Nu-Tech Nail Corporation

This place is actually the most disgusting nail salon I’ve ever been to.
Walked in to an empty salon on a Sunday afternoon (which should have told me more than I need to know) for a simple manicure.
The nail polish selection is extensive, except that all the polishes are clearly old and filled with thinner.
The girl doing my manicure had no idea how to file nails nor cut cuticles. My patience got the best of me when she took out cuticle clippers that were clearly not sterilized and had the previous customers skin still stuck to them.
I demanded she take out sterilized cutters in front of me, which she did with a nice little eye roll.
She did an awful job on my nails. There’s polish all over my cuticles that haven’t been cut properly. And of course bubbles all over my nails.
Thankful I decided to try a simple manicure before I did gel with them and a pedi. Absolutely repulsive place.

That’s my neighborhood place I go to for the last 6 years, the ladies are on point: quick, very accurate, clean and cheap! Tried a good few around, and always come back here.

Where to begin with Nu-​Tech Nails? If you’re looking for a nail salon that will have you wait 30 – 45 minutes to receive a manicure and pedicure then this is your place!
I’ve given Nu-​Tech Nails many chances as their prices are a steal ($ 24 for mani-​pedi), but I can’t justify the money as the service is simply awful. My manicure has always chipped the next day, there are flies all around the salon and nail equipment, and the language barrier between the nail technicians and customers makes basic communication a stretch of difficulty.
I would highly recommend you not go to Nu-​Tech nail if you’re looking for a clean nail salon and lasting manicure/​pedicure.

This place is near my work so I decided to give it a try one day after work. I had wanted to remove my gel and get another gel manicure. Generally speaking, this takes about 30min, maybe 45min. It was a Friday and I wasn’t in a particular hurry. However, after being there for 45min and the gel was still not off of my nails yet, I knew I was in trouble. It took a little over an hour for them to get the gel off of my nails and another hour for the manicure. During the manicure, the manicurist kept on messing up the painting and correcting it with her own nails which messed it up even more. Given that the whole process was taking over two hours, I didn’t even want to complain. I just wanted to get out of there. The prices aren’t expensive but you get what you pay for. Needless to say, I will not be going back.

Vicky, the owner, is great, always trying to accommodate your time schedule. Impecable nails and waxing. Julia, angelica and natasha do a wonderful job w mani and pedis. Great and quality service, fair prices. «pick a color».

I’ve been here a hand full of times in the past and I have been disappointed every time. They rush through my manicures and pedicures. They cut me many times during my pedicures and just testator I tried their gel manicure that was just not worth the price I paid. That place is a waste of time.

Great place, great service, great nails. I always get gel manicures and they always last more than 2 weeks without chipping. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS!!! The customer service is impeccable. Its convenient for me because it is close to my job so I just stop in during my lunch breaks. I will continue to go there and recommend this place to all of my friends.

I visited this spot with my girlfriend a week ago. I remember coming here with my mom as a little kid, and running to get empenadas right across the street. She passed away a month ago due to complications Id rather not say. In thought of my mother, I wanted to go around the Long Island city/​Astoria area where I shared my most fondest memories with my mother. I was with my girlfriend and I was craving empendas so we went to the spot I used to go to as a child. Coincidently my girlfriend needed to get her nails done and was nagging me to get a pedicure and manicure with her. I, being the person that I am conformed and went along with it. Its crazy how the Nail salon we went into was the same one my Mom and I used to go to.
I went in with my girlfriend and greeted the owner, asking her if she remembered me. The owner, a cute little Korean lady greeted me in Korean and scoped me out for a bit. Her face litup and she seemed to recognize me. She exclaimed how much I grew and how pretty my girlfriend is and finally how my mother was doing. I told her that she passed away about a month ago, and she opened her arms and She gave me a hug. She was really nice about it.
She seemed reluctant to service us and brought me to her seat and had my girlfriend sit next to me with another girl.
My girlfriend and I both got our manis and pedis done, and I dont really get manicures but they are still looking pretty super still after a week. The ladies gave us hand massages and shoulder massages that were a pretty excellent perk.
When we were getting our pedis, the owner and I struck a conversation about my life and brought up her son as well. It seems like we were both pretty alike. Just like me her son was a junior doing his undergrad, 20 and making music. She was asking me why I was making music and I told her That it was my passion and it was also because I was good at it. She told me that her son said the exact same thing, and that be has alot of people supporting him, which was pretty cool. She also told me about her daughter who was enrolling for college next year. She was also telling me how her business was struggling due to the other nail salons opening a couple years back and told me to bring my friends in a cute way. I understood how she felt, as it must be difficult to worry about tuition of not 1 but 2 children.
She tended to my feet very sharply and my feet came out looking like My feet didnt know what Calluses were lol.
Long story short the business is a korean owned business, and has a few hispanic employees. The prices are decent, well my girlfriend was telling me they were really cheap for what we got. The women seem nice, well if you approach them. The atmosphere is filled with the aroma of nail polish and hispanic/​korean dramas. The owner is honest and works 7 days a week with no break. The extras were beautiful: mmassages and hot towels and the chatting lol. All in all I like this place. It might not be the fanciest nail salon, but it doesnt intimidate me. As a guy I would rather go to a place like this than the ones with sparkles and stuff in soho. And they tend to the service well, they are veterans. The shops been around for more than a decade for godsake. I honestly recommend this salon, as a customer and as a son of a immigrant family and the first one to go to college. I know what she is going through and I hope she gets back on her feet

Went to get a manicure with my best friend. A few week prior I had a gel manicure, which I mostly peeled off. I asked to soak the three nails that were partially already removed. Much to my surprise, I was charged 5 dollars to soak 3 fingers, needless to say nobody came to remove polish and I did it myself. When my friend asked the owner about this, the owner was extremely rude and said that we wanted things for free. The customer service here is horrible. She stormed away, slammed the door and was still talking nonsense from the wax room. They are not the cleanest, do not greet you when you enter and pretty much ignore you. This business deserves no stars and I will never spend another dollar there. Nu garbage doesn’t even deserve a star — they need customer service training and to learn how to speak to people. Take your business, time and money elsewhere, as this place continues to be a huge disappointment.

