Nails By Amy

I got a gel-​mani (as usual) when I went in for graduation and within (3) days, the gel lifted. The tech was someone who’s done my nails (but acrylic) before, so I assumed their gel skills would be as good as the others in the salon. I was really disappointed and ended up looking for a spot by my house in BX to fix it the morning of graduation. I love this place, but I think the gel training is in order… However, their pedicures are like the best in Brooklyn!!!

Stay away. Worst pedicure of my life. The guy doing my pedi was digging into my toenail bed and cuticle so hard. He was alternating between using a sharp tool and his own fingernail. I had to ask him 3 times to stop because it hurt. The first two times I tried to be nice and finally I had to be very firm and say «Please don’t touch it anymore, that hurts.» I shouldn’t have to ask 3 times for someone to stop when it clearly hurts and I’m flinching, jumping, and moving my foot away. Don’t really trust the cleanliness of this place either. Hope I don’t end up with a fungal infection.

Nope — I came in for a pedicure and won’t be returning. It took a long time for anyone to notice I’d walked in, and my pedicurist… was rough, in a hurry, and not well-​trained. My two big toes are mismatched in filing shape and I can def do a better pedicure at home. When they needed to pull my attention away from my magazine to ask which color I’d picked (it was sitting among some leftover ones on the table) the pedicurist and other lady yelled HELLO, MISS, HELLO at me from less than three feet away. Really? The pedicurist rolled my leggings up so tightly (like a tourniquet) to the knees to ‘do a massage’, and I nicely said that the rolling was too tight and unrolled them. Then she did it a second time. Not surprisingly, it was also too tight and painful, so I unrolled then again and said I am ok without the massage. Also, with all of the press on the true cost of a low-​priced mani/​pedi in NYC salons, I felt kind of badly for the workers. If there’s such a thing as a too-​cheap nail salon, this is it. The whole place kinda made me sad. They need to renovate the inside, and train these employees alot better. I would definitely pay more for those things.

My girlfriend went here for a simple polish change, and it turns out that they can’t even change nail polish. You shouldn’t have a nail salon if you can’t 1) remove nail polish or 2) apply nail polish. Stay away

I used to frequent nails by amy years ago, until I realized how pointless it was to go there for a «cheap gel mani/​pedi» when just a few blocks down on church ave, there are a ton of fine nail salons that are just remotely more pricey. trust me, sometimes u need to splurge a couple extra dollars.
first of all, jimmy is the worst! I used to avoid him at all costs. he doesn’t EVER wash his hands between one patron to the next! he would work on me with his nails full of black dirt. gross! he also rushes through everything — and in the end, ur nails never even look good. I used to continue going there but would just make my appts with amy, so that I wouldn’t end up with him.
I think I finally gave up on them when one day, amy was on vacation. so I had to have jimmy do my gel mani (cuz only jimmy and amy did gel at that time — not sure if more techs do it now). when he got the hot towel and threw it over my my hands and forearms, I noticed little hairs from the towel cover my arms and hands!!! SOOO GROSS! jimmy just brushed them off as if nothing happened. but I’m sure he saw the look of disgust on my face. that was the final straw!
on a side note, they also are constantly training new people who obviously aren’t certified nail techs & then they expect a customer to pay full price to have these new trainees do mani and pedis… soo not worth the money!!!

I love the customer service here ! They treat you very well. I walked in and I saw that they seemed busy so I walked out. Amy chased me outside and welcomed me back inside. I sat down to get a pedicure. The massage was excellent !. I then got a gel manicure and was very pleased with the polish they used. Amy also does excellent eyebrows ! I’ll be returning back to this salon.

They always do such a nice job on me. The only complaint is sometimes the girls can be rough on your feet while getting a pedicure but if you tell them to be gentle they will listen. My nails always come out great and last two weeks.

I tried but I am done with this place, girls are OK but Jimmy keep telling them to hurry on people nails and some other stuff I would not repeat about clients. How do I know? Had my friend who speak Chinese on the phone and she translate some of the stuff he was saying very unprofessional. My last time here searching for a new place next time

Jimmy is awful. Worst mani/​pedi you’ll ever have. The other girls are great but I keep getting stuck with that guy.

I don’t understand the low rated reviews. I have never in my life seen such low prices for these services. I have been 3 times now. Twice for massage and reflexology and today for the mani/​pedi special. On Tuesday and Wednesday every week it’s $ 18! I added a 10 min shoulder massage for $ 10. What a deal! Jimmy is the best. His technique in reflexology is strong and effective. The shop offers a hair stylist on Wednesday and Friday. They all seemed kind to me. It’s my neighborhood gem.

My favorite nail salon in the area, I go about once a month. The reflexology massage is what sets this place apart from the many other salons in the hood. Prices are very cheap for a mani/​pedi, especially early in the week. They can also get busy after work or on weekends so try and avoid those times if you can.

