Absolutely Not took my Daughter there to Suprize her , Why was that a mistake? She didn't wanna go in in the first place because of previous work. She had done she wasn't happy. She went in to make me happy. We should have just turned around and gone somewhere else. They did a horrible job on her nails. They treated us like we were going to walk out without pain and closest. A pitcher's of her nails. Their service was horrible. Their attitude was disrespectful. I would not recommend this thing even my worst enemy. You can see in the photos that the nails are crooked and Roth. And the nail polish looks like it was put on by a complete amateur she left. Crying read more

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I love this place! It's amazing. They did a great job with my acrylic with gel. And my toes look beautiful as well. Tina is really sweet. This is my forever place. Not to crowded and nice people. Professional and clean. Beautiful nails! read more

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I got my nails done by Le My Le. She was super sweet and nice and made me feel so comfortable. Honestly best nail salon experience so far. I absolutely LOVE my nails. It's my first time getting powdered nail polish. She did AMAZING. She was so professional and detailed. read more

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Worst gel polish manicure ever. Told to wait amd come back twenty minutes after my appointment. Terribly sloppy job. Now my nails are peeling after three days? Avoid this location, not like other happy nail salons. read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Gel polish manicure after three days - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

Alisa has moved to the Happy Nails on Golden Lantern and Del Avion. She was treated very poorly by the new manager when ready to return after Covid. The new salon is much much nicer and I'm so happy to have found her there! There isn't a better nail technician in my opinion! read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Alisa has been my girl for years, look at this new technique (3-1/2 weeks) ! - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

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Come visit these wonderful people! The staff here are so kind, attentive, great attention to detail, caring, and all in all talented! It feels to me like a family staff! Check em out. Mark my words, they know what they are doing! Thank you Lee, Jenna, and all!! You all ROCK! read more

Happy nails is the best. My nails last for a month. Le does the best dip I've ever had!! Do yourself a favor get your nails done there. read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Love my nails. Le is fabulous. My dip lasts a month. She's the best do yourself a favor go to Happy nails in sjc. - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

First time I came in for a walk in I fortunately got Alisa to do my nails. Ever since then I have only gone to her. She is amazing and always consistent at my nails and you can tell she has much experience. She is fast too! Alisa is kind and sweet and makes you feel very comfortable. You can tell she is passionate about doing nails and will always give you her best service! I have also gotten my toes done by a couple of different girls and they all seemed to be great. I have trouble with ingrown toenails and they have never made them infected, as other salons have. The space not be as clean and new looking but that definitely does not mean this place isn't great! If you plan on booking with Alisa definitely call ahead because she books up quickly!!! read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Nails done by the wonderful Alisa!!! - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

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Three days later my Thumb gel polish literally peeled off my acrylic nails I went back in the next day wondering what was up with the botch job they did I stood there for 2 minutes and no one acknowledged me. Bummed because I left a fat COVID tip for a person that works in the service industry read more

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So happy with my new set of acrylics!! I'm OBSESSED Lee did my nails was so kind and did such a nice job! Thank you!:) read more

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Awful Experience - STAY AWAY!!! I recently witnessed my girlfriend's mother be denied service at Happy Nails by an associate named Kelly. Very disappointing to hear as I had previously purchased a $35-dollar gift card to Happy Nails for my girlfriend's mother. The disrespectful service is absolutely uncalled for and the ignorance displayed by the manager, Lee, shows that associates are not being well managed nor held accountable for the awful service they are providing. To have a customer leave in tears speaks volumes of the poor management and terrible customer service which this location is providing. I'm appalled and angered that this type of behavior is being condoned as well as overlooked and accepted by management. STAY AWAY!!!! read more

This review is for Alisa and Ann. Alisa does acrylics and Ann typically does pedicures. Both women are artists; they're immensely talented and their work is very professional. Alisa is committed to providing her customers with a perfect fill/full set every time. She is friendly, caring, and dedicated to her craft. Ann is extremely gentle, professional, and clean. I'm very ticklish and Ann makes sure to take that into consideration when completing my pedicure. My mom and I are very loyal customers to both Alisa and Ann; they're amazing and we'll continue to come to Happy Nails as long as they're around. read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Pink powder dip acrylics by Alisa - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

