Bong and Gina are the best. I have been getting my nails done here about 3 years now. Just recently Bong tried out Shellack on my nails... I LOVE IT! polish stays on about two weeks and my nails stay strong and healthy. I've had friends who have tried Shellack at other nail salons and said it ruined there nails, not at bay view salon! Prices are competitive and salon is clean and breathable (no strong polish odor) Try bay view it's awesome!! read more

Nina and Sonny are amazing! I've been a happy customer of theirs for over 15 years. They used to be in Terra Linda, but have moved to this new Sausalito salon. I won't let anyone else do my nails! Their service is excellent and the quality of their manicures and pedicures is the best around. They have more than 20 years of experience, and are specialists at silk wraps and shellac gel nails that last long, while looking very natural. The new salon that Nina and Sonny work at also has been recently renovated, complete with brand new spa massage chairs! (which are the perfect way for me to relax after a long day) Overall, a wonderful salon, professional staff, and a terrific experience! I highly recommend! read more

Always professional, cordial and clean. That's about all I ask for in a salon and Bayview delivers. For the price, which is very reasonable, my pedicures include a hot stone rub. The fills and gel colors I receive are also very reasonable, and Sonny is happy to mix/create a custom color. He's creative and perfectionistic. Highly recommended! read more

Love Bong, Gina, Jeannie and Karen. They are terrific at nails and pedicures. Massages are great, the pampering exceptional, and the perfection of the results last well over many weeks. Mom & I have been coming from Danville for years because this is the best value and service in the bay area. Our nails are strong and healthy The salon is located next to a restaurants so the day can be most relaxing! read more

Excellent straight forward good service - Bong is the best ever. I cannot say enough good about Betty doing my hair (lo lights). She took so much care - almost like she wanted to get every hair just right. The haircut was just perfection. Its been a long time since I've had someone take such care to do it right. read more

I'm echoing a few other reviews. The owner is a dick. I also purchased a Groupon and when I called to make the appointment, I didn't mentioned it (why would I, I'm still a paying customer). Treated me like dirt when I came in. I didn't have time for the pedicure, so I told him that the mani was just fine. He told me that it's better to just pay for the mani , $26, which was a good deal, and I will just return to use my Groupon, ok.. I can get down with that. So I go back in to use my Groupon, I was told I was his last customer at 5:30, there were 10 ppl in there. He is trying to rake in all that extra holiday $, I get it, but needless to say, they weren't ready for me. I got places to go ok?! When I went to give him gratuity (which I was contemplating the whole time), I gave him my card to run $10 for tip. I went over to watch what he was doing, and sure enough, he starting punch in $45, um excuse me I paid for this already. Then he got all puffy b/c I had the Groupon. Ugh, waste of money and time and they are not even good. Be aware, unless you don't have standards as a human being. read more

Nina and Sonny deserve more than 5 stars! I love this amazing husband wife team. They moved Nina Nails from Novato to BayView Salon in Sausalito. Worth every minute of the drive from Novato! The new location is very professional and polished and well equiped with brand new salon chairs (super clean sanitary pedicure bowls). Sonny's Gel Shellac mainicure will last for weeks and you cannot beat their price. Nina's pedicures are done with precision and tender loving care. I haven't needed a podiatrist in years. She is without a doubt the best pedicurist I know. A++++ read more

I made an appointment and walked in at my appointed time. There was no way I would be helped within the next 30 minutes. I finally told Sunny I could not stay that long - I had only alloyed an hour for my appointment. No apology -nothing. You will be sorely disappointed if you go here. They want your cash but culturally don't care about developing a customer relationship with you. I voted with my wallet - not here!!!!!! read more

Worst nail salon I've ever been to. Originally purchased my service on Groupon as soon as my mother and I walked in we were told by sunny that our coupon wasn't valid during the weekend and we have to pay in cash. Went to the Groupon add and it didn't say anything about only being valid on weekdays. All the workers was extremely rude and impatient and acted as if our concerns was not a concern for them. Sunny even told us to shut up and let him do his job. I had to constantly tell him to fix my nail make it even and that the paint job was uneven. I will never come back to this place nor do I recommend anyone of darker skin to get service here!!!! read more

Horrible!!!! Save ur money and time! The worst nail experience EVER! The two people that helped me get a mani and pedi were super quiet, which is nice sometimes, but not here!!! When they would want u to do something they would point, very rudely!!!!! This was probably the most painful experience at a spa! I had a mani and pedi done and I couldn't wait for it to be over! They even cut me!!!!!! Just don't do it. read more

