Le Chic Nails and Spa

Way over priced. You can find better nail salons downtown who offer much cheaper prices. Also, the quality is inconsistent, depending on who you get. I came home with jagged nails, and paid over $ 65 for a pedi and a clear coat.

I’m glad I found this place. I’m a newcomer to downtown San Diego having recently relocated from San Francisco. I was returning from lunch in the Gaslamp to my new home in the Marina when I happened upon it. So it’s in walking distance but there are at least two other shops that are closer to me. The ladies here at LeChic are very eager to please. And the gel manicure is $ 5 – 7 cheaper than the competition and is every bit as good. The shop is clean and attractive. I’ve found my new salon!

Very nice Vietnamese women took care of us quickly & efficiently with all 3 of my friends & I getting mani/​pedis at the same time. They had a great deal of $ 40 for the combo. They do charge a $ 5 fee for all credit cards. Pretty nice overall!

I was surprised to see the bad reviews for this business… I came in here hesitant but I am happy that I did, I meet a sweet lady… her name was Cindi and after I told her straight up that I was a picky client (lol) she introduced Sandy to me. Sandy was quiet but very attentive, she didn’t rush and she was very careful with my cuticles. I really like this place, plus I love that they don’t do the small talk so I can sit and relax :) believe me I am picky and I can say after my experience that I will be back !!

I’ve been here many times and it’s GREAT! If you want a fancy spa experience, don’t come here. If you want to leave with great looking nails at a nice price, definitely give this place a try. My only complaint was the massages were not very good, but for the price you shouldn’t expect a fantastic massage. They were quick (had two very friendly ladies working on me at the same time) and my manicure and pedicure look great!

Give them a try! Very nice and paid attention to detail. I am very satisfied and will come back when I’m in town. I DON’t think they deserve 2 stars.

I was staying at the nearby hilton and unimpressed with a manicure I got there last year so when I needed to freshen up for a conference, I picked the closest one in walking distance. This showed up and the reviews were all over the place.
I don’t know what the complaints are about. $ 30 for a gel manicure including soak off gel and massage and an incredible precise 4 total coats? That’s a deal. Very careful around my cuticles which are a mess (I’m a picker). Kind and airy, the salon is well located, brightly colored and clean.
I also witnessed them take a client who only had almost all the cost of a pedicure, a little old lady, who they accepted on a discount and treated her just as well as full paying myself. She was all smiles as was the staff.
I’m not sure what you’re expecting for a nail salon but some of the reviews are a little much. Solid manicure fast turnaround walk ins are fine and located close to tons of hotels. If I had to pick apart anything, they don’t have a lot of brands of gel polish. I had to use gelish, which I don’t think holds up as well, but she put plenty of coats and a solid top coat so I’m impressed.
I’m a solid every 10 day manicure girl and will return !

Just finished with a manicure and buff like men get because i don’t like polish. Nice job altho shape of nails is not quite what i requested and cuticles are not perfect. Good but not great for the price.

Visiting San Diego. Came here for mani and Pedi, charged me extra $ 15.00 for Gel and my nails are a disaster. Terrible job!

Not sure why this place has such bad reviews. I called last minute before my friends graduation party and they made sure my nails were done in time. They work quick but still made sure they looked great. I didn’t think the price was so bad. I wasnt happy that they wanted to charge me to use my credit card, but I just paid cash to avoid the fee.
The color didn’t end up the way I wanted it, but I chose the color and I knew the risk of choosing a glitter that might end up too see through.

Expensive prices for a mediocre manicure. Don’t bother.

I will never go back to Le Chic ever !! This is by far the worst and pricy, I might add, nail salon downtown. They are not realistic with their wait times, which is incredibly rude. I don’t mind waiting if you give me a realistic expectation. I can seat you now and having the client wait 15 minutes are two completely different things. I got a pedicure after another girl, and I barely saw her clean out the pedicure spa. I question the cleanliness of the tools she used on me because they were not sealed and kept in the same exact place as the customer before me. In fact, I asked the woman if the spa tub was clean and she just nodded. I am shocked and sooo lucky that I don’t have a fungus. To top it off, they do not have the extra fast drying clear spray like every other salon I’ve ever been to in my life and they charge you for sandals bc they don’t have the paper/​plastic ones ! So basically if you’re coming from work with closed toed shoes (like I did), you’re out of luck unless you want a gel pedicure or you want to ruin your $ 40 pedicure polish. They also charge $ 1 to use your credit card. This place is the worst and definition of a tourist trap next to Petco Park. Go elsewhere!

