The fact that I can't do a minus for stars, because one star isn't a rating they should receive. I had previously had a new set, pedicure and eyebrows waxed and paid $90. + tips totally $115.00. I went in Friday, 7/3 to get a fill, stood at the counter waiting for someone to acknowledge my presence fir over 5 minutes, when no one did I began looking through the gel colors and another customer suggested that perhaps they didn't see me. This not being the case as I made eye contact with at least 3 workers, I then announced I was there and could I get some help. Another 5 minutes and finally someone says how can we help you. I laid down the gel samples and said no thanks and walked out. Customer service, there's none! ! I will find another shop before I step foot in there again. read more

Came in for a pedicure and a set of pink and whites. I made an appointment so they had me in quick but there didn't look like a huge wait, the place is very well taken care of! They make sure to clean everything very throughly for the best experience possible. Plus they have very unique pedicures, in one they even put herbs and lemons in your water for aromatherapy! Best place I have come by since I moved to Merced last year. Will be a regular :) Thanks girls! read more

Nail Time Merced - Pink and white acrylics - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

Had a horrible encounter, I had to have acrylic taken off due to work. The tech yanked off and made me bleed. I will never go back.

Did not have an appointment, but I was seated for a pedicure right away. I arrived at 11:15am and was all set by noon. I loved the openness of the shop and it seemed very clean. I opted for a callus remover because my feet were bad, although I'm very hesitant about it because usually my feet hurt after. However, it turned out great-no pain, just soft smooth feet! They are very friendly and I felt they were very patient and detailed about my pedicure. I'm so happy with my service and the shop as a whole that I think I found my new favorite place! Would def recommend!!!! read more

Nail Time Merced - Pedicured toes looking good!! I'm a very satisfied customer! - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

I get off the pedicure chair and walk to the register. The techinician asks "manicure?" I reply, "no thank you" To which she answers: "Maybe next time you tell me you don't want manicure anymore" This was the the cherry on top comment of the shit service sundae she provided. After having made my toe bleed. After having massaged the shin/ bone area as opposed to the calf area. After draping the warm towel on my shins ( not wrapped around each calf as commonly done in other places) After she disappeared into the back of the salon with phone in hand being gone long enough for the shin towel to became cold and wet. After being rushed off the pedicure chair when someone called in asking if they would take a pedicure in 30 min. (Staff replied yes) After smudging said pedicure for being rushed off pedicure chair After ALL this I decided to forgo the manicure and she says to me: "Maybe next time you tell me you don't want manicure anymore." read more

I came into this shop to get a full set and a gel pedi! I don't usually write reviews but this service was awful! To begin with the lady that was doing my pedicure stayed on her phone! She answered every text, call, and notification! I understand that they're allowed too but it got so annoying and it made her take longer time. The set I asked for was a black tip medium length ! The black gel nail polish was so watered down or old because she had to put 4 layers for it to be somewhat dark! It was still see through ! Then my nails literally came off by themselves by the 3rd day! I payed $90 for the service that day excluding tips! I hope they get better nail equipment and give better service! read more

First time coming into the salon and I really loved their service. I got a gel manicure and loved the results. Definitely coming back :) read more

Nail Time Merced - First time coming into the salon and I really loved their service. I got a gel manicure and loved it. Definitely coming back - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

Thank the Lord for Adrianna who fixed my gel nails, if I could review Just her, she's an angel! But the guy who did my pedicure was AWFUL. He was shaking and just glopping clear polish over the color and cleaning up his mistakes with a cotton ball...and his nasty @$$ nail. I thought okay, I'll give him a chance to do my manicure, that was my first mistake. We got one hand in and I stopped him and waited for someone else to finish me. It was so bad and all over my cuticles that it almost wasn't fixable. He was super rude when I asked for someone else....also he needs to wear a mask because he's coughing and sneezing all over me. Thank goodness my feet are far enough away they don't look too shitty until you get close to them. If I ever return, it definitely won't be to see him. read more

Went in for full set of acrylics. They looked good for about 6 days. I have been gentle on my nails and yet a week later, one just fell off while I was typing. The rest are sure to come soon, as all the edges are loose and beginning to peel, and they look totally grown out. If I didn't live 45 minutes away I'd go back in to have them taken off now before more painfully rip off. The price seemed fine, but I've had nails the same price last way way longer from other salons. read more

Nail Time Merced - After ONE week. - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

