Ameri Nails

If you are looking to relax while you get a mani-​pedi this isn’t the place for you. The nail technicians time themselves and do a horrible job due to them rushing. She cut my finger as she was filing my nail. They eat and chew with their mouth open while doing your nails. Lastly I noticed that they don’t sterilize tools. They have barbicide right there on the table but don’t use it. As soon as my technician was done with my nails she blew on the tools to remove excess cuticle and put them right back in her tool box. This is what I get for cheating on my nail salon. I figured this place is in a good location I was sure my experience would be pleasant. Not.

If you want the best nails come to the first lady on your left side when you walk in. She is the Best! She always takes her time and every time she does my nails they last a long time. Also if you make an appointment she will take her lovely time to make your nails look perfect! She is very positive and enjoys her job! (: so if you’re worried about customer service and having a perfect nails come here when its not busy or make yourself an appointment.

I came in for a Solar fill and brow/​facial wax 4 days ago, told them what I wanted and because they were busy I was encouraged to return in 30 min. After I returned and sat down, picked a color, I was told they did not do solar nails. Feeling as though I had wasted enough time I succeeded to having Gel fills done. Not the best job, and higher than other shops, I saw I was blistered the next day.
I called the
Manager who told me to come in on Friday. I did and she was not available. Staff called her on the phone, she was argumentative, denied the incident and I assured her she could see the blister for herself. She offered to redo the job… How do you redo a wax job that blistered? She offered a 40% disc «next time» knowing I was from Texas!
She refused to provide her name, only offering Lilly, and encouraged I get what I needed off the wall. Satirical refused to let me get info, so I got the techs info who did the job.
I should have checked Unilocal

Worst nail place ever ! Demi put the nail tip glued to my skin she also doesn’t know how to do coffin shape and charged me 40 $ waste of money and she cut my fingers 3 times and she was super rude I didn’t even tip that place is ridiculously over priced!

The lady totally cut my real nails off! I was so upset! I thought I was receiving what I wanted but the nail tech did whatever she wanted. I told her that I wanted to soak my nails off and receive an overlay but I was here for a rude awakening. Luckily my nails turned out pretty good but since I got tips put on I ended up with gels nails! I never had gel nails on acrylic so this is a first for me! I am here on a business trip and I decided to stop by since I needed to pamper myself!

My experience has not been as bad as most of the reviewers here. My needs are simple: a basic pedicure for $ 25. Yes, you can get it cheaper elsewhere but for me, the Horton Plaza location can’t be beat. I’m disappointed in their polish selection. Mostly a brand called China Glaze and only a few OPI colors and not that many colors to begin with. But I’ve always managed to find a color that I like in the end. Their top coat is great. It stays shiny for the duration of the polish, unlike the top coat at the other salon I frequent, Uptown Nails in Hillcrest. They do rush you through the process and express disappointment if you only want the basic service and expect a tip at the end for which they do not even say «thank you». That said, I like that they are efficient. I don’t want to spend my day in the nail salon.

Funny thing is we read the reviews! Listen to the reviews please do yourself a favor and stay away. Look at the picture and determine whether or not these people know what they’re doing.

TERRIBLE. I just went there to get my brows and lip threaded since it was conveniently next to Target. She completely ruined the shape of my brows and left patches of hair on my lip. Please don’t make the same mistake as me and do not go to this place. I honestly had to go to another salon to fix the mistakes she made.

I came in last Thursday for a Pedicure and it was fine, she laughed when she saw that there wasn’t any nail to paint on my left pinky toe so she painted the skin. The reason I am giving this place one star is because the pedicure was $ 25 and I gave her $ 40, two twenties, and I asked for change and didn’t get any change back. She kept the extra $ 15 and I never tip that much whenever I get a pedicure. I always tip 20%. She didn’t do anything extra to deserve the extra tip she took, no design or anything. She was greedy and I am never going here again.

I tried to give this place the benefit of the doubt. Nope this place freakin sucks man. I went in for a pedicure with my friend and as soon as we walked through the door, we were bombarded with being told what to do. Typical.
Then when I asked for the restroom she said «straight back». The place is shaped like a U. So straight back means absolutely nothing. When I got back she told me pick a color and have a seat. Ummm… ok.
By this time my friend is already getting her pedicure and is about 10 minutes in. I was done a whole 30 minutes prior to her. The pedicure was something my 2 year old niece probably could have done better at. She didn’t scrub with the thing that tickles like hell. The massage was non existent. She just put lotion on.
And to top it off, I’m almost 100% sure they don’t clean their equipment. Basically, this place is terrible. Don’t go here. I just wasted 25 bucks. Because I certainly won’t tip her.

