NK Nails

Love coming here to get my nails done, but don’t have Mary do them. She filled my nails 1 time and 2 nails broke within a day of each other and when Linda does them I’m good for 2 weeks just as it should be. Took my daughter to get a full set and she got stuck with Mary and the day after she got them done one of her nails broke. So just No Mary and you will be fine!

I love NK nails! Little to no wait, even when I go in a group of 3. Staff is always very nice. You’re offered a complimentary beverage with your service. Salon is very clean and they use individually sanitized tool packets. Great price for the level of talent. Highly recommend.

Fantastic! Service was friendly. They serve u a complimentary beverage!!! Wine, champagne, beer or soda. The standard spa pedicure was great. $ 25 and I was happy. They also have nice upgrade options u can choose if u want paraffin, clay mask or extra massage time. They are clean and efficient. Best pedicure so far in West Seattle!
I went on a Tuesday and they fit me in, but were busy. I’m guessing weekends are super packed, keep that in mind…

They rush everything. Very pretty salon but bad customer service. If they took time and didn’t act like they were being rushed by the owner and gave you quality nails then it would be a great salon. Uneven nails, sloppy nail polish. When you come back to get it fixed they try to charge you for fixing their sloppy work? I already paid you $ 40?! Never going back. Lost a customer that would spend there weekly. Hopefully they change their ways because they can be really good if they do.
Also they talk in Vietnamese to each other and laugh at the customers. That’s very rude

Jenny’s my girl. She does a great job.
The salon is clean, organized and busy! But they get you in quick!

Jenny does excellent freelance nail designs. She has been doing my designs for a couple of years now. If your looking for something different, have her do your nails. NK nails is an upscale salon with minimal wait and great customer service.

Jenny is the best!!! Since I was a newbie on fake nails she was very attentive and every step asked if it was good!

Best Nail salon in West Seattle.
I’ve gone a few times, always a good experience. I went in for a gel manicure yesterday and it was a little sloppy and started peeling up on the corners (the girl who did it may have been new). I decided to go in today to get it fixed. I told the person at the front desk «I got this manicure yesterday and I wasn’t as happy with it as I could have been.» And he said «ok we’ll fix it for you, have a seat right here.» No questions asked. They fixed my nails, made them look beautiful, no charge.
Their new location is beautiful and clean, they always offer a free drink with every service and their prices are very fair. I’ll be going back again and again.

I am always pleased with the quality of work that the staff here does for me. They are, in my opinion, the best nail salon in Seattle. The prices are spot on for the services they provide. The staff is always friendly and I am seen in a very timely manner even though I never have an appointment. It’s always bustling and lively and smells amazing which is rare for a nail salon. I will never go anywhere else!
Side note, this is the only place I have found that does liquid gel and not just acrylic. I hate acrylic and it does not last on me at all, but liquid gel, though more expensive is always worth it and what an amazing job they do for my nails! By far, consistently the best manicures I’ve ever had!

I’m updating this review. After a year hiatus of this place I went back because they moved into a bigger, nicer space in the same shopping center. I’m giving it 3 stars for the new space. its clean and big, with lots of chairs, and a bigger waiting area. However, I ended up seeing Mary again, who was on her phone during my service. she would file 3 nails, pull out her drawer, send a text and do 2 more nails, and check her phone again. Even making calls. She barely spoke to me and got me out as soon as possible. I really like seeing Lynn if I have to go there, shes friendly and is focused on my service for the whopping 25 minutes I’m there.

They’re alright if you like assembly line spots with lousy customer service. Typical nail salon, but not a friendly face in the spot. Going to the «spa» is supposed to be fun. No one had even a hello. And they cost too much! $ 10 for a polish change! Boss man declined me my complimentary glass of «Cooks» because my toes were only $ 10. He wouldn’t allow me to credit my daughters $ 20 fill that I paid for! Save your dignity and keep it pushin. A last minute gotta go to spot at best.

