Date: 12-02-2025

Top Best 7 Nail Salons in Concord, Contra Costa (part 3)

Name salonAddress
1Flamingo Day & Spa1420 Contra Costa Blvd B, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
2DL NAIL SPA710 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
3Ellinwood Nail Spa1300 Contra Costa Blvd STE 26, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
4Pampered Nails and Spa1600 Contra Costa Blvd C, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
5AK Nails & Spa4305 Clayton Rd, Concord, CA 94521
6Beauty Zone Nail Spa951 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
7California Nails1701 Monument Blvd # F, Concord, CA 94520

1.Flamingo Day & Spa

Address: 1420 Contra Costa Blvd B, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Picture Flamingo Day & Spa

(64) Reviews Flamingo Day & Spa:

Andrea B I love this nail salon! The staff is always pleasant and friendly. They have a huge selection of color choices and often suggest one if I am overwhelmed. Cindy does a meticulous job and I always leave with a big smile! I highly recommend!
5 /5
natalie arauz My go to spot, very nice, comfortable and clean. I’ve never left not loving my nails!
5 /5
Patricia Franco I’m so happy that since moving to this area and after much struggle to find “my nail tech”, I’ve finally found her! Her name is Tiffany! She does the best dip. She is quick, but doesn’t rush and hurt you. She does the shape that you want. She does the color/design that you want. She is just amazing! She’s usually pretty busy, so make sure you call or text them in advance and book your mani with her. You won’t regret it! The place itself is super spacious, clean, and there’s plenty of free parking.
5 /5
Jamyn Gavello Had an amazing experience. Hai was my technician and was so professional, friendly, and did SUCH a skilled job. Amazing massage. I havent experienced a pedicure this good- ever. Paint job- perfection. For context-I have been to some very nice salons. The pride in the work was evident. Also the salon was clean and well-cared for.
5 /5

2.DL NAIL SPA

Address: 710 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Picture DL NAIL SPA

(51) Reviews DL NAIL SPA:

Annick Ospital-Cone This place is great. The women are nice and they have a great variety of colors to choose from. I usually call ahead on my way over just to make sure they can take me but just walking in is fine too. Regualr mani + pedi costs about $38 + tip. The spa chairs massage well and are in good condition.
5 /5
R Sandoval This is the best value around. I get gel nails here. I come every 4-6 weeks because the gel lasts so long. I have never found another nail salon that had polish that stayed on so long.
5 /5
Ouns Lateef Please look at the photos and tell me if youd be happy with this ? I tried telling her a few times but it only made it worse. Wish I never stepped a foot in there.
1 /5
Anysa Miller Julie grew my unhealthy short nails into very health strong beautiful nails. Initially, I was hesitant about getting Dip but ultimately I am so happy I trusted her experience. In the last several weeks, I have not even had a chipped nail. I love this place and appreciate Julie and teams service and experience.
5 /5
Ani Omg Julie is the BEST at what she does! Love it every time, shes so diligent at what she does, and it ALWAYS turns out beautifully!
5 /5

3.Ellinwood Nail Spa

Address: 1300 Contra Costa Blvd STE 26, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Picture Ellinwood Nail Spa

(78) Reviews Ellinwood Nail Spa:

Elise Lucchese Went here for my wedding nails and very disappointed! Firstly the nail polish came off within 3 hours of getting my pedicure. Secondly the quality of my gel manicure is awful. The angle they are pointing is ridiculously bad. I don’t know how they didn’t see that they are pointed up towards the ceiling. I was too embarrassed to ask them to fix it but also realized they probably would have just ruined them even more. Will never go back there again and I will be going to have my nails fixed before my wedding. Really such awful quality all around.
1 /5
Valeria Hudelson I got basic pedicure here. No products added to the water, a pumice stone used for 10 secs didn’t even get the basic callus off, a single layer of nail polish that chipped next day. In the end the tech basically rushed me out by turning off the massage chair while I was still in it, and there was no other clients waiting.
1 /5
Gaby Orellana i came here to get my acrylics removed. once the lady started taking my nails off, she went straight to scraping them off under the acrylic nail which was very painful. they did not use any kind of acetone before hand to ease the removal. there was some blood from my nails because of how forcefully the nails were taken off. the lady even cut one of my natural nails in half and tried to glue it back together...the whole experience was very painful. never coming back here.
1 /5
H B Ask for pricing before you get a service done. I went in for basic manicure. She talked me into a powder dip manicure. Never had one done before and she assured me it would last longer. Ok, no problem. I asked for 2 mails a different color and she insisted on nail art instead. Again, I should’ve asked how much extra it would be for the 2 stickers she put on my nail. My nails turned out nice and it did last about 2.5 weeks before chipping. I was ok with that. But it also cost me $90 with tip. That seems pretty excessive to me. She asked me 3 times for a tip. I always leave a good tip, but I felt taken advantage of. Lesson learned to ask for pricing upfront and know the only concern they have is getting more money.
3 /5
Jess H This was honestly one of my worst nail salon experiences. I decided to get my nails done for my wedding and after 2 hours, I told the woman doing my nails that I had to leave even with my nails not even close to being done because I could NOT miss my flight! She refused to let me leave! She continued to do my nails and eventually, I had to say no! Long story short, I missed my flight! When I came back to let her finish, she had the nerve to charge an additional $20 after I paid $75 plus $5 tip even though she did NOT finish! Very money hungry and poor customer service among other things… I also saw a review stating that they don’t sterilize their tools & I didn’t see any new tools being used on my feet and I came at the end of the day. Truly hoping for the best. Overall bad experience :/
1 /5

4.Pampered Nails and Spa

Address: 1600 Contra Costa Blvd C, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Picture Pampered Nails and Spa

(43) Reviews Pampered Nails and Spa:

Jane McKay I had a great experience here! Nancy was so friendly, gave me a thorough clean up and great massage. She provided outstanding service and we had a good chat too. I was so relaxed after my mani pedi and cant wait to see her again.
5 /5
Jamie B Ive gotten a few services done here, spa pedi, nails, eyebrows, and lashes. Nancy always does a great job and even ordered colored lashes for me when i requested - thank you!
5 /5
Sally Couser Fast and friendly! Great job on my nails the first time. But now not so much. Service is not good. If you make an appointment be prepared to wait while they take a walk in 5 minutes before your appt. they are not Covid safe or certified. No social distancing between stations. And they will only take cash no debit or credit. They are nice people but not worth the risk
1 /5
Ira Montoya Never again will I be back to this place!!As soon as I arrived I specifically told them no gel I get a really bad allergic reaction to gel they didn’t listen and put gel on my hands I told them once again he still managed to put the LED light on my hand and I told him no! and the man got upset started to slam the nail polish on the table (so unprofessional) pedicure done by Nancy was good but it’s not worth the experience I had. Wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.
1 /5

5.AK Nails & Spa

Address: 4305 Clayton Rd, Concord, CA 94521

Picture AK Nails & Spa

(59) Reviews AK Nails & Spa:

deborahb i called last night to make an appointment. They asked me what time id like to come in and i said 10am. They said, "how about 10:30am"? i said perfect. I got there this morning, 4 employees and 4 clients - things were going well (my first time there). 5 walk-ins came in all wanting pedicures and the employees said that they could be helped within 15 minutes. All wanted to wait. 3 or 4 More came in wanting pedicures and then the time was pushed to 30 minutes. This is all fine. I feel badly for them not wanting to turn away business - I get it! . I got my pedicure, then went to table for my nails. i had to tel Tom 4 times that i want my nails short. Frustrating. Then i noticed dead skin on my heels. I asked Tom if they could take off the dead skin on my heels (and offered to pay again) and he had the nerve to say "come back at 2pm or 3pm whatever is good for me". In essence, they were taking walk-ins rather than existing customers. This is bad bad business. Toes beautiful, heels bad.
1 /5
sarah hodosh Unfortunately, I cant give my first experience at this spa more than 2 stars. I selected a color with quite a bit of shimmer and when it turned out to be extremely sheer I asked if it would be better to do a solid color underneath. I was told that a second coat would fix the problem. I asked again when the second coat was still too sheer, and was told we could do a third coat. After a FOURTH coat I realized I just wasnt going to be happy with the results. It looked like Id done my nails myself, and at least half of the gel polish chipped off in the first 4 days. Super disappointing. But everyone was very friendly.
2 /5
Amelia Stpierre- fedele Such a friendly place! I walked in was automatically greeted and felt so welcomed. Ken does the best acrylic nails I’ve never had any other nail technician do them better. Not to mention it is super clean not dusty like most salons I’ve been to and the tools look very clean as well.
5 /5
Ashley DeCook I was excited to try a new place out for Mani and pedi. Unfortunately I got cut while they were removing my old dip powder off. Because I was cut the nail polish remover stung everytime it touched the cut and the man working on me continued to put the remover on it and I had to say over and over you cut me and it stings now. They would not give me a discount for the service, instead they gave a $20 gift certificate for the next service. Why would I go back if I had been hurt and had to pay full price for a painful experience.
1 /5

