Ciao Bella Nails

Worst pedicure every, what they call pedicure is actually a nail paint change. It took them a total of 10−12Min to complete the pedicure. And they charged 2 $ extra for getting a nail paint

Nice people, but didn’t let my friend get acrylic because her nails were already long-​ish??? The paint job on my acrylics was average but the shape and gel of my friend’s nails were not done well. Overall, I would not go back and would not really recommend.

So/​so service, gel manicure runs $ 30, supposed to last 2 weeks. My gels are falling off after 3 days…

Still great! Best Mani/​pedi price and quality of work around. I hardly ever get any body waxing and was not expecting such a good job for the price. Great!

Would not recommend this place. I walked in this morning for a basic pedicure, picked a color, and the second I sat down the woman who came over started speaking to the other nail ladies and poking at my nails. I had normal polish on, blue opi with sparkles on it (also opi sparkles). They eventually brought over a dremel tool to take off my polish! It wasn’t gel! I was not okay with that, said «No, thank you» and got up to leave, and the woman grabbed my legs and would not let me go until I pulled myself away. It was a really awkward scene, and one I didn’t create — I just wanted to leave!
Here’s my recommendation — don’t bother. These ladies here are rude and awful. I walked down chestnut to marina nails where they removed my polish with nail polish remover easily (just one swipe of polish remover got it off), and are now doing a lovely job painting.

Ladies are very friendly, clean place, TV on and lots of magazines BUT
My friend called ahead and make appointments for us the lady on the phone told us gel mani pedi would be $ 45 to be honest I thought … Hmm, That’s really cheap. We got there on time /​service on time but now it was $ 65. Weird.
I got my nails done very fast I was done in 35 – 40 min (no hand massage if u want a neck massage u can get one for extra money) same night my nails started to fall apart. The second day the gel started to come off, they don’t do the edges well so air and moist goes in. I guess we are not coming back. I got gel with regular polish application.

I Came here on a Tuesday afternoon with no appointment, for a pedicure and gel manicure. I was accommodated immediately. The shop is a quaint and small one but bright, vibrant and clean. They have many gel and polish colors to choose from. I had 2 people working on me and both did a great job. The price point is actually pretty nice for the marina as well. Pedicure is only $ 17. Fast, friendly, overall great service. This was my first time but I will definitely come back.

Do not be fooled by the «people love us on Unilocal» sticker in the window! The woman who did my nails was nice but did an awful manicure. The polish was too thick and was getting in the creases, very messy! I had to ask her to clean the creases and point to exactly which nails. Worst of all, she was rushing and there were only two other people in the salon!

It was nice having 3 ladies working on me at the same time, they called me Baby and were very quick! Loved it, and you can’t beat $ 20 for a mani/​pedi

Bad experience. Gel manicure and regular pedicure cost $ 48 which was not worth it. Horrible job painting the nails

Great prices and a really good manicure. They have a wide selection of polishes and they are fast and friendly. $ 8 for a regular manicure? I’m going back in a few weeks!

Fast, friendly, clean, accurate. $ 30 gel manicure, not bad at all! I’ll be back and I might bring some friends too.

Tried this nail salon out for the first time today and my experience was wonderful.
They have massage chairs with pillows and the shop is very neat and clean.
The man (owner) and nail salon ladies greeted me right as I walked in and sat me down right away. I told them I wanted French manicure with sparkles. Kim was really nice and easy to talk to. Also, while my nails were drying she gave me a little shoulder massage which is so relaxing. She did a great job on my nails. I would gladly come back again, thank you. (Cám n)

Awful. Best way to explain my experience here. I came in early on a Saturday morning and asked to get both my manicure and pedicure at the same time, that was issue number one. The place was dead (why I came early) and they said they weren’t sure if they could do both at the same time even though there were about six of them just sitting around. Finally they agreed to it. I asked if I could move the back of the massage chair back a bit since it was so upright it was uncomfortable and she told me it would be $ 5 to turn the chair on. That is maybe one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard. To round it out I has brought my own polish and explicitly told them so when I sat down and at the end she tried to tell me it we theirs and I was stealing. The head person told them it was in fact mine and to let it go.
The whole experience was bad, from start to finish. Nails are okay, but there was minimal effort put into it and everyone besides the head lady was rude. Absolutely never coming back here again.

