Top Best 10 Nail Salons in Tavares, Lake (part 2)

R Justin (MrPuggerson) Lynn was amazing. I got talked into joining my partner and parents for this and it was a blast, definitely better than I would have expected as I’ve never done this before. Got a pedicure and leg massage while hanging out in a really nice massage chair and got treated like a king. It was amazing and I’m hooked, can’t wait to go again!

Ghosty Rigsby I have had the best experience here!!! Tim did my nails, and they are perfect!!! Steve did my pedicure and it’s perfect too!!! They know you by name!! This is the absolute best place for both nails and toes! Love love love them!!!

Alicia Byrd Everytime Ive been here Ive been charged a different price for the same service. I keep my receipts because the price is literally whatever they make up that day. Today I went in & got a color change (no pedicure) on my feet & a manicure with gel. No acrylics or tips or anything on my hands. I paid $71. $71 to change colors on my feet (from white to white) and hands. I will never go back or recommend. The guy began ringing me up, told her I didnt get a Pedi etc but yet she charged me the same price.

Donna Stavey Never again! My mom and I have been going here since they opened. I have terrible experience the last two times!!!! It took an hour half to get a pedicure that I was scheduled for! And no manicure I left !!!

shaylyn Stafford This place is so bad me and my sister went to go get her nails done for a girls day the man stood up doing my cow print and it turned out so bad because he was in a rush which I dont know why there was only three people in there my sister only got one hand done because of how bad it was and they still charged us full price!!!! Highly recommend going to a different place these are the photos of our nails

Michelle McGregor Always a great job… color change polish is the bomb!

Karla Diaz I went for a manicure today and it was awful not only $25 but the guy was way too fast and did not do a good job. Why do they always rush doing things very unprofessional and rude. The ladies seem to be doing a good job. He rushed only because he had 2 pedicures to do. Don’t rush it’s your reputation. 1/10 Horrible trabajo hacen aquí son muy rápidos y te tratan mal. Quieren hacerlo todo rápido

Dana Long If I could give 0 star I would. Man didnt even look at my nails while he was doing them and too fast didnt ask how I wanted them and cut them too short and didnt do acrylic right and uneven nails. They look horrible and I wont be back.

Karla Diaz Amazing pedicure done today by the owner didn’t get her name , but she did a wonderful job. She did a deep clean pedi , followed with hot stones and an outstanding massage. She was very polite and took her time. This is the first time ever out of all the places nail salons I’ve gone through that was ver detailed and perfection.

Lennox Flemming Bad customer service. Walked in at 6:26am and the lady stated she has no time to do eyebrows nor a refill. First of all you are very unprofessional and rude. You could’ve have used another choice of words. I hope your business stays as slow as it is today…..Be careful who you talk to because you never know what position they hold lady.

Jessica Marie Dont go here, staff is very rude! Walked in and inquired about a brow waxing. I was advised by a man behind the desk who seemed like he was watching tv to sit and wait mind you it was only another lady staff doing a pedicure. I waited for awhile then asked the guy was I waiting on the lady staff doing the pedicure. He stated something about the wax lady doing someone else Im assuming however was unclear of what he said. Then he proceed to say if you dont want to wait you can leave. So I said you dont have to be rude just asking how long it was going to be and left, I will never return again.

Linda Schick We are only here for a few weeks but my nails were definitely needing some attention. I got an appointment with a 1 hour notice. Unfortunately, I still had to wait a bit. My nail tech, Cathy, was absolutely amazing. She is a fascinating person with a great story. She is also an amazing nail tech. She was absolutely worth the time it took to get started. I showed her a photo of something I liked but I wanted different colors. She did exactly what I wanted. If I were going to be in the area longer, I would choose her again and again. Prices are reasonable in comparison to what I have paid elsewhere. The massage chairs are nice and have several settings to choose from. Overall, it was an excellent experience.

G Rodriguez 10 out of 10 dont recommend. Walked in with design and they couldve said they couldnt do it but instead they sat me and started. The woman recommended dip saying it was much better. Not only was it l over my fingers but the shape was sloppy. Some nails had spots without color and others were not shaped right. I tried going matte black but it showed how truly awful they were so asked them to make it shiny and ended up with something totally different from what I wanted. I cant believe they would let anyone walk put like that. Now I have to find another salon to fix it. I will never go back.

