Venice Nails Spa & Salon

I called in around 1pm and spoke with Nancy. she scheduled an apt for 1:30, I show up and she says «2 minutes, and I’ll be ready for you» I ended up waiting for 45 minutes and left. I came to find out recently she is the owner.

Don’t go. Polish all over my fingers. No drying fans. They just left me in the chair.
STAY AWAY!!!

I rarely give bad reviews but, unfortunately this place deserves one.
My only 2 hypes about this place are: price ($ 30 for 7 day mani and spa pedi), and the woman who seemed to be the owner was nice.
Gripes: firstly they had very few colors to choose from at all. The place needs a good deep
cleaning and magazine revamp. As far as services go, the technician doing my nails cut the down to the skin and filed them square when I asked for round. I tried to have him fix it but my nails were so short there wasn’t much to work with. He also didn’t get all of my old nail polish off one of my fingers which is now showing through my new coat. Both my toes and nails smudged before they were dry (both technicians faults) and instead of taking off the polish on that one nail, they just painted over the smudge creating a lump on a toe and nail.
Both technicians seemed distracted and finished my nails and toes very sloppily.
This was my first mani/​pedi in LA and I will not be going back.

$ 30 for a full set !!! Are you kidding me I can get them done in LA for $ 18 and same size. But then again we are in marina/​Venice so they will even charge you for breathing their same air.

I have tried this place over and over hoping that they would heed the advice I and others have given them since it is convenient, but I have to say it has been consistently bad in many ways in the 15 plus times I have gone. Starting with the most important issue:
CLEANLINESS– they consistently put their tools back and don’t use sanitized instruments. They use the same cotton ball on your feet as your hands (and I say that in singular tense because YES they don’t use more than one ball). In addition, do NOT let them cut your cuticles as I have never had them not leave me with cuts (extremely risky with unsanitized tools– this place is a health department nightmare).
CUSTOMER SERVICE– You would do best to keep your mouth shut as every employee is seemingly pissed off and abusive. Even the owners children were PUNCHING each other in the face while playing video games in the salon because the game wasn’t going well! They also do not listen when you request a simple mani/​pedi and will try to charge you for an upgraded spa one (where they rub some scrub on your legs). They laugh at customers and talk loudly amongst themselves while halfway doing their job.
SERVICES– The nail polish selection is minimal. They never really finish the job before they move onto the next customer (and they often try to work on two people at once if another person walks in the door). You need to request that they put your flip flops on before they go to the back to eat if they do not have another customer walking in the door.
I hope they start to make the effort to change as they will likely have a health department issue if they do not, and I like Nancy (the owner). Although, I would think twice after seeing the corner cutting in the salon on going to her Juice store (Nancy’s Juices) next door. I would imagine if they aren’t concerned about health issues in the salon it might be even worse with food preparation.

I asked my technician to be careful with my cuticles, since I tend to get hangnails easily. She ignored my request and now I have two bleeding nails. Can’t say I’ve ever had a manicure end with a Neosporin treatment. She also returned her tools to her mystery box and didn’t appear to clean them. If I don’t get hepatitis it’ll be a miracle.

Only $ 12 plus tip, efficient, brief, it’s an ok nail salon but not great due to only so so paint selection and paint job.

Venice Nails Spa & Salon is by far the the top place in the neighborhood for most of your spa needs. Ive been living in the neighborhood for over 10 years and have been going to Venice Nails Spa & Salon for over 2 years. I always get the soothing & relaxing Aloe Vera pedicure which leaves my feet and legs soft and smooth for weeks.
Nancy, the owner is the sweetest person and always happy to accommodate & very hospitable to all of her clients at the salon. She is highly qualified with multiple certifications and is very knowledgeable about everything from beauty, skin care, eye lash extension, waxing, etc and she and her team are absolutely amazing. They always treat me like a family.
I always look forward to my 2 week Mani /​Aloe Vera Pedi pamper and eye brow shaping. & a fresh coconut water! ;-)

I love this salon and refuse to go anywhere else! Not only do they do an amazing mani/​pedi (and at a great price) but Nancy does the best job on my eyebrows as well –and I am extremely particular –especially about my brows!

I really tried to like this place because it is so close to my sort of new home. (moved here 1 yr ago). But alas, everything kept going down hill, until I just couldn’t justify going any more.
I had gone regularly for mani pedi & waxing. Waxing was good, but I kept getting new technician for the mani pedi who were terrible, to the point of cutting my cuticles each time.
Once, in the middle of the day, when the place was full, the owner’s husband started washing the floor with ammonia. I was gagging and nearly threw up.
I complained three times before he stopped. He was so upset, he was obviously verbally venting in his native tongue.
But, the piece de resistance, was when the women owner would not correct the mess she made of one of my eyebrows, when she did my permanent makeup. She simply refused to retouch because she said I missed an appointment. I actually called her that day, but I guess this is my payback for not giving her «more notice».
So you see, I partook in all of their services and spent a lot of money! Still, they have no manners, no class and no business sense. Not a place to spend my money or time. There are too many nail salons out there that deserve my business because they have earned it!

