Tommy’s Nails

Came across Tommy after work one long day at work. I showed him a picture and he did exactly what I wanted it has been Almost a year and I would not go anywhere else. I have not had anyone do my nails so I cannot comment on them but Tommy is my go to!

My first time and I will be back! Tommy is amazing and his salon is beautiful! The atmosphere is so friendly and his family makes you feel like one of them! I had an amazing experience and my nails have never looked better! This place is a must go-​to!

This place is hands down the best nail salon in San Diego!!! After a really bad experience with my previous nail lady, I was extremely pleased with this place. Angela did my manicure and was so sweet and awesome. She is a real artist! I chose a color and she put in a lot of time into the nails and recommended what she thought would be pretty and it was!!! I will definitely be coming back here again

Tommy has been my nail guy for 20+ years. This is a family run business. Angela (sister), and Helen are terrific. They like to have fun in this shop. Mom and Dad stop by occasionally to help out. It’s rare that I ever have to wait. I have many nail shops closer to me that I could go to, but the deal was sealed when Helen went to a dying friend’s house to give her a pedicure. Who does that?

I stumbled across this nail place because my normal nail artist was sick. I got a full set with pink and white powder. My service was quick but perfect! Which is how I like it. I normally get just s regular full set or white tip, and I must say the pink and white powder makes a huge difference. I’ll be heading back soon for a fill :)

My nails look so thick and strong! I had a nail starting to break and Tommy fixed it right up! The gel is a little uneven and one of my nails looks like a duck nail but I am over all pleased.

I love this place to death! I’m friends with Tommy and the whole family! I would never give my business to anyone else! The customer service is excellent and the attention and quality of my nails has me coming back every time. I have a vision for what shape I want and they take care of me! The décor is absolutely cute and I’m in love with the spa chairs!

Tommy’s been doing my nails for 10 years and I love him! I get compliments all the time and only see him once a month!
The girls do a great job on pedicures that last me 5 – 6 weeks and work so hard to scrub my calloused, mistreated feet.
I am moving out of state next month and one of the things I am going to miss the most is spending time with my Tommy family!

Without a shred of doubt, this was the worst nail and wax service I have ever received. Thank god for mani/​pedi days with girlfriends because if it weren’t for the immediate therapy and mutual horror experience gab fest with my bestie, I would be traumatized. Instead, I have this awful and hilarious story to share with you.
I’ll start out of order with the especially terrible stuff. I had a Brazilian wax, and that’s the last not-​horrific part of this story. One word: unceremonious. You squeeze yourself into basically a supply closet in back, strip, clamber onto a rickety-​as-​fuck massage table, and she just goes. No warning. Just pat pat, wax, rip. Doesn’t pull the skin taut so hair doesn’t come out fully. No prep, no lotion, just a tissue to wipe dried wax off, which, pro-​tip from the School of How Thin Tissue Reacts to Sticky Things: it doesn’t work like that. So, I left this house of horrors with my ass cheeks stuck together and legitimate fear about not having a full 12 ounces of baby oil at the house to help pry them apart. (I did, but it didn’t… The least sexy I have ever felt).
I also got my claws did and while the novelty of having fake nails never gets old, Angela (the woman who perpetrated this salon shit show), while very entertaining, did a real massacre on my fingers. Crooked, awful shellac job, it hurt. I’ll be surprised if my nails don’t get infected.
Let’s see, what else. My mediocre pedicure almost warrants no mention when compared to the other services.
She mentioned liking tequila a lot. I just wish a shot or five were included with every service.
I don’t know that I need to mention this, but seriously don’t go here.

This is the only place that I will go to get my nails done! Angela has been doing my nails for 8 years and I’ve never been disappointed :) Her brother Tommy also does a fantastic job.
They have lots of polish choices and over 100 choices for glitter powder and shellac. LOVE Tommy’s Nails!

Just ok… Decent pedicure but gel nails were uneven and lumpy. At least 3 on each hand are disappointing. The employees are very nice, so at least they have that going for them. And I think the owner Tommy may be talented, so if you go, ask for him.

DO NOT GO HERE! you have been warned! The workers at this salon are super nice but they suck at nails! The girl who did my pedicure had a hard time with my SIMPLE design that consisted of gold dots! Angela did my nails and boy were they horrid!!! After a couple days people were asking me if I did them myself!!! I’m also going to post a pic so you all can see this travesty! So embarrassing to hear people ask «You actually paid for that?!» Never again… lesson learned…

FINALLY a great salon!!! I have a specific person for each of my beauty needs and was in search for nails! I happen to be in the area quite often and noticed the salon from afar. My friend and I went in for full set and pedicure and OH MY GOD!!! This place is 1– very nicely decorated
2– customer service is TOP NOTCH!!!
3– family run business!
Upon getting seated for nails, we were offered refreshments and got comfortable. I explained the style I was going for and Lee knew exactly what I wanted and he did it!!! My nails look great and still I’m great standing a while later!!! They will take great care of you! Highly recommend!