FILTHY TOOL ALERT I saw the owner take the tools after finishing my mani-pedi to the back, blow on them and then repack them in the paper sleeve for reuse and put it back on a work station!!!! Furthermore the tool used to take the dead skin off on the feet is not even wiped in between customers. I feel so gross but I am not surprised-- the salon is filthy and littered. No matter how good a deal, it is not worth it for me to come back with potential nail fungus or warts or God knows what that may accompany unwashed, unsterlized tools. Disgusting! Needless to say, it was my first time and I will NOT be returning Ewwww read more

I have gone to this place twice now and I'm very happy with how my nails turn out. I got the Groupon and was really please. The gel manicure lasts almost three weeks and I like that thy really take their time on everything. read more

This is no longer an acceptable Salon to have your hair done in Sausalito. The wonderful hairstylist that worked here has left as of December and now they've hired Linda. My husband tried her first and came home extremely disappointed with his haircut. He gave her 3 explicit instructions, she did not listen to any of the 3. I tried her for simple, blonde highlights and came home with orange lines all throughout my hair. I called and asked for a refund and was told that they would have Nina fix it and offered a haircut to make up for the mistake. When I got there, they had Linda there to fix it, not Nina. From there Linda applied brown hair dye all throughout my hair vs. only on the orange areas. The entire time I was asking, "isn't that going to dye my highlights brown?" She insisted it wouldn't. She then chopped off 6 inches of my hair for my free haircut. The haircut resembles a mullet (short up front, long in the back) and the blond highlights that I paid for are now brown. In summary, I sat for a total of 4 hours and ended up with a brown mullet which is a far cry from my blonde highlights in my long hair that I initially went there for. read more

I've been coming here ever since I discovered it when I bought a Groupon coupon for a gel manicure at least three years ago. I'm hooked and have been coming back every two weeks since then. Sonny does the best French gel manicure you could ever have, and Diane gives a heavenly hot stone pedicure. My gel manicure lasts two weeks, and I only need one then because my nails have grown out. I get a pedicure once a month, and Diane trims my cuticles, removes calluses, and does a great job applying polish that lasts a month. What is even more amazing is that it is very reasonably priced. Sorry it has taken me so long to review them on Yelp. read more

I've been here before, and the man gives a good manicure. This past Sunday afternoon however, a woman did my manicure while another did my pedicure. BOTH made me bleed, and the manicure was so aggressively and poorly done that starting on Tuesday and continuing to this moment I have horrible, bloody, painful hangnails on 6 of my fingers. Cuticles themselves are still intact. she simply carved away at my flesh. Awful, awful. Worst manicure I've ever had. read more

Longest lasting gel manicure I've ever gotten in Marin or Sonoma County. Sonny guaranteed it would last 3 weeks and it's been a little over 2 weeks and it still looks fine. He really knows what he is doing. read more

Looking for Thuy from Bay View Salon? Don't worry she is still around and the best in Marin. Thuy has opened her own salon. Salon is "Polished" located on Magnolia Street in downtown Larkspur. BayView Salon is a nice salon however....devoted to Thuy who we have followed around for years. read more

This place has become my favorite place to get my manicure and pedicure...as needed. Sonny & his wife run a great salon and you will go out looking great with beautiful nails. I am very pleased with the quality of their work & would recommend them highly. read more

I only give them two stars because of the fabulous job one lady did on my toe nails. She was nice and meticulous. However, the guy doing my fingernails was rough, filed into my skin, and did a pretty bad job painting my nails. The color isn't even, doesn't color my entire nail, and had nicks in it before he even finished. I really hope they sterilize their equipment because I got nicked up pretty badly. I also watched them washing the foot baths and get this: THEY USE HAND SOAP NOT A SANITIZING SOLUTION!!! I'm pretty worried I may have caught something. I don't get my nails done often (maybe once every couple years), but I have learned my lesson. Stay away from this salon. read more

Betty is really great! She takes really good cair of me and my hair. She has managed to execute the hair style that i've been trying to get for a really long time. I went to several other hair stylists befor I went to betty, and they havent been able to do what Betty has done. I'm so happy with the great service, I will definitely continue to come here! read more

I found this salon by purchasing a Groupon for a gel manicure and hot stone pedicure for $35. The location is easy to find and parking is easy. The salon itself should be decorated and better lit, but it has the essentials. They have a huge selection of gel and regular polishes to choose from and do a great job! The hot stone technique is very relaxing. They even gave me a card to come back and get the same deal again if I pay with cash. I have now been twice and plan on going back even though I live in SF. read more

What a great find! I went in for the salon's signature stone pedicure and shellac manicure and they did a perfect job at a great discount. The pedicure was more luxurious then most in Marin I've experienced. The hot stones smoothed my feet down along with a unique tool for my calluses that was much more efficient then a normal pumice stone and it didn't tickle AT ALL. There was a whopping selection of 250 different colors in their shellac polishes and they put on FIVE layers of the polish to ensure no chipping. The man Sonny working there was very kind, funny and conversational, which was a nice bonus considering many other nail salons have the workers yelling across the floor to one another and ignore you completely. There was no wait when I arrived at 10:00am and the messaging chairs were the BEST! Just like a real masseuse. My search for the right nail salon is finally complete. read more