Alexandra016 It takes a lot for me to leave a Google review. I went here for a soak off. I asked for no file soak off. She proceeded to bring out an e-file even tho I specifically requested no e-file for my Soak off. I explained to her serval times that my nails a very thin and brittle and that’s why I wanted to soak off with no e-file. She got upset. She rushed the entire process and left my nails messy. I was still kind, respectful and calm the entire time. Then proceeded to try and charge me $15 for a $10 soak off. When I went to pay, for some reason my card declined and there was a reminding balance of a couple cents. I asked them to run the card again… the owner of the store began to shout at me and proceed to scream at me that I need to have money on my card. I was so shocked because I was polite and kind during my entire time the nail shop. The disrespect was unacceptable and I will not be returning to this shop. It’s not worth the stress. This is so unfortunate.

hannah tolbert A few years ago, i wouldve told you Uptown Nails was the best place to go. They always were so friendly and i would leave pleased every time. Unfortunately, this is not my experience anymore. I think they have lost many good people (not sure why) and its caused their business to crumble some what. My sister and i came here giving them another chance about a week ago. I had got a pedicure and full set by Kathy. My nails and toes looked decent and she was a sweet lady. No complaints on my end. I wasnt upset walking away. My sisters hands looked terrible. Michael had done hers. She wanted a dark blue french tip. By the time she was done, she had blue nail polish smeared all over her hands from where hed wipe the excess polish off. He had put her hands through the UV light already since the nails were gel. So we couldnt just get it off with polish remover. Her french tips were half way down her nail making them not look so pleasing. We had paid a total of $165. My sister was so upset about her nails after leaving so we called to see if we could come back the next day to get them fixed. They allowed it. Next day we come in, you can tell their attitudes were high. They ended up just painting her whole nails blue. And were able to get the excess polish off. Its been a week now since weve gotten them done. My nails are now lifting off my fingers. Ive already had to glue one back on. Ill never go back to uptown nails. $165 for nails to last a week and to have to come back the next day to fix a disaster. Just wanted to put this out here before you end up like the rest with paying a good amount for a terrible service

Tasha Matney STAY AWAY! I went for a pedicure and a fill. I was there from 1215-345 pm. I came in the down and was greeted. They sat me down for a pedicure and they attended to me quickly. My pedicure took about 30 min - no complaints. I sat down for my “fill” The lady took 45 minutes JUST to file my nails. I wanted a simple almond shape with a little sharpness to it and black. I wanted a design but after sitting there for almost an hour with only having her filed my nails, I was over it. She tore my cuticles all apart, repeatedly after I asked her to please be more careful. I wasted my entire afternoon sitting here getting TERRIBLE nails. And still being charged 100$+. DO NOT go here!

Dionne L Tina did a wonderful job on my manicure and pedicure. Tina takes her time also made sure that I was pleased.

S. Green This is my go to nail salon that I’ve been going to for a few years. I only allow Jenny to do my Gel manicure’s and Helen does my pedicures. I would highly recommend this salon.

Shalaya OBrian Always satisfied with their service ❤️❤️

Jackeline Alfonso Excellent service, great prices.. very clean and the staff had been there forever what makes it very reliable. You can make appt or walk-in. Recomend it 100% My favorites are Sophia & Lee, but all of them are very enjoyable and work pretty well.

Amanda Gomez Hellen is amazing! Always does a great job no matter what shape I choose and beautiful nail art!

Michelle Auxier Eric is the so called tech that did my pedi and on my toe instead of trimming my toe nail skin he proceeded to pull it out after me ouch, ouch, ouch several times. It bleed bad. My daughter even acknowledged he made her bleed. With no response from anyone. Amazing Pedicure w/ french tips not so amazing.

Chai I asked for some pink and orange nails with hibiscus on them instead I got dots and line for the hibiscus and dots all around the lady spent a hour shaping my nails and the whole time I was in pain she made my nails look weird and nail polish was messy and messed up my cuticle and didn’t even do the nails right and took a hour and a half to do them. The pink nails is what I got the pink and orange is what I wanted. Had to go with the pink cause it would have been a extra 20 minutes for a different lady to do the ombré.

mindi woliver This place is terrible. I went to get my nails done today in the lady was rushing through it and even when I was telling her the places that there was holes on the side of my nails she refused to fix them and said that the color would cover it and she also left white acrylic all over my fingers. You would think that when youre spending $80 to $100 on nails they would be more attentive to you. I do not recommend this place at all. This is literally the worst experience Ive ever had getting my nails done.