I would never recommend this place for a full set. I went in around 10am and was seated right away with the male technician. I asked for short square nails. The technician left acrylic powder all over my skin. I asked him to remove it and clean it, he stated that he will wash off. He refused to clean his clumsy mistake!!!! I have a wedding to go this evening and my nails looks disgusting. Zero customer service. If you want beautiful flawless nails where the technician actually cares and does a beautiful job, THIS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU!! read more

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They always take great care of us with neat and very well done manicures/pedicures. My first choice for salons in town :)

It was my 2nd time coming to this place & I can't complain. I Love. Love. Love. Love. Love this place. Their service was amazing. It's usually busy on the weekends & sometimes on the weekdays but come during the afternoon, no need for an appointment, it won't be busy. $30 for the Deluxe & it was amazing! read more

Nail Time Merced - Took my BFF here for the first time & he loved it too!!!!! - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

As a guy I have had 2 pedicures in my lifetime and I have got to say this 3rd time I got the best pedicure I have ever had! The service was great, the water was just right, and the smell of the place was not too overwhelming to be in. The price was very moderate for the pedicure and I didn't think it was too much. They give you various styles of pedicures that range in price and they all smell really great! I'm glad to say that I will be comming here again more often then my last two because I know I will enjoy it very much ( I'm not too sure if they like my feet hehe). Thank you so much Nail time you made me and my girlfriend very very happy ! read more

After fleeing their competitor Fashion Nails for not having our appts. We tried NAIL TIME were we got an immediate appt. I got a gel fill and a pedi and my BF got a pedicure. He says they should get 5 stars because they did everything we asked, they were very friendly and the shop people were nice to each other. I deleted 1 star because the place could be cleaner. Overall a very friendly place with good prices. read more

I've been here before hoping it'll get better but nopeeeeeeeeeeee! Terrible customer service, poorly managed, and appointments do not matter. I wasted over 2 hours waiting just to have a rushed pedicure. The girl who worked on me clipped my toes and made me bleed! The whole time she had this "I don't want to be here" face which made me feel extremely uncomfortable. NEVER AGAIN. read more

I have went twice. Once for a shellac mani then for a paradise pedi. I had to wait a little before I was seen for my mani but I was a walk in on Monday. My nails look great! Although I was concerned if they cleaned the uv shellac light thing in between customs (they use the same for hands and feet) . My pedi was wonderful! Relaxing with the stones and wax and massage. I bumped my toe in the car and need to get redone. Will be back! read more

Nail Time Merced - Ombre shellac - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

The pedicure was alright but I asked for a gel manicure.. they had me pick a color and when we sat down he painted one hand and then realized he didn't have enough of the color to paint all of my nails and didn't even let me pick a different color. He also didn't take all of the first color he put on my nails read more

As always, they take the best care of us. Johnny is my guy for my white tips!! The salon is so clean, nice relaxing music...and all of the nail techs are so friendly! read more

Nail Time Merced - Lovely pink glitter gelish!! - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

Went in on Sunday after I had left another nail salon pissed off. I made sure to call so that I wouldn't be waiting long told the lady I wanted a full set with gel and she said yes come in we are available. When I arrived I picked my color and waited for a good 20mins and let me remind you it's not busy, then 2-3 people show up and they start doing pedis on them rather than helping me out.. I was like umm... so eventually they call me up to go sit with the male tech and I noticed he glued the nails pretty low but didn't think much of it.. he spent a good 1hr 1/2 doing my nails which was impressive and I even gave him a tip for his effort! Unfortunately my nails all popped off with 4days of having them. I don't use my hands heavy other than for typing on my laptop and they all managed to fall off! I was so disappointed! I think he added a bit too much of the powder and also the color was not the way it looked on the display! Wish my experience was better but definitely was not! read more

Nail Time Merced - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

First time getting a pedicure here. Great place. Clean. Relaxing. The person who worked on my pedicure took his time and didnt cut me or make me bleed...yay for that. Good variety of color selection. Staff very nice and hardworking. The massage chairs nice. Price $30. Reasonable for a good pedicure. I will be coming back! read more

I've been there twice. Once about a couple of years ago and again a couple of weeks ago. I went in on a whim. I had to get my gel polish taken off. Long story short it wasn't a very good job. Had gel still on my nails and was charged 20 dollars. I was disappointed. Advise is not to hurt anyone's feelings and here it goes.. first .. presentation... these girls looked like they just rolled out of bed. Ladies you need to represent what you do. Fix your hair, dress nice. Look the part. I want to go where it makes me feel great, makes me want to fix myself up. Not where I'm going to feel lazy .. also please tell the gentleman there to do the same. You guys might do great nails but if I walk in to your place and see all girls looking tired I will walk back out and maybe so will other people. Good luck to yo all. read more

Always a pleasure going here. Manicures and pedicures are done professionally and beautifully. read more

Nail Time Merced - French gel mani with details - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

These were brand new nails with gel polish just 3 days ago! And see those scab marks at the cuticle area? Ya that guy filed the heck out of my fingers. read more

Nail Time Merced - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

I don't recommend this place, poor customer service and poor quality of work and products.

