Town’s Nails & Skin Salon

Hesitant to review this place because it is my best kept secret. It isn’t a pretty place, the service isn’t spa-​like. But the prices are out of this world and my gel manicures last for 3 weeks.
Tips–
1. bring cash for a tip! They have an ATM but it often isn’t working and charges a decent fee for cash.
2. Ask for their frequent customer card– every 10 punches gets you a free manicure!

My go to spot for nails in beacon hill! Very clean and affordable. Service is always great. I’ve tried quite a few in the neighborhood and this is by far the best! And to top it off — You get a frequent customer card which grants you a free Mani after 10 visits — yay!

Great experience. Never had such a perfect pedicure. Wish I had time for the manicure too! Guess I’ll just have to visit again…

Nail chipped in 3 days, but it was clean fast and cheap

We had wonderful service! Great Mani /​Pedi and the hot stone massage on the feet and legs was a nice touch! Neighborhood gem.

Yes they do rush when they’re busy so I recommend going during an off hour. I first went in the day before my friend’s wedding in the morning and it was empty. The girl who did my nails was very excited that I was going to be in a wedding and was very thorough.
For a regular manicure you pay $ 12 (cash or credit), which is a great deal for Beacon Hill. All 3 of the regular manicures I’ve gotten from there have lasted about a week. They also have a wide selection of colors so I guarantee you will find what you’re looking for.

Tina is great! Very fast and attentive! Compared to North Carolina prices, this place is cheap! Only $ 25 for gel mani! But cash tip only.

Ann was incredible! I told her I needed a color for my wedding but wasn’t sure which. She told me to trust her and showed me two colors and I went with them.
She did an incredible job, I’m glad I trusted her! She didn’t rush. She was very kind and personable as well.
In sum, she was awesome and I highly recommend asking for her!

I wanted to love this place! They had a $ 30 summer special with a hot rock massage. But truthfully, I didn’t love it. Don’t get me wrong, they were nice enough, but the space is cramped, we had one person working on two of us for our feet. The hot rock massage was just okay, I like them to take their time & to massage all the way up the calf to the knee. Same thing about the mani, the massage was limited. Last thoughts: when one goes for a mani pedi, they really want to leave feeling pampered. I didn’t feel that way.

Just left This nail salon and I am extremely pleased! The esthetician was meticulous with each step of my gel mani. I appreciate that when taking off previous gel, she did NOT use the electric buffer which some salons do and it makes my nails very hot. She made sure to buff just the nail and not my freshly cut cuticles which I truly appreciate. Finally the gel coat was precisely coated to ALL of my nail not just the center. (I can’t stand when they don’t paint the entire nail). Overall experience was a 5 and I would definitely recommend! Will return often.

Friendly staff and they do a nice job…

Found this place from Unilocaling. No regrets. This was my first time getting my nails done.
It can get really chaotic, so I suggest making reservations. I have dropped in two times without doing so and I was immediately serviced. The service is average.
My gel nails held up fine for a very, very long (3 weeks). I never had anything immediately chip. For $ 25, that is a great deal.
I will not be back, simply because nails can really add up. I recommend this place to nail enthusiasts.

After my last review manager of the salon reached out to me and asked me to give them another try. I did and am very happy with my decision. I got a new mani and pedi from Chi, who has done a fantastic job. I was very impressed with their willingness to go above and beyond for the customer. Will be definitely coming back in the future.

We had two hours to kill before being the oldest patrons at the Museum of Science’s Omnimax Humpback Whale Experience by a solid 20 years — so while I wasn’t in dire need of a mani/​pedi, it was an overcast Saturday and I figured that there were probably worse ways to spend $ 30, so we post-​brunch lumbered into Town’s to see what they could do to make me feel all purty.
As it was a summer weekend, a time when the siren song of the Cape becomes too much to resist for at least ²⁄₃ of the Hill’s Lily and Jack Rodgers-​clad residents, Town’s was relatively empty and we were helped immediately. Spa chairs are new and had an on point massage function — obs crucial as the stress from the pants-​dropping 4 days/​week sched of my current rotation is realllly giving me hellacious knots in my back — service was otherwise
quick and efficient — don’t come here to luxuriate — every movement is perfunctory and no attempt is made by the salon worker to become biffles, which is completely fine with me — equipment is clean and they have an excellent color selection of Essie/​OPI colors. Space is tiny — I’d say call ahead to see what the wait is if you’re planning on going during rush hour (read: 5−7p, M-​Thurs or non-​Cape Saturday/​Sundays).
I realize that all of this sounds fine — I guess it gets 2 stars because it was all wham/bam/thankyouma’am — while on the whole I am ridiculous, I don’t get my nails done all that often, so when I do I kind of want that little buzz of privilege that generally follows when I know I do something to make Donna Meagle proud — instead, this was just like running any other personal care errand, treating myself took the back seat. Two days out, polish is already looking a little worse for the wear and E’s job was straight up sloppy from the get go — Town’s, you’re fine, but you fail to blow my mind. Next.

