Diva Nails & Spa

I used to go here, not anymore
I came in one day with my boyfriends sister and waited for Lee to come.
We were first
Another lady came in for a fill the guy working there started on her which was fine because we wanted a different employee
Then Lee cane and she started working on the other customer with barely a hi.
We waited for an hour without being helped, eventually left.

Ok so I went here before got an ok spa pedicure but yesterday I got the worst manicure and pedicure I ever had it was so bad I almost got sick looking at the horrible polish job on my feet and my hands and the fact that they didn’t think it was bad was just an indication that I shall never go there again! Go at your risk!

This is the second time I’ve been here and will never come back
Thought I’d found a gem because the first time I was here it went so well.
I got a different girl this time who clearly does not know what she is doing, does not even know how to use the tools!
She’s very hard on the feet !
To top it all in off an Asian guy stood at the door and said something to say one of the girls who in a very scary manner, making everyone in here very uncomfortable.
This is definitely not the place for me !!!

They are so rude! I’ve been coming here for the last year to do my nails and the girl in the front I think her name is Lee always helps me. She is so nice and sweet and is always working harder than anyone else working. Today I called while I was at work to ask if it was ok if I came 40 min before they closed they said yes that’s fine. I got here at 6:15 and the girl that always does toes told me sorry we can’t do your nails we are busy there were only 3 people there I told her that I already called she said no sorry Lee’s not here. I did my nails 1 week ago and they are already chipping this happens all the time. I needed them to fix it finally after going back and forth me explaining that I drove 45 minutes here in traffic she said FINE. While I waited they spoke back and forth in a different language the lady who does nails and the lady in the back who barely works whenever I come here. They took there sweet time to help me I ended up walking out because I was ignored I will not give business to someone who refuses to help.
Another thing I also want to mention I refuse to do my toes with the only lady who does pedicures because she is very unsanitary she does your toes while eating and the 2 times I came both ladies who were doing there toes with her left because she accidentally cut them.
It makes me so mad that I come to this place for 1 girls who is so sweet and because of 2 other rude employees who refused my service I will not be coming anymore.

Seldom do I have negative things to say about a place or a service, I like to see the silver lining in any business… however, at the end of the day I am realist who will call it like I see it. Thus I felt compelled to write this review.
I walked into this nail salon after my sister in law tried it from a groupon purchase and was pleased with the extremely inexpensive price of service. I went in today and it wasn’t much to see (which I could care less about, as long as you provide a good, clean service) they were pretty busy and they seemed to be a little flustered. With that being said… they moved a girl from a pedicure tub to manicure table to make room for my pedicure. Great. One problem… they didn’t clean the tub in between and when I openly confronted them about what I saw, they suddenly couldn’t understand English or at least chose not to. They also lied to me after a few awkward moments and told me yes. A one word answer. Nbd. I walked out so no harm, no foul. I’m sure they do a lovely job manicuring nails but when you have funky, fungal feet no one is going to notice your nails… think about it.

I set up appts at diva nails and spa for me and a friend on Sunday before our marine corps ball. Le did a WONDERFUL job on my full set, but when she started my nails she started working on someone else’s nails for almost half an hour. I had to remind her that we had hair appts to get to also before the ball. I mentioned the time crunch when I booked the appts. The pedicure felt great but the gal wasn’t great at polishing but when I pointed out the areas I’d wanted cleaned up from polish she was very polite it fixed them. And Le does wonderful nail art also.

Lee & Tina have always been my favorite and they give the best acrylics and pedicures. I have went to about 20 different nail shops in San Diego and if you want to be in and out with perfect nails go to diva on El Cajon blvd they are incredible and super fast

Sometimes I don’t feel like going to the ATM, so because they don’t accept debit/​credit cards, I walked right out and went to Diamond Nail (next door).

Lee hooked it up on a Sunday. Wasn’t trying to go to work Monday morning with 3 missing acrylic nails… not the bizness :)
Cash only and people simplify your life and make an appointment!!! People that walk in with an attitude annoy me. Yo’ ass needs to wait… don’t stress out my nail lady.

I went because of the good Unilocal reviews, and was massively disappointed.
– It took TWO HOURS for a basic gel (shellac) manicure.
– Less than 24hr later, the tips of the manicure are starting to scrape off, which is not supposed to happen with shellac polish!
– They didn’t clean out the pedicure basin between the clients sitting next to me. Gross.
At least it’s super cheap I guess.

I love this place! Had been looking for a perfect place to do my mani and pedi and finally found it. The ladies do an excellent job and they really care. I’m pregnant and they took care of me making sure I was comfortable. $ 28 for gel manicure and spa pedicure you really can’t beat that!

Clean, affordable and great service. They took their time and did a great job on my nails even though I got there as they were closing. I felt pampered and was treated very nicely.

Just left my nail salon of YEARS for this spot. LEE is AMAZING, they listen to you and make sure your completely happy with whatever service you want. Will come back and bring all my friends.