I drove from Chula Vista to this shop hoping I’d find a nail spot to make my own. I was hoping that it’d be the same Tommy that had a shop on Orange St. in Chula Vista. It wasn’t him. I did call the day before to make an appointment. The shop is really cute and modern. Nail polish selection was pretty good. I made an appointment at 9:00 am with Tommy. Walked in picked out my color and he got to work.
I requested that the acrylic be applied thinly and the sides narrow to create a thin and long appearance. I did not get the result I requested. The thickness was okay but it is inconsistent throughout the nail. Some places are thinner then others. The shapes of the nails are also inconsistent. The length of the nails could have been more even. When I left the shop my nails had white residue around my cuticles. The residue has not washed of after a shower and 2 hand-​washings. I paid $ 30.00 for a fill and gel topcoat.
Tommy was really nice and he mentioned that the ladies in his shop are apart of his family. I thought that was pretty cool.
Overall I gave the shop three stars because the end result wasn’t what I requested or was looking for. I realize I am extremely picky but when I pay for a service I want to get what I requested.
P. S. If anyone knows another nail artist named Tommy, please let me know! He is the holy grail of nail artist. He had a shop off of the 805 and Orange St. right next to 7-​Eleven.

Down to 1 star. Must have gotten lucky the first time I went because this 2^nd time:
— they used the power tools to remove my previous shellac and even nicked a couple of my toes with no apologies even after one toe started bleeding and another nail was torn vertically.
— Instead of trimming my nails, she just filed them back and forth like crazy which made them extra fragile after.
— Gel polish barely lasted and she didn’t even really do much of a pedicure.
My friend that had been there previously had the same experience after an initial good experience so maybe it’s like one good person and one terrible one???
I don’t know but I’m not wasting my time or money coming back, I don’t care how conveniently located this place is.

I went here to get a pedi and I have no skill in doing my toes. I randomly decided to pop in here at lunch and the staff was nice, the place had a few customers but, my pedi wasn’t worth $ 25. They didn’t do any cuticle work at all. Nice foot rub but that was pretty much all my pedi consisted of.
They do have a good OPI and China Glaze polish selection.

I dropped by since I was traveling to SD for work and wanted to kill time for traffic to die down before driving up to LA. I needed to get a gel/​shellac french manicure and a pedicure for a special event this weekend.
The good: They have spa chairs and seemed pretty clean. Spa pedicure was fine, $ 25, which is was kind of pricey but I had no problems with the service. They have a lot of colors to choose from. There were several regulars there who were doing pedis and fills and seemed very happy with place. The people who work here were very nice.
The bad: gel manicure was $ 25 + $ 5 for french tips. I asked the guy repeatedly how much with the french tips and he kept repeating $ 25, but then they charged me $ 30 at the end. I had to wait 30 minutes for this service.
The lady removed my old gel manicure with power tools and no acetone. She did not do any cuticle care or anything for my nails. Another weird thing is that I needed my nails cut but she put on the primer first, cured my nails with the UV light and THEN went and filed my nails down. I did not like the way she did this because it leaves edges. I know french should have a square shaped nail but it had sharp corners. I asked her to file down the corners to round them out a bit and she kind of did, but still not happy with the result.
In addition, the next day, one of my nails split (probably from being thinned out a bit from the power tool used to remove the gel) and now my gel on that nail is peeling.
Overall, I’ve spent $ 55 on a gel mani and spa pedi and one is chipped and it took way longer than I thought it would have. For the price point, I have had higher quality of work done for gel manicures up in LA. Next time I am in SD I will check out a different place.

Angela will CUT your fingers up. My friend loves this place, I however, I went for about 4 fills and each time she really, really, cut me with either her own nails by digging in my skin to file, or with her drills. She would say, «your skin is too dry» Ummm NO I use lotion all throughout the day and the lady I go to now does not cut me. It took over a week for my fingers to heal wtf? I even tipped her well, so if it was on purpose it wasn’t for that. I was cut one too many times and never returned.

Had a shellac manicure attempted here last week. An awful experience.
Located in a small shopping center next to some eateries is Tommy’s. Walk-​in and you are warmly greeted. The salon is clean and organized. Comfy chairs at each work station, interesting yet kitschy décor throughout. Impressive.
I had my shellac color picked out (they have a lot to chose from!) and sat down in the chair ready for my hands to be pampered. Or so I thought…
1. my old shellac was taken off with the power-​tools instead of being soaked off. Not a fan but to each their own.
2. I had to request repeatedly to have my nails even attempt to be filed and shaped. AND then again to have the cuticles trimmed. BOTH of which were poorly poorly done.
3. Not once were my hands washed, even with all the powder from filing everywhere. The tech just began the painting process…
4. The nail techs switched throughout the process, without as much as a word to me. Not that either tech was better than the previous, both were equally awful.
5. The polish, bubbled on some nails, was see-​through and not well painted on others… a poor job.
6. Tommy, being the great owner that he is, noticed my dissatisfaction and attempted to salvage the situation and help my nails. Unfortunately it was too little and too late, although appreciated.
I will not be back. This was $ 25 not well spent.

I love Tommy and his staff (aka, family). Tommy is always so adorable and he and his staff really know how to pamper you and leave you with the perfect mani/​pedi. I also love that they do eyebrow waxing and facials.
The prices are excellent and you can’t beat the kind service you ALWAYS get from them!!!