Not a fan. Went in on a Friday afternoon. It was clear that they are focused on how many people they can «process» in the shortest period of time.
My pedicure has held up okay, but don’t come here if you want customer service or relaxation.

This is a small little shop downstairs in beacon hill. It can get pretty busy — they’ve asked people to come back in a 15 – 30 minutes. I soaked in the pedi chair with the massage feature on for about 30 minutes before getting serviced. They don’t have much of a seating area to wait so you can browse the shops on Charles street and come back. Although there can be a wait, I’ve found it to be the best price for a mani/​pedi combo (30 $) in the area! A gel mani/​pedi is 58 $.
This location has 8 pedi chairs and 6 mani stations. It also offers waxing services.

This place is the best! If I could give more the 5 stars I certainly would which is why it is disappointing to see negative reviews here. The negative reviews must have been a one off case or perhaps the reviewers are trying to keep Town Nails to themselves since it is the best nail salon I have ever been to. Their gel manicure last much longer than any other place I have ever been! The pedicures are very thorough and the hot stones during the pedicure are so nice.
I moved to NYC and haven’t been able to find a place that does half as good of a job as Ann and her team at Town Nails. I book a gel manicure and regular pedi with them whenever I am up in Boston for work or visiting family.
If you are looking for your new regular spot, look no further. It is such a friendly atmosphere the staff knows all the regulars and they take great care of you. I just wish I could bring them to NYC with me!

If you’re looking for a calm, relaxing mani pedi and massage, DO NOT come here.
But if you’re looking for a quick, super cheap mani pedi this is the place to go!
I’ve been here twice. The first time I made an appointment since I had a gala and it was super crowded inside the nail salon. I could not relax, but my nails were beautiful, done quickly, and it was only $ 45 for a gel mani and pedi!!! So I went back recently without an appointment during my lunch break. My tip is MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. The person I got I think was in training and took forever. My left hand gel manicure has some noticeable (to me) bumps and uneven color. She even cut me on the edge of my nail and I was bleeding. I’m not sure but I think you get the more skilled people with an appointment. I will probably go back with an appointment — it’s so cheap!

Tried this place the other day and I am really pleased with my gel color change. They were fast and polite and I’m pretty picky about the shape of my nails but he did a great job. Polish has held up well and the price was right at $ 20! I don’t do the full manicure often because you’re not supposed to cut your cuticles too often so this was perfect. Will be a regular here for sure!

Okay, let me preface this by saying I am SUPER DUPER picky. So if you’re like me, you should listen up —
For 5+ years, only one woman has ever been able to paint my nails without me leaving pissed off or dissatisfied. When I moved to Boston this summer, I searched high and low and even contemplated commuting an hour to get my nails done by the one woman who held the key to my nails — until I found this gem.
Now I’m a regular and am reminded of everything my nails can be every time I go. (See photo*).
I wish I went more often, but I really only go twice a month — not because they’re expensive ($ 12 mani, $ 30 mani/​pedi) or I don’t have the time (open till 8pm), but because my nails literally REFUSE to chip for 2 weeks… P. s. I get regular not gel. Honestly, they usually don’t chip at all, but my nails grow pretty fast so they’re not looking so hot after 2 weeks anyways.
Sure, I have an office job so no heavy lifting but I DID happen to harvest carrots last month for a company volunteer event (I chose not to wear gloves and anticipated needing a manicure afterwards), but they still didn’t chip!!! (And your girl was up in the dirt pulling thousands of carrots for 4 hours, BTW). For anyone who doesn’t know how carrots are harvested, please refer to YouTube.