Pileggi On the Square

Purchased a Groupon for a 50 min Swedish massage and even though it was a Groupon they treated me very nicely. I will say, when they ask you what pressure you want, unless you want bruises don’t say «medium to strong». Usually I say that at places and you feel great, but this time I felt like I was going to be black and blue when I left. I asked him a few times to lighten up which he would do but then it would go right back to crazy hard.
Small things, but I think they need to update their beds. With every move it creaked and I don’t mean a little, I mean like I thought If he pushed harder I’d go through the bed and it would break. The guy, although insanely nice, also I THINK had his cell phone charging right next to my bed because every few minutes something would start vibrating like he got a text and I saw the phone charger cord right next to me.
Maybe this place is for some people, but I don’t think it’s for me. Location is SUPER convenient which is why when I saw the Groupon I figured why not? But my usual place in south philly is pretty awesome so I think I’ll stick with them.

This review only addresses the spa/​massage, not the hair salon.
I had a massage here a while ago. The massage therapist was running late with her previous appointments so she wasn’t ready to start my appointment on time. Because of this, she ended up cutting short my massage time (she started my massage late and ended on time). This was non-​ideal. The quality of the massage itself was great.

Rasheda! I was able to get a hot stone massage from her back in March, and being a LMT myself, I was blown away by her abilities and the attention to detail to all the spots that were plaguing me. Since I am still bragging about her in August I checked to see if I had written a review of her work. Since I had not, I wanted to make sure that I follow through on giving her credit for the delirious smile I wore for the rest of the afternoon. Thank you Rasheda!

I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to write a review for Brenda but here it is! We all know a Brazilian bikini wax is less than pleasant. But, Ladies, Brenda makes this experience as doable as possible. Not only is she incredibly quick, professional and efficient but she is a delight to talk to! Obviously this is a pretty up close and personal experience and our conversations really help to make you feel at ease. I have followed Brenda for all of my waxing needs for about 5 years now and she never disappoints. While I may not look forward to our visits every 6 weeks, I leave feeling like a new person. Brenda really knows her stuff! She «gets to know» your skin and will tailor her wax techniques accordingly. Not only is she wonderful, her workspace is amazing. It’s decorated beautifully with lighting, a gorgeous chandelier, smells great and is always spotless. She even puts a heating pad down during the colder months. All of the little extra details really make a bikini wax (or any wax for that matter) more pleasant. Wait. Did I just say pleasant? You get the gist! Go see Brenda. You won’t be disappointed!

I’m in the process of testing out different massage therapists in the area and I really think my search will end here. Dairo was amazing and extremely respectful, the Swedish massage really targeted my problem areas. I have no doubt in my mind I will make another appointment within the next couple of months. However, the salon has super TINY massage rooms, the ones I’m used to are a little bit bigger where you actually have room to set your things down comfortably. Give Dairo a bigger room, guys!

This place is great — staff is really outgoing, friendly and welcoming
Seems like most clientele are women, likely due to the number of services they provide but I’ve been going to Jay for several years now and never disappointed — perfect men’s cut.
Catty corner from Washington Square — awesome location and a really neat building

Always a great experience at Pileggi. I was recently recommended to schedule an appointment with Jay and I could’t be happier with the recommendation. Jay gives a phenomenal cut and he always works with my busy schedule to get me an appointment, no matter what. If everyone at this salon provides the same service and skill that Jay does, I couldn’t imagine a bad experience at Pileggi On the Square.

I have been seeing Brenda for well over 10 years for facials and waxing. My skin looks consistently amazing. Her service would convince anyone that regular facials are the key to beautiful skin.

