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Nail Tek

2.7 (64 reviews)
ModerateNail Salons, Waxing
Closed 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Manicure

Manicure and pedicure

Nail fill-in

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Sam J.

This nail salon is close to my house just 8 minutes up the street, I will not be going back anymore due to how lazy they've gotten, the last fill I got, the girl did a bad job with them, they were very bumpy and not smooth, on the sides you can see left over neon nail polish that she did not remove before painting them this new color, she made them very thick and didn't file them right. She cut my skin with the electric drill tool and my finger was bleeding from it, which actually hurt a lot, she kept scraping it like 3 times you can't see the scar on my thumb. Not only was it painful but she didn't even take her time at all and it seemed like she had no experience whatsoever. The next week I went to go get a pedicure with my friend, and they rushed me thru the pedicure as well, it felt like 15minute pedicure when it should've been 25-30 minute one because I asked for the scrub, and they did not do it!! The water was cold, and I asked for it to be warmer she turned it on for a little and then turned it off and it made no difference at all. The next day the paint was already chipping off and barely lasted a few days!!!!! My pedicures usually last a month before the paint chips off! I hated that, it was terrible service, terrible quality, and you have to pay before you get your service done, so even if you tip like me, they will give you shit service! Don't go to these scamming Asians that only want to steal your money. I've wasted to much money for nothing when I can go to better place and bet treated better. Please don't waste your time here!

Gel/Shellac manicure.
Alycia H.

I was skeptical of this place based on a lot of poor reviews, but my friend booked the appointments and wanted to go here. I honestly had a great experience. I did find it a little odd that you have to pay for your service before actually getting it but I had brought cash for tipping so I waited until after my service to tip. And even if you pay with card you have the option to wait until after to add a tip. It's a large spacious salon and was clean and well maintained. My nail technician was really nice and I think she did a great job! I got the "active pedicure" and a basic gel/shellac manicure. Both reasonably priced. The massage on the pedicure was pretty quick and not quite as relaxing as other places but it was reasonable for the price. She also was really helpful in giving me ideas for my nails, she recommended the accent nail which I think really made the manicure perfect! Overall I had a good experience here and would go back.

Uneven edges and unshaped pinky nail
Leah V.

Update: they offered to fix my manicure, which I appreciate, and it looks 50% better... Still uneven in spots. But JEEZ were they rude about it, every step of the way. I almost walked out multiple times. The tech kept laughing at me and blaming me or my polish choice for the problems. When I pointed out things I would like fix she got irritated and was like "we just can't make you happy" LISTEN UP NAILTEK it's not hard... I want nails with even uniform lines and shapes and consistent texture. If I point out an air bubble or messed up line you shouldn't be mad at ME for your mistake. Just fix it without the attitude! Holy cow! Rushed, seemed annoyed about my requests to fix uneven polish and crappy lines, didn't fix them despite spending more time than necessary trying to, and was distracted the entire time talking, giving other employees keys and taking money etc. Maybe my tech was the manager and doesn't usually do nails? I have no idea how a tech can be that bad at getting polish lines straight and clean. And a $10 upcharge for a manicure with gels plus a $1.50 charge for nail file makes the $26.50 before tip a pretty spendy headache. Edit: 4 hours later it is apparent that the top coat only got onto the middle 60% of most of my nails. They look DIRTY because it's darker where the top coat didn't get applied and are already starting to peel from the edges. I am horrified and calling in tomorrow to see if they will redo them. Unacceptable. I only get my nails done when I am doing modeling work, I clarified this and explained that in photos things need to be uniform, and the tech still rushed through "fixing" things and in many cases just made it look more messy. I eventually just gave up and was like "sure it looks better" even though I'm not happy with my manicure AT ALL. I also have a cut on one finger, which she kept pointing out and saying awkward things about, like "that hurts!" But then she would completely ignore it while doing the "massage" bits and almost tore it back open. She also wiped down and oiled my left hand (the injured one) twice, when I pointed that out and held out my right hand for her to do she just said "oh that doesn't matter" and then barely touched my right hand without apying oil or wiping down the nails at all, before basically shooing me out the door. Just because it is the end of the day doesn't make treating your customers like this ok. Serious waste of time and money. Cheap doesn't have to mean crooked and patchy. I trusted my friend's "recon" in this place and yeah never again.

DO NOT COME TO THIS NAIL SALON.

Worst experience of my LIFE . I cannot believe I didn't listen to the other bad reviews not only did she break my natural nail that ive been growing out for so long she didn't even want to put a tip on and when I asked her to she gave me attitude and said I had to pay 5 dollars more as if she was doing me a favor I don't mind paying for a good service as I sat there with LITERAL TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY EYES I see she's giving me the THINNEST gel manicure I have ever received in my life I work as a dog groomer my nails are already thin from being in water all day I told her to just forget it at that point because of the nasty attitude she gave me then she gave me more attitude for telling her they were too thin I hear her start talking to her co workers and I hear her mention something about when I asked for a tip on my nail and then about what was happening, from the beginning she seemed rushed and annoyed. They didn't even have the decency to give me a refund... when my clients are unhappy I give them a FULL refund and my job requires more time and a lot more work. I gave this place a try because its 5 minutes from my new house but this was an ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. Ruined my whole birthday. I pray to god the owner sees this and has the decency to give me a refund because I left with nothing but tears and disappointment.

