Having recently moved to the neighborhood, seeing this place got me excited for my (no more than) once a month pedi, as it looks pretty delux. After being seated in a defunkt chair, my tech was only moderately annoyed that I wished to have my soak in a tub that bubbled, so shortly before my service was over, she moved me. Then I got my callus scrub, for about 30 seconds per foot, which was a bummer. ,Things were ok during the less pleasant procedures, then finally came the massage. After the cold ,slimey surprise of squirting lotion (as if I were a hot dog) a slow and light massage accompanied with several "yawn pauses" and "bored, oh whats that shiney thing - pause - oh, yeah, Im massaging, lalalalalala", by the time she got to the hot stone massage, I was stoked. "surely this is the best part". If you've ever had a hot stone massage, you will know the problem here, if not, I hope you get someone who knows what they are doing - because it can be done beautifully, just maybe not here, who knows? Frustrated, but sympathetic to the plight of a nail tech, as I would never want the job, in fact, I don't even want to do my own toes, but I do hair and makeup, and deal with gross issues of the mind and body. This is my job, and its my choice, so I always try to make my customer aware of my gratitude that they are in my service. Clearly my gal could care less about her job, cuz even after she moved me from my old seat, I did not witness her clean it, and later saw someone else sitting there. Lazy, sorry, and uncaring. She even snipped at me when I tipped her only 10%, which I decided to give her because she stood waiting for me to tip her while I paid the cashier (who was chatting away on the phone- hilarious, they don't take appointments). Magazine selection was old, and very limited. Major bummer that this is the closest place I can go to. It looked so nice....
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