Harbor Nails & Blowdry

I called ahead of time and made sure they did NexGen nails, they said they did. I came in and a nail tech took me before I could pick out which color I wanted– so i thought they were just being efficient. She then asked what I was doing and I informed her nexgen. She started to soak off my nails and then past me off to another tech.
This nail tech did the nexgen process different then I’ve ever seen, focusing on two nails at a time instead of one. However I thought that’s just how she did it, after all she’s the professional. She grinded my nails more then I’ve ever had them before and seemed to be rushing through it.
I left the salon and within an hour my nail broke off. The next day 3 more broke off.
I called to explain this and asked what they could do for me and the receptionist said to come in and they’d fix it for free.
When I got there the tech that came up to me was EXTREMELY rude when I was still keeping my cool. Insisting it was my fault they broke when my nails have been healthy for months.
She then told me that my nails were gel not nexgen because they were too thin for nexgen I informed her I just paid 50 $ before tip for nexgen and have gotten them countless times before and know what I got but that they were indeed too thin. She finally said she’d put tips on my four broken nails instead of cutting the rest like I requested because I didn’t want fake nails on.
I then had to wait over 30 minutes to even be seen.
I will NEVER be back.

Very good! Jennifer gave me a fresh white tip set and it came out beautiful. The staff there are very nice and welcoming.

Never blow dry here the guys hands smelled strongly like cigarettes and he did not know how to blow dry. He was also very rude and kept hitting my head with the blow dryer. Terrible service…

This place is just not good, I felt very rushed and they did not do a good job on my nails. The owner walks around bossing his workers around it made me feel very uncomfortable. He was also very pushy trying to make me and my friend get a more expensive manicure then saying we should get pedicures and kept forcing it after we told him we didn’t want them. Also my friend was left with foil around her hands for 30 minutes before finally my manicurist pointed out that no one was helping her and then the owner came over and scolded the manicurist for telling him what to do-​very weird

Sang and Kim are the best. They truly know how to treat their customers, especially their loyal customers! Always know me by name, and my nails last the longest I’ve tried from Miami-​Fort Lauderdale with Sang! It’s great, I can go weeks without my nails chipping/​breaking!

Sadly after a wonderful first experience my sunday one had me in tears.
Lets start out by saying i called 5 days ahead for an appointment and asked for kimberly but she was off so i called the next day and reminded her that i was one of her clients that had a terrible experience at another salon and asked for her please to suggest someone who could do a great job on a gel manicure. She assured me she would.
Come Sunday i ask the receptionist who kimberly assigned me to and i see that she assigned no one. I expressed my frustration and dissapointment because i became anxious after other experiences i have had. I asked who she would suggest and her response was, «uggghhh welll a lot of them are good at it» i should of left then but i had such a good experience last time i had hope. I waited 20mins after my appointment time for a tech to take me. The tech spoke almost no english and all he could ask me was square or round when i tried to explain what i wanted he nodded then hesitated then went at it. As he was shaping my nails i notived they were awkwardly shaped, wide and uneven. I stopped him and explained this, he then consulted another texh and i explained to him about shaping and he took over to show the tech but only did a rough example and clipped my cuticles a second time and then left. My first tech took back over but instead of finishing he just told me to wash my hands. I looked at my nails and began to panic. They looked for a lack of a better term shitty.
I tried Again to explain that my nails werent shaped right and he just buffed and went forward with painting.
By the time he got to the first coat of color i looked at my nails and there was polish missing on sides of my nails and paint on my cuticles. I started to tear up in frustration and pointed it out and he said «Idk idk» he then ran to get another tech. Another guy took over and started chipping the polish off and seemed to be explaining something to my first tech in Vietnamese. He just kept looking at me and saying sorry. The new tech trimmed my cuticles again and my fingers were BLEEDING then he was called away to an appointment and yet a 4^th Tech came over. She said it was the nail polishes fault. It was too thick and asked if i had time to do it all over. She put remover on my nails and wrappped them in foil. The chemicals further made my fingers burn. I told her i just wanted my nails done right please. Again i should of just been like im leaving but i had already spent 1hr and a half here.
She removed the gel polish and cut my cuticles AGAIN. I was BLEEDING MORE. From there she did a good job. She re shaped my nails properly and was soothing and apologized. She did a great job and was even able to use the color i had wanted.
However, the manger i believe John came over and blamed the nail polish again and seemed insincere about it. And they offered me no discount, no word of hope you come back, no real customer service that would make me want to come back.
All in all,
I wont be back and i will no longer suggest this place to friends. I appreciate they fixed my nails but it all could of been avoided and my buisness didnt feel wanted.

Don’t ever come here! I got a pedicure about two weeks ago and Ben the guy who did my nails caused me an ingrown nail. I came back after talking on the phone with them and when they had already sat me down the owner told me they couldn’t do anything on my toe because that wasn’t their fault and completely tried to blame a bad nail job on me. Today I came back from seeing a doctor after having 3 shots of anesthesia and half of my nail removed due to the infection they gave me. Never going back! The place is very unprofessional and won’t be responsible for the damage they cause you. Do not recommend this place.

This is my favorite nail salon in Ft. Lauderdale. Hoai and Timmy are my favorite nail techs. If I just get a regular mani pedi without gels, they will last two weeks. I wash my hands all day long, so this a miracle. They are also really nice and personable. I love this place! They also do great blow-​drys here! Call for an appointment because they get booked up on busy days and weekends.