Color swatched VS what was on my toe
Noi Y.

I'm sad that the nail color swatched before it was painted on my nail was a lot deeper or darker red. When it was being painted on my toe it was really really light or watered down looking with some orange. Pedicure was good but the color I asked for was not what I wanted plus the water temp in my pedicure was cold. I asked for it to be warmer which she only added a little warm water and it didn't make a difference. Will not be returning.

These are the nails horrible!!!!!!! -5 stars !!!!!!! They didn't even care
Rose A.

Terrible experience I came in scheduled an appt for 2pm when I came back they were so busy they asked if I could come back at 5pm so I agreed because I didn't want my nails rushed. When I came back I showed the lady what I wanted and she charged me 85$, mind you they make you pay first before you even know what your getting. Then I go sit down and some guy ends up doing my nails and I asked him do you regularly do nails here.. he said yes when he got to the painting and shaping my nails the shape was so bad and he put way to much acrylic on my nails (when I said something he said he still had to file down ) and that it was his way of doing it. End results looked like trash, I told the lady that these were not 85$ nails and I told her that they needed to be fixed please because this is not right. It took him 3 hrs mind you it was 8pm so the lady asked for me to come back tomorrow at 2:30 so I said I would and that I needed a new set . I come bk only to be told to come back at 4pm because she was too busy I told her that my nails were hurting and they were uncomfortable and they needed to be taken off and a new set put in that's how bad they were. She said no come bk and I will file down for you , I said Um no please take them off and I would like my money bk because she didn't want to redo them. I come bk at 4pm only to be told if I could come bk tomorrow so I said Umm he'll no I have a life like you do I told her please just take them off and please return my money I told her they are very deceiving by taking peoples money first when we don't know what we're getting (I could understand half upfront) and after going back and forth with her her she admitted the guy doesn't even do nails he just takes payments so I told her that's even worse and to admit that I was like no way I work hard for my money and these are not 85$ nails. I told her please refund me my money and take them off I won't be coming back I told her please be the bigger person and do what's right. I told her I don't care if ur policy is no refunds .. that should be the case when ur taking full payment before you even do anything. Finally she agreed to refund me and told me to go somewhere else to get them taken off she wasn't gonna do it so I said that's all right I will and she said as I was walking out ... don't come back here ... I turned around so fast and said oh I won't that would be f@coin stupid hello !!!! Girl bye !!!! Worse service ever and she was the owner supposedly. Honestly if I could I would give this place a damn -5 stars y'all are the worst !!!!! I had to argue with her for a good 30 min to get my money back now looking at my pictures do u think that should have been necessary ???? Umm no

Fresh set of claws
Jeannice H.

Absolutely love this nail salon. Jessica is the best I've been going to her since July. My nails seem to last anywhere from 3 to 5 weeks, do not suggest going 5 weeks though, way too long. Always get what I ask for never have any problems. Definitely recommend the salon and Jessica to everyone.

J W.

Crap place! Completely horrible experience. Just went in there today to get dipping powder. I have gone to many other places before for this service, but they were all booked. Unfortunately I chose to go to Nail Tek to get this done and I should have just waited the extra day and gone to a place I know and TRUST. First off, we called to confirm price for dipping powder - they told us $35 for regular dipping and $55 for dipping with full set. I don't get fake nails and $35 is about average of what every other place charges for this. Made appointments for 2 people for 5:30. We arrive early and wait. Finally at 5:40 they say they are ready for ONE of us. Why even make an appointment in the first place? I have always been told to never rip off the shellac or dipping from your nails....... this lady took a fake nail and popped off the dipping stuff from each of my nails!!!!! My nails, I kid you not, looked like Edward Scissorhands when she was done with them. EVERY SINGLE NAIL WAS BROKEN. I have crappy, brittle nails to begin with, but I have never ever in all the years of getting my nails done have someone remove them in this way. They have always filed them down with an electric drill and then soaked them in acetone and scraped off. When I confronted her about this and showed her how damaged my nails were from her laziness she told me it was the easiest way, and because she saw that they were already starting to lift this is how it is done. NO, NO, NO a million times no. You NEVER take them off that way!!!!!! Well to say she ruined my nails is an understatement. No offer of apology or anything. At least she cut and filed my nails. Picture is of the after effect. Completely ugly, destroyed nails. And not to mention their prices were a complete scam. $35 for natural dipping with a REGULAR nail polish on top, and $55 for the normal dipping powder in color!!!!!!!! WTF. Crap ass place, with even crappier service. I will never go here again, and won't recommend to anyone! I hope they get shut down sometime in the near future, because this place sucks!

Elizabeth V.

Read the previous reviews and wasn't convinced but I work close by so gave them a shot anyway. I did not get the nail techs name but she did an amazing job with my shellac manicure. She took her time and paid attention to every detail. I will definitely be coming here for my future manicures.

Lori B.

I have been to many nail salons but since trying Nail Tek, I've been going back here for over a year. I have had many manicures by Kim who does very details, beautiful work every time.

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There service is great and really slow your feet love at decent rate. I recommend them

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