Lena Nails 1770 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101

"Just moved to Little Italy, and I needed to find a nail salon. I came to this nail salon 3 times. The first time I went with a friend second time I went by myself. It was a little weird again today I went, and it was super weird. I got really bad service. The lady that was doing my nails. She’s very aggressive and she had a really bad attitude made me feel really uncomfortable. I asked her multiple times not to cut my nails and she still cut my nails all the way down, as she was painting my nails and holding my nails, she was squeeze my nails really tight. Every time she got done with a finger, she kept pushing my hand ..She kept slamming the nail utensils on the table I was asking her was she OK she say yes but I could tell she wasn’t because when I walked in, she was on the phone and it seems like she had a really bad phone call ….at the end of it all I paid I even gave her a tip and she threw the tip right back at me. It’s very hard being a black woman living a little Italy ."

"I wish I had figured out this place was so close to my house a long time ago, they are the best! Really cute, clean little spot in Little Italy, not a long wait time, plenty of street parking, friendly staff and solid service. My pedicure was perfect. Definitely recommend and will definitely be going back!"

"Hated everything about my experience. The acrylic used felt oily and started to dry so it started to also get sticky. The lady doing my nails clearly was not sure what she was doing. The shape of my nails came out so ugly & I asked for simple square shape. My friend ended up telling her manicurist that I didn’t like them so she told the one doing mine. She made a poor attempt to fix the worst one but didn’t end up doing much. Never asked if I was satisfied with the change.. probably because she wasn’t sure how to fix it and didn’t want to take them off & start over. It was also the quickest pedicure I’ve ever had. I didn’t complain because I was just ready to get out of there. Just like all other quick salons, tools for pedicure did not come from new sanitary package.. but from a basket in her box. I paid $107 for a misshaped full set, gel removal on toes, and a gel pedicure that was done with very little effort. Just go somewhere else."

"Update: Came back to this place and was not disappointed again. I love a couple hours away from San Diego but if could come get my nails done here every time I would do it. Came here with my mom sister to get our nails done and while the place is a little small but is is clean and they do an amazing job. Everyone is really nice and friendly. Oanh did my nails and I couldn’t be happier because she was able to do a beautiful almond shape with my natural nails. And the place I used to go to would always tell me no my nails weren’t long enough that I needed acrylic. But Oanh did them beautifully. This picture are my nails at day 3 this picture doesn’t do them justice."

"Loved the gel manicure and pedicure. We stopped in without an appointment, and they made room for us. The gals are so nice. They accept credit cards! The massage chairs are comfortable. I love the designs that the gal did on my nails, so perfect! Just what I wanted. I will be coming back. They even touched up my pedicure after an hour of walking around Little Italy, and somehow, they got smudged."