Mimi Salon

Worse service experience ever in my life.
I wanted a cheap french manicure and she only charged me $ 11. (I tipped $ 3 beforehand but I wish I never did). However, I wished I never came here as I would’ve paid more for a place that did not make me bleed or make me clean my own nails.
While cutting my cuticles, she cut the side of my nail too far in and I began to bleed. And it wouldn’t stop. She decided to put this blue «medicine» to try to stop the bleeding but it stung so bad and my finger still hurts. She also decided to clean my wound with the brush she was fixing my french tips with. This place was very unsanitary and I hope I do not develop an infection.
Also I asked for a flower design to help cover the ugliness of the french tips (the lines were jagged and some of the white got into the clear part of my nail), and she made my nail look even worse with flowers (if you can even call them flowers) than it already did. I asked her to take off the ugly flowers and she told me to do it myself. So I took the brush and acetone and removed the flower myself. No top coat.
I guess you get what you pay for. But this place does not even deserved to be paid.

Two stars may be too nice. If you just need to get something done they seem to have good hours but that’s about the only good thing. There are no massage chairs, hair from previous cuts on the floor, and seemed like used towels everywhere. Basically very messy and if I need anything done I’ll wait for a different salon to open up. My nails and waxing came out sub-​par at best. Oh and color choice… Nonexistent.

this review is for mani/​pedi. i don’t think they even know how to do that here. when i went here, a guy was having a pedi with Mimi and i had mani/​pedi by another lady. i saw Mimi nicked the guy and guess what? the other lady did the same to me. you would know at first hand if someone is a pro just by the way they handle the tools. the lady can’t even get a good grip on the tools and my fingers were bent in an awkward position. place is horrible too. this place needs a lot of improvement.

If you like having a facial amongst running loud kids, moquitos and random people sitting next to you getting thei wax done, this place is for you! I honestly cant describe how horrific my experinece was. As a student, I’m always looking for budget deals and from the mixed reviews on Unilocal,I figured why not give it a try? I wish I could reverse time.
First of all, the area was super GHETTO. There were small groups of large men with skanky girls smoking on the corners at 1pm. I wonder how it must be after hours. Anyway the salon had only one customer and she was cutting his hair. She told to go sit in the facial room and she would be with me in 5 minutes. The second I stepped in the room I smelt nothing but old towels and sweat. Horrified I turned around to leave but she stopped me and said she was ready to get my facial done. I asked her to give me new sheets and a new towel and she did (I doubt they were new, they still smelled awfully bad).
The ambience was ridiculous. She was working on my facial, a pedicure outside and waxing some guys eyebrows who was sitting right next to me. I felt so uncomfortable and kept praying it to end all fast. She even forgot about me for about half an hour while she was doing someones pedicure. It was the worst facial I had. She did some minor extractions and massaged my face, but all her equipment was ancient and looked it would break any time.
This place is in the dumps. I’d rathar pay a little more and get a facial I could actually breathe in. I cannot state how horrified I am after this whole expereince,
How could people run a salon like that. I think she lives above the salon cuz her children would come in and play around than run upstairs. It felt like I was in someones house, not a salon. Worse experience yet,

Mimi’s salon is great!
She’s a professional-​straight-​to-​the-​point no frills kind of lady. I came in here Sunday morning for a Brazilian wax and she promptly took me in and handled business. It’s not a nice room with dim lighting and jazz music. But it will do!
The price is reasonable and the location is pretty convenient.

