Stanley Nails Spa

I love coming here and have been coming here for two years now. The staff are super friendly and accommodating. It’s a little out of the way for me but its totally worth it. If you are thinking of getting artificial nails, go with solar because they last longer. :) if I have to wait a little bit, I just grab a coffee or a slice of pizza around the corner.

Worst service ever. Ivy screwed my nails up so bad then yelled at me when i called her about it. Then said she would fix it. Yeah like i want to go back there after you’re so rude!

I go here regularly for my shellac mani pedis.
The price is right, and the quality of the service is good. Shellac manis last at least 10 days, and my pedis are grown out before they wear out. I seem to be tough on nails so this is good for me, I’ve had shellac manis that lift after a couple of days.
The staff are all friendly, it’s clean and they do their best to get you in and out. I bring my dude in for the occasional pedicure and they usually put something man friendly on the tv :)
Nail work isn’t relaxing for me, it’s maintenance. This place makes the maintenance painless.

After 3 terrible shellac manicures (lifting within days, paint outside the nail bed), I finally found a specific tech that did impecable work. When she moved to the commercial location from metrotown, I decided that the extra commute was worth it to see my girl.
Because I only trust my nails and my money with one Tech I ALWAYS call ahead to book an appt and make sure shes free. However, when I arrived on time, my tech was working on someone else. Just starting a set. She looked surprised to see me and came over to say Stanley hadnt told her I was coming, she appologized and told me to pick out a colour and design and that another girl would remove my Shellac while she finished her other set. The other girl just plopped my hands into acetone and left me there… she never came back. I had to start picking off the old shellac myself before my fingers pruned. Finally my girl was done and came to take over my mani. As usual she did an amazing job, and I left feeling conflicted… the manicure itself is amazing, she has such a creative eye and I’m always happy with her work, but the customer service by Stanley and much of the staff is just horrible.
I went back again 3 weeks later, booking an appointment over the phone with Stanley. When I arrived my girl was in the middle of a set and I ended up waiting 40 mins AGAIN until she was free! Anyways, I asked for something I’d had before, sparkle tips with clear Shellac overlay (on my natural nails). This ALWAYS comes out to $ 35 plus tax. Well, this time, Stanley decided to take over and basically forced her to use a solar gel overlay instead of shellac, saying that shellac wouldnt be strong enough… even though we had done it at least twice before without issue. When I went up to pay, he charged me $ 54!!! For solar gel overlay on my NATURAL NAILS!!! No tips, no acrylic, just sparkles and gel, are you freaking kidding me?! Honestly I shouldnt have paid after he messed up AGAIN and made me wait over 40mins after I had CALLED AHEAD to book an appointment with one specific tech… but I couldnt be that rude infront of my girl, so I begrudgingly paid for solar gel, and pulled my tech aside to say I really love her work, but I cannot do business with someone as disrespectuful and inconsiderate as Stanley. I mean, how hard is it to pick up a pen and write down an appointment???
I have not been back. Would NOT recommend.

They used drills on my nails at this place and filed my nail right down to the skin which is super painful and now I have to wait for my natural nails to grow out before I can get them done again. Please don’t let people use drills in your nails to file them.

Terrible, the worker Ivy did a rushed, incomplete french gel set. She only applied the initial layer of clear gel! They’re misshapen, and she applied the white acrylic so poorly you can see my natural nail below the white. She didn’t even ask me if I liked them, nothing. I told her when paying that they were done poorly, she quickly offered to fix the shape which I obliged but they’re still misshapen. I shouldn’t have paid but I was too mystified to believe she really just gave me an incomplete job, 2 days later and 3 of my nails are cracked due to the missing gel! Will never go back, don’t waste your money.

What can I say about Stanley nails. Even though you get what you pay for you advertise as a professional salon shouldn’t you do professional work. I wish I could call visa and do a charge back and get my money back like I can when things are falsely advertised online. Stanley nails is by far the worse place I’ve ever gotten my nails done. First my shellac manicure was done by what seemed to be a student he did a terrible job. I told him and another nail tech re did my nails better then he did the first time but still not well enough. I left there unhappy and will never go back. They apologized but now I’m stuck with this stuff on my nails I’m picking it off as I type.
Don’t be cheap stay away from Stanley nails;) it looks like I have to give them a rating so I’ll give them 1 star for effort

Great service. A Full French Manicure, brow and lip wax in under a hour at a great price.
I have been here once before for a pedicure and polish. Also a pleasant and quiet experience.
Thank you Ladies @stanleynailspa, Commercial Drive Vancouver BC

I went in for a basic mani and was not given a hand massage. Most of the other stuff I can do at home myself! Make sure you ask what is included in your service.