Got a powder dip polish 4 1/2 weeks ago and it still looks good. First time here and I really liked the work. Will definitely come back again read more

Happy Nails and Spa - 4 1/2 weeks later. I'm impressed! #PowderDip - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

Went there for manicure and pedicure. The lady doing my manicure had just finished a pedicure for a gentleman and neither washed her hands nor wore gloves when moving over to my manicure - not very sanitary. The lady doing my pedicure let my feet soak in cold water (!) and I mentioned that the warm water was missing; she didn't care and no warm water was provided to soak my feet. While doing my pedicure, she managed to get me bleeding in 3 different areas because she was cutting my cuticles too deep. The callus removal was not any better - see the bruising of my foot 3 days after the pedicure!!! I went to soak my feet in the ocean for the following days hoping it would cure any infections these ladies have caused me! Horrible service, lack of sanitation, old outdated facility. Will never go there again! read more

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Enjoyed an afternoon of pampering with my lovely friend while visiting her in Laguna Beach... I got a manicure pedicure and I really enjoyed the warm lotion and the extra massage.... I also loved that it was nice and quiet... read more

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She never disappoint... Alisa is the best!! Always get compliments on my nails n like showing them off!! read more

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Sloppy work. Update: originally gave 3 and took down to 1. After only 2 days my nails look awful for the price I paid. My index fingernail polish chipped so much (see photo) and looks awful. Never coming back to this salon. Went in for a fill and pedicure yesterday. Paid extra to have gel on top of my acrylic and it's already starting to chip. Gel should last 2 weeks w/o chipping and it's been 24 hours. The polish on my toes was messed up by the stylist while trying to add clear coat and she walked away without fixing the polish. read more

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They were so sweet I had like the most amazing experience ever. My co-workers had gone a few days before I went. So i wanted to go check it out because I have never gotten my nails done, like never have had acrylics or anything. So I checked them out a little bit online before I went but my friends had already told me good things i call them like maybe 20 minutes before I arrived just to make sure they weren't busy anything like that and they told me it was fine. i arrived and it was the most amazing experience. they like hooked me up ALIZA and the sweet girl that did my nails are bomb. i did not get her name .she did my nails and they came out just like perfect wonderful I'm going to be looking HOT on Sunday so you know im fierce. I am in love . I am definitely coming back .my girl Aliza. read more

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I am 7 months pregnant and my baby shower is coming up. I want to feel beautiful so I go to Happy Nails to get my nails done.. You would think since I'm pregnant they would be extra careful.. I was getting acrylics done. The lady that was doing my nails got my fingers stuck together with glue.. It was pretty painful and while I was in pain all her coworkers were either laughing or yelling.. I did not find anything funny.. she was trying to pull my fingers apart and when she saw it wasn't working.. she just put nail polish remover and that nail polish remover ended up on my shirt.. Now I have a stain of nail polish remover on my shirt.. I ended up with ugly nails, glue all over my fingers, and I paid $35 to STRESS OUT. I did not even get a discount.. Or a sorry. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!!!! And I will never be going there again. read more

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I came in to get a mani pedi the person at the front desk ask if I wanted gel I answered yes and if could get the service at the same . They where very unprofessional spoke over me the whole time in there language never tried to make a connection at one Kelley never apologize for laughing and see it was making me uncomfortable I ask for additional services and she said it would be 5.00 more but then she went on to tell that for gel nail polishes it would be 17.00 (I got clear ) if I would've known I was paying 17.00 I would have gotten something different I have been getting my nails done for all most my whole life and never heard of 17.00 for polish and wasn't informed to after it was . When I ask why she didn't say anything she said because she thought I had been here before . I have know problem paying for service but this was by far the worst experience I've ever had at a nail salon read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Worst mani ever - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

I got a pedicure yesterday evening at 6pm. I woke up in terrible pain at 2am as my toe is totally infected. Now one day later, I'm still limping with a swollen toe that has yellow puss. Not pleased. read more

Happy Nails and Spa - My infected toe after yesterday's pedicure - management, please ensure the tools are sterilized! - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

