Davis Sq Nails & Spa

I get mani/​pedis here fairly often, and I’m generally happy with the results. The treatments are always relaxing and the results looks great. Some techs take more time than others, and I’ve found that the length of my manis depends on the tech I get. I don’t mind though, as I’m more interested in my cuticles looking good for a while, which they always do. And after a really bad mani elsewhere, I appreciate this place so much more.

They use dirty tubs and tools, awful service and I left with nails that looked like a 5 year old painted them.

It’s fine. They are super quick, which is what you want sometimes, so I come here when I’m in a rush. It does get very busy, especially after work and on weekends. They might ask you to come back in an hour.
I’ve had very nice staff here, and very indifferent staff here, but I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone rude.
It is not relaxing by any stretch of the imagination. It’s fast and energetic. Being almost across the street from the T makes it even faster.

I actually signed up for Unilocal specifically to leave a bad review for this nail salon.
Living in Davis I’ve tried really hard to give this place the benefit of the doubt because there aren’t a lot of options for nail salons around where I live. Unfortunately this place is just terrible.
When I was there the woman doing my nails was seeing 3 clients at once — which is great for business — but she also barely paid any attention to the 3 people she was servicing. I had to ask her to add another coat because I thought that would make my nails look better (it didn’t) and then I spent the next 5 days that my gel manicure lasted picking nail polish off the skin around and out from under my nails.
It’s just really bad quality for an unreasonable price.

The first time I went to Davis Square Nails, I had acrylics on and simply asked to have them taken off, and to have a shellac manicure. The lady asked me THREE times if I wanted a fill, and all three times I repeated myself saying «No, I want these taken off please, and then a shellac manicure.»
She looked at me like I had three heads. Really?
Then, she took my nails off and ANOTHER lady came over and started my manicure. She absolutely BUTCHERED my cuticles. I was bleeding and she was carrying on like nothing happened. Once that was resolved, she started with the gel and polish and very rudely kept getting up to tend to people who were walking in the salon, and even started another manicure while I was in the process of mine. SO rude!
Not only that, but my manicure is not at all what I expected. There are bubbles and when I pointed them out to her, she said «No, honey that’s just your nail.» No, its not. I left irritated, in pain and without leaving a tip. Absolutely horrible experience!

I get my nails done here every two weeks. They do a great job and have a great selection of colors. If you want something specific just ask them.
I went for waxing for the first time and was pretty impressed. I did brazilian and lower leg and it took about 35 minutes. They did leave a few hairs, but nothing super noticeable and also gave me a 10 dollar discount for being a regular.

I went here once before and had a mediocre experience. My daughter and I thought we would try it again. It was just awful. The people there were nice enough but the pedicures were poorly done with lacquer, or something, left on the side of my toes and the paint unevenly done. My daughter said the day after the paint was already looking chipped and old on her feet. I was looking forward to getting my toes cleaned up and this just didn’t happen.

I moved to the area about 3 months ago & desperately needed a new nail salon. I’ve been coming here faithfully every 2 weeks to get my nails, toes & eyebrows done! The ladies are super friendly & always make you feel welcome as soon as you walk in. They take very good care of you & personalize your experience. This is the BEST nail salon in the area, so don’t bother going elsewhere! Come stop by & try it out– you won’t regret it :)

I LOVE Davis Square nails! I have been going here for years and won’t go anywhere else. I am an every two weeks mani/​pedi girl so I take my nail salons seriously. I get regular pedicures and acrylic nails done by Ten who is amazing. I once waited a month for her to get back from Vietnam because I love the way she does my nails so much. I also get my eye brows waxed here and get compliments on them all the time.

I have been going here for years and although faces have changed through the years I have always got nothing but the best service. Now Ten is my go to lady, nail, pedi and eyebrows are done to perfection! Thanks for being awesome!!!
Bernadette

I went here for the first time today and will not be going back. The pedicure I got was rough, painful and rushed. They claimed it was the «spa pedicure» which only seemed to include a quick body scrub and lotion on my legs for probably 30 seconds but cost $ 10 more. The gel manicure I got was sloppy and rushed. Cannot believe I had to pay $ 60 for these terrible services. If you are looking for quality work and a relaxing time, you will NOT find it here.

Been meaning to write this review for almost a year now to warn others! If I could give 0 stars I would! Worst nail salon I’ve ever been to!!! Do not go here! No matter how convienient the location may be. Terrible, terrible, terrible!!! I was going to do my nails myself but my heels had been real beat up just from wearing flip flops and sandals and stuff so I wanted to get it all scrubbed off. When I walked in the place was dark and didn’t look very clean, but it was busy and it didn’t seem horrible right away. I should’ve walked right out after that little observation. Terrible experience. Never going back there again and warning everyone I know in the area to stay away. First off, i was looking at the colors and one of the women working there noticed I was looking and showed me a color and shook the bottle to see the color better. Guess what, cap wasn’t on all the way and nail polish was all over my shirt. no apology from them or anything. The lady just started to wipe up drips off the floor. oh course I happened to be wearing a new $ 30 victorias secret t-​shirts i had just bought. Then my pedicure was mayyyyyybe ten min long. Basically all she did was splash cold water on my feet and got polish all over my feet, no scrubbing or anything. Then with my nails, i told her what shape i wanted them filed, square, and they all turned out different shapes and I ended up having polish all over my hands too, along with multiple cuts on my hands. They still made me pay full price for everything after all that. I was so angry that I walked out without tipping, which is something I’ve never done in all my life. As soon as I got home I took all of the nail polish off my fingers and toes (and hands & feet since it was all over me). I couldn’t even look at the purple color anymore. Come to find out when I got home, my roommate has gone to this same salon the day before (I hadn’t seen her in between our visits) and the woman cut the center of her nail while taking off old gel polish by scraping it off with a sharp tool, rather than soaking them like every other nail salon on the planet does!!! Do not waste your time or money on this place!

