Stellar Nail Spa, Inc

$ 21 for a manipedi. Cheaper than any place I’ve found so far. It gets the job done as there’s really nothing too special about this place. It’s great for when you just need a manipedi squeezed in and you’re short on time. Not that great if you’re looking for a pampering. It’s a very basic nail salon that’s clean and simple.

Awful experience; unwelcoming staff with no work ethics whatsoever, the mani lasted not even 20minutes, cuticles were barely removed, and the nail polish was applied like it was a kid of 5 years old, the pedi was a total joke, 15 minutes including nail polish, hard skins was not taken care of and no cream was applied. The pedi mani cost me 45 dollars including tips which start at 18% as they are not discretionary, in a nutshell a total rip off, do no go there.

I love this place! I’ve gotten my last 3 gel manicures there and they last 3 weeks! Cheaper than any other place I’ve been, and they have a student discount. Does anyone know though if they use LED lamps or UV?

Writing this review 5 days after partaking their $ 20.99 mani/​pedi special.
The polish on my hands look pretty good still, there is a normal amount of wear and tear from being someone who is not careful about TLC for nails (i.e. not wearing gloves while lifting weights at the gym or while washing dishes), but it looks good enough for the party I’m attending tonight.
The polish on my feet look pristine, but they get a bit more protection from staying in socks all day.
It was my first time getting the mani/​pedi — they ask you to pick a color while waiting for a seat. They value efficiency and speed so pick your color quickly. They start with the pedi, which ladies if you are inexperienced like me — It helps to wear loose pants that can be rolled up to the knee. They basically smooth out the cuticles and the bottom of your feet, removing excess dead skin. Trimming your nails during this process was an option. Final step is the nail polish.
Next they shuttle you over to the mani station. They’ll clean and soak your hands most minimally and ask you to pay and tip. After that transaction they’ll proceed with the manicure. A bottom coat, 2 layers of color and a top coat. Again, they value efficiency.
Other tips — It helps not to have a bunch of bags on your person because they only have a coat rack and no shelves. It was nice to see lots of bamboo and other plants around their space, after staring at computer screens all day it is nice to see green. It was really quick, and the place didn’t reek as strongly of chemicals like most nail places.

I gave this nail bar a bad rating three weeks ago based on the attitude of a staff member (Vicky) I would still rate the attitude as less than desirable but I feel it is important to note that my nails have lasted incredibly well, no breaking or lifting at all (I had acrylic, french tips). They still look perfect so definitely four star technique. Vicky, smile and be nice then customers will happily give you the tip you deserve for good work !

I went to this place a week ago and I thought they were great. Under $ 20 for a mani/​pedi and you get what you pay for. It wasn’t any fancy service, but the place was clean and the girl that helped me was very nice. My manicures usually chip within a couple days, and after going here, it lasted the entire weekend. My pedicure still has no chips at all. I will definitely come back here.

If you want a rushed pedicure this is the perfect spot for you!
My feet were splashed with water, touched with a scrub brush and then toes painted… Sloppily… The lady was extremely rude too.

I have been coming here for over 4 years and the last 1.5 years have been very bad. It’s time for me to move on. There are about 6 women who work all the time and 3 of them are horrific. Horrible, nasty attitudes and terrible work. Their work is sloppy and careless. They will file your nails in to misshapen, inconsistent shapes and then slop on layers of thick polish. Terrible.

Feel worse than when i went in. Talk about crappy service!
I needed a back massage so badly
So it was perfect when I passed this establishment
What pulled me in was the deal. Mani + pedi +20 min massage $ 37 (as my boyfriend would tell me,“you get what you pay for”)
Long story short
Pedi wasn’t bad
Probably the only thing I paid for that was worth it. after the pedi was the manicure
Before she even touches my hand she says to me her tip will be $ 8
I look at her like are u seriously telling me what to tip u ?
And she wanted it at that moment .im sorry I tip after service –thank you. I told her I’d tip her when she finished with everything. guess she didn’t like
manicure was the speediest of manicures ever! after that –wet nails and all-​yes wet nails –she walked away n told me to go to the back room for massage
I told her to massage the back with attention to lower back
Did she do it? no. she pretty much gave me a fifteen minute shoulder rub
&I doubt very much that I got the full 20mins.
silly me for not timing it for myself. My nails got a little messed up too during the massage. Bottom line this place is where I went to relax after a stressful week and all I got was pretty much a $ 40 pedicure. I’m upset I even walked in to this place.

