Portola Nail Spa - San Francisco (CA)

1 /5 Perry Wong Costa: I went in on a whim to get a gel removal and gel manicure and, while they took walk-ins, my hands were sitting in acetone for over 30 minutes, and I got two separate cuts from the manicurist accidentally clipping my skin with the nail drill. My nails were poorly shaped, crooked, and even with me asking her to fix it multiple times, they were still crooked and uneven when I left. I had to go home and fix the shape myself. The gel polish lasted for less than a week before the ends started lifting. I won’t be coming back here.

1 /5 Lore Labhih: I got a manicure and a pedicure. I loved the work of the lady who made my feet, but my hands a complete disaster. At the beginning I asked if they could make the design that is in the photo and they said to me yes. Everything was going well until the moment of design ... it was not the color that I wanted and although I told her repeatedly that I do not like the color she insisted on putting the color that she wanted ... the lines of the decoration are not defined , I think my 3-year-old son makes more defined lines .... additionally there was no cuticle cut and under the nails it was horrible, you can see white nail polish that was not erased. The $45 of the feet seemed fair to me because it is include Nail and Cuticle trim, Remove Deep Callus and Hot Stone Massage, but the manicure cost me $90, it seems too much for the very bad result. If you want a specific design ... this is not the place.

5 /5 Bernedette Perez: They were veery friendly and the manicure and pedicure I was pleased. Mr French manicure was well done., And they took care of mom because she had an ingrown nail. There were very careful and tender with my moms toes

1 /5 Molly Gunderson: I found this place on Google and a horrible experience.The salon is quite unsanitary in general and their work is sub-par--my gel manicure lasted all of 2 days without a chip. Plus my nails are completely weak now from all the sanding they did to take off my oldd polish. This place does not care about the health of your nails, the only care about turning a quick profit. I would certainly not recommend this place. Quite an unpleasant experience.

1 /5 Maria Hannigan: Terrible salon with a very nasty / rude owner. I was going to this place for a little over a year because its close to my house but my manicure and pedis were always below average. Owner was always strange and did not seem to appreciate the repeat business by being friendly at all. Finally picked up an infection from their dirty instruments (they apparently do not disinfect them well enough) and thats the last straw, not ever going back. For your own health go to one of the other hundreds of nails shops in SF and AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!