Sorry Mimi but you need to hire some extra helping hands and you shouldn’t illude yourself to believing you can handle more than 1 customer at any time.
It was an interesting and laughable experience at Mimi Salon, and I’ll tell you.
My girlfriend and I came here just to get some polish on our nails. When we arrived, we saw that she was occupied with another lady who was getting permanent curls.
Mimi (whom I assume is Mimi) asked what we wanted so we told her BOTH of us wanted our nails did.
Mimi said «Okay sit, just 5 minutes.»
I don’t know but she was no where near done with the perm lady and her 5 minutes was more like 30 minutes.
She then came and with a little bowl of warm water and some nail grooming supplies (which I am not sure is sanitized) and had me soak one of my hands in it. To which she returned to the perm lady and continued to roll more of her hair. So 10 minutes later, she comes and starts on my nails.
Another customer walks in unsure whether he should step in completely but before he could turn away, Mimi asks him what he wanted. He said «I need a hair cut» Mimi, tells him «Sit down, just 5 minutes.»
My friend and I then looked at each other and communicated with only facial expressions, «5 minutes!!! Who is she kidding? Oh yeah, ALL OF US. Oh boy, hahahaha.» (frown)
After about 15 minutes the guy who wanted his hair cut, realized it wasn’t going to happen in 5 minutes. So he got up to leave but Mimi stopped him and gave him a magazine and said «Look in here, which style you like.» Which he took, sat back down and browsed.
Another customer walked in, poked her head in and saw all 5 of us and just said «I’ll come back tomorrow!» That was a very smart lady.
Soon after another lady came in, and Mimi said «Sit down just 10 minutes.» She sat and waited.
My friend and I then looked at each other again and understood the way time works in Mimi’s world. 1 minute is equal to 6 minutes, so 5 minutes is really more like 30 minutes and 10 minutes is more like an hour. (aha moment)
At this point the guy who was waiting for his hair cut, got up from his seat and headed for the door. Mimi, «No you, sit down.» Guy, «I have to make a phone call.» Mimi, «You call in here, sit down.» Guy, «Someone is waiting for me.» And he dashed out.
That’ll be the last Mimi will ever see of that guy, for sure.
My friend and I looked at each other and smirked.
Anyways, an hour and a half later. My friend and I got polish on our nails. The job wasn’t great, she rushed it and no top coat. So it lasted only about a day, before the chipping began.
If you have read this far, the person to feel sorry for was the lady getting her hair permed. She came in before any of us and sat there with half of her hair done and had to wait until Mimi was finished with all of us, before getting her job completed.
Anyways, another thing I didn’t like about Mimi Salon is that she made my friend and I pay before she applied polish on our nails. I guess she’d had some dashers before?
Don’t go to Mimi’s when she’s the only one working.

Very disspointed I can not give less than one star… I was hoping to get a pedicure… Mimis is not the usual spot I get nails done but I figured that it would be ok since the salon had been there for awhile and very close to my home. What a dissapointment… a complete failure. Now, truth is the lady that tried to do my nails was not mim… i should have known when going through the pedicure … it was painful … she didnt appear to know how to trim, cut, shape clip the nails … Mimi came over and attempted to repair… i kept an eye and tried to remain hopeful… when the polishing was done. i was disgusted… how is it that half a toe nail painted is acceptable… crooked and uneven shaped nails… smeared polish … Mimi offerred to repaint them but that was only one fraction of the problem… the truth is that she had seen how poorly my nails had been done but was perfect with me walking out of her salon with this poor job… i took off the polish … left there … paying fifteen dollars for a pee poor pedicure … dont bother… lesson learned… my toes are sad!

Horrible! I came here for a facial ($ 25.00…cheap.but sucks) and eyebrow waxing. I called and the lady who answered the phone was nice enough to book me an appointment on that day. So when I arrived, I was very disappointed because there were so many people already there, waiting to be pampered. Surprisingly, there was only one lady working and she didn’t even notice I was there.
I told her I had an appointment and she scurried me into this tiny facial room with no windows, no decorations, no music… On my way to the facial room, the other people (who were waiting) glared at me…
So, the lady (sorry.I don’t wish to remember her name.) set me up with steam and told me that she will be back in 5 minutes. Oh my F-​ing God! It took her nearly 30 minutes just to come back with the cream, extraction equipment, etc… She said it was a very busy day for her and she needed to give someone a quick haircut, do some girls’ pedicure/​manicure. So, she continue with my facial. but in less than 10 minutes, she rushed back out to answer calls (on the phone… forever) and then she went back to do some ladies’ pedicure/manicure…OMG! I was waiting very impatiently because the cream and products on my skin were drying and flaking and I wanted to get out of there immediately. Right after she finished the pedicure, she came back inside the facial room and resume my treatment. but I told her to stop because not only did she not wash her hands after touching peoples’ feet, but she was using a freakn’ dish-​washing sponge to scrub my face (it hurt like hell!!) She also spoke in Cantonese (to herself… maybe…) the whole time while she was doing the extraction, saying something like my face needs a lot of work., my skin condition is awful… blah blah (I am fluent in both English and Cantonese… so I fully understand she was talking crap about me in Cantonese the whole time…)
It was my first and very last facial at Mimi because the service is way way way below average. I highly DO NOT recommend her.
Prices are cheap, but service and attitude are a failure. Don’t come here!