Holly Parrish Went in for a gel pedicure and full set dip. My pedicure was good up until the color. The tech made sure to mention at least 3 times how small my toe nails are and then proceeded to use that as an excuse for the gel looking like it did. Then to my dip full set, I have smaller than normal adult finger nails, but she made sure to mention it every time I said something or use that excuse for everything! Including why my acrylic nails are crooked and not evenly shaped. I repeatedly asked her to fix their shape. She would barely put any pressure while shaping. I told her a nail was completely crooked and instead of removing and fixing it, she left it. We went back and forth about which nail needed what. In the end she still kept saying its my nails conditions is why they are messed up oh and that I kept mentioning to her the issues, that I should have waited till the end and there would have been no issues. I read great reviews on Facebook about this salon, but Im guessing I got the one not so great techs. These pictures are less than 24hrs after.

Andrea Foster I came in with frumpy feet and left with the kind of pedicure that makes you want to show your toes off like theyre about to make bank on Only Fans. The technician was like a foot whisperer – banishing calluses & polishing to perfection. Despite my kankles, those puppy toes look amazing in gel 267!

Lilly Cowart I I just got my pedicure done 2 days ago and was the worst I ever had. The lady was rude and took 10 minutes to get done, I have lots of dead skin around my nails she doesnt clean around the nails, I paid $25+tip $5

Kristie Pearsall Very happy with the way my nails turned out. Showed a picture and was quoted a price before he started, which I liked- no surprises. I’ll definitely give it a 2nd go.

Jadyn Peck very cute, very fast, wasn’t awkward. good place to go to. nice pricing too, even gave me the little hearts, no charge :) will be coming back.

Brandon Green LOVE THIS PLACE!!! Recently had a horrible experience at my usual salon and stumbled across this gem! Everyone is super nice and friendly. Been a few times now and they are very consistent in their care and services. Everyone is great but I am very partial to Jenny! She’s amazing. Fast, fun and very creative. She listens to what you want and she’s honest. Sometimes I want her to use a certain color and she will recommend a better option if mine is too light or won’t look good. She also does freehand embellishments and designs. AHHHHHHHmazing!!! Highly recommend this place!!!!

Stacey Mcfarland I dont come often to this salon as I had let my nails go for a bit. Until recently, i started caring for them after a trip up north. I walked in, was greeted quickly, and received a beautiful fresh fill and color change. Thanks for always doing a fantastic job! The only place Ill go for my nails.

Katrina Lucas I have never had a worse manicure in my life. I came in for a simple dip manicure. First, the color was much lighter than the sample. No worries, I still liked it. I asked for round nails and she rounded the corners a bit, but still flattened the tips. So I asked if we could make them a bit rounder. She did, but at that point, she got so aggressive that I ended up leaving with 4 fingers bleeding. While filing down the dip, she went too far on multiple fingers and chipped off the dip. So to fix it (I think?) she grabbed the same color in gel, but this time it was much pinker. So she wiped it off and grabbed another random purple gel, as seen in photos, and did a layer of that, which was much darker than the original color. You can see the lavender dip near my cuticles, where the gel wasn’t thick enough. The right hand nail shape is still closer to square than round, and all of my nails are different lengths. Plus, the prices were about $10 higher than listed, unless she decided to charge me for the random gel coat on the top. Bizarre and painful experience.

Pearl Carr My bestie and I decided to get Christmas pedicures while our sons were walking around downtown. We were immediately greeted, and shown to our chairs. The pedicures we chose are comparable to pedicures that have cost almost double at other locations. They took their time, were friendly and professional. Our pedicures came out beautiful and we had a wonderful time. 20 out of 10 stars! We will be back.

Elle M Ive been here a couple times with my daughter. The lady is always patient with her and even put on cartoons for her to watch on the TV . Nice atmosphere never have had a long wait , we both got gel manicures and regular pedicure, hers got design after the show lady bug . Just over $100 total before tip. Will definitely be back

Yulisa Valerio PLEASE DONT GO HERE I asked for a gel she gave me dip, I asked for coffin she gave me square and they were all different shapes. I asked her several times to correct it and she didn’t, she shaved me real nail off, and on top of that she cuts back my cuticles and gives me tons of irritation. She cut me several times.I asked for French tips natural gives me hot pink, and uses a scraper ON MY REAL NAIL to achieve a clean line NEVER HAVE SEEN THAT! She also left my hands dried out with alcohol and no Cuticle oil or anything. She ruined my real nail. I would not go here to get my nails done horrible job, still paid for my horrible service as well. Waste of 45 dollars.