This place was awful! I went in n my lunch break thinking that they could get through a regular manicure in a little less than and hour. I walk in and the guy who helped me was very helpful but he was not well trained. He didn’t ask me what shape I wanted my nails and when he went to paint them, the polish was thick and not drying. Literally while I was still in the shop they were messed up, but because they took forever there was no time to fix them. By the time I got home that night they were already chipped and one nail was almost completely off already. I will not be going back.

As always, Sandy (at the downtown location) does a great job with my gel nails! When I first had gels done elsewhere they’d break off within two weeks. When Sandy does them, they last for as long as it takes my nails to grow out. About 5 weeks. But they never break off.
I trust recommending Sandy 100% because she NEVER fails me.

Got both of my manicure and pedicure for $ 40.00 bucks and the manicure actually lasted more than a week which I was very happy about because it usually only stayed for a few days when I got my nails done at the other places. PLUS, I love how they have a wide range of OPI polish, took me awhile to pick out the color because there are toooo many good ones!!! Oh, and their massage spa is a killer, though butt massage was a little weird for me… Definitely coming back!!!

Just had a foot massage here. I loved it! The ladies are really nice at this salon. I would return if I were in the area.

This salon is my «go to» salon downtown. I have lived downtown for years and there are many to choose from, but I recommend this one. I always enjoy visiting my favorite nail technician. Ask for Sandy if you want an excellent job and humorous banter. The real thing I want to gush about is their new Pedicure/​Massage Chairs. I have been getting my nails done for 25 years and these are my absolutely favorite chairs. The massage is extensive. They even have a leg and butt massage which is uncommon. If you ever want to try a little slice of heaven then you should stop in and stay a while.

We stayed at marriott across the street from them, it was a hot afternoon when we decided to kill time and went there for foot massage for my hubby and pedi n mani for myself.
The lady soaked my feet in warm water without any soap! Or soaking sea salt or even the typical blue salt they through in the tub. Anyhow, I had to ask them for it.
The lady who did my mani kept leaving the cuticle as I had to tell her over and over and over again to cut them cleanly.
Pedi was normal nothing more then below average.
My hubby’s foot massage was $ 30 for an hour per the lady at the counter. After my husband sat down to get the massage she got done in 30 mins and changed the story that she coded $ 30 for 30 mins !! Wth !! Why lie or change the story. We heard her say «thaaaa-​tty dolaaar for one aaawar (hour).
Seriously how annoying.
Never coming back here.

They don’t cut cuticles or even push them back well. Also the gel manicure peels off after 1 day. They paint on the skin and cuticles. I’ve tried this place twice, never to return.

So I have been putting off this review to see the longevity of my pedicure & mani/​fill. I live down the street — in DT –not Chula Vista –I really wanted to love this place. :(my first impression was it an okay place, not as bad as the reviews said. But that’s probably because I was the only person there. I had a decent pedicure, so I tipped them pretty good 20% to the not so cheap prices.
I had gone in for a fill from a set of acrylic nails I got in El Centro. BTW, my initial set of nails were nice after almost 2 weeks — just needed a fill. Got up sold into a spa pedicure too! The burned my nails with the drill & she filled the nails so-​so. Hence my review brings me to today. My fill peeled at the edges and the gel became ugly after a week. I work nights so I put it off as long as I could. Today I had it I wasn’t going to salvage them I went to get them removed. The lady who did the fill then tried peeling them off with her clippers — um if I wanted to break the hell out of my real nails I would of done it myself! Anyhow my real nails are still burning as I write this review. She finished the removal fair enough and didn’t even put a clear top coat. Mind you I wanted a removal and a gel manicure. I said FORGETABOUTIT paid and was out. It’s an okay place if you are desperate in DT.