Royal Nail Foot Body & Spa

Don’t understand all the bad reviews. I’ve been coming here for years for gel wraps and manicures and always leave with a perfect set that lasts for weeks.
Pedis are great too, and paraffin treatment is included.

I stumbled across this gem with my sister a few months ago. I love this place! The girls are so warm and welcoming and very professional. Selena, Michelle, Stephanie and Alceda (sp?) have all done such an amazing job on both manis, pedis, and gel manis (that last up to three weeks with no chipping!). I’m grateful to have such a great nail salon so close to home. Thank you, ladies, for always making me feel welcome and beautiful.

Worst acrylic nails I have EVER GOTTEN. After a week and a half my nails started falling off after paying higher than their competitors. I went into the salon to get the nails repaired and the women had me wait over 15 minutes as I watched them do each other’s nails! Ridiculous. NEVER COMING BACK!

More than half staff is now gone. Either they weren’t being paid accordingly or this place doesn’t really treat the workers very well. Also telling that most of those who left had the most training and skill. This was very represented in my last experience; I have a gel mani that already needs to be redone… And it’s been less than a week. I enjoyed going here for years but now I will be going elsewhere.

I decided to go back and give this nail salon another chance and I’ve been going there for several months now. I found the key is to let Celina or Michelle do your nails. They are really sweet and do a great job. I’m glad I gave them another chance.

I used to love this place but now it’s winter and there is no heat in the salon. They have three rotating space heaters and even with hot water, it doesn’t make it for me. It was a chilly pedicure.
Good service and I like the wax on the heel but I think the owners are awfully cheap.

eeek so many bad reviews :/​I must be one lucky girl! I’ve been going here for about 2 yrs now tried them when I first moved to the neighborhood, and have not stopped since I’ve tried other places and they just dont do it for me. The owners are super nice and Cindy (my nail tech) wouldn’t trade her for the world. My Gel Mani’s are always on point (I’m a perfectionist) and last over two wks. On their hygiene I always see them cleaning and sprayinng clorox after each pedi. I do speak spanish so I can communicate alot better with them. When in doubt ask for Cindy!

I wish I can take back the first review I gave this place. When it comes to a good manicure and pedicure, they are good. But in terms of how they run their business… Fu**kin RETARDED! Now from my previous experiences with other nail salons and what I’m use to, for a mani and pedi, that’s one technician workin on one customer doin both the mani and pedi. Pedi first then mani. I have walked into Royal a few times to get a mani and was told I have to wait 20 to 30 min, meanwhile there’s 2 people workin on one person!!! One technician was doin the pedi while another tech stood up workin on the customers mani. Because I thought It was dumb I walked out. No way in hell am I waiting that long when technically someone is available. I thought ok maybe it was that one time. Wrong! I went back a few times only to be told every time I had to wait 20 to 30 min. And every one of those times it was always 2 techs to one customer. Few months later I found myself back in there, call me a gluten for punishment, whatever. Went back during the early hours where I knew it wouldn’t be busy, sure enough it wasn’t. 3 techs and one customer, myself included now, 2 customers. Of course when I walked in it was 2 techs workin on one person but there was a tech free. She did my pedi but when I asked for tips, the other tech put her 2 cents in and said «we can’t do tips right now because we don’t have time for that, come back in an hour and and half» keep in mind, this is a regular work day, 12 noon, me and one other customer, and 3 techs. AM I MISSING SOMETHING?! How the hell u tell a payin customer you don’t have time to do tips but you have time to give me a pedi and offered to give me a mani. I was soooo done with that place after that. I didn’t even let the tech polish my toes. I just wanted out!!! I found another nail salon that did my tips. I’ll be going there from now on. The way Royal runs their business is BEYOND me. I actually hope they keep up the bull sh** because if I can walk away from them, others will too!!!

