Spa Boutique Nails

It is a very basic place, but very good.
I got a basic pedicure, it was $ 19 I think. The lady that worked on my nails was really good at her job, she did everything quickly and perfectly. She gave a me a really intense and pretty painful shoulder massage while my nails were drying, but it did make me feel relaxed after.
Everyone is nice, place is clean. The other customers there were happy too, a lot of them seemed to be regulars. The general mood in there is just great and very comfy. The only thing is they do not have a great magazine selection.

Love this place! Everyone is so nice, the place is clean and they give great mani/​pedis — what’s not to love? Also great pricing!

I went here before leaving for my Mexican resort vacation. All I wanted was to use gel on 8 toe and finger Nails and a great sparkle nail Polish on the other 2. I told the woman this and she just looked down and started talking in a language I couldn’t understand for the next 20 minutes while working on my pedicure.
Before started my nails I wanted to pay so I wouldn’t have to dig in my wallet and she charged me $ 50… $ 50 for 16 Nails?! A little high but I was already half way in so what could I do. Once she started to do my fingers she said she only charged me for doing 2 finger Nails with gel. So for 10 total Nails with gel it was $ 50. After doing my nails, without asking, she got up and started to give me a back and shoulder rub. I assume this is part of the service, but I was already so frustrated with this woman there was no way I was going to relax… and most importantly 1 day into my trip, my nail Polish chipped and I had to redo them.
Needless to say, I will be either doing my own Nails or finding somewhere else to take my business.

I happened to be in the area so I stopped in. It was cheap and I didn’t have to wait long. I hate when I go to a nail salon and they tell me there’s no wait and then I’m there for 45 min. Plus they gave excellent massages after the mani and during the pedi!

Was good the first time I went. Not fantastic but okay for a cheap place. Second time I went they were very busy I paid for a 10 minute chair massage the woman was completely distracted and did not give a very good massage. When I asked to have help with my shoes at the end they were rude and essentially through the foot wrap at me and told me to do it myself. Which I would normally gladly do but I’m seven months pregnant and it’s not easy plus I was wearing running shoes which I had to ruin my manicure in order to put on.

Quick service, good polish selection, great massage chairs, and a good neck/​shoulder massage at the end.

It is clean here and they have lots of COLORS! Another great point is that Spa Boutique Nails has a large number of seats and workers so if there is a line it moves very fast. I don’t think the service is surly either. I don’t want to discuss world peace – just get my nails done. Anyway, they have the news on all the time so you can catch up on what’s happening… Hopefully they won’t be «reporting» about a missing plane. That can be sort of annoying.

What a wonderful experience. I got a pedi for the second time in my life and I’m 33 years old. I really don’t like this kind of pampering but today was a beautiful sunny day and I wanted to treat myself. Cost $ 20. Great selection of colors and what was the best was the feeling that worker enjoyed his job. I hope it wasn’t my imagination but I watched the way he clipped and shaped the nail with care. It was with the level of perfection that I enjoy doing things. I was thinking of my dad who always said to me, «Why bother if you aren’t going to do it right the first time?» Anyway, the results were 10x better than I expected because my toenails are ummm gross. I’ll second the love for the massage chairs and the mini back massage you get while your nails sit under the dryer. I highly recommend this place!

I find the service a little surly, but the salon is very clean, spacious and has great massage chairs. I only usually get pedis in there which are a little pricey ($ 19) but it is Park Slope. However, my pedis last for ages and don’t chip, as well as being mega shiny. Maybe I’m especially weird, but I love it when your calves get punched during a pedi coupled with the massage chairs which have some extra violent settings. I love a good massage chair, and these have a variety of massaging, rolling and kneading motions.
The shoulder massage you get at the end regardless of your treatment is a nice touch too. They do charge a $ 1 extra for quick dry drops, so be aware of that. However it makes my colour last much longer, so it’s not too bad.

Inconsistent quality. They do a good job, but not when they’re busy. Quality significantly decreased when there are people waiting. I would definitely recommend if the place is empty. Confirming other reviews, it is always appears to be clean. I have never tried their waxing services, so this is for nails only.

Been going here since 2009. Probably the cleanest nail salon I’ve ever been to because they wipe down EVERYTHING throughout the day and completely again at the end of the day. Service is efficient yet quality. Other reviewers mentioned nails chipping after a few days but my manicure lasts a week because they add «quick dry DROPS» at the end of my manicures after top coat. Not the quick dry polish but the drops. I dunno the name or what the drops are but it seals the polish in and hardens it.
I was still going here when I lived in NJ and I go every week.

I choose nail salons based on two criteria:
1. Proximity to my home or work
2. Effectiveness of massage chairs
I secretly suspect that anyone who claims to do otherwise is lying.
Spa Boutique Nails gets four stars because they’re two blocks from my house, and if you select «rolling» and «kneading» on the massage chairs they won’t pound your back like you’re a vending machine that ate their quarters.
Aside from that their tools are clean, the atmosphere is moderately relaxing (could have done without the ⁹⁄₁₁ retrospective on the TVs tonight, though, guys — not exactly what I want to think about while I’m getting my sunday evening mani/​pedi), the staff is cheerful, and they give a damn good chair massage.
The nail color selection is decent, although they have an annoying habit of not putting colors back after people use them, so all the good ones are scattered around the manicure stations while you’re standing there at the rack trying to choose between twenty-​five discontinued shades of brown.
Their manis do tend to chip after a few days — although honestly, the only manicure I’ve ever gotten that didn’t was in an airport in Salt Lake City. Since I don’t spend a lot of time communing with the Latter Day Saints, I’ll take what I can get with proximity and massage chairs.

