JL Nail Spa

Ive been doing acrylics with Ken for 16 years. He is the BEST! He is very clean, neat, funny, and knows how to draw art design on the nails which i LOVE! Every time i come its always a nice experience. A lot of the girls who do pedicures dont stay and move on thats the only downside. But recently theres a new girl who is expecting does really well she has a good hand to polish which is very important im very much in detail when my nails will be done. Thank you ken for your OUTSTANDING service!

clean, precise and accurate. this is one of my favorite spots for a mani pedi in la. only bummer is they are closed on Tuesdays so you need to keep that in mind but other than that all of their services are excellent and it’s a pretty quiet environment

I’ve been coming here for five years. I’ve had exactly one issue with scheduling in that time (I usually walk in anyway) and it resulted in maybe a half-​hour wait. That is to say, this place is great. They will help you with whatever peculiarities you have – for me, it’s toe nails that sometimes become ingrown on the edges. But they always fix it! I usually splurge for an extra five minutes of neck rub. Yes some of the employees’ English is limited, but that’s never been an issue for me or the many friends I’ve taken here over the years. The nail technicians are always nice and respectful, which transcends language barriers. And most importantly, they’re damn good at their jobs.

Ken did another killer job! He gave me gel nails that look like outer space. Really like this place and always leave happy.

I got a gel manicure on Sunday. And the polish on two fingernails chipped today! The whole thing just lifted! They were so rushed the whole thing took maybe 10 minutes. I’m so disappointed in this place. I will never come again!

Great place! This is my local
Spot for pedicures. I work on my feet, so love the pampering and massage.
I always come in the middle of the day so I get helped pretty quickly, I like to bring in my own polish. Always add extra 5 minute massage.
Clean and great chairs.
Lovely ladies and gentlemen that work here!

Their massage chairs are the best!!! I’m a huge fan. The only negative is that it tends to be a little too warm inside the salon. Other then that, the staff does a great job.

I’ve been going here for a few years now and have always had good experiences. Granted, I keep it simple and only get pedicures, but even so, the job is always well done. Everyone has been nothing but sweet and accommodating.

What a joke. I’ve been twice. Called to make appointment and both times arrived on time and 45 minutes later they started me. It’s an unorganized dirty cluster-​f$&# in there.

I love this place! I have been coming here for years! I have gotten everything done here. I usually get a pedicure which is almost always fantastic. Also, I love Lynn! I have known her for years. She does my gel French tip manicures. Let me tell you I am so picky about French tip. It must be as close to perfect as possible. She gets that and does everything she can to make it happen. The price is good, especially for gel manicures. I have called other places that are not as nice and they charge just as much and sometimes more. Every girl is different so if you don’t like one ask for a different one. They are all different levels.

Worst manicure ever!!!
No need for filing, he cut them off to the quick.
The pillow was missing from my chair.
Something kept ripping my hair out, so I looked back and saw it was Velcro that is supposed to hold the pillow on.
Never again

I will never go back. My picture is #31 see for yourself how bad of a job they did… The only reason I went was because its so close to home but never again. I don’t know the name of the man who did my nails but he took forever and didn’t care that I was really unhappy. Please beware

I always come here for my acrylics. Hands down the best nail place I always come back for my fills & KEN in number one. I love random crazy designs & he knows exactly how to do everything. Gel & pedicure is also good here! Very friendly! Love JL nail!!!

I absolutely cannot say enough good things about this place. For $ 35 they give you a great mani/​pedi and a free shoulder massage. This includes a scrub and a hand/​foot massage. It’s an amazing deal and my nails and feet look great every time. Pedicure lasts forever. They do good gels too. I’ve never done anything complicated, mostly simple, one color stuff, and it has always come out great. And unlike a lot of places I’ve been lately they have a drying station so you can sit for a while and dry your nails and feet so you don’t f them up before you get home. Good polish selection, there is always parking and because they have another nail place close by if it gets too crowded they usually bring in an additional person so all the chairs are filled and being worked on.
I will also add that although they do not chat much with you while you are getting your services (which I like – I come to get away from it all!) they are all very caring and sweet. When I accidentally left a very important piece of jewelry in a chair they put it aside for me to pick up the next day and refused an additional tip as a thank you. Just said they were glad they found it to hold it for me. I will continue to go back, tip better and hope they never close and don’t change!