Dear Nail Salon Owner,
You started out criticizing my nails & bragging up and down how you can do everything. You swore ur the shit & how out of all manicurists/​pedicurists, ONLY YOU know how to take out ingrowns. You told me to leave my nail lady of 6 years for you.
You rushed the entire experience in order to take your next waiting customer, which made me feel very uncomfortable & not special.
Finally, even though you kept swearing that you are the shit & pushed & pressured me with your upsell techniques so I could do my brazilian with you, my eye brows with you, and my monthly massages with you, I would never trust you with a hair on my body. Know why «hunny»?
Because the very simplest reason for which I visited your salon (your primary area of expertise) resulted in chipped shellac manicure and pedicure the very next day. And my ingrowns STILL hurt.
But… I’ll say that I found your neighbor (Diamond Nail) next door, to be the absolute most wonderful nail salon I’ve stumbled upon to date… & they’re nicer than you, humbler than you, more respectful, don’t try to hardcore upsell, give the best foot massages, & my pedi & mani have lasted three weeks no problem. Oh finally… they’re CHEAPER THAN YOU with unreal prices.
I did leave my regular nail lady of 6 years… But so glad it wasnt for you. I left her for Diamond Nail (without their pressure), & so happy I did!
Toodles, forever! =D

This place reminds me of what nail salons used to be like, simple but wonderful. It is very inexpensive and although most of the women working there have very limited English, they are kind, hard working and thoughtful! Gel manicures are only $ 15!!!

3 weeks ago my friend surprised me with a Shellac Manicure at a fancy salon. It was my first one and I loved it. But I also knew I couldn’t keep it up at $ 40 a pop.
I found this place based purely on price. I didn’t expect anything fancy so I wasn’t disappointed when it wasn’t. I was pleasantly surprised that the Shellac Manicure was better than the one I got at the fancy salon. And it only cost me $ 15.00 That’s right $ 15.00. Lee was pleasant and chatty and did a great job. For that price I can keep up my pretty nails.

Paid $ 35 bucks (with tip) for shellac. Lots of colors to choose from. Nina was nice & did a great job on my mani/​pedi. It would’ve earned 5 stars, but the store itself is small & the broken chairs didn’t help the place look nicer. They only have 2 chairs (that work) so call ahead to see if there’s a spot available.

I did the Groupon for $ 15 shellac and was not expecting much. After 18 days my nails still look perfect. The place is not fancy but the price and quality were just right.
I will go back.

I didn’t like anything about this place, except maybe the price. But I’m willing to pay more for a relaxing experience, and this was far from relaxing.
First, the place was filthy. I didn’t want to touch anything, but I’d already bought the Groupon and didn’t want it to go to waste. I was given the nail color swatches to pick a gel color, and one of them had melted and I got polish all over my hands. When I went to the bathroom to wash my hands, there were no paper towels so I had to dry my hands with toilet paper.
Instead of relaxing in the chair while I had my pedicure, I had two women working on me at the same time. You would think this would get me in and out very quickly, but these are the two slowest people ever. The woman doing my feet spent at least half an hour sloooowly picking at my cuticles.
So I had to sit in the chair for over an hour with my body twisted at an awkward angle while the woman standing to my right could do my nails. So uncomfortable.
The women didn’t speak much English at all, which is how I came away with untrimmed nails when I like them very short. Short! Short! That’s what I kept telling the woman, but she just smiled and kept going without cutting my nails. At the end of the manicure, she kept my hands in the UV light machine for 15 minutes, which I’m pretty sure is unnecessary for a gel manicure.
The environment was not at all relaxing either. They were showing DVDs of amateurish Vietnamese singers with strange war re-​enactors in the background. On top of this, there were three kids running around (children of employees, I assume). They squealed, sneezed, stared, and at one point were given their lunch. The kids kept wandering over to me with this foul smelling food and stared at me for uncomfortably long periods of time.
I hated every minute of it and couldn’t wait to leave.

I came here to get pretty feet before my summer vacation. $ 22 later, I am rather happy.
I had Pammy (?). She was very nice, and didn’t jabber much with her coworkers while working on me. This place has two luxury spa chairs. I opted for the $ 5 extra callous removal, and $ 4 extra hand painted design on my big toes. Of course, because I am a neanderthal, I messed up one of my toes on the way out of the shop. No worries, because Pam came right over, laughed, and immediately fixed my boo-​boo.
My spa pedicure treatment ($ 13) involved a hot soapy foot soak, a good rub down, nice lotion massage and even some mild slapping (haha). She even used a hot towel to rub my legs off with. There was a movie playing on the tv, and I could feel myself beginning to fall asleep…
It was rather nice.
My one concern is sanitation. I was the first person to walk in for a spa pedicure, so the foot tub was dry and I had no way to tell if it had been property sanitized after the last patron. However, after my pedicure was finished, they simply scooped out the water from my pedicure, and immediately began filling the basin again for the next client. It was a bit concerning, especially due to recent awareness of nail salon sanitation issues and potentially dangerous bacteria/​infections linked to pedicure spas.
While I was there, five other women came in for pedicures as well. I think this place does pretty good business. Everyone spoke good English, and they were all very kind and proper. If I ever want a basic pedicure again, I would go back.