Worst nails, made my finger bleed and hurts today too.....called the manager and she wouldn't hear me out and hung up on me.....never again, ever read more

Gosh, WHY did I go again. Same lame service, same disrespectful disregard with speaking another language. They give a hand and foot message and don't even touch your fingers or toes. When she was done with my manicure I was like, can't I get some lotion for my fingers- they're completely dry. They get all defensive and weird. It's just so ridiculous. This is why I never get my nails done. Can't find any local place that will do it right and make it worth paying $55-70 for 1 visit. Over it. Don't go here unless you want half ass service. read more

This location has gone down hill. It is not clean and the customer service is horrible. The front desk was covered with ants, and the chair I was placed in was broken. When I went to use my Happy Nails gift card, I was told there was no balance, which was untrue. It wasn't until I threatened to leave, that miraculously the gift card could be entered manually and suddenly worked. It was evident that the woman did not want me to use the gift card and wanted cash instead. I will never go back to this location or probably any Happy Nails for that matter. read more

The first time I went to Happy Nails in San Juan Capistrano they sat me with a lady named Alysa to do my acrylic fills. Since then I have been coming to this Happy Nails location and Alysa for about 12 years, for both my acrylic fills and pedicures. I love Alysa!!! She's the best!! She is always up to date with all the latest techniques & procedures. Her most recent technique is called the "Nail Dip". The "Nail Dip" is much gentler for your nails since it replaces the liquid acrylic. I highly recommend it, Alysa does a great job and I always get compliments on my nails. She is always very busy so be sure to make an appointment beforehand. read more

Happy Nails and Spa - Nail Dip technique by Alysa - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

Not Happy. Alisa was lovely but she filed my nails after she had completely finished polishing and curing them. The gel manicure chipped 8 days later and had to be replaced and Alisa had said the gel would last for about 3 weeks. The gel polish was so hard to remove it took a double course of soaking, wrapping, scrapping and time. So why did the tips chip? I suspect the filing. I called and asked for a price adjustment but the temporary receptionist said she couldn't refund my fee; only offer to fix the manicure. read more

I will never go back. Went here for gel nails. They did the light pink color I selected. The lady doing my nails was so distracted. She was literally counting cash between working on me. She kept stopping to go in the back and do whatever. When she finally finished my nails they looked OK until I went to dinner that night and the color actually slid off several of my nails in a big chunk.. I went back the next day to show them and she was annoyed at me. Told me to pick a different color because she didn't have time to deal with me again "The pink I chose must've been bad." So this time I chose a white glitter. She fixed my nails and they looked fine for a day and the next day the tips start turning visibly yellow. I know she had put some clear sealer on the tips and apparently whatever that was turned yellow. They also did a terrible job on my daughters regular mani which only lasted a day as well. There are too many nail salons in town to give business to such a bad one. Never read more

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Stood up by the register waiting to be acknowledged for a long time. One girl finally came from the back and I told her I needed a wax. She told me to sit in a mani/pedi chair. There were two other people getting services and about 3 staff members just walking around chatting. I sat. And sat. And sat. And sat some more. After 10 minutes of waiting I got up in frustration to leave and the receptionist yelled after me "your waxer is almost ready, please come back, she's ready for you!!!" I told her I didn't have time to wait all day and took off. Never again. read more

My second time in there, and this was worse than last time. Unbelievably rushed - the woman in charge switched girls on me TWICE (after not acknowledging me in the least when I first walked in), and then ended up finishing my nails herself. Umm, what? By definition, a mani/pedi is indulgent. If I'm paying you to take care of me - then dammit, you do not look at the door, you do not walk off half finished, you do not treat me as unimportant and then charge me more for the pleasure of it. This sucked, and I will not be back. The mani/pedi job was marginal. Waste of money - and definitely not where to go when you want to pamper yourself. read more

I am very tough on nail salons as I go almost every two weeks. Usually I would not choose a chain such as Happy Nails but I was pleasantly surprised with what a great job they did on my gel manicure & pedicure. The lady who did my pedicure took her time with each step of the pedicure and didn't rush. The man who did my gel manicure also took his time and produced great work. Here I am two weeks later and it still looks great! The salon itself is very clean and they open the sanitary tool bag in front of your chair. For a gel manicure with a basic pedicure no designs was $50. To me, this was a bit pricey considering I didn't get any designs or additional treatments. read more

