The prices haven’t change in years. Also if you are looking for conversation during your visit this isn’t the place for you unless you speak Vietnamese, but they understand what you want when you talk about your nails. So zone out and enjoy your hour to think about your day or reflect on your life.
On a side note to the people who have rated this place with lower stars I just want to say, I would never get waxed here, cause the name of the place is NAIL SPA, not WAX spa. Just sayin’.

This little place has been my nail shop for over 5 years. Prices have remained the same and the service is great, especially for having the ability to walk-​in without an appointment. They are also open until 8pm Mon-​Sat so it is a great place for when you want a fresh Mani/​pedi before you hit the town.
I like that they offer a 12-​minute extra massage for $ 10 for those days when you need a arm/​neck rub after a hard day at work or maybe your achy legs and feet need extra attention because you’ve been walking around the city all day. Very much worth the small cost!

I’m not sure if I’d go here for waxing after reading the other reviews, but I got a great mani/​pedi for super cheap! $ 25 (plus a $ 5 tip) and $ 30 out the door!
The language barrier was a bit of an issue for me (rare) and I didn’t get the exact nail décor I wanted, but after she did it she explained she couldn’t do it the way I asked but it looked absolutely fabulous anyway. The mani/​pedi is for ONE ALLOVER COLOR, FYI. Obviously you can get different colors on hands and toes, but they will charge you extra for french tip or other additions.
NO appointment, walk-​in only. Pay by card, tip in cash.

This place is awesome for quick, long-​lasting and affordable mani and pedis. No the place is not a luxury spa, but the massage chairs are comfortable and equipment is clean. If you are looking for a conversation and long appointment with a technician this isn’t the place for you. I love it bc I can zone out in the massage chair, relax and be done with an awesome mani and pedi in 45 minutes. This is the only place I’ve been besides Gene Juarez where my mani lasts longer than a week. $ 25 for both which you can’t beat. Try and pay with cash!

Absolutely do not ever come here! I just returned from this place and currently have a swollen upper lip which I hope is not an infection caused by the fact that a piece of my skin was ripped off from my upper lip. The lady said that it is because I have a bump on my lip and my lips are dry. I don’t think so because I was not feeling anything inflamed until I got there.
Now I do have to say that the lady was nice enough to say that she hopes that I can find a good waxing place before I left and I don’t think that they charged me full price for both the lip and eyebrow wax. I only paid $ 12.00 for both. Even though my eyebrows are okay so far (she didn’t know what to trim from my eyebrows when I asked for it… so definitely not pros at the waxing thing), my lip is paying for it. And now I have to attend a storm game with an effed up upper lip. Oh and lastly, the place is not well-​venitilated for mani and pedis… I could smell the harsh chemicals sloughing off essential cells in my lungs.
Know that I have my medical insurance cards ready if I have to go to an urgent care clinic. I am deftly afraid I might have MRSA.

I don’t know what people are griping about. You’re paying $ 15 for a pedi and $ 10 for a mani! It’s SO cheap and they actually do a good job. Your nails and toes last FOREVER. When you’re that cheap 1) don’t expect upscale décor 2) don’t expect anyone to speak English 3) don’t expect to be pampered 4) do expect long wait times. If you’re waiting awhile it’s because the place is busy and it’s busy because everyone goes there and most everyone that goes there has been there before. So that being said, it can’t be that bad. $ 25 for a mani-​ped that lasts? It’s more worthwhile to me than paying $ 40 to sit in plush chairs surrounded by lavender smells listening to Enya for polish that won’t last as long.
O — and I got a great eyebrow and lip wax there in 5 minutes flat for only $ 12! You bet I’m going back!

when i need a pedicure in a pinch with no appointment, this is the place i go. i am a huge fan of this salon. it is always bustling with people. the staff are all very friendly. there is a bit of a language barrier yes, but we always work it out. i am always remembered.
they just updated all of their pedicure/​spa chairs which is nice (some of the old chair massagers were out of order).
i want to address what some of the other folks have said about cleanliness.
as a licensed cosmetologist with over 20 years in the biz, i am fully aware of what the washington state board requirements are for disinfection/​sterilization and everytime i have been there they have always followed correct procedure. they provide all clients with their own box of tools that they store for you and will pull out when you come in. they always spray their tools with disinfectant spray and i see that they have barbicide anti fungal/​anti viral solution out with tools disinfecting. the place may not be modern or hip, but it is clean. the staff may not speak english very well, but they make up for that with a kind attitude.
if you are looking to be pampered, go to nordstrom. if you are prejudiced against recent immigrants with thick accents, do these manicurists a favor and go somewhere else.
if you are looking for a decent manicure and pedicure that is way cheap, fast and where you never need and appointment, go here.