So I had visited NK nails a few months back and had not experienced the best service, but was in the neighborhood and decided to give this place another try. I am glad I did!
They moved to a new, bigger and even nicer place. It is beautiful, it looks clean and fancy! Very nice.
I got a manicure and paraffin pedicure, by Linda and Ruby. Both did great!
The service was good and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than I had previously experienced.
The reason for the 4 stars, instead of 5, is that the employees communicate in Vietnamese, instead of English. I find this to be disrespectful because I should be able to understand what they are saying when they are clearly talking about me! They should be more aware of this. Also, I gave the girl who did my manicure a $ 4 tip. This was a 27% tip on the $ 15 cost, but she seemed clearly unhappy after. Maybe they need to be aware of this as well.
I will go back to this place!@

FINALLY Found a Wonderful Technician at NK Nails!!! I have searched High and Low for a good nail technician in Seattle and all surrounding areas for the last 4 years. I am a perfectionist and my standards are definitely very particular. Prior to Mary’s work at NK Nails, other Seattle nail technicians seemed to ALWAYS leave me dissatisfied.
My nails have been burned from too much drilling. Cuticles have been cut multiple times, filed and then carelessly soaked in acetone or sprayed with alcohol after shellac (the burning sucks!). I began to just accept it as part of the ‘status quo’ at one point. My nails were never symmetrical and usually bulky. Once, I was even told I couldn’t get long, lithe looking nails because of my «fingers».
Bulky, unsymmetrical, cut up nails NO MORE :)
I am SO HAPPY and Very Pleased with Mary at NK nails! I can not attest to other technicians… But She knows what she is doing! She is gentle, swift and pays attention to detail. My nails are not bulky or uneven!!! Symmetry has been achieved!!!

I’m split on this one.
There are some really good things about this place that keeps me coming back, however it’s reluctantly sometimes.
The Good:
There are 1,653 nail gals here so you never need an appt.
There are 1,653 nail gals here so you «pick a color» and sit down right away.
Free wine
There is 2 shellac colors for every 1,653 nail gals here (lots of choices)
New salon, so nice environment.
The not so good:
There are 1,653 nail gals here
They don’t care about if you worked today or if you have kids (which is fine, it’s a forced answer anyway)
You never need an appt (visualize cattle)
There are 1,653 nail gals here so you’ll never get the same nail gal.
There are 1,653 nail gals here so, do they really CARE if they did a good job? In my experience, no. They don’t.
Remember when I said you could pick a color and sit down right away? Well, you were able to do that because they literally just threw my polish on with such lightning speed (less accuracy) that it made my head spin.
Bottom line. You’ll get in and you’ll get your nails done, FAST.
You won’t have a gal that really cares if you come back to see her or if you tip.
There are 12,000 people behind you.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m the World’s most extreme high-​maintenance customer when it comes to my nails. This salon is right by my work so I decided to check it out on my lunch break & I’m so glad I did because I’ll never go to another salon in Seattle again; this place is my F A V E! The atmosphere welcomes you with clean white & bright blue accented furnishings, the technicians are very friendly & professional (and speak very good English), equipment is impeccably sanitary, the massage chairs are brand new, prices are decent ($ 35 for a pedi with sugar scrub & 15 min massage), they have an extensive gel polish color selection and — my favorite selling point… THEY SERVE BOOZE! Only one complimentary drank per customer with any $ 15+ service, but still. A pedicure with a glass of champagne? Heaven

Hong and Helen are amazing! This nail salon is the best in West Seattle area and worth the drive. It’s meticulously clean and decorated oh so cute. My nail technicians were fantastic and I got a mani/​pedi for only 40 $. Any service over 15 $ gets you a complimentary drink. I chose champagne but they have a lot of options. I highly recommend checking this place out. I know I’ll be back for sure! They give you a punch card if you pay in cash and have an ATM conveniently in the salon. 10 punches gets you 15 $ off. Swoon! I’m sold. Also, they have an amazing color selection to choose from!

The place is newly remodeled, so it’s very nice inside. 2 Pedi and just getting my fingernails painted was total $ 75. You’re definitely paying for the remodel. Overall experience was not bad but not impressed.

