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| - My mom and I wanted to get pedicures, and when I saw on my Yelp app that they were only $20 Monday through Wednesday at Rambha, I suggested we go try this place out. I called and made an appointment for the two of us that day without any issues.
Upon entering, I felt like I was in a high-end salon- they really put some time and money into making the place look nice. The staff was friendly and took the two off us back to a huge room, where there were close to 10 gold pedicure stations along one wall and several manicure desks along the opposite wall. I can't imagine they'll ever use all of those at the same time, unless they're having a party of some sort- maybe their business will grow over time. Anyways, while we were deciding on our nail polish colors, they filled up the tubs with water.
Unfortunately, when we went to get started, the jets in my mom's tub did not work so she had to sit 2 chairs down from me...so much for getting pedicures together! They were apologetic. The chairs had a massage feature which was really nice, although when used, it produced an extremely loud vibrating noise. The two women doing our manicures both commented on it (which made me not want to use it for fear of annoying them), but they were thinking it was maybe because everything was still so new.
The woman who did my toes was nice and easily carried on a conversation with me. However, I did get a small cut when she was doing my cuticles...it kind of ruined the experience for me because the rest of my pedicure was spent trying to keep my toe out of the water and away from anything else that would cause it to burn. She kept saying how sorry she was and was also maybe a little embarrassed. Thankfully, I noticed they were using supplies out of a bag marked "sterilized."
When comparing the way our pedicures were done, my mom and I did notice some differences. She got a longer leg/foot massage and also was not given an undercoat until she asked for one (isn't that standard when getting manis/pedis??) Oh well.
I couldn't decide between giving them 3 or 4 stars, mainly because of the cut I got during my pedicure. Overall, I think they are still working out some kinks from being a new business, but they have the potential (and space) to increase their client base and improve. The atmosphere is nice, and the staff is friendly. I should also mention my toenails still look really good for it being around a month after my pedicure...only a few of my toes have started to chip! I guess because of that last fact, they can get bumped up to 4 stars!
I look forward to trying the frozen yogurt place next door the owners of Rambha are opening any day now...nothing is better than a day at the spa and some froyo!
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