Well this was a bummer. I got what I thought was a great deal on Groupon for a massage at Pileggi and was super excited to make an appointment on my birthday. I arrived 5 minutes early and after filling out paperwork, waited 20 minutes into my appointment time before I was greeted and walked back to the massage room. I was encouraged to set my belongings on the floor (what?!) and after changing I laid on the table waiting for a good 5 – 10 minutes. The massage was so-​so, no selection of oils, no discussion of trouble areas, and I could hear women laughing and talking down the hall throughout the session. Not so relaxing and I was up off the table changing 56 minutes after my appointment time. I’m no mathematician but I’m pretty sure if I my appointment was at 5, I walked in the room at 5:20 and I walked out of the room at 5:56, I did not get a 50 minute massage. So, in all, a not so great deal on a not so great massage = disappointing birthday celebration. Yay.
[EDIT] Nearly 3 months later… Well after receiving a follow up message (to my less than happy review) from management, I attempted 3 times to respond via phone and 1 message via Unilocal.Needless to say, there was no response and no resolution to my rather negative experience. Buyer beware, don’t purchase the Groupon buy and caution at paying full price for that type of service!

My review is only about the massage experience with Dairo here. I tried so many massage therapists in philly and now finally I found the person to go to! This place divided to two section, hair salon and spa downstair. Massage room is clean and quite. You get to choose your oil and they give you solid 50 min massage. He mostly worked on upper body and didn’t get to work on my legs much but 50 min is short time to cover both and I usually have really tense shoulder so was perfect for me. He
ask you few questions before you going into the room so let him know where you want him to work on.
I am so addict to massage. Can’t get it enough and by far he is the best in Philly.

I went in for a massage by Rasheda and she is THE best. She helped with some upper back/​shoulder issues that I have been been dealing with for far too long. Her hands are magic and I hope I can make time to go back over and over. The only con I have, especially from being out of state, is the plug for the «discounted» parking lot. There is a $ 5 voucher they give you, but the parking is $ 26, which means it’s $ 21 at the end of the day. That may be good for some of the other services but for an hour massage, I’d rather park on the street.

If you need to get your body waxed– Brenda is your girl! I have been seeing her for years and i know each time i come that she does amazing work. Neat, clean professional and will not make you feel the least bit weird about having it all taken off! She has seen it all before! I have followed her to this now her 3^rd salon. Would highly reccomend her services for waxing, facials and make up too. She is a seasoned pro and whiz with wax!

This salon has been around for 30 years so they must be doing something right. Location is nice off of Washington Square and inside the salon is clean and well kept. I found a Groupon for a manicure/​pedicure and was really excited to get a discount on a service that typically costs $ 72. However, despite my discount I was still severely disappointed with the professionalism and quality of my service. My technician was friendly, but I waited 30 minutes for my manicure when the salon could’ve easily called me to warn me they had been backed up all day instead of letting me show up and be rushed through my service. I also found myself asking for another top coat on my pedicure since the first time the technician didn’t paint over my whole toe nail. This also occurred with my manicure, the edges of my nails weren’t evenly coated or totally covered with the nail polish. Overall I felt the services were rushed and the skill wasn’t worth tipping 20% on $ 72. My nails started chipping a day later despite using this new CND Vinyl nail polish that apparently lasts at least 7 days… My technician didn’t ask me if I preferred to have my nails filed or cut and what shape I like my nails. I felt like the service was really generic and poor. I will not be back in the future and I wouldn’t advise my friends to come here for their manicure/​pedicure.

I had a massage by Jessica that was just amazing. She was able to identify the muscles that had been causing me so many problems for years! I was so happy to hear that it was muscular and not joint. She was amazing and very kind.
I would have liked a little bit more atmosphere like music to relax to and drawn out the noise a bit. Overall a great experience and will be back.

Jeff at Pileggi is a miracle-​worker! He fixed my hair color, which another «stylist» at another Philadelphia salon, had botched beyond belief. Jeff has a wonderful eye for color and his placement of the highlights was perfect. He also deep-​conditioned my hair with a gloss. It was the perfect treatment for hair that really did look beyond repair. I can’t thank him enough!
This salon also boasts a fabulous waxer, Brenda, and a great mani/​pedi pro, Cindy.
A tad pricey? Maybe. But as the old saying goes, «you get what you pay for.» Pileggi is worth the price.