I have been coming to this nail salon for years & the reason I come back is becoz I’m used to at least 2 – 3 girls there that do my mani– pedi, & waxing & they do a very good job all the time, and the staff are very nice & friendly plus they give you a pleasant back rub for free.
The place is quite clean and pleasantly decorated, I go there the earliest in the morning like 9 am., or else you have to wait a long time if they already have customers ahead of you.
Their Shellac manicure is good — always lasts me more than the 2 weeks they guarantee and is very reasonable at $ 25 – 30

I have been to this place for a while but lately their are pissing me off. Last time I walked in to do acrylic tips. The owner, a fair skin jewelry pumped up Asian lady, was the one who was going to do my nails. Although the place was empty because was snowing out, I was there forever. Every time someone walked in and out she interrupted my nails to do someone’s eyebrow or replace a tip or receive a payment, every time someone leaves. I would much appreciate to be told that would happen to me, I have no patience to be in a salon for 2 hours. I could have been warned and made an appointment to come back, instead she was filing my tips very rough (I assume she was tired because it was 6 pm) and taking forever.
Tip: Be aware of 10 percent charges if you pay by card!!!

I walked in and walked out 2 minutes later. The staff doesn’t knowledge your presence when you walk in. When I asked a question I was ignored. Very rude!!!

Polish job was terrible, but for the most part the pedi was pleasurable. Minus the kid in the back and lack of AC this place is ok for the price.
Probably wont come come back unless Im lazy or on a budget (like today)

Very bad experience.
Pro: Nice extras for the $ 17.99 price, hot towels, leg and neck massage, friendly staff, good magazines
Cons: Dirty, nails chipped severely by the 2^nd day, cuticles and feet are peeling 3 days later.
I will never go back

This place is my jam! The only things holding me back from giving it a 5-​star rating are that it’s not squeaky clean (that being said, the level of cleanliness is perfectly acceptable for a nail salon) and also the color selection isn’t great, and some of the polishes definitely need to be thrown out/​replaced. Simply put, they do a thorough job for an excellent price, and their manicures always seem to last longer than others (think 6 days without a single chip!) I also get my eyebrows threaded here occasionally, which is also super cheap ($ 8!) and very well done. Nu-​tech is definitely no-​frills, but they know what they’re doing and it’s so affordable that I keep going back, almost weekly! Highly recommend.

Just came back from my first manicure at Nu Tech, it was a pretty good one. They were quick and thorough, and friendly. I think that their mani/​pedi combo price is too expensive and they advertise a special for 17… thats not really a good deal. There are plenty of places in Astoria who have a lower combo price, daily. The place was clean but not too fancy.
BUT i did get a 10 minute chair massage and that was excellent. I mean, she beat the crap out of my back and i loved every minute of it.

This nail salon does the job for a great price. A mani-​pedi for $ 21 is very good, and as indicated below, there is a Mon-​Wed special at $ 17.99. I believe it is a Korean-​owned/​woman-​owned business, and the ladies don’t talk much, but do a great job. They employ a number of Hispanic ladies too, who are sweet, and get to enjoy their favorite latin soaps on the tv hanging on the back.
The place is cozy and neat, though nothing seems sparkling clean — I cannot give this place extra stars without that great demonstration of cleanliness. E.g., I couldn’t tell whether the tools used on me were recently sanitized or not.
The lady who worked on my feet had tough work ahead of her, and she did a great and quick job. The manicurist was not as good, but still, A-​OK. They have OPI and Essie, but mostly standard types of colors; and the post-​nails massage was fantastic.
I just walked in, and there were plenty of people to help — I love it when they fast track the mani at the same time as the pedi!
Unfortunately, I came when the salon was nearly closing, and feeling guilt, I didn’t feel I could keep on drying so long after they’d closed. I left too early and ruined my big toe nails :(I only wish I had known they had shellac, or I totally would have gone for it! Also, my fingernails, which did dry timely, chipped the very next day and did not last more than a few days without needing a polish change.

I love, love, love this nail salon! I’ll admit, it doesn’t hurt that it’s 2 minutes from my apartment, but that’s really just the icing on the cake. The ladies in Nu-​tech are lovely, kind and funny. They do a fantastic job-​I base that on the fact that I type quite a bit, and my manicure rarely chips, until I do something klutzy that is!
The prices are very reasonable (21.00 for a mani/​pedi) and Mon-​Wed they run a special where it’s 17.00.
I have never made an appointment (although I know I should) but that aside, I have only waited once-​most of the time I get right in and I go consistently every two weeks.

They also have SHELLAC! If you want a manicure that will last, go here and get the shellac manicure (Google this if you don’t know what it is). They did a fantastic job for $ 25. The colors for shellac are very limited though. Still, very good service and attention to detail. Will definitely be back again!

They do the best pedicure I’ve ever had and its pretty cheap! The people that work there are very friendly as well. They even massage you when you are waiting for your nails to dry!