Everything is old, battered and makes the place look filthier than it is. The man 'in charge' wanted me to 'print my name, address, phone#...', which was just down right creepy. It's not a nice place. I've been in 3rd world places like this but they were at least friendly and desirous of making us comfortable by speaking english - but we knew we weren't in Sausalito! read more

I've been following Sonny and Nina from Nina's Nails in terra Linda, to Novato, and now here in Sausalito. They have the largest collection of gel brands and colors (OPI, Lechat, gelish, gel II, shellac, couture) and if you see a color you want- they will order it for you! The gel mani lasts 3 weeks- there's no beating that! Nina's pedicure is complete with a sander, exfoliating salts, and a hot stone. Plus, they have 3 amazing massage chairs. The only nail salon open on Sundays too- for us 9-5ers. I live in the city and I still come over the bridge for the best mani pedi in the north bay + marina sf. read more

I stopped in for a fill and pedicure. Everybody here is amazing. They are so thorough and sweet. Sunny is great and offered very helpful advice. Highly recommend this spot, whether it's a drop in or an appointment. read more

Love Nina. She is the best. I will recommend her to everyone. Nice job, great customer service and reasonable price.

I would like to first say I have never walked into an empty salon that says they are booked all week! Available chairs, available employees. Well my experience happen to be on my birthday. I walked into this salon and I pleasantly said hello. Both of the workers looked at me. An older man and an older woman with no reply. I said hello again and the man replied what you need. I said may I please get a mani and pedi and the guy quickly replied we're booked all week. It's like Instantly he went into rejection mode with waving his hands at me in a very unpleasant manner. It was most definitely a race thing and I just can't believe this place after hearing so many great things and experiencing this I wish I could give this place no stars!!! I've never been told that at any nail salon. If you are a woman of color stay away from here please just to save yourself the embarrassment! read more

I have never written a negative review before, but the seriousness of my situation merits one. So I used to come into this nails salon all the time because the location was convenient and you couldn't beat the price of a mani pedi for 35$ in Marin County. This is the price for cash only. After going their a couple of times one of the employees were cutting my cuticle and ripped it instead of neatly cutting it all the way down. This hurt very badly. I left the next day for a trip and it still was hurting me. I came back to have them fix it and they told me "You should have come back right away" and gave me some Vietnamese cream they claimed it would fix it. My toe was infected and mangled. It continued to hurt and still hurts, mind you its now been about a year. I have tried everything and now have to go to a doctor and pay out of pocket to get it fixed since I paid cash to the Salon and got no receipt. When i work out it bleeds. This experience has been a nightmare and has affected my health since I can not work out. I also have been prevented from dancing which is my passion and my stress reliever. read more

I'm on vacation and wanted to treat myself to a gel manicure. After reading all of the reviews on yelp, I decided to try this place out. While Sonny was applying the manicure, I noticed that the gel wasn't being evenly applied -- it was "shrinking" away from the sides of my nails. I politely brought it to Sonny's attention, and he applied another coat. When I realized the manicure was over and that the sides of my nails were going to remain unpolished, I mentioned that I was unhappy with the final product. At which point he raised his voice, told me that it was the color that I chose -- that that particular color shrinks, that he had warned me (only after I noticed it the first time) -- and that he "knew what I wanted". He told me I could just leave without paying. I didn't leave - I paid and told him that I wasn't a fault and that there is never a reason to yell at a customer -- he then apologized. I would never recommend this place. There has to be a better spot in beautiful Sausalito. read more

Definitely have to write this review i cant believe the audacity of this place. The reason i went here in the first place a groupon caught my attention. It was a madi pedi. I show up to my appointment two ladys started working on me. 15 min later the lady on my toes was already getting ready to polish my toes. Without completing the whole service witch is the basics cut and file then polish. This lady had not at all cut my cuticles and i pointed it out and she was bothered then the lady working on my hands also tried to do the same so them i told them i want my cuticles cut please and these ladies had the audacidty to call me picky after i simple demand for basic things there are supposed to do. (keep in mind this is in front of the owner. ) Afterwards they pretty much were doing the job with the most pathetic attitude ive ever seen so the results were shitty. The lady working on my hands wants to metion why they don't like grupons. All that popped in my mind why was this lady telling me this in what right mind would tell this to a costumer who just bought one. Then she wants to say its for cheap people at this point ive had it and decide to speak up to the owner. This guy was the rudest most owner ive ever seen he totally took their side and didn't even care at all about the shitty service his dumb employees were providing. And im sorry for the language but this is truly sad and pathetic for people to have to sit trough this. I really got to say if your thinking about spending your money here don't do it. Its garbage service. Not to mention this place does hair. Imagine they do nails like a 5 year old i can imagine what they do with peoples hair !!!! This place needs some knowledge on costumer service and manners. read more

