KAI Nails and Spa - San Diego (CA)

1 /5 Stephanie Pyle: I decided to give this nail salon a try and immediately regret my decision. I requested almond shape and the work is so poor. This was not only a waste of time, but also a waste of $60. I received uneven, crooked, thick nails, that are actually painful given how they are angled up (which is NOT how my nails grow, and even if it was - a good tech knows how to make them straight.) The nails are way too angled up, it feels like they are being pulled. I’ll have to go get these removed tomorrow and redone. I can’t say that a single nail lines up or is even, and the guy was actually checking this the entire time. Save your money and go elsewhere.

5 /5 Josey Porras: She was so great! I’m here on vacation and popped in randomly to get my nails done. I got exactly what I wanted, and she was so sweet and checked in with me throughout the process to make sure I was happy with what I got. It was also very reasonably priced. Will definitely go again!

5 /5 Kristen Smith: In town for a conference and decided on pedis. Excellent customer service and great pedicures. Went with the Deluxe Pedi and the drink was perfect too! Thanks so much!

1 /5 Melissa K: Unfortunately a chop shop. I was nearby and it had great reviews so I popped in to see if they had time just to remove my acrylic set I had gotten done on vacation (which were still beautiful) as they were quite long and my job requires a lot of typing so I just wanted to take them off and have a gel mani done on my almond-shaped natural nails which were still present underneath the acrylics. I probably should have gotten out of the chair when the nail tech asked me the price of my bracelet which I found strange but I decided to stay and proceeded to have my nails and cuticles be butchered. She chopped the acrylics off so short with no consideration for my natural nail underneath, and dremeled off the rest which is fine except that as she got closer to my skin she didn’t slow down at all and proceeded to nick my index finger (again, fine, it happens) and then just straight up dremel into my ring finger so badly I jumped. She then proceeded the press down on it while apologizing and put the acetone soaked cotton BACK on my finger to soak which hurt so badly and prevented me from seeing the cut, which I didn’t realize was as bad as it is. She kept cutting my nails shorter and shorter and using the dremel a bit haphazardly but I eventually called it quits completely when she dropped the buffer on the ground by her feet and instead of getting a new one just starting to buff my nails and cut cuticles with that one. I have no idea why she was rushing so intensely (I get I was a walk-in, but if you have no time don’t RUSH and ruin my nails, just say NO) but I ended up paying this place $16 to destroy my $250 Japanese manicure and ruin my natural nails. Eventually they’ll grow back out but I definitely will not be returning here once they do. See pics to reference the gorgeous mani I walked in with (albeit two weeks grown out, but ultimately unblemished and unchipped) and what my nails unfortunately look like now.