Nail Elegant

I was a first time, walk in customer and was treated very well. The massage chair was relaxing. Phong and his niece did my mani/​pedi and both took care with their work. Cash or check are accepted and this is my new nail salon for sure. My pedi still looks great after two weeks!

I’ve grown up in HMB and tried almost all of the nail salons in and around town. This one is by far my favorite when it comes to getting acrylics done. Every time I go, I end up having a man named Phun do my acrylics (can’t remember his full name but a friend called him Phun when he came in plus it was one of the names on his certificate). Phun has this way of doing acrylics that ACTUALLY LOOK like your real nail. But, be warned: I think because they’re thinner than other acrylics, hard trauma to these nails can make them come off. It sucks. Last year I was working as a busser and chipped off my pinky acrylic only 7 days after I had it done! I went to the only salon open on Monday’s once the pain subsided (this place was closed) and the replacement nail looked bulbous and stupid compared to the original set Phun had done for me…
I couldn’t be more happy with what Phun did for my nails this time. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and try something edgy. I wasn’t ready for a 100% stiletto set, so I showed him pictures of some stiletto and some almond sets and told him I wanted something in between. He shaped them so well and created a perfect amount of «point». I think next time I’ll have him do something even more sharp though :)

I love the people here — both the staff & customers who are mostly locals. They always take care of you, polish lasts with good selection of OPI. Bring your own too if you want more trendy colors.

I haven’t had a pedi in years but my husbands Xmas party and a new pair of open toe pumps made one necessary. Very small, 3 chair shop, hidden in the back of a mall on Main St. Was in and out in 30 mins, very fast and friendly service. Price was great, $ 20 for pedi, $ 3 extra for a design on my big toe. I did have to use a qtip and polish remover when I got home to remove some stray polish around a few of my cuticles but overall for the price this place can’t be beat!

I came here to get a mani pedi and they charged us $ 30, I thought it was $ 27? Well whole thing became a $ 40 service after tips. They did a good job on the painting of my feet, my hands were a little streaky and a small piece chipped off same day :(The people working there were VERY nice good service. I rate alot on massages, um the leg massage was eh. the arms massage, that lady was good! I felt a muscle snap and loosen :) Overall ok experience because they did accidently cut the bottom of my nail bed, ouch!

This place looked decent from outside, that’s why my friend and I went. Staff was okay, but the manicure was terrible. It’s been 5 days and it is already looking terrible/​chipping. My friend has the same complain about her manicure… Plus the guy cut my cuticle and it was bleeding and then he put some antiseptic and now my finger looks really ugly. He did not know what he was doing…
I would not recommend this place. I would give it a zero star if possible.

I’ve NEVER felt the need to write a bad review on Unilocal until this morning when I went to Nail Elegant to get a pedicure. The pedicure was so bad that I walked out without even letting them finish (another first for me today).
The man giving me the pedicure cut my toenails so short that I left with an open wound on my toe and jagged toenails because they were too short to file down. I came home and had to disinfect my feet with peroxide because I was worried they would become infected.
This was by far the absolute worst pedicure I’ve ever had.

Great service, great work, great people and great price.

We just moved to the HMB neighborhood from SF and were looking for a new place to get our nails done. We had heard from this place and went to check it out last week. In a nutshell:
— small place
— nothing fancy
— very friendly service
— fast, wow!
We’ll be back, we have found our new little place! From what we’ve seen there’s always a lot of people trying to walk in, hence we clearly recommend getting an appointment!

Okay, this is not the fancy, hot wax kind of place… I found the nail technicians very nice and while rather quiet, very friendly and anxious to please. Seriously, it is one of the most long lasting manicures/​pedicures I have ever had. I have been twice now and would travel farther to go there. It is a small place — easy to park, not too expensive and FAST!!!
It is always crowded and appears to be many local clients from the surrounding beach towns.
I would highly recommend Nail Elegant!!! Just don’t expect a fancy salon atmosphere — the basics done well!!!