City Nails

This place is right by my house and my stepmom referred me to try this place out. The first time I went there Tracy did my nails and did an excellent job. The second time I went I had a young man work on my nails who did a great job as well. The third time I went there was just a few days ago and I had the older woman with glasses. She rushed through my nails and after three days almost every nail on my right hand is cracked on the tips and the corners. She rushed so fast and left to go home before my nails were even done. I’ll consider going back, as long as I have Tracy or the young man at the second station on the left.

Nail City is my go to all the time for a nochip and I have never been disappointed. And every once in a while I get their princess pedicure for some extra pampering… love it!

I just left here today after having a gel fill in & color. I had Tony, an older gentleman. We sat in silence almost the entire time, which personally I prefer rather than forcing small talk. He was very precise, professional & fast (without doing a half assed rush job). Honestly, the only «complaint» that I have is that he added a little bit of additional gel near the middle/​tip areas & a couple of the nails look slightly wavy due to it. Is not even that bad, nor noticeable, but I’m being honest since it may bother other women. It’s almost like slightly wet/​warped cardboard. Anyway, I had my nails done because my new husband & I are leaving for our honeymoon in 2 days & I wanted to look nice, and I am content with the job he did considering the event. Thank you, Tony! :-)

Came in with a friend for a pedicure. We decided on the princess pedicure which was very relaxing. Both of our nail techs were professional and did a great job. I would have given five stars if it had not been for the male tech assisting another woman who sat on his cell phone talking on speaker for over five minutes… Ruined the calming atmosphere.

My pedicure was okay, nothing amazing. My nails are another story. I had a full set no chip done and it has to be the worst one I have had in a while. The tech couldn’t even remove the wet polish from the side of my nail. I’ve been slowly chipping the excess polish off the side of my nails More than half my fingers had a terrible paint job and a couple of them show the little air bubbles in the polish! I spent all that money and it was a terrible job! I will go to Lan nails down the street or American Nails on about 120^th & Cicero!

I have been using this salon for pedicures for about a year and a half now and I must say that it was went down hill since then. Before writing this I made sure to give them a few tries, as maybe some of my bad experiences were just flukes.
I will start with the good: pedicure chairs in a separate and dim lighted area, a number of pedicure options which used to be reasonably priced. That’s about it…
The second to last time I came in here I brought my minor sister, we were seated next to each other but started 45 minutes apart, meaning my pedicure was done before hers even began. What’s the point… When I brought this up to my nail tech he rudely stated that we should have called ahead. While this may be true they also should have waited to start me if they knew that another nail tech wouldn’t be available for 45 minutes. Onto the service, all the nail tech could do was rush with my feet I have never had such a half ass job done. He was talking about how he was going to catch his flight to the LA pride parade in one hour and did I notice his hastiness on my feet! Aside from these he was talking pretty inappropriately for there to be a minor in earshot. Not happy.
The most recent time I have used this salon was today, and I’m sorry to say but it will probably be my last. I treated my mom and myself to pedicures. I immediately mention that we would like to be seated next to each other and started at the same time. The receptionist had a snarky remark about seating us next to each other until I pointed out that on my last visit they stared my sister 45 minutes after me. Well, I hate to say this but this time was even worse of a rush job! The nail tech was new and based off of her work seemed as thought she has never done a pedicure before. She rushed through the entire thing. By the end I had to point out to her I needed my flip flops on after she started painting. She then proceeds to put my flip flops on with my toes painted, thanks but no thanks. She slathered the polish on my nails so thick that even 2 hours afterwards they weren’t dry. I now have freshly chipped and smeared toes the same day I had my service done. I will say my mom got a great pedicure from the nice young man doing her feet.
City nails you need to improve on your customer service and quality of work. Your work is unacceptable for the price you charge. Lans Nails down the street does by far better quality service. Until I get an apology and refund for today’s terrible service you won’t be seeing any of my money!