So any chance I can a groupon deal for this place, I grab it. I’ve been to Pileggi’s now probably around 8 times and every time I’ve left feeling incredible.
Rasheda is absolutely amazing! I ended up requesting her hot stone massage the last 4 times and will always request her from now on as well. She is simply the best! My first massage with her, I had just started CrossFit and was a huge ball of twisted, tight knots and the poor girl unkinked and tweaked every one of those said «knots» out, and even gave me great advice on how to really stretch, soak and take care of my muscles since I was really pushing them hard. One of these last times she gave me a great recipe for a natural bath soak and I immediately hit the store on the way home and made a huge batch. It was awesome and I made her a little thank you bag of it for my next appointment with her.
I really do recommend Pileggi’s — mainly of course for the amazing Rasheda — but the rest of the staff is just as wonderful and attentive as well.

My experience at this salon was nothing to brag about. I hardly write reviews and negative at that but felt this one I had to review. I was really looking forward to the hot stone massage, made an appointment the night before and when I showed up for the appointment, the customer service with the girls at the front desk was undesirable. The girl sent me downstairs, she did show me where the restroom was but did not tell me who my massage therapist would be. I waited at elast 15 minutes when the massage therapist comes out and says to me: «oh I had no idea you were waiting here for me». Seriously? You see why, I would be upset but that is nothing, when she took me in for the massage, I did not get the hot stone but a Swedish one I think. I wanted to tell her but did not want to interrupt her and thought that she might ease into the hot stones at some point but she did not.
The story continues, when I walk up to pay for it, I told the guy at the front desk of my experience and he apologized, took down my number and said the manager would call me the next day to discuss my experience and that I can possibly come back for another one. Yeah right! I did not get a call from the manager and needless to say, I am not going back to that place. Maybe they treated me like this because I had a groupon?! I don’t know and don’t care but I will not recommend this place to any of my friends or co-​workers and I work right around the corner from this place at a big company, the word will spread.

DANIEL has MOVED to 21M Salon (also on Unilocal)
Years after my initial review, after many many style changes/​enhancements, I need to say again that Daniel is a godsend for hair.
A wizard! A maestro! Why, he’s… the Hair Whisperer! (did I go too far?)
If you love your hair, do it a favor and take it to Daniel.
If you hate your hair, do yourself a favor and let Daniel show you how lovable it really is when you treat it right.

Got a facial here with a Groupon. I loved my facialist as a person — she was bubbly and uncensored and a good chatter — but the facial itself wasn’t my favorite.
What made it bad was her squeeze-​pores-​removing-​blackheads technique that put my skin (a relatively tough cookie) in pain and I left with red splotches all over my face which lasted for the rest of the day.
That’s all. Just my experience with the facial. I’d go back for a haircut or something but no more Pileggi facials.

I was SO looking forward to coming here after reading such rave reviews.
The studio itself is beautiful and the downstairs houses the nail salon. I arrived about 15 minutes early and the manicurist Cindy was with another customer. When 11 o’clock came, I was abruptly waved over to the polish selection and told to «hurry up and pick» because she needed me to «immediately start soaking.» I half expected her to yell at me to drop and give her 20. I was literally told this three times and it really took me by surprise– I’ve never been rushed like this before at any nail place! I half hoped the rest of the experience would blow my mind to make up for it.
The towel she used under my feet was wet (maybe old?) and unfortunately I wasn’t sure how sterile any of her tools were. I hadn’t seen them be cleaned before she used them on me and I’m a germaphobe. I nicely asked if they’d been sterilized and she kind of brushed me off like, «yeah yeah of course of course.» I was so skeeved out! I should have left.
No foot massage like I’d so desperately hoped for. Just a half hearted rub up and down with the exfoliating scrub and the feel of her long nails.
Worst of all, I saw how Cindy treated one of the cleaning staff who was asked to clean her tanning room. The poor lady had wandered within eyesight and Cindy barked at her, «GO CLEAN MY TANNING ROOM. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? TANNING ROOM. IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED.» LIke the lady was an idiot! I was so mortified.
I would have had a better time if a 5 year old did my nails. This was the worst mani/​pedi experience of my life. I’ve never been so disappointed and mislead by Unilocal reviews :(