As an avid hiker I put my feet through a lot and every once in a while I like to show them some appreciation by getting a pedi with massage. They get happy when rubbed the right way. It had been a while since their last visit to the spa and since I was house sitting near the shop I normally go to, I thought I’d pop in to get a pedi. Boo!!! They were booked till closing time. With their sights set on some TLC, I had to find another place, stat.
I opened my Unilocal app and the ratings and reviews brought me here. Located in a strip mall along a main thoroughfare with free parking, this place isn’t much to look at on the outside. Eh! As long as they have my favorite brand of nail polish it can’t be all that bad. Sure enough they did. I picked my color and took a seat in a spa chair turned on the back massager and settled in quickly.
A woman drew the water for my pedi and in my feet went. Wow! That was quick, they were already getting happy. The process of getting a pedi is pretty much the same wherever one goes. What’s important is the end result, flawless polish.
As soon as the polish was applied, the woman proceeded to put my flip flops on my feet. What the heck??? The paint isn’t even dry. No sooner than I thought that, crash, the polish on one toe was slightly ruined. She did the typical repair, a little dab of polish remover and and gentle repaint over. I never understood why they did that, you can still tell the polish was messed up in the first place. Grrr!!!
I sat in the chair for a while to let the polish dry, paid, walked out and told myself I’d never be back.

Not very happy after getting my nails done here. A very nice lady did my pedicure and did an amazing, thorough and careful job. A different lady did my nails and it was sloppy as all hell. She was grumpy the whole time, mumbling under her breath and sighing hard the whole time. She left all of the cuticle and didn’t cover the whole nail evenly with polish. I had to remove the polish two days later because it looked so bad. If you’re going to get your nails done here make sure you know which manicurist you want to work with.
Beware of the grumpy lady.
Not going back.

This place is alright. I’ve had some good and bad experiences at this place. I’ve gotten a variety of services done here but I usually come here for a gel manicure and just a regular pedicure.
The pedicures here are always on point, but their gel manicures are just a bit off. It depends on who does your gel manicure because this one woman who does it (I don’t remember her name) made my gel manicure super bumpy with air bubbles. Majority of the people there don’t know how to do designs and can’t do more than a flower. But like I said it depends one who does your manicure. When they are really busy, they’ll rush through and try to move on to the next customer.
One thing about the staff that kind of rubbed me the wrong way was that when I used my credit card, they asked me if I had cash instead. I said no and they told me that cash was better. I tipped on my credit card and they asked again if I had cash for tip and I said no and they said the same thing– that cash was better.

I think this is going to my nail spot… I’ve lived on the East side for about 20 months and have been hopping around HP, South Pas and Eagle Rock the whole time for Gel manis/​Pedis… all have been meh. If it wasn’t poor service it was poor nail job, or vice versa.
Of course my idea of a job well done might be different from the next gal (or guy) but here are my priorities:
–thorough job of cleaning up cuticles/​dead skin
–polish job
–massage, too heavy? too delicate?
–Service/​interaction, jovial? overbearing? cold?
–Polish selection
And JL Nail Spa got 4 – 5 star on all those respective variables. I actually love the attention and care that was given to my gel nails. I’ve had them several times before and had bubbling, lint or hairs set into the polish, gel attached to my cuticle/​skin… I thought that’s what gel nails are suppose to be like until I got my set today and I love them. Smooth all around, and she took the time to clip any roughness around the cuticle bed.
Pedi was just the right amount of pressure on the scrub and massage. She clipped all the dead skin around my babies toes.
To top it all off they didn’t force conversation on me (hello, i’m trying to have a spa experience STFU), but when we did interact it was to the point and pleasant.
Yup this is my new spot.
A few more things— I was walk-​in, I paid with CC, they prefer tip in cash. Super clean place.
(I will always forever miss Dey Rey Nails in Playa del Rey)

I absolutely love going to JL nails! My cousin goes there and told me about Ken and how he does here nails. She always walks out if there happy so I started going to Ken. He truly is amazing .he always knows what I want and how I like my nails to look. The lady’s there are nice to me when I need a pedicure they always do a good job. But there is this one lady who’s name I dont know that has serious anger issues. she will yell at customers and the other employees and shes the reason I dont get my eyebrows done there anymore. The only reason im giving them 5 stars is because of Ken .he makes up for her anger issues. .overall I go there for ken and always will. thank you ken for doing an amazing job on my nails every time I come in

This place looks pretty clean, has an OK polish selection… but my god, this must be the sloppiest fucking manicure I’ve EVER had. nails uneven, bubbly polish, shit’s already smudged, polish uneven, crooked nails, I could seriously just go on and on.
Also, the soap they use to scrub your feet smells like soap you’d find in a McDonalds restroom. :(