Just really the worst mani/pedi ever! The women who did my service were not trained, I was cut a few times on my pedicure, Awful service! Not ever going to a Happy Nail salon, Ever! read more

Came here before my niece's graduation. Completely accommodating and clean. Everyone was super sweet and attentive to my niece & I. I liked how they didn't shove gel or other products down my throat. Thank you!!! read more

Honestly the worst place to get acrylics done. I've been here before and it was only a fill. They left them extremely thick and I just told them to file them down and leave them clear because the job was horrible. My mom and sister went this past Thursday 2/13/2020 and they once again did a horrible job! The color isn't even staying on and it's gel! If you can avoid this place please do! They might do nice pedicures but acrylics here is a NO. I wish I could give zero stars. We will never return to this place again and I hope you all consider this review when you think of coming here. You'll definitely regret it :( I seriously wish I could like this place but they've shown they are not good read more

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I went back here haven't been in a while, the girls are so nice and they give you a nice long massage. My mani and pedi look amazing :)

I got a gift card from my aunt and decided to come to this location. They have a great color selections, store is clean and tidy. They offer me water and the girl at the front desk was nice and friendly. Staff was amazing I loved my gel manicure. Will definitely stop by once I'm in the area read more

Hannah is really cool and gave me the $22 manicure with 10 extra mins of massage, and her eyebrow job is on point! My eyebrows are on fleek now thx to Hannah. New fave nail place. Her Nailpolish job was ok tho read more

Happy Nails and Spa - 4/10 - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California

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After not having been here for awhile, I decided to give it another shot as Color Nails did not answer their phone when I called. I made an appointment for a mani/pedi, and was seated within 5 minutes of my appointment. A technician came over 10 minutes after my appointment time. She showed me the options for a pedicure. I chose a $30 pedicure that included callus treatment. Everything that she did was great until... A guy came over to do my manicure. He again showed me the options and asked which one. I told him just the basic $15 manicure. He scoffed, quickly set the sheet down and walked away. RUDE. My technician didn't speak much English and so talked to the technician next to her to show me the sheet. Apparently I cannot order "a la carte" and must choose from the mani/pedi combos. This made my desired services $48 instead of the $45. Not a lot of extra money, but the principle was annoying. Should have told me that from the get go, and the way it was all handled was very rude, and made me annoyed by my experience. Another 5 minutes, and a new technician comes over for my manicure. During which, the previous aforementioned man that was supposed to do it, starts scoffing again, speaking with my current technician in Vietnamese, while staring at what she was doing to my hands. I can only assume that they were making negative remarks about me. I was absolutely horrified and disgusted by the experience, and I will never come to this Happy Nails location again. read more

Discovered this place while visiting a friend. I got a pedicure. When I am back in town, I will definitely be back.

Happy Nail, SJC, I -heart- you! I moved to West Garden Grove after 30 years in south Orange County. I still drive to SJC for my nails, for Ann and Alisa because no one does it better. Alisa is always learning and utilizing new techniques for our unique hands - we're all so different. I will continue to drive 45 minutes for my appointments because THEY ARE WORTH IT. Happy Nails SJC, take care of my girls - and i'll continue taking care of you and them! Thank you! read more

I always dreaded going to get my acrylic nails done. It's usually a long painful process and I started getting extremely itchy around my nails for days after my fill. I was planning on removing them when a friend told me to go see her girl. I came to see Alisa and she suggested I try a NEW technique. She promised I would not itch and I would love them. She was RIGHT! Not only did I not experience the pain and itching after they were beautiful and so thin. Almost like a natural nail. They are so light and comfortable. I'm so in love and get compliments almost everyday! Go see Alisa and get THE DIP nails. You won't regret it! (Be sure to make an appointment! She's a busy lady) read more

Happy Nails and Spa - New technique "Dip nails" by Alisa. So awesome! Much better than the regular acrylic fill in my opinion - Nail Salons Near Me - San Juan Capistrano, California