4 /5 Sonya Hooks: I needed a last-minute nail appointment because I wasn’t able to get to my regular technician in Manhattan. I have been wanting to patronize this place because it’s only a few blocks from my house (and from what I know black-woman owned) but the two other times I inquired they didn’t have appointments available. On a whim, I called them and they said I could come right in.
I had dip powder that needed to be soaked off and a couple of broken nails - so needed my nails cut down and I opted for a simple gel manicure to get me right. Carla, a new technician there, took care of me. And for a last minute appointment, she did a pretty good job. She was friendly and attentive - gave a great hand scrub and a strong hand massage- not something I normally receive as a very regular nail salon goer and didn’t realize how much I would enjoy that as part of my service. All in all, it was a good experience. It’s nice to know this option exists in the neighborhood.
Dings for not giving 5 stars, not the newest nor most updated salon, had me wondering about the cleanliness. I wasn’t offered any nail chips to choose a nail color, so I had to wing it by looking at the bottles- which is not the easiest with gel polish bottles. Because my technician was new there, she wasn’t sure about the price structure, so I worried slightly that the price I was quoted might have been inflated. But again, like I said, overall, it was a good experience and I would go again.