This is my favorite nail place in Seattle. Their new location is spacious and clean. With their new location comes all new massage chairs and equipment. I appreciate it.
When you get a pedicure, they line the basins with a very large plastic bag that kinda looks like a shower cap. Their tools are sanitized because I see they rip open a set of tools from their sanitizing ovens. The nail technicians are professional. Lots of colors to choose from and I don’t think they dilute their colors to make them last longer like some places.
Best part is they serve you a glass of wine, beer, soda, tea etc if your service is more than $ 15. They have a punch card deal where if you pay in cash and your service is more than $ 15 you get a stamp. For every 10 stamps you get $ 15 off. Not great but better than nothing I suppose.

Reading the reviews here it’s not surprising to see how many people found Mary to be so inconceivably rude. I have been going here for about a year now (only because it’s close to where I live) and have always been highly dissatisfied by the service whenever I got Mary to do my nails. Needless to say that not only her service is sub par but her attitude towards her customers is horrible. Kevin quoted me $ 20 for a small fill and a fix on my thumb nail and I agreed, however when I finally sat down with Mary she quoted $ 35 because it’s shellac (?!) and when I told her I get my regular fill done with shellac every other week for $ 25 she said that’s just what their prices have been for a long time now. (Maybe it’s her way of hoarding tip money that she wouldn’t get paid otherwise). I chose to only get the fix done since I could still go another week without a fill, which somehow offended her so bad that she made it quite obvious by taking away my beverage that she had brought to be earlier (probably because I was only giving them $ 5 worth of business on this visit?) it was even more disappointing was the fact that the owners knew what she did and did nothing to salvage the situation and make the customer feel even a little bit valued. Suffices to say I will never visit NK nails again!

Employees sitting get around not doing much. A lady helped me, put acetone on my nails (totally normal) then asked me to move to a different desk and left me there! I ended up with a chemical burn. Only after I asked for help someone else came to take it off and they we’re giggling as if it was a funny situation. My first visit here was fine, and they were super busy my first time. Think about how you would feel if it happened to you

Mary is the absolute best! I am a very loyal customer once I find somebody that I love. She had me hooked from the very first time I got my nails done at NK Nails. I now get my fills done by Mary every two weeks. :-) I trust her completely with whatever design she likes to do with my nails and I love her creativity, something I would not let anyone else do! Definitely great customer service at this salon. Will never go anywhere else again!

I had to paint my own nails! I mainly went to this salon b/​c I wanted to support businesses in my neighborhood. I went there several times & while sometimes my nails weren’t even or as good of a job as other locations. I still went. My last visit I went on my day off & I’ve always liked Mary but you can always tell when she’s not in a good mood. 10 minutes into my session, just got the acrylics on & she tells me she has an appointment coming in 10 minutes. Which in itself was frustrating because I asked at the front if she was available, but she & one of the owners tells me they didn’t know she had appointments but how do you not know your appointments? So I agree to move to another technician BUT this woman doesn’t speak English & is clearly freaking out. She comes with over 6 different nail polish bottles, so I opt out of my original design & tell her to just make it purple with one nude nail, she comes back with pink, I politely tell her I wanted purple, she goes off probably cursing me up and down in Vietnamese and comes back with red! At this point, I’m getting frustrated with her going back and forth and her Vietnamese shit talking, so i tell her to just paint them all nude & point to the bottle. She says there’s not enough nail polish. like really?! You don’t know when your associates have appointments & now this busy salon only has 1 nail polish bottle that’s in nude?! I really had no words. She nonetheless continues to paint my nails in the nude that apparently isn’t enough but her hands are shaking so much that she spills the bottle. on my fingers, the table, her pants & the floor. She was more concerned about the polish on her pants more than anything, she than gets up & says Mary do for you. I grabbed my things to leave & the owners make it seem like I’m being difficult & are like «just wait we’ll do it for you» this was by far the worst service ever. From beginning to end just horrible. In all of this, no drink was offered to me, no complimentary service which I would say was definitely fair in this situation. Granted I didn’t have an appointment, it was a Monday afternoon & the times I did schedule an appointment i waited on average over 20mins. I’ll never go back here again especially since I saw the owner after that incident & he still didn’t apologize for the service I received, thank God there are other nail salons. Also I had referred many friends & coworkers & apparently each technician charges a different fee. Lastly at their old location they’re equipment seemed more clean and the 2 times I’ve been at the new location. I hate to say it but beware it really doesn’t seem as clean. Anyway I went home with clear acrylics and had a work meeting the next day so I painted it myself –_–