Never — EVER — again! I started going here as my mom went and enjoyed it. She never told me that it went down hill after your second visit!
I fist went in to Nail Spa (how original!) for a fill as I went to another shop and they were a bit snooty so I decided not to go back. The first time I went was for a white fill. The girl was obviously fresh in the country and spoke no English. The fill took AN HOUR AND A HALF and cost me $ 35. WTF?! In the end though, my nails looked awesome. So I went back.
My second trip there the owner did my nails. It again took FOREVER, but she did an even BETTER job than the first time. WOW! I was super impressed. The only drawback was that well, the owner was in the process of firing someone when I walked in. All the employees looked terrified and kind of huddled in a corner. The only time the woman spoke was to yell at the other employees. Since I didn’t get a white fill this time it wasn’t so spendy.
Last time in the owner sat me and got started. (I went for another white fill.) Then she got a call for an appointment for just 15 minutes later. She promptly called in an employee to help out. Now there were already 10 girls in there all either putzing around or staring at the walls so I take it only certain people can do the acrylics. Once the second lady showed up, the owner dropped me and went to work on her appointment. Never mind that I was half done. The second lady comes over and stars going to work. She kept moving the drill thingy really fast and basically burned my pinky to the point of giving me an open sore. She didn’t take any time with my cuticles and three of my nails came out uneven. I was NOT worth the $ 35.
The moral of the story is never, EVER go to this place. They treat the employees like crap, they over charge, and they just don’t care. Don’t get excited because they are open late, because you still have to be there WAAAY in advance since it takes so long (mom said even a regular manicure took an hour). I can’t believe this place can even stay in business. I really wouldn’t be surprised if they got shut down either by the health department or immigration. I hate to be that way, but it’s true. How can a new business in this day and age not be ADA accessible too?

I don’t care how desperate you are, do not, under any circumstances get a bikini wax here.
Clue #1: When you ask for a Brazilian wax and the waxer sets up to shape your eyebrows, leave.
Clue #2: When you explain what a Brazilian wax is and the waxer nods knowingly and sets up to wax your legs, leave.
Sadly, I stayed.
I lost skin, kept hair.

This Nail Spa is DIRTY!!! The only reason I went to this salon is that I heard they keep the tools that they open for you in a special box and they will continue to use them each time you come in. That is the only redeeming thing about this salon, otherwise it is dirty. They should just stop keeping your tools because the rest of the tools are used and did I mention… DIRTY!!! The mani/​pedi was relatively quick but I HATE when they put you in the pedi chair and then also give you a manicure at the same time — how are you supposed to relax when they are pulling your arm across your chest to give you a mani??? And when she was massaging my arm it was so hard, at first I thought it was nice that she went all the way up to my shoulder but then she started squeezing really hard until I said «ow» and she kind of laughed and then starting talking to the other staff in her language like she was making fun of me. $ 25 for a mani/​pedi but so DIRTY that I would only return in a pinch!

Whoever thought, «Hey I know, lets take the SMALLEST space available to us, and shove in like 10 spa pedicure chairs and like 5 manicure tables in a circle and see what happens?»
Apparently, the geniuses at Nail Spa did. And what a fantastically creative name. Wow.
This place was cramped cramped cramped. Nothing was comfortable about the entire mani/​pedi experience except the absence of a gaping hole in my wallet. Pedi– $ 15 Mani– $ 10. Obviously, mani/​pedi $ 25.
My lady was obviously the manager or main lady, whatever, and was yelling at her minions the whole time. The thing I hate MOST about nail places is I always feel like the ladies are talking about me in their native language… it makes me a bit self conscious, and then they LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH and I sit there a bit concerned.
The whole thing took a little over an hour (AN HOUR) and I was not impressed. I might be back for a pedicure but DEFINITELY not a manicure, because I seriously feel I could have done a better job myself.