Mani didn’t even last 5 days after it took 2.5 hours (yep, that’s right) on just a manicure. Certainly, the person was nice, but just not worth the money as you will pay the same at most places and get more value.

Don’t go in for manicure… it’s not worth their time… They took other customers that walked in after me and left me wrinkling in soapy water for 30 min… how rude!

We called to make an appointment they said they put us down, when we got there, they still didn’t have us down, no one was talking to us and finally they said that we would have to wait another hour if we wanted our nails done. I brought my mom in from out of town for the special day. Totally sucks! Will never come back.

I have been here numerous times, and keep thinking that «maybe next time won’t be so bad». That’s never been the case. Yes, it’s clean, with nice chairs and an OK selection of gel colors to choose from (not great, but it’s got the basics). However, I have never received GREAT service. And every single time it takes WAY longer than it should for just an average (or sometimes below average) mani. I never feel warmly greeted when I come in, and it always seems like they are in a rush when doing my nails, even though it takes forever. Today I got a mani there (it’s walking distance from my house, and when I’m in a pinch, I go there), and they didn’t even put lotion on my hands or anything! And I got an OPI gel, so it cost $ 5 more than if I had chosen another brand. Never have I encountered this anywhere else. Not to mention, after I left, I realized that there were flaws. Pretty annoying.
Just know that you will get a semi-​ok mani here… nothing great though.

Had a 415 appt was called and told two people didn’t show up and to come at 5. After reading reviews I had said are you sure you can take two of us at 5 without making us wait? I have to be someplace at 630. I got here at 5. Waited till 530 and said I am leaving so someone rushed over and said do just pedi. When they did that I said no and the man started laughing at me upon me saying you have horrible business skills he continued to laugh. I drove 40 min to try this spot.
The point is to come for what your appointment was for not a rushed pedi only that’s 30 min after your appointment.
I left but They did my friends and so fast that it was the worst pedi and mani ever. Do not EVER come here. Besides rushing and doing a horrible job as well as making you wait 30 – 55 min my friend said ouch 3 times from cuts due to them rushing. There are many great mani spots. My bad for constantly trying new ones. Beware

I used to come here all the time when I lived in MDR but ever since I moved to Culver City I haven’t been back. I’ve now tried 3 salons in CC and am always disappointed!
So today I came back to my fave place and once again I confirmed they’re the best!
The massage chairs are awesome, they’re always talkative and friendly and they never rush me!
Katie is my favorite! Nicole did my gel set and she was great too!
I’ll make the drive, cause I’m not going anywhere else if I can help it! I wish they took credit cards that’s my only gripe! It’s such a pain to use the ATM machine and pay extra.

I decide to take a friend of mine who was visiting L.A. for the weekend, at the front desk they told us to do hands and feet for 2 girls would cost us 60. oo bucks flat.
After tiping U$ 10. oo we went the front desk to pay our bill of U$ 72.oo. I wasnt paying attention and I paid the bill totaling U$ 82.oo. After a few steps out of the door I realize they overcharge me 40% so we decide to go back and complain. The owner was very rude, she was almost screaming at me saying that she charges more cause people from out of town dont know how to tip! I told her I left U$ 10.00 tip, also that I was a Mar Vista resident and it was ilegal to charge more for tourists and that I wanted the tip that I left back! She complained, roled her eyes and gave me my money back!
So I do not recomend this place, its ilegal to charge more for tourists and ilegal to incluide taxes of services like this one.

Kate is amazing ! They have great massage chairs and the price is unbeatable ! I wish they had wine though. The guy that did my pedicure was the owners husband and he did an impeccable job. I would say it’s the best pedi I’ve ever had. So super neat and expertly completed! Truly an artist! I will definitely be back; please take my advice by adding wine to the menu!!! Two buck chuck will do the trick!

I was in Venice for a day trip, and to prepare, I did my nails in the car! And they looked like absolute shit, obviously, and I had my mom’s birthday party to go the next day, so to make my life easier, I popped by this place and made an appointment! I didn’t even have to wait. It was awesome. Their nail polish selection is AMAZING. So many OPI and Essie colors.
I didn’t get gel, although I’ve been into that lately. But whatever. I didn’t feel like committing to that. So I just got a simple manicure. However, my nails LOOK like their gel right now. They’re so shiny and perfect. Staff is awesome. A really really nice woman stated my nails off, and the manager finished them, and they look perfect. So grateful. AND the price was completely reasonable. Yay.

I have been going here ever since I moved to the hood 3 years ago. Can’t say enough nice things about Nancy and her staff. Typical wait time when they are packed is 10 – 15 minutes and that has only happened to me maybe 3 times in 3 years and they were apologetic that the wait time was so long.
I have tried other places friends of mine have recommended but am generally unsatisfied. The friendliness of the staff, the great job and the convenient location keep me coming back week after week for mani-​pedis, gels or waxing.