Downgrading to 2 stars because my pedicure chipped after a week without doing any strenuous activities out of the norm. This may be the worst quality pedi I’ve ever gotten.

Crappy manicure — I’d rather pay $ 2 more and get a good one rather than spend $ 8 on a crappy one. Sloppy polish, no cuticle trimming, lackluster.
Oh, and I got tricked in to buying a $ 10 shoulder massage. Oh, and so did my friend. We were both very confused when we got our bill. The women «ask» if you want a massage in some language that they must think is English… but it is definitely not. So I apparently nodded in confusion – and since I hadn’t been there before I didn’t realize that the shoulder rub was not part of the usual manicure (some salons actually do that for free!). Anyways, I felt scammed… and then vindicated that somehow they managed to do the same thing to my friend.
Do yourself a favor and go spend $ 10 or $ 11 somewhere else. Though the one benefit to here, I must admit, is that they had a ton of color choices.

This place is wack. I came here just last week with two of my girlfriends and they were getting their nails done for prom. When we first enter they were asking us what we would like to do and my friends said they would like a mani. One of my friend and I were both Viet so we just sat there pretending to not know any Viet and just talk normally in english. As the lady was doing my friend’s nails I can hear them talk shit about her and my other friend. Shortly after another worker came out and sat next to my friend, she was talking her the rest of the worker and told the lady to ask my friend to pay before she paint her nails. My friend reply that she’s going to pay after and the lady quietly said «F u» and just continue doing her nails.
Overall they were rushing to do my friends nails and hurried us out of the store… I don’t think this place is a great place at all. Unless you want to have a fast mani pedi and a bad nails, I wouldn’t recommend this place.

Typical Nail place in the Marina. I switch between here and Hand Touch Nail care for my monthly mani/​pedi. Comfy, cheap, fast. No Complaints.
For $ 20, you get a mani and pedi and a five minute shoulder massage. They are fast, efficient and do a good job.
*Try to go before 7 pm on weekdays or weekend afternoons and you won’t have to wait. You can make a reservation but they don’t really care/​keep track.
–Hungry Hungry Pongy

I debated on giving ciao Bella such a raving review because it has enough business as it is. But here goes.
I was in on Saturday for a pedicure ($ 15). There was a wait as the place was packed so I leisurely picked out my color and read through a magazine. Then I sat in a comfy chair and soaked my feet. Unfortunately the massage chair activates for an extra $ 2 so I didn’t use it. Even though there was a running wait list I did not feel rushed and stayed in my chair til my feet dried. Beautiful job and the foot/​leg massage was an added benefit.
The ambiance is great, no Tv’s, nice selection of mags, and friendly staff. Will be my regular spot for manis and pedis!

Oh, Chestnut Street, land of the $ 20 mani/​pedi. Why did I cheat on my beloved Hand/​Touch, directly across the street from the charmingly named Ciao Bella?
Boredom, I guess that’s why we stray. I could see Hand/​Touch from my seat at Ciao Bella (where the charm begins and ends with the name). And I felt guilty, indeed for cheating. And then stupid, too, as the dispirited staff proceeded to tend to my digits. The woman in charge of my feet never once looked me in the eye. No hello, no do you want me to cut or file, etc. etc. She did a pretty good job, actually. And I’m sure her job sucks. But c’mon.
The nice chatty gal in charge of my hands didn’t do a very good manicure at all. Chipping ensued shortly after, my cuticles are a mess. I think the problem is nobody appears to be really in charge at Ciao Bella, whereas at Hand/​Touch one of the owners is always on site, and the same person must train the technicians there because they all do consistently great work.