4 stars for the fact that they have the cheapest gel pedicure in the city ($ 40), second only to victoria nails on lexington and 26^th ($ 35). It’s your standard Asian cheapie nail salon; no bells and whistles but affordable and gets the job done without taking off a toe. I spend $$$$ doing complicated things to my hands but love that a simple gel pedicure can last 2 months without a second thought. And other run of the mill average no frills salons charge $ 60 for a gel pedi. Also, there are 3 AMAZING $ 39 per hour massage spots surrounding this place, including here, although it’s just the chair here.

Meh… if you’re in a pinch and want to save a buck it’s good enough. They work quickly and sloppily. When you speak to them they start nodding and um-​hm-​ing before you’re done with your sentence which shows they’re not listening. I got the mani/​pedi special and also eyebrows. WORST eyebrow job ever from Yuki. My brows look nothing alike and are completely uneven in length, shape, and thickness. I’ll have to go to another place to get them redone. Overall if you want a quick clean up for nails it’s ok.

I’ve been going to this place for years for their $ 20 mani/​pedi deal (Now $ 20.99). I wouldn’t call this a «spa» but they get the job done. My manicures usually last pretty long (1 week ish) and my pedicures last forever. For these prices, don’t expect anything above and beyond while you’re there. The technicians really vary in speed and in their attitudes towards customer service, so it’s hit or miss with them, but as long as you’re explicit about what you want and don’t mind avoiding small talk, this place is great. You can’t beat the price for decent quality.
Tip: NYU students, flash your id. You get a discount.

Stellar nails, it’s there, it’s cheap and they do the job.
I’m never over the top excited about my manicure but I’m never disappointed about it either.
It’s quick and probably not the most luxurious but for me it gets the job done!

I joined Unilocal solely to warn others on how bad this salon was. I got a mani pedi, she started off with the pedi. When she asked me to put my foot in the water it was scorching hot– so bad I had to take my foot out immediately bc it was legit painful. She said «oh you’re right» but never apologized. Then she was doing my pedi with plastic gloves on. Let me tell you, having lotion be put on your feet w those things on feels gross and I would have preferred to put It on myself because she barely gave me a mini massage like most salons do. It was rushed. Probably took her les than ten min to do it.
I was hoping my mani would be better. It wasn’t. She rushed through that as well. I had some dead cuticles that needed to be clipped that weren’t. Also when putting lotion on my hands she gave the worst massage, it was like one squeeze by my thumb– bizarre. I thought to myself, «I hope they don’t trust her with real massages when people pay for them.» When she was putting polish on it was watery and she did a poor job. Like a kid painting outside the lines in a coloring book. It was hard for me to leave a tip and she didn’t deserve any of it. When I was done drying my nails no one helped me with taking off the toe separators like a normal salon would and no one said thank you or goodbye when I was leaving. Poor customer service.
There’s two nail salons across the street. I would try those before I went here. Also This is the day after I went and nails are already chipping. I do my nails better than these people for sure. There’s nothing ‘stellar’ about this place.

Surprisingly better than I expected!
For the affordable prices, I received such great treatment from the people that work here. The gentleman in the front (manager?) was very attentive and genuinely kind. I walked in on a busy Thursday night and received my mani+pedi without any rush. I didn’t hear any loud gossip within the staff in their native language, which usually bugs me at other salons.
They have mostly Essie & OPI polishes, no cheapy brands. Score!
I’ll definitely be back and recommend this nail salon to my co-​workers/​neighbors.