over priced, poor quality work, unsanitary, very rude staff (particularly thuy & chi!)
went first time & seemed ok, but as soon as faces become ‘familiar’ they stop even trying to be cordial –let alone professional! –very overpriced for such pathetic work! –everything stuck right over cuticles & peels off right away… & overall all feels like are in a third world brothel & not a salon… definitely very strange seedy vibe in there. [yuck]!
–advice; RUN! save your money & just go somewhere else!

Truly THE BEST place to go in West Seattle for nails. Wonderful customer service and great technicians. The best!

BEST. NAIL. SALON. EVER! I tried this place for the first time tonight it was amazing! Best nail salon I’ve been to in west Seattle! Kim did the best shellac manicure I’ve ever had, and here’s the best part… they have complimentary beer and wine! What could be better! This will be my go to place from now on! They were so nice, it was clean and big! Definitely check this place out you won’t be disappointed!

Their new location is definitely better than the first. very clean &I the ladies are very welcoming and friendly.
I’m in love with their hours open until 7:30pm!
Drinks offered when seated. Water, wine, and soda.
So much color variety !
They do such a great job also: definitely recommend!

I love to have my nails done here. Plenty of choices on the colors and styles. Mary is very detailed with what I want on my nails. I got many compliments with my nails color. Will definitely be loyal customer here!

I have came in here 4 times and I always get the similar thing; full set of acrylics. I have always paid a different amount and I have always gotten bad quality nails. Never coming back in here

This place is great. Everyone that works here could not be nicer. Love that they have added a beverage to the service and the new location is great. I am a regular. Highly recommend.

When shopping for the holiday season and I have to say walk by the most beautiful nails salon in west Seattle!!! I walk in figuring that I have to make an appt when they told me they can take without an appt. EVEN BETTER!!! Got seated with Mary she is very good and sweet. Her English is amazing and I can understand so u can say no language barrier! Everything was so clean and beautiful she did an amazing job with my nails. If u coming in for the first time make sure u ask for her!!!
P. s. They offer Alcohol and drinks!!! I’m sure I will be back
And thank you Mary for an amazing job!!!

New digs, same great crew. The new salon is beautiful and has expanded! The attention to detail and customer service remains as great as ever. Be sure to have Mary spruce up your nails for a fantastic New Year’s Eve party! I recommend something glittery :)

I absolutely love this place! The staff is amazing, Nathan the owner is a pleasure to work with. I rarely have to wait to be seen whether ive made an appointment or I walk in. Their NEW place is absolutely beautiful! I see Mary specifically. But I’ve never had a bad experience in my 5 years of going there for my pedicures manicures and eyebrow waxing. Did I mention they have complimentary WINE and water? Trust me this is the place to go to relax and enjoy beautiful nails

I used to love this place. And would recommend it to family and friends as well. NOT ANYMORE. The first time or two was great, but maybe because I was a familiar face they thought they no longer had to do a decent job. I have acrylics and the last 3 times they have been horrible. They usually give me to Mary. In the beginning she did good, but soon after that I was leaving with uneven edges and mistakes on the paint job. Also, her attitude sucks. If I wanted to pay someone to constantly roll their eyes and be rude to me, I’d hang out with my 13 year old cousin. Another thing I have noticed. Their prices. I’ve talked with other people that have gone there and we’ve all paid different amounts for the same work. They charged my mom $ 60 for a mani/​pedi and even messed up on her nails. I highly highly recommend that you do not go to NK nails and stay away from Mary.