A decent manicure with a nice little back massage sadly the polish did not hold up, in 24 hours i quickly got a few chips. Better manicures in the neighborhood.

6÷4÷2013
I have been a regular customer for about a year. The women who work there all know me and I have been generally happy. For Mother’s Day my husband bought me three gift certificates for mani/​pedi at $ 30 each. My mother (it was mother’s day…) threw them out by accident. They were not lost, but thrown in the trash for certain. I went to the salon knowing they keep copies of the gift certificates and that they know me as a regular but, even though they know me and were able to find the copies in the book, they would not help me in any way. They said I could give them to a friend and then get double service. I asked why, as a regular, I would take such a risk. They said someone could find them and i pointed out that they have no identifying anything on them. So, this incident is totally on me, but growing up in the service industry, I have to say, you generally do something to make a regular feel happy and appreciated. Even if they couldn’t replace the whole thing, maybe half? It just seems what you do rather than lose an excellent customer. They basically accused me of trying to scam them. I won’t be going back. I would rather go somewhere where my regular business means something.

I came here for a much needed manicure to get my overly long and uneven nails reshaped and cleaned up. My manicurist (forgot her name) did an excellent job cutting my cuticles and reshaping them into a square shape. After two coats of Essie’s «topless and barefoot» polish my nails were beautiful. She finished them off with a long lasting top coat for which she asked for an extra dollar, which seemed rather silly. Total cost of the manicure (without tip) with a short little upper body massage while my nails were drying under the heat lamps was $ 10.50. Extremely reasonable if you ask me.

This is my go-​to salon. Always do an amazing job for the price you pay. My manicures last at least 4 days without chipping. Great massages with the pedicures and while your nails dry (awesome bonus!). I just wish they were a bit friendlier. Otherwise, they’re fab!

I stopped in after moving apartments all weekend for a pedicure, and it was SUCH a pleasant surprise. For $ 20, you really don’t expect much, but they were awesome — polite, efficient, thorough, long on the foot massage (and shoulder massage). My feet looked (and felt) 100% better. Will definitely be back, probably way more often than I should.
Also, I tend to be wary about cleanliness in nail salons — particularly the affordable ones — and I got a good vibe from this one.

I’m from Wisconsin and wanted a quality pedicure for cheap while in Brooklyn.
I got exactly what I wanted here. Very friendly service, great pedi and only $ 18.
Wonderful!

Sorry Spa Boutique Nails, but I had such a terrible experience at your spa 3 weeks ago that I had to downgrade a star. Several things happened that are unexcusable to me at a nail salon, especially one I’d been faithful to for three years (which is why I think it went so far), but it was really bad:
1. I went to a new (?) woman, seems to be somehow in charge/​related to who’s in charge, which is why (I’m trying to assume the best here), she dropped my foot while pumice-​ing it to go to front desk (with no explanation) and leave me hanging for nearly 5 min (she apologized after, but it was still weird). Don’t go to a woman you’ve never seen there before. And don’t go during a busy time — I think I got stuck with her because it was Saturday afternoon.
2. She made my cuticle bleed, badly. She was often not paying attention, but it’s difficult to tell if it’s not paying attention or incompetence.
3. She gave me an ingrown toenail. Only when I left did I see she’d cut a divet (!!! it’s like lesson 101 of pedicures!) into my big toe nail rather than just cutting across — I’m still suffering from it.
I just moved out of the neighborhood, up the Slope, and when I went to another salon was struck by how long my polish lasted (over a week before chips v. Spa Boutique Nail which was chipping within days on toes and fingers). I wanted to be faithful to them, but now I’d say only if you really need a mani/​pedi and have little cash.
Finally — the visit prior to this one was the first time I did a non-​eyebrow wax there. I’ll spare you Unilocalers the details, but let’s say I do NOT recommend bikini wax there — trust me that she really had no idea what to do and I had to direct her. She then apologized to me later — I think something about the normal woman who does waxes not being there? I would say, then don’t offer waxes, it was totally awkward and not worth it.

About two months ago I decided to really try to stop biting my nails. My co-​workers suggested I start getting weekly manicures, which is what I have been doing and I am happy to report that it works. I’ve had a couple of relapses in biting off one nail, but for the most part, I look like a human now!
I started by going to Pink Nails on 5^th Avenue, which I believe is also an awesome shop, but I started going to Spa Boutique Nails as it is much much closer to my apartment.
The folks at Spa Boutique are very nice. I’ve only had to wait once, when I stopped in on a particularly busy night after work. Typically, I get to sit right down and get my nails worked on.
The manicure is what you would expect. They shape your nails, clean up the cuticles and give an amazing hand massage. There’s one girl in particular who works the muscles in my hands like you wouldn’t believe.
I had some trouble with keeping the color from smearing the first few times I went in, until I realized I needed to pay the extra $ 1 for quick-​dry. Once I got that under control, I’ve had zero problems.
I’ve had one pedicure here, which was good. The leg/​foot massage was lacking, but not to the point that I was annoyed.
My favorite part of this shop is the massage you get while waiting for your nails to dry. Pink Nails gives a nice massage, but they step it up here. If Pink Nails gives a 45 second massage, these guys give you a 3 minute massage. And they get in there! It’s very relaxing. I’ve been tempted to drop another $ 10 sometime to get the chair massage, but I haven’t done it yet. Soon…