They get 2 stars because I was almost 30 minutes early and they took me without a wait and because the dude who did my toes kept the polish on my nails. Other than that...Pedicure man totally sneezed on my feet TWICE without covering his face, manicure lady asked if I wanted my nails cut down and I said I did not, but she broke out the giant nail clippers anyway, AND there was a woman getting her nails done who just let her 4 and 7 y/o (I think they were that old) just run rampant. It's oh so relaxing when you're sitting in a broken spa chair and have a little kid climbing on the empty chairs around you. Also - they have signs posted that no one over 250 lbs can use said spa chairs. Oh, so a plus-size woman or big man is going to break their already crappy chairs, but a child dropping taco bits and acting like a goof ball bouncing around on them is ok? I know it isn't the shop's fault that this woman was so inconsiderate or that her kids were horribly misbehaved, but they could've said something to her. Oh...and cockroaches. There were cockroaches. I should've just waited for my normal place to have an opening. read more

Nail Time Merced - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

I brought my mom to get a pedicure and all she asked for was clear. I asked for pink and they gave me a nude clear color. They charged me $60 plus tip. I tell them that I wanted pink. And they tell me it'll be $10 more. I told them that I already paid over $70. And that for $10 I can just paint my own nails. They keep insisting that it's going to be $10 and I told them that I just won't come back again. They didn't even care. The lady said she would paint my nails with regular polish over the clear if I wanted but that she wouldn't be taking off the nude polish. I won't be coming back. They don't even care about their customers. I'll take my business elsewhere. I'm really disappointed. I paid Over $70 for something I wasn't happy with. read more

Nope. Never again. I was a regular customer but it seems that every time I get a gel manicure the gel would chip off less than a week later. Less than a week ago I got acrylics and already one nail has already broken off completely and another chipped. I went in for a repair today- as in YOU did the work and it's not satisfactory- and was told they're booked today would I like a n app ointment tomorrow. I told them I work all week and the girl looked at me as if to say "oh well." They absolutely should have repaired their sub-par work. Never again. read more

Best pedicure EVER! I was in Merced for a wedding and needed a pedi, I called, they got me in within an hour. And my feet were beautiful, soft like baby feet! I wish they lived closer to me I'd be going there all the time! read more

I came in 20 mins after they opened. I wanted to get my waxing done and the receptionist told me to sit and wait which was not a problem. However after 20 mins of waiting and no update, the receptionist finally decides to come and let me know that the lady who normally does waxing was not here and was not sure when she would arrive. Wow guys. Thanks for wasting my time. Be straight forward with your customers next time before you have them sit and wait. read more

1st time trying it here, I got the deluxe pedicure and I loved it. . . My biggest pet peeve when getting a pedi is not taking time to do it right. Here My girl Mallie actually TOOK her TIME got my cuticles, took her time on the massage and made sure it was done RIGHT and the polish looked great! I Will be back for sure! read more

This is my favorite place in merced to get my nails done. It's a bit pricey but it's worth it. I always go to Elena, she does a great job.

Literally the worst manicure I've ever had. I took my little sisters there for their first mani/pedi's and if I could take it back I would in a heartbeat. The staff is so cold and unfriendly. It made my 8 year old sisters very uncomfortable and I felt horrible. Then came time for my acrylic fill and repaint. I chose black and white gel. When it came time for the white the lady did it and it looked awful. Bumps all over it. I was truly surprised she was willing to call that her work and walk away from it satisfied with herself. I commented on it and asked if there was anything we could do to fix it and her response was "well I don't like doing white. Pick another color." If you can't do a color you shouldn't offer it. She also did a simple design on one nail at my request and it looks like a 2 year old did it. The lines are not even and don't meet each other correctly in the slightest. I will NEVER go back to this place. I've never left a Yelp review in my life but if any place deserves one it's here. read more