Never again!!! I have always gone to NK Nails and have left the place a totally satisfied customer, but the last two times haven’t went so well. I got a shellac manicure and there were tons of bumps in it, and it barely lasted a week. I thought I would give it another try this last Friday… I got a full set and showed Lindsay a picture of what I wanted. My nails came out nothing like the picture and she cut me twice!!! Three of my nails were totally at a slant. Thus bums me out because the staff is always so nice and it’s a fun place to get your nails done. I am hoping the opening of their new location will bring better nail technician’s.

Quality of polish work — B Toes were amazing! Found a few bubbles in the shellac on my fingers later that day.
Quality of massage, etc of the mani/​pedi — B Yes, it was a busy Sunday, but it felt rushed
Quality of waxing — C ½ leg & face. Again — felt massively rushed and it didn’t seem like something they really do a lot of. Three people cycled in/​out with varying levels of skill. One woman just slapped some wax on my leg and ripped the cloth off, without tightening the skin, etc. I’ve been waxing for years and damn, that hurt. Many, many missed spots. Brows were okay, but only okay. No real time, care or attention was paid.
Summary — go for decent nails at a reasonable price, but skip the «spa» treatments.

I love the customer service here. They are happy to have people in the door and don’t make you feel bad if you come late. Plus the free drink is a nice bonus! Color lasts long and lots of nice polishes to choose from.

Everyone is so nice and friendly. Great service. Great price. Great work. Great environment. Mary is very skilled in acrylic full sets!

I went here for the first time because the location was super convenient, and they had great reviews. I had an AWESOME first visit – the guy was careful, funny, and my nails were exactly the way I mentioned liking them without having to go into detail. They were busy, but they still took me as a walk-​in and I was super pleasantly surprised by the whole thing. I was sold.
Today, however, I went and got Mary to do a fill. She seemed really put-​off by the idea, and was giving me an attitude the whole time that I really didn’t understand the reasoning behind. Two other customers actually commented on it when we were in the drying area. She maybe spent ten minutes – this is not an exaggeration whatsoever – doing the fill and paint. She bumped her hand into the polish at one point, gasped and glared at me, tugged my hand forward, and proceeded to ‘fix’ the mess with clear nail polish. This resulted in a lumpy finish that still hasn’t dried and i’ve been home for twenty minutes. My nails are jagged underneath, crooked, and literally none of them are the same size or shape. It’s kind of amazing how bad they are, to be honest.
I’m really disappointed, because the first visit was so wonderful and the guy was so sweet. Mary really botched it and I wouldn’t have tipped, except I felt it was likely that they pool and split tips as the last place I went to did and i’m sure her coworkers don’t deserve that. This, and she pointed at the tip line while I was signing… bizarre.
Not sure if i’ll go back. Bummer.

I’ve been here a few times, but my experience tonight sealed the deal — I’ll be loyal customer going forward!
I got shellac, and chose a light color. The nail tech tried to get the best color pay off and ended up putting too many coats. I didn’t want to say anything at first, but right after I left I decided I had to go back and say something — my nails were lumpy and ugly.
You would think this would be a reason to NOT come back, but quite the contrary. This is a $ 25 service and I don’t expect perfection; it’s not Gene Juarez (though the complimentary beverage: soda, water, beer, champagne, or wine is a really nice touch!)
The way they handled it is what made me so happy. They were SO kind and offered to fix it right away. They apologized that it was a waste of my time, and even painted my daughter’s nails and added a flower for free while she waited with me. I was beyond impressed and their solution based and service oriented attitude and will be coming back only here to do my shellac.
I should mention that I have been here a few times previously, like I mentioned, and this is the only time my nails weren’t great the first time.

My first time, but won’t be my last. Fabulous from no wait, to menu of services with complimentary beverage (I chose Chardonnay) to best massaging chairs, to one of best manicure & pedicure I have ever had. Staff friendly and skilled. Hong did Pedi+ foot massage; Mary did my Mani. I’ll be back!

