Nails Uptown

They had two people working on my mani-​pedi because I told them from the beginning that I just had 30 minutes. They also have a very relaxing massage chair with the rollers. Great service, they finished in 30 minutes as promised, and my nails look super cute :)

Been coming here since high school and the service has always been consistent! Love the mani/​pedi for 25 $ they have on Mondays and Tuesdays.
I never make an appointment with a specific person because all of them are really great and there’s never a wait for my walk-​ins. The store is really cute and clean looking.

My best friend and I came here to get our prom mani/​pedi done! We came the day before and thankfully it wasn’t too crowded. We were directed to sit down almost right away which was nice, but we had to wait about 10 – 15 minutes until a nail tech came to our seats. Although he was nice, I could smell cigarette smoke on him. I hope it didn’t bother my friend.
Our nails turned out AMAZING! I got almond-​shaped sparkly silver acrylics which are beautiful and go great with my dress. The PRICE was great too. I used a gift certificate (for mani/​pedi) and paid the difference (of about $ 14) for my acrylic nails (only fingernails were acrylic).
I do have a pretty major complaint though. During my pedicure, the nail tech massaged my feet, but it was a bit too rough. She wasn’t massaging the arch of my foot enough, and was pushing too hard on my bone. Now, the ball of my right foot hurts pretty badly and I’m not sure how I’ll do tomorrow at prom with my heels. Ouch…

Love this place! The owner Jenny is fantastic and the technicians are great!

My friend has been getting her nails done here for 3 years and constantly raves about the work Aaron and Terry do. When I was visiting her last weekend, I needed a fill and luckily Aaron and Terry fit me in on Sunday. My experience was both good and bad. The good news is I got a $ 20 acrylic fill that included 2 nails with art. The bad news is, it looks like I had a $ 10 manicure done by someone who has never done nails before.
The whole experience started off bad because Aaron was 10 minutes late. Not late because of another customer. Late because he wasn’t there yet. Then he did my fill and paint in less than 20 minutes which is great except that it LOOKED like he only took 20 minutes to do it. It’s one thing to be fast and good, but this was fast and terrible. Now my nails have acrylic that’s hardened in the sides of my nail bed and underneath the tips. He cut large chunks of skin away from the tops of my fingertips that are now scabbing over 2 days later. He didn’t even take the time to fully remove the polish I came in wearing. There is clearly blue polish in my cuticles and sides of every single nail. Then the nail polish he put on was horrible. Even though I picked an OPI color, he put it on really thickly so now it’s bubbling up and looks like a hot mess.
The only redeeming part was the nail art Terry did. It was beautiful and she did it in less than a blink of an eye. Unfortunately because the rest of the fill/​manicure is so horrible, I need to go somewhere else today and have it all redone because I’m embarrassed to have people look at it.
I’m so confused as to how this place got voted Best of Williamsburg for so many years. I showed my friend who is a regular the results and she was shocked at how terrible it was so I know I’m not being overly critical. I will never go back there and it makes me worry about trying any place else in the city if this is the best the city has to offer.

Jessie! She is great, but Jenny hires only the best. If you want to get a manicure or pedicure this is the place.

I brought me daughter here for a friends birthday. All the girls got kids pedicures. The place is dirty, smells awful (and not just the acrylic smell), and has lousy service. I was seriously worried about my kid getting a fungus it was so dirty. Never saw anyone clean anything. Also they have far too many stations crammed into this location. You literally rub elbows with your neighbor. The girl that did my daughters pedicure repeatedly left for long periods of time. And at the end she did not finish and just left us waiting for about 15 minutes. I finally had to go find someone and ask if they planned on finishing the service! She begrudgingly came back and hastily finished. Worst pedicure ever. I will never go back and I tell everyone to avoid this hack shop. Unless you like rude, inattentive shops.

So I initially came to Nails Uptown because they were close to where I live, their prices are decent, and when I called they actually said they did CND Solar Nails. Hallelujah! Unfortunately, they scheduled me with someone who doesn’t work with artificial nails (mine is an acrylic overlaying my natural nails), but they were able to accommodate me with another technician who does Solar Nails. Yay!
Needless to say, Aaron has been doing my nails for over four months now and I am always impressed. He has made some great suggestions on different techniques. There have been some scheduling snafus (I always make an appointment, but they had accidently triple booked him), but Jenny was quick to reschedule me and compensate me for my time.
I even bring my 8 year old daughter and boyfriend for pedicures! They love the newly added space for pedicures and are always treated well.