6.Beauty Zone Nail Spa

Address: 951 Contra Costa Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Picture Beauty Zone Nail Spa

(77) Reviews Beauty Zone Nail Spa:

Katherine Mullane went in to get a gel manicure, the polish was applied way to thick and came out lumpy. the women doing my nails also cut my skin when trying to cut my cuticles and i left with my finger gushing blood. after less than a week my nails started lifting and polish peeling off, which pulled up and ruined my natural nails.
1 /5
Vanessa C Its raining and my kids really wanted to get their nails done. Please dont ask how this comes into their mind. All I know is I needed to find a place that was open at 9:00 in the morning and surprisingly there are not a lot of places open at 9:00 in the morning but this place was and we got there early at 8:55 and they still took us in and this lady patiently trimmed and painted my kids nails with no question or concern. She treated them like VIPs and that they were welcomed and she spoke to them and was just very kind. It was such a good experience that I definitely want to go back to get my own nails done here and I dont even get my nails done. And she only charged me $5!!!!
5 /5
Tee Breana I will never come back here again. I got my nails done here and they came out really cute! But when I came back to have them removed the lady basically ripped them off. It was extremely painful and she made one of my fingers bleed. She offered to put oil on it and proceeded to grab the clue to try and glue my actual nail back so it wouldn’t bleed anymore. I had to take my hand away and tell her no. I was still charged $15 to go through all of that pain. She didn’t even soak them first, she just cut them down and started ripping them off with a tool.
1 /5
Ann Sen NAIL INFECTION ALERT!!!! Your nails will be INFECTED if you go to this salon. I’ve been going here for years with my husband but the lady butchered both my big toes last Saturday. I still have a tip. Fast forward4 days now, I have a. Bad nail infection I have to take antibiotics and get it drained. I have no medical condition to cause this
1 /5
Grace Al My sister brought me here to get my nails done and got Kay, service was 10/10! ☺️ Very satisfied with how my nails turned out. I got a gel manicure with the shade 126, perfect for fall. :)
5 /5

7.California Nails

Address: 1701 Monument Blvd # F, Concord, CA 94520

Picture California Nails

(14) Reviews California Nails:

Xavan Omad great little spot, the ladies are all nice, and its pretty much similar to any regular nail salon. be sure to ask for a reward card if you go frequently. got my toes did then went to pho next door. treat yo self! cute time!
5 /5
astroma the lady that did my nails didn’t speak much english (not an issue) and kept cutting me and telling me to stop moving when i wasn’t (i asked her for white coffin, showed reference pics too) (also she put nail polish over my nails which chipped off?)
1 /5
Brenda B Dont come here! Save your money! Charged me 50 to fix 2 nails. And they did a horrible job!
1 /5
Zer Iyer I have been coming to this place for years. Is it fancy? No. Are you going to get a spa experience? Definitely no. However, the owners here have always been warm and welcoming and the service provided is really great. The basic spa pedicure involves a good massage chair, hot water soak, scrub, hot stones and full leg massage for like $30. Where are you going to find that in 2024? They take their time in everything so it’s not a quick visit but I think the value for what you get is well worth it and you are supporting a small family business. I promise you will get your money’s worth (and then some) if you come to this place, but don’t expect frills. Personally, I don’t need a full zen experience every time I get my nails done, so this is a great option if anyone is more interested in substance over style.
4 /5