Serenity Nails & Spa

I moved to ladera and still come here. Yen is my gel mani girl and all the ladies I’ve had for pedicures are great. The mgr. Christina is great and is very personable.

Great gel nail selection and nice ladies at this location.

I only go here because it is super convenient being right next to my house but its not that great. Pedicures are always mediocre and very painful! The tool they use to cut cuticles is always painful and they go to town and i always leave very red around my nails. The scrubber they use for your feet isn’y great and they rub so hard everytime no matter how much i ask to stop. They even drop it on the floor and pick it back up and reuse it. The massage part is either very soft or way too hard. Then when they are done they always clean the bowl with you still in the chair which is weird and I’m sure they do that so they don’t have to do it after and waste time not having someone sit right after you to get them in and out. Its always just okay… never fabulous or great.

Nice people Kevin made a bad situation a good situation and is a professional businessman and fixed the mistake.

Everybody is so nice and personable. Loved the Serenity mani pedi. Great price and wonderful treatment by the staff. Will definitely return on my next visit to San Clemente.

My first experience here was the day before my wedding. Even with short nails (my profession doesn’t afford me the luxury of long nails) they were able to give me a beautiful French tipped gel manicure with matching toes. My nails looked beautiful for weeks. The entire experience felt amazing from the sugar scrub to the hot stone massage on the calves. I’ll definitely be back!

Although this is the most convenient and closest nail salon that I can go to for a breather in between jobs, as well as affordable pricing, it is unfortunate to say that I will no longer go here due to almost immediate nail polish chipping (day of even), my calluses and heals becoming more rough after my pedicures, and multiple painful experiences when the nails were being cleaned. The chipping has happened every time I’ve gone. I cannot recall a painful experience besides this recent one but the lady was not gentle whatsoever and it made it difficult to relax with my little time I had to enjoy myself. I’ve also heard from multiple women that they have had very similar experiences. I’ve had pedicures that look almost perfect still weeks later from other salons. I am not sure what they do differently here, but all in all something is different and I will no longer support this salon and feel that they owe me a refund.

This place is awesome! Have been here twice now for mani/​pedi and they do a great job! Prices seem lower than most other salons around town. I find the nail ladies to be very sweet and they do a great job. I only get my nails done a few times a year, so I’m no expert, but I have been very happy with everything both times here :)
One thing to note, you cannot write a tip on your CC receipt, which sucks, so bring cash!

I LOVE serenity! They are all super nice and do a very good job! Their prices are really great too for their quality of work! Amy is amazing, but if you get any of them you will have a good experience. They let you fully relax and laugh and joke with you, which I like better than just going and having an awkward silence the whole time. Also, they always have the food channel on and I love watching it while I’m getting my nails done. I recommend this to anyone looking for a good places to go to get their nails done!

Serenity nails is my favorite nail spa in san clemente. its quiet, clean, and very nice. I love my nail stylist, tiffany. She does my nails perfect and fast. They have a great selection of colors in regular polish as well as gel. I will always go to serenity!

Went here for the first time and thought they did a very nice job with my mani-​pedi. The technicians were very polite and nice. I would recommend it to a friend and I will be back.

Awesome! Everyone is so friendly and they take their time to detail your nails. I got the signature combo, great value with awesome and friendly service! Wish they were in Vegas.

This review is for eyelash extensions by Christine Diep. I had them done yesterday and they look very full and lush. She took her time (1.5hrs for full set) and literally applied a lash to every one of mine!

I always get my nails done here and they do a great job. I feel so relaxed that i fall asleep everytime lol. They have gel and their prices are very reasonable. If you want to get detailed designed gels this isnt the place unfortunately but they get the job done just great.

This review is about their waxing service, not nails. I have not had my nails done there but I can assure you after they did what they did to me during a bikini wax, I will NEVER step foot in there again and I can only hope NO ONE EVER get’s a bikini wax (or any other wax) there again.
Not only did she rip my skin and burn me, but she insisted on «trimming» certain areas instead of waxing even though I told her to stop. I’ve been getting brazilian bikini waxes for 25 years and never have had someone ARGUE with me about how I would prefer things done.
At the end, half was «trimmed» have was waxed and the waxed skin was burnt and ripped.
THEN — they tried to charge me $ 5 more then what they quoted me when I walked in.
Horrible. Don’t risk getting a wax here.

Love this place and I can’t go anywhere else. The staff is so sweet and always does such an amazing job on my nails.

I love this place. I took my sister here to get her nails done and she convinced me to get a pedicure. This was my first time having one and it was perfect.
The salon looks really nice and the chairs were comfy.
The service was amazing and will definitely will come back again.
I would recommend this a friend or two.

Serenity is absolutely terrible. What should have been a simple eyebrow and upper lip waxing ended up as a huge mess.
The technician got wax all over my face and in my hair. As she tried to get the wax out of my hair by yanking on my hair, she just kept giggling and saying it should be okay. She then ushered me out by literally pushing me to the front desk so I could pay my bill for the awful job she did, with my hair matted down by the wax.
I should have known better as the pedi I received at a different time was mediocre at best and took way too long. I will never return here, and I will dissuade everyone from going to Serenity. Their technicians are inexperienced and rude. They have no concept of customer service or how to do simple tasks. I normally go to Bellagio but came here because I was going to Ralph’s. I encourage others to go to any place other than Serenity! I would give this place zero stars, if possible.

My very first nail salon experience and… the stereotypes are true!
The man who did my gel mani was rude, catered with irritability, rolled his eyes, made comments in Vietnamese to his coworkers, all while cutting into the sides of my fingers. Is it really that difficult to give a color suggestion?
My nails turned out great (cue sarcasm), all ten fingers were a bloody-​lumpy-​splotchy perfection. When I asked him to fix my nails he blamed it on the salon lighting, when asked to paint my entire nail he shot back with attitude saying «I do what eeever you like» followed by ignoring my request. After leaving his work station, every single one of the manicurists stopped by one by one to examine my nails and commented on how beautiful they looked…
Lets face it, they all knew he royally screwed it up. I never complained, yet they comped my mani and sent me home with a gift certificate for my next visit (meh).
The women at this establishment seemed very nice, talk about bad karma.

Best nail salon in San Clemente, hands down!
I recently moved to the area, and wanted to find a nail salon that was comparable to the one I went to at home. I have tried a few places in the area, and haven’t been impressed. I stumbled across this place after a short trip to the grocery store. The sign hanging outside caught my eye, because it was advertising great specials.
This place is very nice, and clean! They also have brand new spa chairs. They are fully staffed which enables walk-​ins to be helped immediately. The ladies are very friendly and do a great job! Not to mention, it is not overpriced like most of the places in the area. They also offer monthly specials and coupons! They first time I went, I got a regular pedicure for $ 17 and a gel manicure for $ 20; such a great deal!
I am highly impressed and would recommend this place to anyone! Do yourself a favor and check out Serenity Nails & Spa!