First time going and they were absolutely horrible. The guy I got, Johnny was so rude and kept trying to tell me that the most basic nails were going to be $40 when my nail lady I usually go to only charges $20. My little sister got her nails done by a lady who was so rough on her nails she had to tell the lady to not be so rough & the only thing she said was "if you keep saying this is to rough, I won't be able to do your nails". Not only that, but our nails together came out to $45 (a nail set for my little sister $20 & a nail set for me $25) and the lady at the end said ok, $45 and we paid them & that lady put that $5 in her pocket!!! Like she tricked us into giving her a tip which she clearly didn't deserve one!!!!! Will NEVER GO HERE AGAIN AND WILL NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO GO HERE!!! read more

Pedicure was good! I brought my own base and paint and the tech didn't even bat an eye. Nice leg massage, and the red pedicure looks great. My complaint is hygiene. The tech was sneezing and rubbing her eyes and dripping nose- girl- I GET IT. I have allergies too. You have GOT to wash your hands. I was cringing, cringing, cringing. Ew. Otherwise I am very pleased with the service and price. I'll be back! read more

Rude employees; spent THREE hours of my day in there for a full set and pedi. The woman who was doing my full set was RUSHING the whole time!!!! Her name was Anne or Anna or something. She didn't have me wash my hands (to get rid of all the nail filing dust) before beginning to polish. This resulted in nasty-looking bumpy nails with nail dust trapped in the polish. She then had the NERVE to get an attitude with me when I asked if she could fix it. So rude. So unprofessional. So overpriced. Spent $60 on nails that look average at best. The gel polish on my full set looks dull and lackluster. Definitely won't ever be back. read more

If you are looking for rushed and sloppy work then this is the place to come. Terrible experience. Went to get a pedicure and gel manicure. They were OK. I started the pedicure and the girl was really pushy towards the more expensive treatment but I went with the basic. As she was doing my toes I noticed I had a hair in my gel polish. I asked if they could fix it and they said they could buff it out. It turns out you cant buff out a hair. They insisted it was fine but I asked them to fix it. The girl gave me major attitude and one of the girls said they would fix it. Instead of soaking my nail, she ground it off and messed up my natural nail and made my natural nail way shorter than what it was. Never coming here again. read more

I made an appointment with Ann for a fill. I showed up she didn't. As a self employed business woman myself, I have to say I was surprised. Johnny jumped up and volunteered to do my fill for me. I left very pleased and referred both my daughters, my mother and a few friends. When one of my daughters went for a fill shockingly she got Ann and she didn't have an appointment! My daughter called me after her fill and told me how rude Ann was to her. The next day one of her acrylic nails literally fell off while she was drinking coffee at my house. Every person I have referred to Nail Time has had the same rudeness to deal with that my daughter had. If there was a negative star I'd give it to this pathetic rude excuse for a nail salon! read more

This is a late review since I got my nails done about a month ago. Anyway, I came in for a mani-pedi. The two ladies who serviced me was very friendly and talkative. The deluxe pedicure was great, relaxing and soothing. My Mani was ok. She cut my cuticles down which I don't like, but the shape and paint was nice. Tho 2 days later I noticed peeling under a few of my fingernails. Then peeling in the creases of my palm. The skin got really hard and started to bubble up like little calluses I've never experienced this before. The tools were clean and in sanitary packages so idk. I do have eczema n sensitive skin, but again I've never experienced this.. I also noticed the same on my feet today. But I got another pedicure from Rose Nails which I'm going to write a review about them as well( They didn't do a great job either ) I'm from Oakland and Merced is killing me! Can anyone refer me to a nice Nail shop here.. Or within a 30 minute drive???!!? Yea, I'm willing to travel because this is just unacceptable read more

Nail Time Merced - Peeling on sides of feet. Same peeling on hands - Nail Salons Near Me - Merced, California

If I could I'd give this place a negative amount of stars, my mom and I came to get a pedicure and she was completely rushed and ignored by the man doing her toes, he smelled like straight cigarettes, it was horrible. Do not go here and waste your money or time. read more

I really wish I could give this place zero stars. A girlfriend and I went here to get our nails done on a Monday night. We made appointments at 5:30 and they closed at 7. We both got there a little early and my friend got in right away. I waited until 5:45 or 6. Not a huge problem. It took him until 7:45 to do my acrylic fill and gel polish and they looked terrible! Me feeling bad, I didn't say anything until the next day because they were closed. So I went in the next day and someone else fixed them for free. He did it in 30 minutes and complained the ENTIRE time. Saying things like "you're making me stay late" and "what's so wrong with the other nails?" In the end they looked WAY better than before. Fast forward two days and the polish PEELED off all of my acrylics. I'm never going there again and I encourage you to do the same. The first few pictures are the original nail job, the second is the second time around and the third is when they started peeling. read more

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