Jessica Arehart Let me start off by saying I LOVE THESE OWNERS and I’ve been going here for about three years. I’ve taken my oldest daughter here at times and friends. I usually only get gel and nothing fancy. I’m not sure why, but every time I go, the quality of the work gets worse. I still supported the business because they are so kind. Last week I went on Wednesday where my adult daughter met me. I got gel and she did as well. The gel was put over my cuticles, she did not even push my cuticles back, and it is peeling off where it is growing STUCK to cuticles. My daughter picked out a gel color that was dark, almost black sparkly gel. My daughter received bright red sparkly gel. It was closing time by the time she was done with us and I honestly just did not want to get into some big thing. Now my nails that were $40 are just so terrible and if I do not want to look ratchet, I have to pay AGAIN to get them redone somewhere else. I am a mom of four and it’s almost Christmas. I feel so bamboozled as a loyal customer, even when they started slipping. I just want to save another mom so that she might not decide to finally do something for herself, just to look at it everyday feeling guilty that she wasted money.

Barbara Jean Freseman The owner Allen, is calm and helpful. He makes sure not to hurry, even when he has more on his schedule, your the only one hes focused on..creating an exceptional experience, and designing a lovely manicure and pedicure. Careful and calm. What a nice treat! Ombre design, great!

Marcy Collins RUN - dont go there unless you have one of the few good technicians. As a walk in, I a got a guy I had last year when I was here, I should have ran then. Pedi was ok, he cannot paint, the polish doesnt look clean and pretty but bumpy like a child painted it. I walked out after 2 tries of a gel mani. My healthy nails are now weak and breaking. Horrible. Then a technician was yelling at me as I tried to pay and I was asking for a breakdown of the fees.....RUN

shaydamar derby Although they were friendly I feel like I left with a manicure that a child did. My nails were not properly shaped, there are pink specs all over them because it was not properly dipped. And some nails are longer than others. I have been here once before and my nails were perfectly done. This time I feel like my money was wasted.

Erica Sasnett Had an amazing experience today. After reading all of the negative reviews, I did not have high hopes, but Tracey was amazing. They were busy, but there was not a wait, everyone seemed very happy, and I would recommend going to anyone. I have been going since before the holidays, so the foot and leg massage was much needed. The price was very reasonable, and the environment was basic, but relaxing.

Roysha Webber I’m sitting in the chair and this man tried telling me my nails are even. He cut one toe nail to the skin when I told him they are too short. If he didn’t know what he was doing he shouldn’t have touched my feet. I pay for what I like not for what anyone think they’re going to send me out the door with!

Miss Bentley I’d highly suggest you go elsewhere if you are capable! Although they did accomplish giving me a deluxe pedicure, I was in and out of there in 30min tops! (I’ve had pedicures before & they generally take 45 min minimum). I’m guessing they was trying to rush me out of the way for all the regulars that they have that time of day…? Or perhaps it was because I declined the option for Gel Polish. (Which I had to decline with practically all 5 employees working today)! Whatever the reason, I should have been able to relax & enjoy the services I was paying for. I left disappointed & looking like a child painted my nails. I won’t be back if I can avoid it!!

Margo Fenlon One of the worst manicures I’ve had - which is so unfortunate as this is my family’s favorite place to go! Two hours for a regular pedi and gel mani. Made my toes bleed after cutting cuticle too deep and then put acetone on it. Nicked every one of my fingers, filed it down to the bone (I came in with long, 2 week mail growth and came out with nubs) … and then this is what it looked like after I asked for the tech to clean the edges up a bit(!) Their prices are some of the best in the area, $55 for both services together, but this tech in particular did not do well at all.

Catherine Bazner Very busy but well worth a little wait for great nail services & pleasant hosts. Always a pleasure, and great custom nail designs!

Kerri Nagel They do a wonderful job there. The owner is the best. We call him cutie. Been there twice and see what they have done! Great job!

Joanna Dodd Not a bad place. My nails could have been done a little bit better also my pedicure. Reason being is my pedicure I came home and I still had dry skin on them. My nails I still have some nail polish on my finger tips wasn’t cleaned up properly. I know it’s all small stuff but when you pay $70 for nails and pedicure it should be done a little better. They’re still beautiful it’s just me being picky.