When i entered this salon, I had already felt a negative energy. When I walked in, Mimi (stuffing her face with food) looked up at me and asked «WHAT?!» in a rather angry voice. I hesitantly replied «Uh, can i have a haircut???» and she responded with «WHO, YOU OR HER» (because I was with my mom). Uh rude much? At that point, I felt like leaving the salon, but I just politely stood there and said «me.» She told me to sit down so I did. It was dead quiet and very awkward. She soaked my hair in water instead of lightly spraying it and then aggressively brushed my hair, tugging on it with extreme force. This hair was still connected to my scalp… She could have been a lot more gentle. She asked me how I wanted my bangs, and I told her but she kept disagreeing and hit my head with a comb. I felt like slapping her at that point. Wtf? Was that supposed to be a joke? Every time I asked her a question she responded, «I DONT KNOW. UP TO YOU.» No shit it’s up to me but I was asking for an opinion. But okay. After she finished with the haircut, I was left with loads of hair left on my neck and back. She did not brush it off like what a $ 6 hair stylist would do. Ultimately, I would say that this is the worst salon I’ve ever been to IN MY LIFE.

Mimi is the best. She knows what style I like. She recognizes me when I walk in and every haircut is easy street. Consistently good haircut every time. I get a $ 10 haircut, it takes maybe 20 minutes tops and I’m set for the month.
Mimi gets the job done right and she gets it done quickly. That’s what I like.

When I go get a mani/​pedi the last thing I want is kids running around the salon. I like kids, I have one myself, but when I’m getting my pedicure I don’t need a 5 year old throughing pumice sponges in my foot spa.
Besides the kids running around and screaming loudly the pedicure was ok, but I have definitely had better. The waxing service was probably the best about the whole thing.
Will I go there again? Probably not. Do I reccomend this place? Only if absolutely neccesary.

Facial for $ 25 !!
I know a lot of people write in threads about finding a place that does cheap facials in the SF area. Well… this salon is located in the mission area (kind of near City College of SF if you know the area…) It’s definitely not a luxurious spa-​like experience, but it’s reasonably priced and I really enjoyed it.
Basically, my facial was fantastic; Mimi did a very thorough and meticulous job. Although my facial was not as quiet and peaceful as I’d anticipated, I was still very pleased with the end results. I started to see results of the facial the very next day. There’s less acne on my face, and I feel like it’s been glowing for these past few days.
I will definitely be coming back every month.

Mimi and the ladies are great… The first time I visited Mimi was when I was still in college. I had to budget my expenses around that time and Mimi gave reasonable prices on waxing, mani/​pedi so I went for it. It’s been more than 10 years now and I still see her… I can afford well-​known, reputable salons now so it’s not because of the reasonable prices but she does a great, great job on waxing (not even a small stub left!) I also realize that she doesn’t use the conventional, beauty store wax strips… but uses fabric, instead. At first, I thought…“how old school” but old school ways manage to do the trick better and trumps new stuff. Mimi and the ladies are also personable… she laughs and smiles at everything I say or do. Great job, ladies!

A quiet little salon halfway through the Outer Mission, easily accessible by taking the 14 bus towards Daly City. Haircuts go for about $ 10+ more or less. The salon’s run by two Vietnamese women who also do waxing, manis, pedis and coloring which I’ve yet to try. They’re not very conversational so don’t expect to be chatting up a storm. When I first went here I wasn’t dazzled. Personally I don’t like the quiet atmosphere apart from passing cars and occasional noisy pedestrians, but if you don’t mind a musicless environment, go right ahead and come here. Both times I’ve gotten my hair cut here though, I’ve always received compliments soon after.