It looks like I found a new spot to get my pedicures done at. I’ve been loyal to another place in West Seattle for over 3 years, but NK Nails won me over today.
Upon my arrival to NK Nails, I was greeted by a male at the front desk who asked me what I would like to have done. This was already a great start for me because I’m used to walking into places where all the nail techs just look at me and then speak Vietnamese and never say whether or not they can get me in, lol. It was nice to have someone address me right away and see they have a bit of a «receptionist» area. Things seem more professional that way.
I got my pedicure from Hannah, who I absolutely adore. She was so sweet, made a lot of conversation with me, and asked me many times if I wanted anything to drink. That’s also what I really love about this place. I don’t think you’ll find any where else in West Seattle that offers you beer, wine, soda, or tea when you get a pedicure. Not at these prices and definitely not at a smaller nail shop similar to this one.
Hannah gave me a really great pedicure and I appreciated the fact that she didn’t rush me. She listened to what I wanted done and gave me exactly that. I really appreciate a nail tech who takes their time. She did a great job and I’ll definitely be requesting her the next time.
I see a lot of the 1-​star reviews have to do with the nail tech named Mary. I saw who Mary was and it’s interesting to see so many people on here are dissatisfied with her. While I was there, there were about 3 or 4 women who you could tell were regulars, make conversation with her and obviously have a great relationship with her. I obviously can’t judge her on anything else besides that, but I would suggest not letting the 1-​star Unilocal reviews based on her persuade you to not check this place out.
I highly recommend NK Nails!

Good prices, good personalities and I like how they treat me. I’ll return again for sure.

Against my better judgement after reading some of the other reviews on here before, I stopped in for a gel manicure after the gym.
As I was greeted and able to get started right away which was great. Until I was pretty much rushed to decide on a color.
The woman was very quick to do everything — took no time to pay attention to detail in which I had to point out several things I’d like her to follow through with finishing.
She was also extremely unfriendly, until it came time to pay of course.
The only reason I am even giving 2 is due to the high selection of gel colors available to pick. Despite being 5 minutes away from home, I will be sticking with my normal salon in Tukwila.

Hannah does amazing pedicures and Yen is the BEST at making my fingers pretty and professional! I feel so pampered by these ladies every time I come in.

I love this salon! My nail tech Mary is AMAZING! Good quality service as friendly staff. My friend and I come in every Sunday for our touch ups and conversation!
Mary does fantastic work and has obviously been in the business for a while and knows a thing or two. She always puts my needs first and is more than willing to take time with me and make sure I’m getting exactly what I want. I post pictures every time I get my nails done

If you reside in and around West Seattle are, you should probably have heard about NK Nails which offers good collections of nail polish, body waxing, manicure and pedicure among several others. This is the best place for you if you are looking for a nail salon.
Talking from experience, I have been to this NK Nails myself several times and I don’t think I can find somewhere better than this. On my first visit, I opted for the OPI manicure and I was so impressed with what I got. First I just wanted to have regular OPI nails polish but they were impressed me that they have so many Shellac gel polishes even the OPI brand for shellac I ended up getting both manicure and pedicure with matching color. With the OPI manicure, I got the best effervescent soak and the natural nail strengthener applied on me was quite effective in keeping my nails healthy and protected.
With their comfortable, massage pedi chairs, flat screen TV and complimentary drinks they offer give you the most magnificent moment and relation atmosphere you ever been to.
The staffs here are very polite and effective in handling their duties, I felt so much relaxed while my nails were being perfected. I hope they’ll stay around for long time.

I wanted to like them bc they were very nice but I don’t think my nails look that great & it was expensive! $ 35 for shellac, I usually pay less than $ 30. They were very fast too; about half an hour. I like when they spend time on my cuticles & shaping my nails. The LED machine kind of burnt me too… not sure what was wrong with it.
I’m going to stick with City Nails on California, way better quality, less expensive, & they take their time.