If you are considering getting your hair cut/styled here..DON'T! They rush (especially if you have long hair like me) they are lazy, impatient and unprofessional. They also struggle to listen and communicate. I understand that this is not a high end salon, but I'm paying to get my hair cut and styled by a "trained cosmetologist", if not I would have done my hair myself. I explained to the hair dresser what I wanted and she refused to do so. She was at first not in the mood to wash my hair and dropped her jaw when I asked. She cut it sloppy and didn't layer it. Then she dried my hair partially on the lowest setting on cold and then proceeded to flat iron it while still wet! I nicely asked her to please completely dry my hair and she refused, and said the flat iron is hot enough to dry my hair! That is a No No! I'm not paying to have my hair burnt, frizzy and frumpy. Terrible service, terrible quality!! Go elsewhere it is a waste of time and money! No one wants to have a bad hair day right out of the salon, especially when crunched for time! Yikes read more

Only sads about this place. The polish was unevenly applied and looked unprofessional. No cuticle trim or cleaning up the nails, just a quick uneven filing, soak, and glob on the polish. I have had shellac last up to three or even four weeks elsewhere, but here it cracked later on the same day and peeled two days later. To top it off, everyone at this place was surly and unfriendly. I don't think I saw a single smile. I'm going to go ahead and give an extra star for at least the appearance of clean tools. I'm posting a pic of my sad looking nails three hours after the service. read more

I was disappointed because I read great things and one review said the shellac manicure lasted 4 weeks. I've had many gel manicures and love that they last so long. This was the worst I have had...it chipped in less than a week! Maybe they just had an off day but I wasn't impressed. They were very nice though and good service. But not worth the money if it chips like a regular manicure. read more

I used to come to bayview salon regularly to get my nails done. They have a great selection of gel colors and the main guy Sony used to be very friendly and a fellow 49er fan. One time he did 9er nails for my sister and I and they looked great. Yesterday I went to bayview hoping to receive great nail care & design but was unpleasantly surprised. Sony, who before could do an intricate SF logo on a nail, could now not even do a simple straight line Red/green design. My nails turned out really bad and he was unwilling to help me fix it and told me to just do a solid color. I became very frustrated as I had come all the way here from OAKLAND in hopes of getting a great experience but Sony was cold, and unhelpful. He even told me that he didn't have the tools to draw a straight line, when there was a basket of them sitting behind him. I will never be coming back here and my tip is DONT COME HERE FOR NAIL DESIGNS! & POOR CUSTOMER LOYALTY APPRECIATION! read more

Very disappointed. Bought a groupon for a gel mani and pedi for $35. Made an appointment and confirmed. Was not helped for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes they were ready to help me. I do not have patience for a place that does not honor an appointment previously scheduled. I understand 10 or even 15 minutes behind but 40 is ridiculous. read more

Sonny and Nina are the best! I've been a regular for over a year now and wouldn't think of going anywhere else!!

I found this place off living social and absolutely loved it!! I got a shellac manicure and hot stone pedicure. They did an amazing job with both. I continued to come here for about a year after trying them out with living social and had an amazing experience every time. Too bad I moved, the drive is a little too far for me now.. read more

Went to this salon after a horrible san francisco salon experience in castro. My friend recommended it, and though it's a long way for me, i still went.. Betty was WONDERFUL! i've never had my hair so awesome looking.. I loved it, and the payment was extremely reasonable. After being treated rudely and unprofessionally by the previous salon, I found it so wonderful that everyone there was extremely nice, very welcoming and appreciative of the business i'm giving them. I will be going to Bayview Salon regularly.. so glad I found my Salon :) read more

I visited a friend in SF last month and she brought me to Bay View to have our little quality time to catch up on things. Excellent service, reasonable prices, and perfection work, I love my pedi especially, polish and art works stayed on for weeks, got so many compliments on them. I wish there is a nail salon like this in Richmond BC, will definitely visit again if travel to SF, thanks.... read more

Bay View is fabulous!! This is my favorite nail salon in all the SF Bay area, by far. Why? Because of their attention to detail and incredible massages! The ladies are perfectionists. They take their time, are meticulous, and the manis last and last. Further, they give the longest, best massages of any SF salon I've been to, by a long shot! They never ever push a "10 minute massage" ~ in fact, I don't even know if it's available, because you practically get a 10 min massage every time! Okay, so the salon is not hip, swanky, or a trendy shabby chic..... however, they do such a consistently great job that I still chose Bay View as my salon of choice for my wedding party before my big day. Highly recommended! read more