Kiki’s Nails

Came here to get an acrylic fill-​in and could not be happier! Made an appointment with Kiki and got a little nervous when I walked in and the place was packed but I waited, got my fill in and gel polish all under an hr! Kiki worked fast and diligently and nails came out smooth and even. She made sure to ask me a few times throughout the appointment if everything was ok, which was very considerate. Will definitely be coming back to kiki

My girlfriend said Kiki of Kiki’s nails is a «Magical Nail Goddess» and my gf is not easily impressed. Kiki specializes in acrylic nails and can «bang them out» between appointments with «best ever» results.

I love Kiki and her nail salon. I get perfect manicure/​pedicures here. It’s affordable and clean and I am always happy with the work.

I’ve come here twice to do my gel fill in and gel pedicure. It lasts forever and I’m a customer from here on. Everyone is really nice and the massages are excellent, much needed for me.

My nails chipped after two days an I came back to get them fixed and they said they can only do one nail which is ridiculous, because all of my nails chipped. I’ve been to many other salons within the area and this has never happened before. I know manicures should last at least 5 days but 2 days and it’s chipped already, HORRIBLE. They are rude and have very POOR service. The «manager» even ignored me while I was speaking to him and a lady who was disgustingly ride spoke for him. I decided to leave. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone, you might as well go to Athens Nails and pay more. Plus she had the nerve to say nails chip after a day :/​, that means you aren’t song your job correctly and when I told them I’m writing a review they said «THATS ALRIGHT, GO RIGHT AHEAD» — How rude! I’m a customer and I didn’t even do anything wrong.
Please do not go.

Always perfect manicure or pedicure. Yuki and Denise are very experienced and profesional.

I’m shocked I haven’t written a review yet of this place, I need to finally show them some love online. I have lived in Astoria since August and I refuse to go anywhere else to get my nails done. Everyone is so nice and professional, the space is very CLEAN, and their manicures are amazing! Just a basic colored manicure will last you at least a week without chipping.
Basic manicure is $ 10 and a pedi is $ 18. They offer full service line of nails and spa treatments, including gels and all of that. They also give you massages while you sit and have your hands done… it’s a nice touch!

Kiki is a nail celebrity. You must call for an appointment in advance if you are getting tips or a filling. She is super nice I love her. Her work is great and she is fast… my nails literally lasts months. The only place I would do tips or fillings. If I am doing a pedi or mani I usually would consider other nail salons as well.

Great service. Regular mani always lasts a week minimum. No need to try anywhere else in Astoria– this is the go to!

Nice! I rarely give nail salons 5 star reviews but this place was wonderful. I came in for a regular mani/​pedi and for the price ($ 30), the quality was awesome. My nail tech was Blanca and she was meticulous with every step of the process. It’s a problem in most nail salons across the city… everything is rushed with no attention to detail. Blanca was great though, my nails and cuticles looked perfect afterwards. The place is also clean, comfortable and free of strong odors. Make sure you tip these ladies well. They work so hard and they’re sweet and they deserve it. I’ll definitely be back!

I’ve been coming to this location for 4 years now and still drive down on the weekends after moving to Westchester. I’ve tried other salons everywhere (astoria, midtown, evillage, westchester) and there is nowhere else that compares in terms of quality and price. I admit that a few times when I started going there I did get average mani/​pedi from newer nail techs. But now I make appointments with Blanca and I will never go anywhere else. Blanca is quick but thorough and will dig to shape ingrown toenails. I get a gel mani from her and they never chip or peel to the point where the bottoms will be all grown out but the polish still looks shiny and new.
Yuki and Kiki also give great manicures! Kiki is the owner and usually gets booked up pretty quickly.
They are very clean but the chairs are getting a bit worn. Still don’t let this deter you from finding your gem nail tech for a really good price!
Also love the backrubs. Sometimes they are too busy and I will only get 1 or 2, and other times when they are not it seems like I will get a massage throughout my whole manicure.
The husband wife team run a great place! Many of the workers have been there since I started going 4 years ago which tells me that they are happy to be there (and not move to the salons down the street) and it shows.

Got my lipped waxed here this morning. As I’m laying on the table and the waxer applies the wax, I noticed it felt slightly warm and extremely sticky. It was not warm enough and did not go on smooth enough. As she’s ripping the wax off, she says, «OH NO!» As I was leaving I noticed it was extremely red and painful. I got home and then realized she ripped my skin off, the area is swollen and even some bleeding a bit. I will NEVER go here for anything. How hard is it to keep the wax at a hotter temperature to prevent this from happening???

