I was very disappointed with this place. I went with two friends, one got some kind of fake nails and the other got plain polish like me. The tech tried to upsell me on gel polish and when I refused he became visibly upset and proceeded to do a terrible job with my nails. He quickly filed my nails and now they are uneven, he didn't put a base coat under the color so it chipped within two hours, and he didn't wait for my color to dry before slapping the base coat on so it smudged near the top of my nails. I can also see where he didn't even try to get the top coat even, it doesn't reach the base of my nail or the sides of my nail on most of my nails. After he was done with the top coat he put some lotion on my arms and walked away. In contrast, my friend who was also just getting polish had time in between the color and the top coat, and they gave her a towel beneath her hands and a fan to help her nails dry.
I think the moral of the story certainly is to find a different salon if you just want a manicure, clearly these people only want to do expensive fake nails or gel polish.