V-Tech Nails

i called yesterday and made a reservation for 3 at ten o’clock. once we arrived on time for our appt, they only had 2 available employees. the third person in our party had to get her pedicure after ours all alone, completely defeating the purpose of our girls date. overpriced for what you get.

The only reason I am giving this place two stars is because the staff is friendly.
But my experience there wasn’t a good one. I walk in around 2:45 wanting to get a gel manicure. The place was really busy so it’s understandable that I would have to wait. However, I did not expect to barely be leaving around 5:20. That’s almost 3 hours for a mani! The staff could have let me know to come back two hours later, or an approximate wait time.
If the wait time/​the duration of the mani ended up in nails that looked good then I would simply make a note to self to come back when it wasn’t as busy. But to me, these nails looked like a kindergartener did them.
Let me start from the beginning of my manicure: I am asked to sit at table 1. 20 minutes later a woman walks by and tells me that they will be with me shortly. Less than 5 minutes later a man comes and I think yay it’s finally my turn. He asks me to move to table two so I do. He soaks my hands and I let him know I would like to keep the length of my nails and he proceeds to file them. He then tends to my cuticles and I will say that was probably the only part that I thought was done pretty well.
Then he leaves and tends to my friend who was also getting a gel mani and was sitting across the room from me. He’s with her for 5 minutes and leaves to work on a pedicure. I use that time to look at my nails. They’re not shaped smoothly, they have a weird shape to them and I think to myself «really? They can’t even file nails?!?» Since I’m by myself I proceed to file my own nails and give them a rounded smooth shape. This takes away a tiny bit of length but it was necessary.
Since I had more time to kill I started using the cuticle cutter on cuticles that were missed. About 10 minutes later the lady that told me she would be with me shortly finally got to me. She noticed I was messing with the nail file and cuticle cutter so she took a look and redid that part. I was pretty impressed that she noticed I did that especially with all the running around she was doing. She’s the reason this place is getting two stars instead of just one.
She proceeded with my nails and we talked for a little bit. She was really nice and she even thanked us for waiting after we had paid. However, almost three hours, and 30 dollars later I was not satisfied with the result. Both my friend’s nails and mine didn’t look very good. I’ve picked at them and cleaned them up a bit and this is as good as they’re going to look. I would definitely say that the end result was not worth that process and I will not be going back.

I can’t say enough about TOM and the amazing pedicures I get at V-​Tech! I moved here in August and tried another «popular» nail salon and I thought the service there was horrible. Then I found V-​Tech! Tom did my pedicure and it was absolutely AMAZING!!! Coming from San Diego, the salons there are a little cheaper, like $ 20 for a spa pedicure. In Oak Harbor, $ 25 is the norm. Of course, V-​Tech offers a couple different levels of pedicures. If you need a good leg and foot massage, make an appointment with Tom. You don’t need an appointment most of the time but it’s good to secure a pedi with him! I also get fills and GEL polish here. I love those too!!! Also, the nail salon is located next to Saars, just in case you’re new here like I was :)

I went here a few weeks ago with my sister. The next day my toe was swollen and tender. A couple of weeks later it was still bad so I went back for a refund. I thought I was going to have to get antibiotics. They refused to give me a refund. The manager did try to fix it, saying some times they cut too deeply. I appreciate her doing that but I won’t be going back.