Emily Salon & Spa LLC — Local services in New York

First let me start of by saying I did not read the reviews for this place prior to trying it. This "spa" is conveniently located across the street from my place and so I thought despite the ridiculous pricing it was ok to at least try them out. I came here a couple of times. First time my husband and I went together with our very well behaved one year old. I could tell they weren't kid friendly by the nasty looks my son was getting. Nonetheless I came back 3 more times. It was on the 3rd visit where Candy did my nails. Despite her snobby attitude I thought I'd give her a chance. She did an ok job on my pedicure all whilst laughing and giggling with nearby coworkers about something most definitely pertaining to me. While I don't speak Korean I know how to read gestures and her pointing sealed the deal. Now you can understand how uncomfortable that can be. Simply put, I couldn't care less about this and so still decided to proceed with my gel manicure by Candy. Who as she stated HATED the color I picked because it was too much work to apply. She told me I should pick another color, I refused. As she proceeded she said she would have to do three coats, I wanted 2. She insisted on the 3 coats because she didn't like the way it looked. "Too streaky" were her words. I thought it looked fine. I'm not sure she realized I'm entitled to tell her how I want MY nails to look. Not once did I feel welcomed or relaxed simply because she had such an attitude about everything. Now at this point I'm thinking god this girl is nasty and if I come back I will have someone else work on me for certain. Now to the reason why I'm actually writing this review, my fourth and final visit, today. Truthfully, I don't even know why I bothered because I was already disappointed with this place but the convenience is what got me today, lazy Sunday I guess. I went in for a pedicure and a silk wrap. As soon as I mentioned the silk wrap the girls began to call Candy. Im assuming she's the silk wrap girl, not sure. And because of my assumption I decided not to request someone else. I should've probably left when she made me wait 15 minutes for a pedicure while she finished her lunch. Again once finished, pedicure was ok. Still being positive she gets started on my wrap. Firstly making me cut my natural nails shorter which according to her were too long. Sure cut them, no problem. Secondly, the chemicals she put on a couple of my nails burned my nails pretty badly, without a warning ! It stung so bad and when I let her know it was hurting she said sorry can't help you. If that's not bad, when trying to pull my finger away she refused to let go of my finger and proceeded with burning me. That is when I decided I'd write my review. But it only gets worse ! The time comes to pay my $118 which apparently was a discounted price after she quoted me all sorts of things in the beginning. Nevertheless I give her my debit card and tip her $10 because despite her lack of knowledge of customer service she did spend quite some time on my wrap. Now before I tell you what happens next I need you to understand. 1. I'm an adult and at the least deserve to be spoken to as one. 2. Her poor etiquette is not an excuse. Candy felt compelled to say " honey I need to tell you something" and asked me to follow her to a massage room. Here is where she proceeds to tell me that she thinks I'm a nice girl but that she wants me to know that I should be tipping her at least 20%. Now here's just another assumption but I'm more than certain that she thought I was going to hand her that 20 dollar bill I had at this point. What I really wanted to hand her was a slap across the face for even thinking it was ok to be that disrespectful. Tips are a privilege ! They are based on MY satisfaction on a service offered. They must not pay her well enough. Don't waste your time at this place please. Many times in my few visits have I witnessed the owners being rude to people. Take your money elsewhere and get...

Since my friends moved to LIC, I’ve been in the area more often. One day I noticed the sign for Emily Spa & Nail salon when I was getting boba across the street and suggested to my friend that we treat ourselves and get our nails done. After going for the first time this past weekend, I will definitely be coming back. This may even be my new go-to nail salon, given the 10/10 service and average city prices!!

Service: 5/5 stars When I called to make an appointment, a kind woman picked up and had such a friendly tone. She made it easy to schedule me in by asking what I wanted to get done, time and my name. As soon as I arrived, I was warmly greeted by the aunties in the shop and everything was so neat and bright. Once seated immediately and less than five minutes in, a warm compress was placed over my shoulder. (Wow!!) I always hesitate when deciding on a color, but Chloe easily painted three different colors that I was stuck between and let me choose. Also, I had walked in with a broken thumb nail, and Chloe quickly repaired it - good as new! I was so impressed with the kindness of the ladies at the salon. They truly made the experience a pleasurable and healed of all my past trauma of other nail salons!!

Pricing: 4.5 stars Given the location, I totally went in expecting high prices, but they’re pretty average compared to other nail salons in Queens. Honestly, I’m willing to get my nails done here, compared to dealing with grumpy nail technicians/salon owners! My gel manicure was $45 (not including tip) and my friend’s nail design was $70).

Quality: 5/5 stars Since I just got them done, I cant share how long they’ve lasted just yet. However, based on the amount of times Chloe allowed me to use the UV light to dry and the amount of layers painted on, Im confident this will last...

I don't really leave reviews on Google but I wanna support the new owner of the salon because she was really nice and I could tell she was concerned about all the reviews that came with buying the salon from the previous owner.

I don't get my nails done regularly but I used to go to the other cheaper salons on Vernon. I gave this place a chance before my engagement shoot because my roomie had a bad exp with the one on vernon and liked her experience here. I came two weeks ago to try out the Hailey Bieber nails and called to make an appointment. They were really accommodating and said they could do the chrome. I ended up upgrading to UV gel (never did this before) and it was such a good decision. My nails are reallllly thin so the UV gel made my nails look so nice and smooth and supported. I ended up loving the base color more than the chrome so I ended up keeping the pearly white color. The manager agreed that it would be more suitable for my engagement shoot (which was nice to hear them give their honest opinion). I looked at my nails so much in the past two weeks because they were so pretty haha.

This place is definitely more expensive than the ones on Vernon but I could tell the immediate difference in quality. To be frank, I got my toes done on Vernon that morning and my nails done at Emily later in the afternoon. I wish I just got everything done at Emily because my toes looked rough in comparison to my nails lol.

I also got my UV gel removed 2 weeks later (yesterday) and it was a really smooth experience. She left a thin layer of the UV gel to make sure that my nails weren't going to be too fragile and said I could grow it out and have a little more of a base for regular gel later on.

I would recommended...