I don’t get my nails done often but after getting an acrylics set before Christmas I decided to try to keep up with it. I am VERY specific about my acrylics, I get the coffin shape which I’ve found is one of the more difficult shapes to get right, I also despise when the acrylic is too thick or when nails curve more to one side than the other. After reading some reviews and looking at pictures I decided on Kiki’s to get my fill, let me also mention that my old acrylics were in nasty shape at this point.
I walked in at 12 on a Wednesday with no appointment and was taken care of right away, even though you are technically supposed to make an appointment here for any fake nail maintenance. I had Rosa and she was absolutely amazing. She had fantastic attention to detail and nailed the exact shape I wanted in no time. I’m not kidding my nails are so perfectly shaped and thinned that they look like I grew them myself. Moving on to the polish job, I picked a very sheer color that could have very easily gone streaky and Rosa applied it like a pro and even did a second coat without me asking AND asked if I wanted a third. Salons leaving patchy and streaky polish jobs drives me insane so I was so pleased with this. I also have very long nails so there was a lot of room for error there.
They take cards here but only accept cash tips so be aware of that. I didn’t know this and Kiki (the owner) who was also very attentive, was happy to let me run to the ATM next door. On top of all of this awesome stuff I was also massaged not once but three times during the hour I was there. Kiki’s is by far the best nail salon I’ve been to in Astoria and I will certainly be a regular customer from now on. Recommend Kiki’s to EVERYONE!

Got a manicure a couple weeks ago and then yesterday went in to get acrylic tips. Vilma did an amazing job and I love my new nails.

I do my nails here often. I tried a few nail technicians and i like Jenny the most. The wait time is like 5 minutes. I love that I don’t have to wait. I used to go to Athena’s nails and they made me wait so long. Ughhhh!!!
Recently they increased the price with a few buck, but it’s still cheap. How can the employees be fairly paid when we spend for a manicure less than we spend for a drink? So I don’t mind to pay a few bucks more as long as the girls are paid fairly. I hope they are.
It’s a clean, nice place. Stuff is friendly. I recommend it! A lot of pluses! Also don’t forget it’s cheap. So awesome service for the money you pay. I like the place.

Saturdays and Sundays during the summer gets super packed. People starts lining up as soon as they are open. Service is fine and interior is regular.
Nothing special to brag about really, but nothing terrible to complain.

$ 24 for a regular mani & pedi. You get what you pay for: a decent job at a reasonable price. Nothing special, but it’s nice to have a good go-​to nail salon. Tip well, they deserve it.

Pay $ 14 for a buff manicure… get a $ 14 buff manicure.
Shop is in a good location, appears to be clean, tight though ample spacing, cheap, and an easily accessible outlet by the waiting bench to charge your phone. Hours are a bit short, and I did watch them turn away customers during the last half hour.
Wasn’t pleased to wait 25 minutes when I was given a 10-​minute wait estimate (that’s excessive, even by the usual salon bell curve).
Really wasn’t pleased when I was waiting on the bench, and a woman walking in 10 minutes later, asked for a more expensive treatment, and the manager started prepping her AND gave her a technician before I’d even been sat in a chair (this really off-​putting introduction to their business could have been explained and avoided if the manager would have simply explained that they only had on gel mani tech on staff that day).
My tech was very nice, smiled, and dealt with my moodiness well, respecting my frustration and need to calm down. She was working as thoroughly as it seemed she knew how. But, come the end, it was a choppy manicure (some nails looks fined, others still had dead/​dried skin AND residue/​dirt which wasn’t on them to start… though at least all cuticles were gone). Nails also weren’t filed in an even round… really wasn’t pleased… especially seeing how rough my skin still looked when I woke the next morning… but at least she didn’t cause me pain or cut skin… and was very nice.
The women’s polish & gel treatments I watched get applied looked great. You’d think a buff manicure would be easier to nail (heh)…
I may try them again with a different tech. For the price, it’s acceptable. Not sure I’ll become a regular, though. I’d rather pay more and leave consistently with handsome, healthy nails that at least last a few days, then do a the Russian roulette thing which doesn’t make me feel great on the walk home… but we shall see…

This is my usual place for mani pedis.
The ladies usually do a good job with regular mani and pedis. The little massage is nice, though it also depends who you get.
Pedi is $ 15. I think mani is $ 9.
Everything looks clean, hygienic practices are exercised.
No complaints.

This place can be better. Got a French pedicure done here yesterday with my man and they left one of my toe nails streaked with white! Like, hello. Why wouldn’t you fix that?!
Tons of better places around Astoria, including the one next to Dominie’s.