I went to Teres a few days ago with one my friends who lives in the area (I was visiting from out of town.) She had mentioned she was a big fan of this place, so I was really excited to see what it was all about.
First of all, this place is gorgeous. The décor and ambiance was great. Very modern and well done. The front desk staff was very friendly and helpful. They explained the whole "bar tab" concept, which I thought was pretty neat. That's about where I stopped being impressed.
My friend and I were sat next to each other for manicures first. Her nail tech was super friendly, introduced her self to me and chatted with both of us. My nail tech was not as friendly and actually gave me the impression that she was irritated to be at work. She kept snapping at me "relax!" and she would stop and wait for me to take the tension out of my hand during my manicure. At first I was taken aback by her attitude and when she continued this through my pedicure I started to get mad. Even my friend was raising her eye brows. It was very rude and made what was supposed to be a relaxing, treat for myself not very enjoyable. Another tech was doing the same thing to a customer sitting next to me and I was really surprised. It just sounds so condescending and pushy. Who's paying who here? Oh and my friend got a gel manicure and I just got mine buffed to a good shine because of my job (can't have polish) and so hers was taking longer. Well my tech got both of the pedicures set up and then she paced around sighing and looking annoyed that we were waiting maybe another 10 minutes. I would have gladly started early if she had asked.
The pedicure was decent. Nothing spectacular about it unless you do a bunch of add ons. What is usually about $30-35 at most places cost me $48, not including tip. I wouldn't have minded paying so much if it had actually been a fabulous experience. And to top it off, once I got in the car I saw that most of my cuticles had not been pushed back and nipped. Like I said, I didn't even get polish so you would expect that everything else would have been done flawlessly.
Can't say I'll be going back here again unless my friend insists on it.