Terrible customer service! Waited fifteen minutes to be taken. No one was there, on o the girls was sleeping. When they finally took my for a GEL manicure, the girl spent twenty five minutes on my cuticles and hen said someone else would do the gel because she doesn’t do it. I waited for almost 30 more minutes until I was fed up waiting and said I was leaving. All of a sudden the manager appears and says «ok I will do the gel, only five minutes»
No gel manicure takes less than twenty minutes.
The manager argued with me when all I said was that I wanted to pay for the service given and leave. He charged me for a full manicure– I had no polish on.
Terrible customer service
Terrible attitude
Terrible business ethics
Terrible experience
Never going back

I went here for the first time over 2 years ago when I first moved into the area. I had Jimmy and was so displeased that I didn’t go back till about 2 months ago. The past few times have actually been pretty nice. The girls were great! I even decided to try their gel manicure the time before last and although they aren’t that experienced in it yet, it wasn’t bad (I normally go to Pure Nails in Clinton Hill for Gels but haven’t had time, if you want some AMAZING gel nails, go there!)…
Skip ahead to today, my birthday. I decided to get a mani/​pedi before going out for the day. I got my pedicure and it was good. They practice reflexology so it can be a little painful but my legs always feel amazing after. Then came time for the manicure. I was sat and waited for about 10 min in between as it had gotten a little busy while I was getting my pedicure. Then, Jimmy walked over. I was hesitant but every one else was busy and I didn’t have that much more time so I figured I’d give him another try. TERRIBLE Idea. He took my remaining polish off then quickly and far too roughly did a mediocre at best rush job filing my nails. I can honestly say that not one nail is the same length as another. He then went to buff my nails. I actually took a photo of the buffer. It has to be as old as the nail salon itself. All of the coating was peeling up and very sharp at the edges. Those things are very inexpensive, replace them! That cut 2 of my fingers. He then took the clippers out. They were FULL of other people skin and nail clippings. I really expected him to clean them but to my horror he just started using them. I was speechless. Then he cut 2 more of my cuticles and put some kind of blood stop stuff that stung like crazy. He did a decent job at the polish but saw a few random things he needed to cut. His clippers had been taken away (maybe so they could finally be cleaned?) He pulled out what seemed to be a new pair from his drawer that had a cover on them, but those too had old dry skin in them!!! Luckily it was at the very end and I quickly dried them, paid and ran out. I said nothing, which was dumb but I was so disgusted that I just wanted out. I will never go back. I don’t care how good the girls did, if his tools are that disgusting I don’t want to imagine what the rest of the shop is like. I’ll take the train to Clinton Hill or walk down to Church St.

This was by far the most horrific pedicure of my life. Normally when you sit down for a mother/​daughter pedicure you expect to have a relaxing time. This was not the case tonight. During the heel scrubbing process, they decided it necessary to take out a chunk of my heel. Upon gushing blood, they put «medicine» on it. After asking what this burning liquid was, they simply replied, medicine. They then proceeded with the pedicure, not very carefully I might add, and to top it all off, handed me a bill as I was limping out. Classic case of adding insult to injury. Needless to say, I will NEVER return. Best of luck to all who decide to enter.

Decided to try out this place today since it’s in my neighborhood and boy was I disappointed. I got probably the worst pedicure and service I’ve ever had at a nail salon. The man who worked on me seemed like he had no clue what he was doing and he took forever to do the pedicure. He was totally distracted the entire time he was working on me looking all over the place except my toes. He left nail polish all over my toes yet left parts of the edges of the nail unpainted. Also many of my nails were not filed properly after he cut them so there are all these jagged edges. My toes look like they were done by a 5 year old. I feel completely ripped off since it was not cheap and I will probably need to get them re-​done shortly.
Stay away from this place and go to any of the places on Church Ave instead.

The day I came it was swarmed w flies and staff just walked around with a fly swatter killing dozens of flies which were then in dead piles on the ground. Disgusting!
Pedi was also more expensive than advertised and staff argued with me over the color I chose.
I’ll be looking for another salon in the area.

A mixed bag. The good parts: a nice, neat manicure and pedicure and a very gentle massage. The not so good: the pedicurist snipped a bit too far, causing my toe to bleed. And that discomfort too away from the benefit of the massage. Also, after I paid and tipped, I found the attention level sink. Was left to undo cotton from toes by myself, trying carefully not to disturb manicure.
I will try once more and see if there is an improvement.

The people that run this place are greedy and sneaky. I asked how much color gel was and they said $ 25 and then I asked how much it was with a regular manicure with just a gel cover and they said $ 13. So I chose that one and a pedicure.
I had maybe 3 – 4 fingers left with my last gel color on them but they covered all my fingers in the foil and when they were almost done with my manicure they told me to remove the old polish it was an extra $ 5. I told them they should have told me BEFORE they removed the polish and I didn’t have the gel on every finger. So she said OK and said it was $ 3. Meanwhile, if I chose the color gel they would not have charged me to remove the gel color at all. Not to mention their pedicures are $ 15 dollars.
I can only assume it was Amy I was talking to since she called the shots with her made up prices to make up the difference between the $ 13 manicure I chose and the $ 25 gel manicure they wanted me to choose. Amy’s arrogance and persistence to make a measly $ 5 pissed me off that I paid and left without even getting the color put on my nails.
Worst experience at a nail salon ever.

Among the nail salons in the area, this one really stands out. It’s set up in a foot reflexology storefront, which explains the best part of a pedicure here: the long, deep and thorough foot massages. The kind that’s super strong and leaves you feeling better for having endured the pain, reflexology, man.
They get busy, so make an appointment or you’ll wait.