Nails Boutique

This place wasn’t expensive and the service and treatment was great.
But, honestly this review is strictly based on the quality of the manicure. My manicure started to chip within a day. They also charged for a quick dry coat. I understand it’s just a dollar and plenty of places do this, but I think it’s a lame tactic across all nail salons. My friend got the quick dry and I didn’t. Both our nails started to chip within a days worth of paint job. I just won’t take my business here as quality of paint job was not the worth price.
*I currently have a manicure on where they didn’t charge you for quick dry (or charge you for nail polish removal-​not that this place does it… but again another business charge that I’ve seen and that shouldn’t happen) and the manicure was from friday evening and its Tuesday afternoon and my manicure is perfect!
I would venture out a few blocks to other places. Just saying.

They give a little massage at the end and not pushy with any add ons! Plus can pay and tip on a credit card!

Sweet local nail place. Tweety does a great shiny buff! Good service and affordable prices.

A truly scarring experience (literally).
(I want to preface this by noting that I have never written a negative review in my life.)
I live a couple blocks away, and seeing decent Unilocal reviews, decided to stop by for a manicure. Huge mistake.
The woman whom I was directed to looked extremely irritated right from the get-​go, and proceeded to go through with the mani with the most careless and pissed off impatience you could imagine. She poked my skin with some sharp metal tool twice and I flinched (it hurt!) – and she actually scolded me for reacting this way. The third time she poked me, however, she was REALLY careless and my finger started bleeding profusely. This seemed to elicit a reaction that she might want to start cleaning up her act, and after 3 – 4 minutes of bleeding, she finished the manicure silently, with more concerted effort. The quality of the manicure still sucked.
I highly recommend you find another nail salon in this area unless agony and blood-​letting are on your agenda.

Stopped here for a callus removal ($ 10.50) while I waited for my table at The Spotted Pig on Valentine’s evening. I needed a convenient cheap place to do the job and I found Nails Boutique. The place is small and very casual. It’s not the most pleasantly decorated. I didn’t have to wait which is a big plus.
Efficient & cheap. It’s a good place to get to just get what you have to do done.

For the cost, this place is great! In and out with fresh new nails at under $ 40 with tip for mani-​pedi. Nice selection of nail polish.

Close to the Christopher Street PATH station, this nail salon gets you in and out the door within your lunch hour. Great little place to get your toes done on the fly or on a break from the office. Cheaper than many NYC nail salons, they charge all of $ 24 for a full pedicure. From the outside, it can be discouraging — this is not a glamorous spa like place you want to hang out in. You’d probably even think twice about going in there from its appearance, but it’s cheap, they take walk-​ins and credit cards, and bottom line, they do a good job.

I don’t think I have ever been to as great of a nail salon as this one in Manhattan! And trust me, I’ve been to many in the city! I went here on my lunch break during the workday, and they were speedy and efficient. It’s been almost a week and I don’t have any chips on my nails! This is a first for me, especially since I’m usually not careful with my nails and tend to chip nail polish pretty quickly. I’ve got to say, after a week and my nails still looking like they came right out of a salon, I’m pretty darn impressed. Not to mention, only $ 10 for a manicure! Can’t get better than that!

If you’re in need for a quick manicure in West Village, this is the place to go. It’s not spa-​like by any means but they get the job done. For $ 9, you’ll get a great manicure AND they give you a quick back massage while your nails are drying. They have a good selection of Essie and OPI nail colors although, they don’t have every color in the palet but they cover most desirable colors.

$ 9 manicure in the West Village. Do I even need to say much else? The employees are fast but not sloppy. It’s not a luxury spa, but it’s not dingy or sketchy-​looking either. Also, just as if not more important than the price, the manicures last a decent amount of time! I’m not sure what the top coat they use is, but both manicures (one regular, one French) I’ve gotten here lasted through a week’s worth of hair washing, house cleaning, showering, etc. which is more than I can say for a lot of other prettier, more expensive salons.

Fabulous cheap mani. A tiny, no-​frills place, but for $ 9, in the heart of the west village, you can’t beat it. My gal was extremely meticulous and helpful in selecting a color. They didn’t have all the newest from Essie, but still a solid selection. This will be my new go-​to!

Basic Mani: $ 9
Basic Pedi: $ 23
Wonderful ladies (speaks Chinese) works here. We walked in with no appointment and they could instantly take us on. They had massaging chairs for the pedi, a collection of OPI and Essie Nail colors, and a short back massage after your mani. My girl did a wonderful job who was very attentive to the finish and was quick.
The down sides are that they use paper towels instead of towels when they do the mani and pedi, which results in not being very tidy when it came to them cutting and cleaning your nails.
Definitely will come back for a mani with her again. Don’t know about a pedi.

I was really excited to find this place right down the street from me. They were able to get me in quickly. And they were really nice. I essentially paid $ 24 + tip for a nail trim and polish. They do the standard bath and all that but not for long. A very short foot rub. The main reason I go for a pedicure is a good foot scrub — they did not put a lot of effort into this either. Long story short I could have done better myself.

Very basic place, pedicure chairs are comfy, seems clean, and they do have a wide variety of polish. Basic manicure is $ 9, basic pedicure is $ 23, and it was fast and well done. Great place to go when you don’t have a ton of time and need a little TLC. Plus they give you a shoulder massage while you dry your nails… ahhhhhhhh.
Update 1÷18÷2009: deducting a star because I was asked if I wanted quick-​dry and I did. When I paid I found that I was charged $ 1 for it, but was never told about the extra cost when asked if I wanted it. Minor point — not expensive, just the fact that I wasn’t told was annoying.

No line, no fuss, no frills, no complaints!
$ 23 for a standard pedi definitely makes me a happy gal! While on a hunt for an afternoon pedi, I stumbled across a couple places in the West Village, but this price couldn’t be beat.
Good:
–They sterlize their utensils in a machine (or so they told me)
–they offer Essie AND OPI polishes
–have massage chairs
–have a black light and fan for drying
–give you a minute-​long massage while you’re at the drying station and right before they ask you to pay now :)
-$ 23 pedicure!
improvement areas:
–not sure how they sanitize the foot tub after each customer

I’m not one for manicures, but I’m a huge fan of pedis. So when I moved back to NYC 4 months ago after living in San Francisco, one of the first items on my todo list was to find «my pedi place» in the neighborhood. I searched the West Village far and wide and was overall unimpressed and completely disappointed — overpriced pedis that were completely mediocre from Koreans with a ton of attitude (made worse by the fact that they hate serving Korean customers, which I am).
On one of my many walks down Hudson, I happened to notice NB, and I picked up one of their price lists. The first thing that struck me was that their pedi was listed below $ 30 at a more than reasonable $ 23! A week later, I gave them a try, and I couldn’t have been more thrilled. The entire staff there is so welcoming and laid back. I’ve been there maybe 5 times by now (so they know me by name), and as soon as they walk in, they know to give me a euro pedi.
Everyone’s really friendly and meticulous with whatever service they’re providing, and I never leave feeling less than great!