Mimi’s Nails

Relax and be ready to be pampered. I took my daughters for my birthday and they took great care of us!

I’ve been coming to Mimi’s for about 3 months with consistently great service. Nice staff, clean and great quality. Leaving on vacation and forgot to schedule an appointment. They nicely opened early to accommodate me on their busiest day! Such great customer service!

What I liked: Seemed new-​ish, clean, friendly staff and all orientation of chairs is facing the street so you can look out (rather than looking at a wall)
Jimmy: OMG he is so caring and conscientious. Super nice guy and does a thoughtful careful job. He asks a few questions but isn’t interested in my life story and I appreciated that. Small talk is overrated and Jimmy understands that.
What can be improved: Not much! Shoot, first time visit they gave me a card which allows me to potentially get $ 5 off if I visit there 5 or 6 times. Who else does that in Sequim? Ummm no one!!!
I read the reviews first and was a little taken aback by some of the negative reviews but I figured I would try them. Honestly the last person who did my nails in Sequim put some kind of evil superglue Shellac causing poor Jimmy to use a freaking drill just to remove the crap. Unacceptable but Jimmy assured me that would not happen with Mimi’s and I believe him. He was so careful about removing the last shellac job. I will be back!

Mimi and Jimmy are beyond disrespectful. They offer appts and don’t call you when they’re late, which is 100% of the time. Today my niece and I each had a 4:30p appt. which they gave when I called @ 3:15p. We arrived and they said nothing about how long we would need to wait. Finally I asked. We were told it would be another 45 min. They need to stop offering appts and use a call ahead list, like salons do. And they need to at least have the manners to apologize. People have school commitments, doctor appts and family schedules.

Had an appointment on Saturday at 11 for a simple manicure. Got there are 5 minutes to 11. Very crowded. Asked the owner how long it might be since they were so busy. She said just a few minutes. So I waited while a woman walked in at 11 and asked for a pedicure. She had no appointment. At 11:15 a staff member told me to come to the chair for a pedicure but I told her I was there for my nails. Now this was the same woman who gave me a manicure about 2 weeks ago so she didn’t do only pedicures. Instead of taking me to the manicure table to work on my nails, she called the walk in woman and told her she’d start her pedicure for her. I was left standing there. Seeing that none of the technicians were anywhere near done, I walked out at 11:20 with no manicure. Too bad as they do a wonderful job once you get in a chair. But they overbook and take too many walk ins.

Mimi and her brother Jimmy are the very best nail specialists I’ve ever encountered and their procedures and equipment meet a very high standard of cleanliness. As an RN I can tell you I am not easily impressed by infection control management in a nail salon.
In addition to first rate cleanliness, Mimi’s has unbeatable ventilation — try to find a chemical odor in that shop! Mimi and Jimmy understand the hazards to their health and ours when a nail salon is poorly ventilated.
This brother and sister team are outstanding professionals. I had a nail gel manicure and it was beautifully and skillfully applied and best yet it looks the same as it did when I left the shop 8 days ago!
Mimi and Jimmy are warm and friendly and kept me laughing and happy throughout my visit. I wish them a long, happy, and prosperous presence in Sequim…