I don’t normally complain about nail salons because they are all just the same to me. Walk in and tell them what you want… pick a color… and then after an hour, you’re done. Bam.
I normally go to the one across the street from my neighborhood in Chula Vista but I went with a girlfriend of mine this day and she lives in another city so we met half way.
Walk in and pick a color. They know we are there together but seat us opposite sides of the room so we can’t even talk lol. Lady starts doing my nails and while she’s pushing my cuticles back she forced it too hard and more than one cuticle was pushed too far back and bleeding. Didn’t matter that I said it hurt, she kept going.
Then she asks what I would like. Round or square? I say coffin shaped and asked the price and she didn’t even know. She just said she would find out. Asks again what I want, round or square, after she glued the nails on and I didn’t feel like asking how much for longer coffin shape again so I said square.
Acrylic is on and she’s shaping them but they look jagged and crooked. I tell her multiple times but she keeps telling me they’re even. Finally I say… no I want them to look like HERS (My friend who is done by now) with a square shape but rounded edges and she told me I must not have been paying attention cause she asked me –_​–
Aside from this she told me it would cost me $ 15 extra for a design that is normally done for me for FREE !! I declined but she pushed for it. Not only this she was very demanding and bossy. I did not feel like I was at a spa at all and I most definitely was not relaxed as my cuticles were now open and sore and bleeding.
Four days later I’m applying foundation makeup and my index nail pops off because it was poorly put on there. Two days after that another pops off. Here I am now just shy of two weeks having them done (literally it’s only been like ten days now) and so many popped off that I ripped the rest off. I didn’t go have them fixed simply because I was scared for my cuticles and didn’t want to be charged anymore money for a job that was poorly done in the first place. I paid $ 30 after tip for a full set.
I wouldn’t recommend this place and I won’t be going back.

PHOEBE. AMAZING. Its saying I need to write more to post this review so I am ;)

I should of really looked at the reviews before coming in but the place looked nice. Went wrong there, «never judge a book by its cover» this place is so bad I’m writing this review while I’m getting into it with this man doing my toes. I need a fake toe nail and he made it look like a baby piece of gum. My other big toe is filed slanted ! Who does that! He didn’t even want to fix it !

I visited San Diego on vacation last week. I didn’t have a chance to get a mani/​pedi before I left home so I decided to get one while was in town.
I gave this place 2 stars because the atmosphere was nice. The workers were friendly too. I also liked the fact that they did my gel mani and pedicure at the same time. But that’s it.
Now for the bad: I asked for a gel mani. Specifically asked them if they used up lights to cure the Polish (see places have their own definition of gel). The lady handed me the gel samples and told me to pick a color. I picked a gel color by OPI because I know it lasts 2 weeks. The lady brought the color in a different container than I normally get, looked like she mixed the color herself. She also used a base and top coat by some company named ‘Daisy’ .
Long story short, my nails started chipping on day 3. My services cost about $ 60..

Definitely confused with all the low ratings. I have been going here for over three years and have had nothing but good experiences. They are absolutely friendly and always accommodating. The only reason I ever have to replace the gels is that my nails grow out and my toe nail polish lasts forever.
I would not go anywhere else in San Diego.

This place does not even deserve one star. don’t go here! The women are in a race. WHO can be done the fastest!!! I have never recd a manicure so fast and with soo little service. This place is WACK!!!

Horrible experience. Never left a manicure unhappy in my life but this lady earned it. First, I say I want gel, but I see they carry mostly a cheap brand, daisy. I have used that before and hated that the gel chips fast. So I asked for the orly gel, which I have used before and know the quality. I guess she was trying to save the good one and kept pushing me to try this other cheap brand, cuccio. I caved and said ok (shouldn’t have). Not only the color is not as pretty, she also did a shitty job painting, she cut my cuticle and it started to sting and bleed a little, but of course she didnt say sorry or tried to sterilize, clean it. I should have read the Unilocal reviews before I blew $ 37 for a manicure that looks worse than if I had done them myself…

By far the worst experience. They’re unclean, unkind, and demanding.
I walked in with my girlfriends and we were greeted appropriately by 16 year olds. That’s what the one star represents. But then shit hit the fan.
The water basin was somewhat clean. What they do is spray nail polish remover to clean it then nothing. They reuse the callous remover. They think that washing it down to remove the callous is enough (gag).
Then, the lady doing my nails wasn’t paying ANY attention to what the hell she was doing. I had clear nail polish on my nails and she didn’t see it and just started filing after I told her 6 times… smdh.
Then when I had to pay, a women rushed me AFTER the lady started painting my nails. I’m like, «no, I’ll pay after.» She goes, «no, pay now before you can’t reach into your purse.» I’m like why the hell did you ask a question if you were going to tell me what to do anyways… smfh!
Anyways, DO NOT go to this place.

Man oh man not sure what all the bad reviews are for I had a great experience. I got a gel manicure and pedicure and was really happy with it. It has been a little over a week and my nails are still going strong. the pedicure chairs were nice with the massaging, a movie was playing and their music was pretty relaxing. Will come back again!

Wonderful massage during my European Mani/​pedi package only $ 47! Great relaxing experience ! Nail polish was nice and neat got exactly what I paid for.