I went here the first time based on a recommendation from a friend who happens to know the owner. I trusted my friend, so I tried it out. The first time I went it was great! The girl knew exactly what to do, spoke perfect English and made me leave there thinking «wow, I’ll definitely be back!» Fast forward a month later when I’ve come to have them redone. What a nightmare. The girl I saw at first made a mess of my nails and removed the shellac twice. She painted the french tips on free hand with no clean up after. It was really ugly. I have square shaped nails and she did my tips in an oval formation. Nothing I’ve ever seen before! She said she needed to see a picture, which total blew me away. She was a total ass about fixing her mess and began talking about me in Viet making a total spectacle of me. She gives up (and keep in mind; all i wanted originally were pink french tips in shellac. Basic) my natural nails are quite long so i get shellac to preserve them. New girl comes, and by this point I’m just like“just do a basic french tip so I can go” I had somewhere to be and had already wasted an hour more than needed there. She does my nails, no base coat and super thin. The french tips dont even cover all of my natural tips but whatever, its better than the last broad. 2 and a half hrs later i pay and leave. Owner gets wind of my experience and invites me back for a redo by him after I tell him that now 2 of my natural nails have broken because the shellac the first time was way too thin. So, i come in today at the time he asked. 11am. Then he asks me to come back at noon. Absolutely not. I said I’ll be back at 11:30. I come back at 11:30 and he is doing someone else’s nails. In between that he comes over and starts the process of removing shellac off of 2 nails that were now cracked because of the last shitty job. Then he sits me down with the same girl that did the super think shellac! The whole reason I am back! Wtf. She hacked down 2 of my nails way shorter than I liked. I am livid. She also ignored all the other issues I pointed out, got frustrated I assume and pushed me off to someone else. New girl just added a coat of shellac and sent me on my way. Worst experience ever and I will never go back! I’d be much happier paying a little more and getting exactly what I asked for.

Best nail place in the commercial drive area. Always lots of staff so you can usually get in without an appointment. Friendly, fast service. Tons of colours to choose from. They won me over when my child care fell through and they told me to bring my 2 year old in, they then proceeded to put his favourite show on netflix and feed him snacks while mommy got a mani!

I had been a couple of times to the original location by Metrotown, but since I live in Vancouver I decided to switch to the Commercial drive location.
I have never experienced anything bad at either location. Nail techs are fast, the place was always clean when I went there and my nails always look good.
I get acrylic nails and before I found Stanley I was actually having a hard time finding a salon in town that a) still does them as most places only do gels b) has reasonable prices.
I don’t feel nickel and dimed at Stanley, where other salons I have. They do try and up-​sell me to «soalr» every time, but I just say «no thanks»

So I thought I would try this new place with my mom and friend. the place is brand new, stunning, probably one of the most beautiful nail salons I’ve ever been in and they had almost every colour, design, colour you could possibly imagine asked for a chelac pedi with a solid colour .the girl who’s name I didn’t catch was very nice and did a good job but didn’t seem to understand much English so had I wanted something more complicated and less basic there may have been a a miscommunication in trying to explain. however I also decided to get a acrylic french manicure (airbrushed)with jel overlay. I had a different girl do it. she also didn’t know a whole lot of English either but knew a bit more then the last girl who had done my toes, and seemed to struggle alto doing my hands as they tend to sweat alot (wich I did mention to her. The end result was super sloppy, the nails were all uneven, some more square and some rounded, some longer some shorter, and when i went home that same night i noticed the airbrush was chipping off the sides, the jel was chunky plus she had cut my cuticle bad they were super
I payed them even though I wasn’t satisfied. called them an hr later scheduled to get them fixed the next day. that same night my thumb nail completely chipped right off!!! Was not impressed at all!!! So i came in the next day and had them fixed and this time I asked for white polish rather then airbrush, hoping it would be a better result).so after the girl who originally messed them up nails drilled them down, refilled them, and attempted to reconstruct the broken nail, I was passed off to another girl who painted the white french tip. after only drying it for 5 min (usually takes 20 min to dry), I then got passed back to the same first girl, she did a top coat then claimed she was done. I’m like what do you mean done? What about the jel overlay??? So she proceeded to add the jel clearly she wasn’t getting the edges, and the jel seemed very drippy and watered down. After that I left thanked them and walked out. After about 5 min later I noticed the polish bubbling underneath the jel overlay like it had not dried
this point I walked back in there and I was pissed off! They told me sorry and that they couldn’t help me anymore, then refunded me 10 bucks! It seems alot more like a nail school then a professional salon with certified nail techs. they need to improve on their English, technique and professionalism and general knowledge cause if you cant even do a basic white french manicure you shouldn’t be in a brand new high end salon. straight up!!!