Got a manicure and pedi there before… Not shabby, but definitely lacking on the massage portion. Would have painted them myself for the price. I was really excited for my first gel there my first gel the other day. Horrible prep!
a) Did not clean the residual nail polish framing my cuticles
b) Filed my nails with a super coarse file meant for artificial nails, so the edges were super jagged.
c) The gel itself was waaaay too low on my nail (1.5mm below my cuticle, which was never pushed back).
d) Overall, gels are sloppy, rippily and translucent/​uneven in some spots.
Walked out with $ 63 out of pocket (gel, pedi and tip) feeling totally ripped off. Super nice folks, but unfortunately will not get a gel here again.

NEVER AGAIN!
This was the worst nail place i have ever been too. the salon is grimy and dirty. the woman who «did» my nails was so rude. she was glaring and giving me nasty looks like i was interrupting her day or something! she didn’t even attempt to take off all of my nail polish i had on previously before painting my nails. she was very rough and would throw my wrist down and pull on my hand. she was unbearable. i didn’t tip her. i would NOT RECOMMENDED THIS PLACE TO ANYONE.

Just moved into the neighborhood and have been looking for a new nail salon. Davis Sq. Nails did not disappoint! It’s not fancy by any means, but they are always busy (a good sign in my book) unlike Julie’s Nails which seems to always be vacant. They were courteous and did a great job. Probably the shortest French gel manicure I have ever gotten, but they are detailed in their work and it came out fabulous. I will be back.

I went for a pedicure with two of my friends, who got french tips. The pedicure was mediocre. It looked fine at the end, but the woman seemed extremely untrained.
They filed one of my friends’ tips down too far, so they did not look like tips at all. They used the wrong color, after my friend repeatedly tried to correct her.
For the other friend, the paint job was absolutely terrible.
Both friends went home to redo their nails themselves. Horrible experience.

Terrible customer service. My manicure took 10min, and it was done in a hurry. I could have cut my own cuticles myself and done a better more thorough job. Absolutely pathetic service. There are many nails salons in Somerville, I will be spending my money here again. I paid $ 17 for a French manicure, bad have a $ 5 tip even for bad service. That’s 23 bucks and I could have cleaned and done my own nails… Just poor craftsmanship by someone who doesn’t give a crap about repeat costumers. Terrible place. Please do yourself a favor and take your money elsewhere.

I was a little nervous about coming here after reading the reviews about the nail techs being over zealous with the nail tools and doing messy rush jobs.
But I had a wedding to go to and was desperate for a decent mani pedi under $ 40 at a salon near work/​on my way home. Anyway, i’m glad i decided to give this place a try– as i type this five days after my mani pedi, i have yet to see a chip. which is pretty good considering my manis typically chip after a day or two.
The nail techs do try to upsell you on the spa pedi but they didn’t push me after my initial no. I had two different nail techs and one finished up my mani while the other nail tech was working on my pedi– she was super quick!
In short, no-​frills place with quick and decent manis right in the square. Mani pedi for $ 32 is a little high (i used to get the same quality mani/​pedis in ny for $ 17)Not sure if this would be a regular place for me but its in a convenient location and the ladies here work fast.

My roommate and I made an appointment here for a Saturday a few weeks ago. They were very accomodating with that and were ready when we arrived, which I appreciated. Unfortunately, that’s sort of where the good stops. We both had technicians that were super pushy about getting designs and extras and up-​selling. I am in sales — I get this. But it’s pretty uncomfortable to have to say «no» to the same push on extra designs on my toenails 3 – 4 times.
My toes actually came out pretty well, but both of us were dismayed with our finger nails. Not all of the nail was covered in polish, and within 2 days it was chipping and damaged. I removed it myself within 3 days because it looked so abysmal. The women seemed more interested in conversing amongst themselves than they did in giving us decent and long-​lasting manicures. I’m giving it 2 stars for the price and the pedicure, but you might as well buy your own polish and try your hand at your own mani/​pedi rather than trek out to Davis Sq for this.

Came in again recently to get a mani/​pedi for my brother’s wedding. My mani is already chipping and I got it a few days ago and the pedi looks ok. But I’m dropping a star because the woman I had was really rushed (which I didn’t mind since I kind of hate the whole filing experience), but she also cut my skin on my toes and my fingers while cutting excess skin. She didn’t mention either of these issues and just kept blindly doing my nails. She also dropped a tool on the floor at one point and put it in the foot bath to wash it. Luckily, it wasn’t anything used to cut anything, but that’s kind of gross.
I think I may need to try a new place next time.