My first thought: It's like a wannabe L.A ink but for nails and the service blew!
When I drove by the little plaza it's in and saw their sign, I thought it was an awesome/fun idea and that it'd be cool to get my toes done there, but I was deceived. I went in on a Saturday afternoon and their were two girls working on clients and one girl at the register and it was completely dead. The decor is hip with black couches, cool fashion/local mags, flat screens, and the wall paper is of the strip, so kudos on decor.
No one acknowledged I was there I had to literally introduce myself to the girl at the counter. She said it'd be about 15 minutes so I ran next door to the Stussy store and ran back and they still weren't ready. I stuck it out for another 15 and finally the girl at the register said she'd start the pedi bath for me and I could sit there. I waited another 30 and then she tells me her employee is late/called off so now she has no one to take care of my pedi and she wasted an hour of my time. I tell her I want my toes to be one color (make it easy) so she gets the nail polish and starts to paint and she does a crap job at that. Then at one point she accidentally drops the nail polish and it splatters all over my purse. At this point I'm done. She didn't charge me and my toes looked like a five year old painted them and I just ended up taking it off when I got back to Cali.
This took place in May 08 so maybe they've gotten better since then but aside from the nail polish mishap the girls that were working there weren't your typical Asian nail ladies. They were young and pretty with tattoos and hip hair cuts, and they looked like the girls you'd find at a chic L.A hair salon, but really they have no hustle in them. Going here made me appreciate the little mom and pop places with the Viet ladies that tried to up-sell me, tackle me with hellos and welcomes when I walked through the door, and really get down and dirty and get the job done right!
Recession=mad hustle=no "for lease" sign in the window.