This place is huge– but cluttered and not extremely inviting as far as the décor– I overlooked all that and took place and set down for my service the gel manicure was great but the pedicure was AMAZING!!! So relaxing which I needed. The hot stone massage was the best part it must have been 25 minutes alone in a massage. I definitely will be driving the hour to come here again and be pampered next time having my husband join to enjoy a pedicure as well.

Hope and Hailey kept us happy and entertained today as my daughter and I enjoyed spa pedicures… Then Terry did an excellent job on nails and suggested eye lash extensions and brow tint. I couldn’t have been happier with our services today!

Everyone was very friendly and there were enough stations available to accommodate appointments and walk-​ins. However, I never saw anything get cleaned! My nail tech used some hand sanitizer (so did I, without being asked) at the beginning, but there was no autoclave, and all the tools were just sitting in a jar or a drawer. I couldn’t wait to get home to wash my hands! I
Needless to say, I won’t return. Nice place, but questionable sanitary practices.

Having fun getting my toes and nails done! They have a very friendly staff and the place is really nice! Shoutout to Dana and Jesse! Thank you!

cute interior, alright prices, friendly staff. Asked for black gel nails & got sparky red glitter in it — didn’t like it at first but it didn’t turn out horrible.
I’ve gone here a couple of times, it’s definitely my go-​to nail salon for the Williamsburg area.

I went here because I kept hearing all of the amazing reviews. I was very disappointed. The person that did my pedicure rushed the entire thing. I paid for the pedicure and the hot rock treatment. Didn’t receive a massage at all and the «hot rock treatment» lasted all of one minute. Then he burnt me with the paraffin wax. I’ve had this done many times and never has the wax been that hot that it literally left burn marks. Even after I told him it was too hot he just kept saying it would cool down (which it really didn’t, because it was that hot). I found a much better pedicure place thankfully so I won’t be returning here.

I have been to Uptown Nails several and more often than not had a great experience.
I never have to wait as a walk in, because the owner keeps her shop fully staffed at all times. My favorite days to go are Thursdays, because it is their slowest day and very quiet!
On Mondays and Tuesdays they offer a manicure and pedicure special for (I think) $ 25 or $ 35 dollars. On Sundays you get a free mimosa! And any day of the week you get a 15% discount off of your bill with a Unilocal check in.
The owner Jenny is very nice and always smiling wanting to keep her customers happy and coming back.
My favorite Nail Techs are Haley and Katie.
Great prices, great service!!!

I like the atmosphere there and cannot beat the prices for the area. Also like that they serve Smoothies or other drinks while you’re there so you can relax! I received the Spa pedicure which was what I needed after a long week at work. The spa package is a great deal including hot towels, paraffin wax, mud, salt scrub and lotion. The only complaint I have was that my nail polish was of poor quality and actually started to run off my nails after leaving the salon. I sat underneath the drying booth for a good ten minutes or more after the pedicure and the nail polish just ran off my nails! I will return and perhaps bring my own color next time but I don’t foresee this as an issue in the future.

I really like it here! Their Monday/​Tuesday $ 25 mani/​pedi special is a steal! I’ve never needed to make an appointment and I’ve never had to wait. Only complaint is that the gel manicure is insanely expensive (even if you just ask for gel polish), but there isn’t any place around here that will do it cheaper, so it’s not really a valid complaint. The market is the market. I’ve also gotten my eyebrows and arms waxed here and had no complaints. I asked the girl who was doing my eyebrows to take care not to make them too thin and to just clean up, and she did a great job!
I can particularly recommend Rachel for mani/​pedis – she’s really friendly and does a great job!

My sister brought me here and upon entering, I thought is this really a nail salon? And I had such great service. We only had a little bit of time and was just going to get a polish change. But they offered an express pedicure and it was awesome! Not only that, a glass of wine with my pedi… Such a nice amenity!
They have great deals, price is great, totally worth the drive!
I’d definitely come back!!!

I absolutely love nails uptown. My fiancé and I went for mani/​pedis and it was quite the treat. The staff is super nice and accommodating. The pedicure was EXTREMELY relaxing. We had the organic spa pedicure and afterwords my legs and feet felt sooooo smooth. They also did a great job making sure we were comfortable.
First nail salon I’ve been too that has an array of drink options (wine, water, smoothies).
My nails and toes look absolutely fabulous. Will DEFINITELY be going again next time I’m home.

All three of us popped in and they outfitted us with three spa pedis and me with a manicure, to boot. My nail technician fixed my shellac-​destroyed fingernails. If I lived here, this would be my regular spot.