I’ve been here before and the service was good. Today I don’t know it was very bad. The girl polish my nails and clearly messed them up. The one who was doing my feet was asked to fixed it and she took clear polish to smooth it out but you can clearly see it was horrible. Mind you my toe got messed up and I asked for polish removal. They all watched me take it off and not one person asked me why. Michelle the owner was there acting as nothing happen. It took another girl from the front who was finished with her client to say in Spanish why happen that she taking off her polish. I responded in Spanish and they all got quiet yet and still no ask to fixed it. Bad service across the board. And too know I referred a lot of ppl there it’s horrible. They also need to stop talking about customers in Spanish because it’s fucking rude and I’m black who is fluent in Spanish…

So my nail just fell off. Literally fell off lol it’s only been a week … I’m a little pissed. There was a lady who came in the time when I was there to get her nail repaired for the second time because it fell off. That should of been an eye opener. Shrugs.

I am a person who pays very good attention to her nails. I go to salons on a regular basis, at least once a month.
$ 20 for a pedicure may sound steep but the extras are nice. They give a mini leg and foot massage and a light scrub. The same with the $ 10 manicure. it’s the little extras that made it special; not to much chatter, clean utensils, and a neck massage while your nails dry. I usually get gel manicures and I like how they use the gelfoil re
I started going to this place in 2012 and I loved it. It’s a little bit more money than the hole in the wall nail salon but it’s just right for the neighborhood. It was after Tina left when this place started to fail me. The girls that started coming in there were less professional and less courteous than the girls before.
Don’t go when it’s busy because they pay more attention to getting all the people done then the customer that is in front of them, which leads to a lot of bleeding and horrible polishing.
I eventually had enough last month and decided not to return. The women that work there are truly rude and expect tips for horrible service. Also, it really annoys me when these «professionals» don’t understand English. The atmosphere has changed since I first started going there in 2012.
Michelle is the rudest person there. I knew that when I joined but I never used her services until recently because she was the most skilled person working there after the staff changes. I like Wendy but after my last few visits I think she is no longer working there.
I’ve had enough!

Let me start off with the good.
The service is pretty good. There are some extra perks (wax on the heel) and everyone seemed really nice. I likes the different concept of the pedi chairs in that they are like little couches. CUTE. (That’s the reason I’m giving at least 1 star)
So… Onto the reason I’m actually writing this review. Came here for a pedi and gel mani. Pedi was ok… But my gel mani — wtf. (See pictures) I mean I knew she was rushing as it started to become busy but I didn’t expect my nails to look like that the next day. I will go to my hole in the wall nail salon for now on and pay $ 20 for a gel mani instead of damn near $ 40!
So last comments are — if you prefer service over the actually application — this is your place. But if you’d actually like your gel mani to last longer than a day… Check out ya local hole in the wall place.
Toddles. xx
*typo in the picture I posted (and I can’t figure out how to change it) — I meant to say every nail on my RIGHT hand had a bubble and chipped away.

**HEALTH WARNING**
I am very sad to be writing this, as I went to Royal for years, but after my pedicure and subsequent skin infection, I feel the need to get the word out about this place.
I went four days ago to get a pedicure. The pedicure was fine, but at one point the nail technician cut my cuticle to the point where it bled & stung. She quickly put some green gel on the cut. Figuring it must be some sort of antiseptic, I forgot about it as the pedicure went on and I went home.
Two days later, the place on my big toe where she had cut the cuticle started to become red, then exude pus and break away from the nail. I rushed to an urgent care clinic, knowing that an infection from a pedicure can be serious.
The doctor I saw scrubbed and numbed the area, then cut it open with a surgical blade. He also cultured the area with a swab which he is sending to a lab to be analyzed. He prescribed a heavy duty antibiotic, Zeniquin, which will hopefully kill whatever was brewing in there. He was glad I didn’t wait to see a doctor.
Unfortunately, I was not given a receipt when I left Royal, so I can’t even prove I was there in order to get compensation for my medical expenses. My only hope is that this review will deter people from going there.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL when you get a pedicure in general. Footbaths can be breeding grounds for bacteria since it is a warm environment that is rarely cleaned properly between patrons.

Went there today cause of the cheap price, $ 24 for both pedi and mani, and I won’t go there ever again. First of all, there was no greeting in the store when I walked in, seemed like no one speaks English! Then the owner told me that there was going to be a 30-​minutes wait, which is fine. I came 30 minutes later, again, no greeting. I try to talk to them, but no response. Then after 5 minutes, the owner told me I could do my Pedi first. That’s when the nightmare really start. The woman cut my nail TOO hard! It still hurt right now, couldn’t she tell they were already short!!! I told her she was too rough, and she only improved a tiny little. Then the manicure, I told her that I want it round, and it turns out to be square. Anyway, no no to this place!