I’ve been here several times and the only reason I keep going back is because I like the fact that they have their Pedicure chairs in a separate area with the relaxing music and dim lighting… however, I never did think they did an awesome job, but just ok and some of the techs are better than others. Anyway, last night I decide I need a pedi so I head over to this place, it was a little busy I ask how long the wait is, they tell me no wait, well I waited about 15 minutes. Anyway, this one nail tech came to greet me and I thought, oh no, not her… I thought I had her before and didn’t like the job she did, but anyway like I said they were busy so I just went with it… (sorry don’t know what her name was) so at the end of everything and before the polish I notice the nails on the left foot were much longer than the right, she didn’t even trim the pinky toe nails at all, didn’t file the nails on my right foot and started polishing, well I had to point all of this out to her and then she went back and half ass fixed it. I was just thinking at this point I just want to get out of here, so she polishes my nails, I go to the drying station (now in brighter lighting) I notice the shittiest polish job ever… some parts of some nails not even polished, polish on my skin, just horrible! So I get up and say umm I’m sorry but this polish job is terrible! The guy I was talking to says, so what do you want me to do? Um I want this fixed, this is terrible! Ok, well she’ll fix it now he says, he also added your standing here for 5 minutes talking to me when she could be fixing it… really?! I think his name is Andy and btw, he did a no chip on my a couple weeks ago, and it lasted about a week because he got the polish on my cuticles and it started lifting from there. So anyway, she had to leave the other client she was already working on to come and re-​do the entire horrible polish job, ugh! It came out better than the first time she polished them but not a good job! I was so frustrated, just payed for my service minus a tip and left an unhappy customer… Nail shops are a dime a dozen so I will be looking for a new place to get my nails done and will not ever return to City Nails again! Oh and one more thing, maybe this nail tech needs glasses or something because as I’m getting my pedi, a girl that my nail tech had just finished doing a mani on came to the back and told her she missed a spot on her nails so the nail tech proceeded to just file it down, with the nail file that she was just filing my toenails with! Uugghhh!!! Never again!

This place used to be really nice but the price of a fill in changes drastically every time I’m there, this time it’s $ 17 next time it’s $ 40 for the same exact thing, also me and my best friend have had a past of not one but two/​three crooked nails. Also, one of the guys was unsure how to do a lined design and was very rude and demanding yelling at my friend to stay still when she wasn’t moving whatsoever. Overall, not the WORST place in the world if you want something simple but definitely not the best choice if you want straight nails done to your requests.

Came here for the first time to get my eyebrows & upper lip waxed I was going away with my boyfriend so I wanted to look good. the appearance of this place wasn’t very cleanly but I was in a rush. they seat me immediately. Some girl who’s name starts with K does my waxing. i think her name was Katie or something anyways point is she does a quick upper lip wax doesn’t put any liquid on my upper lip after ward which I find weird. She sends me on my
eyebrows weren’t looking
one noticed I had got them done but the real horror story was my upper lip. bumpzilla!!! It got irritated then I started feeling the bumps then the next day the bumps were clearly vissible. I was out with my boyfriend looking like I had upper lip pox or worse a herpes queen. Then my upper lip starts to peel. (Ouch).spend money to look beautiful came Out looking diseased. I WILL NEVER RETURN.

I went to place quite a few times because of location (it is fairly close to my house). This nail salon is definitely not my favorite place to go. The majority of staff are rude and they quite often take to other people while they are working on you. There is one girl who has been recently hired who was very kind and did a good job, but she is often busy. The other technicians don’t do a very good job on my nails.

I went yesterday and had a completely different experience. I had the basic mani and pedi for only 30 $ and my technician was who I believe to be the co-​owner with her husband. I went with a large group of 6 and they adjusted to our every needs.
The technicians were very polite and respectful. When getting my Mani I smudged my finger nail ruining the nail polish not only once but twice and with no complaints or «rolling of the eyes» or any signs of annoyance! I definitely will becoming here again, really not as bad as I and these reviews made me think! Make sure to give this place two chances, because everyone’s bound to make a mistake!

Since the renovation of City Nails, it is amazing. Although the only service I get from the Salon is the pedicures they are great. If you go please get the Princess Pedicutre it is well worth the $ 30 charge.

Today was my first visit to this particular nail salon and i will say that i will not be going back…
My technician was somewhat professional, but i was not really a fan of the comments about my tattoos or his apparent dislike for the police. he did do a good job with my services i received a spa pedicure (no razor, at my request) with a «rough» massage, cracking my toes is not a good thing for me. The manicure was done okay also, but i was curious about the cleanliness of the tools. And he had food at his station…
I realize that my total visit cost $ 27 and i know the price is low, but the inside appearance of the salon was not good at all. After sitting in the chair and really looking at the place, i realized that it was in need of some updating. the stations were poorly maintained and the floor was definitely dirty. there was nail polish on everything. And their makeshift drying area was in terrible need of a new coat of white paint.
The technicians that were there was all male and continually speaking Vietnamese and laughing. it makes one think they are talking about you, the girl next to you or the elderly lady that has fallen asleep at the drying station.
I will pay a little extra next time to get my nails done. Thank you for a great price, but they can keep it.