Essi Nails & Spa - Lakeland (FL)

2 /5 Sophie Nistamu: Price is good, service is poor, asked for square thinner french tips ended up with rounded square and thick tips ☹️

5 /5 Jessica Collopy: Absolutely fantastic! The nail technicians are not only amazingly talented but they are really friendly. This makes it a very comfortable experience. Thank you for taking care of my daughter and father. You guys are truly amazing. We will return

1 /5 Kristan Flores: I have thought about this review for a while. I never like to leave bad reviews but here goes. A week before Christmas a friend and I decided to go get our toes done. My friend had a good nail tech she got right to work making her feel comfortable and what not. I waiting next to her in my chair patiently for my turn. The gentleman finally came to fill my water which was cold he would not warm the water up. He ignored me entirely. The water was not full yet in the foot tub he told me not to move because I was splashing water all over the floor. (There was no water on the floor and nothing was splashing) I picked my level of pedicure which the lady tech laughed bc it was the basic one said I needed to upgrade he shook his head no. He was really rough clipping my nails. He took about 5 minutes to do my pedicure left thumb print on my big toe did not put clear polish on the top got up walked away and never came back out. The lady tech was very concerned with the lack of amount I was paying and kept trying to make me get other services. I left very uncomfortable and never wanting to go back. This is not my first visit to the salon and no it was not busy at all that Friday.

1 /5 Rajia Gilbreath: I thought long and hard about leaving a bad review because I almost never do. I will not be returning to this salon, I have been getting my nails done for 15 years and I have been to this salon 5 times in hopes I’d get a good technician since the salon is so close to home. That was definitely not the case, I’m very disappointed. Take your money elsewhere, the gentleman technician is rough and rude. I’ve gotten two full sets by him, each time after my fingers burn. I have never had that happen at other salons.When I told him they burned he just roughly sprayed my fingers with alcohol and looked very annoyed. He then made comments in his native tongue that made his coworkers laugh. He offered me a new nail technique before we got started and I agreed to it. Halfway through he tells me the price in a mean way, implying I can’t pay. I went ahead and got the cheaper alternative and at the end tipped him the amount I would’ve paid for the technique and he was shocked. I’ve also had a pedicure previously that was rushed by a girl technician and she was very rough with my feet. I also noticed they do not sterilize their tools only spray them with alcohol. They also are angry if you ask to soak off your nails, they rather pry it off with another nail which I can do at home. Overall mean unhappy people, and mediocre work is done. I would advise against using this salon.