I get pedicures and gel manicures here all the time. They are very friendly. The atmosphere is comfortable and the massage while you are drying is not bad.

Royal Nail and Spa is my saving grace!
I usually stop in here after work for a relaxing mani/​pedi. Or I’ll run in on the weekend for an emergency last-​minute manicure before a date.
I’ve probably tried all the technicians here and they’re all decent (although one of them gave me an rather unpleasant massage one time). But I have to say that Diana is my favorite. I always notice that her manicures last longer, and she can do the cutest designs AND she gives killer chair massages! I’ve gotten my eyebrows done here before too, but I have to admit, I’m not a fan of that particular service here.
There’s very rarely a wait, and yet, they’re always busy.
I’m a regular at Royal, and I’ll continue to be for the foreseeable future.

I started to go to this place after my sister and I got fed up with out local salon (Butter nails). I have no complaints about my mani pedi. I got the best service in this salon. The owner was always super nice. I was very impressed with the fact that he makes his own salt scrub. Saw him do it myself in the salon. The technicians are always meticulous. So why the one star?
A few months ago my technician went on maternity leave. So, Michelle started doing my nails. After getting a mani pedi, I noticed my middle finger on my right hand was a little sore. I figured it was due to getting a manicure. However, the soreness never went away and eventually graduated to outright pain. Within two weeks, I noticed my finger was green. YES GREEN, and painful. I went to the emergency room and guess what? Not only was it infected, it had to be drained. I had to get three injections of lidocaine (one in between two fingers and one on the palm surface of my hand), a quick slice with a scalpel, and it was done. INCREDIBLY PAINFUL to say the least. In the 20+ years I have been getting my nails done, I have never had this issue. I will never go to this salon ever again. All the extras are useless if the equipment is not clean When I go to a salon, I will carry my own equipment. Disgusting.

A $ 30 mani pedi may seem a little steep for the price and location of Royal Nail but they give you some nice extras that the $ 20 places don’t give you.
Double leg scrub, lotion massage, paraffin for your heals. Mini massage when you dry your nails. My manicurist was very meticulous. They were friendly enough. My only gripe, they aren’t forthcoming with the wait time. Keep in mind that 5 minutes for them is really 10.

Okay first the good things:
Clean, relatively new renovation, decent mani and pedi.
The bad things: surly dishonest owner skulking around making the women who work there fearful and timid. Bad vibe.
Don’t let them talk you into extras, either. Your 20 dollar pedi becomes expensive really fast.

Disappointed and a bit irritated. So much that I started this review even as I sit in the pedi chair.
I came to this place during a work trip in the Brooklyn area and with limited time, so I couldn’t go too far like Manhattan or be too picky, plus the slow service on my phone internet connection, I had to make a decision fast.
So here I landed. The reviews were 50/​50, so I figured I’d take my chances. It was a mistake. I’m super picky about mani/pedi’s bc I hate having my cuticles butchered, and there were some reviews that spoke exactly of this. It happened to me. As she cut my cuticles on my toes, she practically sliced one of my toes in half, and it bled and bled and stung to where it downright ruined the pedi experience. Not only that, but now my toes won’t have that sleek appearance.
The wax on the heels service: well, that is a novel concept which I hadn’t experienced until this visit, but it was overshadowed by the stinging in my cut toe.
Another two aspects I was displeased with were their form of massage, which sounded like meat tendering, as there was much beating. It was not uncomfortable, but again, not as effective a massage as it couldve been had it been quieter and less in-​your-​face. You could hear it too when other clients were being ‘beaten’.
And their choice of background music is little more than noise — the sound of a local radio station blaring, complete with the incessant commercials. Between that and nothing but the rumbling of the subway down below, I’ll take the train, thank you.
The end result is acceptable, but the journey was definitely a difficult one.
If you have a bit more time to do more in-​depth research on a place, by all means, take the time to do so.