I used to enjoy coming to this nail salon for a mani-​pedi, but it’s gone down hill! The atmosphere is too zooey, and when slow the employees are hanging out around salon on phones. They recently started charging $ 10 fee to use their CND Vinylux polish for man-​ped and then raised the cost of mani-​pedicure. Normally this is not an issue, as I know the cost of business does go up; but then should the service. Nope not the case, actually keeps getting worse. The mani-​ped I received yesterday was the proverbial straw. It was a rush job done in 45 minutes, she was to rough, b/​c rushing, dab polished instead of pulling, massaged like applying sun tan lotion, cut cuticle (now sore and red) and I was not offered to dry at dryers. Maybe for a quickie, but not to relax or have a conversation with a friend!

Prices for a mani/​pedi have increased to $ 37. They waited to tell me this until after my service. Was told that if I was getting a manicure I would not be charged for removing gels (I had gotten there previously) — apparently they changed this policy as well.
For my pedicure the water was lukewarm. I was told this is the new standard. There are too many other options in the area that are decent. The service used to be better than other places but now they want to charge more and do less which doesn’t fly for me.

After a busy day and flight in from DC I stumbled across Harbor Nails & Blowdry. I was running out of time before my cruise on Wednesday. Sang is amazing! My nails look great, we had great conversation and I saved myself a lot of time. Sang is super detailed and does very neat and clean work! I hate getting pedicures! I am super ticklish… Like I want to roll out of the chair ticklish. Ben not only did a great job but he didn’t make me cringe or laugh at all. Ben took his time and did the job right. Kim was very warm and welcoming from the point I walked in the door as a walk in to slaying my eyebrows. These guys made me look amazing for my birthday cruise!!! I highly recommend anyone to visit the shop. Wish I could bring them to DC… Seriously

My partner and I have been going to Alicia for several months for a mani-​pedi. She is soooo good. It is obvious that she loves her job and customers. She even came in on her day off to accomodate our schedIle. Pure pleasure!

Gel Nails always last and mice color selection. aria and Heather give great quick blowouts! Totally recomnend!

This is the best nail salon in Fort Lauderdale. I love to get my manis and pedis here! The price is right, the people are nice, it’s immaculate, and they have my favorite polishes. Plus it’s right next to cold stone, so I like to treat myself afterwards to a cake batter ice cream!

I was in the neighborhood and was looking for a place for a mani pedi for my daughter and myself so I decided to stop in. They told me it would be a 10 minute wait, so I decided I would wait 10 minutes, no problem. Well 10 minutes turned into 45 minutes and at this point, I was very annoyed, They took my daughter first then when it was my turn, I only had enough time for a manicure. John did a nice job on my manicure and he was very friendly. My daughter said hers was ok.
The place needed to be updated and cleaned up. it was very cluttered. I would not come back. This is not the experience I want when I go to get pampered. The prices are fair but they do charge $ 7.00 extra for vinlyx polish which is
overpriced.

Clean, decent prices, great color selection-​tight parking sometimes. Next to a starbucks too! Been here about 4 times with friends and its a nice busy place for nails. Never tried the hair section though.

This is my go-​to nail salon in Fort Lauderdale. They always make sure that I am satisfied with my Mani pedi and leave me feeling luxurious.
The Essie polish selection is always up to date with the seasonal selections and if there is a problem with either the color or it smudges they always fix whatever happens.
My absolute favorite tech is Rose, but I also love Alicia and Valerie’s work; they all work on my boyfriend’s Mani pedís as well, always a superb job and lots of attention to detail. He and I both always get ingrown nails and lots of fast growth, so the detail is really necessary.
I have tried a few other places in Fort Lauderdale and I have not been impressed like this.

Amazing place. My nails have never looked so detailed and well painted. I was blessed to have Alicia do both my shellac manicure and pedicure.

So here is my story:
I am originally from Los Angeles and was staying in a hotel walking distance from Harbor Nails. I went to get my nails done on the 20^th-​THE ONLY TIME I USED MY CARD DURING MY 7 DAY VACATION– and when I returned from the Caribbean and tried to use my card again it was declined. I checked my statement and saw multiple fraudulent activity up to $ 800.00!!!
I’ve been thinking about this long and hard. I personally never swiped my card to pay. Because I was getting a manicure they asked me if I wanted to pay now so I don’t mess up my nails. I gave my card to my manicurist and she left to either swipe my card or give it to someone to swipe.
You have no idea how violated I feel! In fact if I wasn’t back in LA I’d pay your salon a visit!
DO NOT STEP ONE FOOT IN THIS SALON!

Thanks to Ani S’s review for leading me to Habor Nails, I’m now no longer wandering in the wilderness. Also thanks to Savanna M. for reminding me I needed to write a review, since according to her I’m always here.
I have 3 rules of engagement for a nail technician:
1) she must be physically attractive
2) she must have personality
3) she must do meticulous mani/​pedi work
So as you can see its harder for me to find and establish a professional relationship with a nail technician than others.
In the before time long long ago, I was once abandoned by my absolute favorite «cleavage to die for» nail technician, Dao. She just disappeared with no word and without warning. For months on end I traversed the deserts of Broward county seeking salvation from one mirage to another experiencing disappointment after disappointment.
Then I discovered Habor nails by way of Ani S, I tried a couple of technicians that did not fulfill all 3 of my requirements. But my instincts told me not to abandon the place and try again. Then I discovered Tracy and Valerie, thank you Kwan Yin!
They both more or less fulfilled all 3 of my requirements and work like perfectionists, I always leave satisfied! Tracy in particular is much sought after, she typical gets booked up quickly with appointments, so its better to call for an appointment to see her.
NOTES
— there is limited parking in the front, but there is more parking behind the plaza.
— they take CC’s except Amex.
— chairs are a little dated, but the shop itself is super clean and new-​ish.
— they have a couple of hairstylists for women’s hair.
— this is a large nail/​hair salon with many technicians.
I noticed the reviews are up and down for this place, I would try the place a couple of times until you find a tech you like.