I had a groupon here– $ 35 for 3 mani-pedi’s. That’s about 11.67 for a mani-​pedi, which is a steal for Manhattan prices– even cheaper than the 12.99 specials I see in Brooklyn.
Anyhow, this was very different from my past nail salon experiences.
I came around 8, when service was slowing down, so they did have time to spend on doing my mani-​pedi. Started with the pedi– it was actually very nice. Not much of a massage, but they still did a great job painting and making my feet very soft. I did not feel like they rushed it because I came in later close to closing, but not quite.
Half way through the manicure, they asked for a $ 1.00 tax. They instead charged me $ 1.50. Strange.
Anyhow, the manicurist was the same as the person who did my pedicure. I will say-​she was very nice. When she noticed that my nail color that I had originally picked did not show up, she asked if I wanted another, which I went ahead and picked and she went on to do another 2 coats for me. How wonderful.
I also went to get my lip waxed– $ 5, which isn’t bad for Manhattan either. She was very gentle with it.
We sat by the driers until about 8:50PM, and the ladies were in no rush to kick us out at all. They didn’t argue about the tip or anything, as previous reviews have stated.
It’s been about 2 days and no chips at all yet (I actually am very hands-​on, so this is surprising to me!). I wouldn’t say she did a perfect job (some nail polish still in my cuticles), but she certainly did a good one.
However, my other 2 friends did not share the same experience. One friend complained that the lady nicked her about 5 times. She came out with a some blood and some cuts. She also missed some parts of her bottle nails as she had requested a French manicure (extra $ 5 add-​on). My other friend who had her eyebrows waxed said that the wax was too hot for her and that it practically burned.
I’m not sure whether or not I would come back here without the Groupon, but I certainly would recommend buying the Groupon and coming here for a girl’s min-​spa time before going out.

WILL NEVER COME BACK!!!
I happened to stumble by this place on my way to another nail salon that offers great service, but I saw they had a good deal of Mani Pedi, 20 min massage and a eyebrow wax for $ 36.99.
HUGE MISTAKE!!!
I was in and out of there less than an hour. She barely did a pedicure and a manicure. The massage sucked and I felt like she needed to catch a plane after she was done with me, that’s how quick she rushed during the mani & pedi process.
As she was painting my nails the color of the Polish was turning white which means that they put too much azetone to save the polish. My nails were done on Friday and the next day they were chipping.
The nail spot looks nice and spacious but is very cold as the girls who do the nails.
Please save your money and also do not purchase the Groupon! I can only imagine them doing a worst job

I used to come here several years ago then stopped. Then came back a couple times last year. They always did such a good job! WHAT HAPPENED? I thought I had a bad experience so I tried it again but it was just as bad. The staff is nice but the manicure and pedicure aren’t great anymore. Below average. Also, the first time I came the lady doing my nails accidentally clipped one of my cuticles too short and I started bleeding.
The massage chairs worked (technically) but when I chose «knead» it would only tap… This was BOTH times, two different chairs. Also, when I tried to get the chair to move the massage up or down, that didn’t work either.
The second time the lady didn’t do my whole nail, so if you look at the side you can see there’s a slit that isn’t painted. The whole point of going to a nail salon is to get a better manicure and pedicure than what you can give yourself. This is like a week after my manicure and I’ve never had a problem with gel manicures before. This one actually chipped and is about to crack somewhere else (too much polish?).
I missed this place and I’m so disappointed it changed drastically.

Stellar Nails, what happened? You used to be such a clutch nail spot. Mani-​pedis used to be so cheap and would last almost a week. Your pedicures used to look better than my own handiwork. Your manicures used to take longer than ten minutes. It seems like once a place puts out a Groupon, they fly the «our service will now turn to sh*t» flag.
Looks like it’s time to find a new place to get my nail paint on; service fail.

«SCARY» Nail Spa
Brought a Groupon (On top of that they asked for $ 1.00 tax fee). and gave it a try… Took me 2 weeks to have my Nails recover back to normal.
Simple Mani and Pedicure, My Nails got soo dry after 2^nd day and Nail Polish were cracking. Lady did my Mani and pedi in less than 30 minutes.
Sorry I rather pay just a tad higher to get it cleaner and well pampered.