NASMA Gift &MOER — Local services in Oakland

This place is great if you need to get your nails done. What happened? I picked it because the location was between home and work and they reviews were fairly good. I made an appointment, which I'd recommend. They turned away about three walk-ins while I was there; I got the impression they had enough people in the salon to finish out the day. The place was packed, which usually bodes well. From what I could tell, everyone was getting a full set: that's probably what they specialize in. After removing my previous gel manicure, I got a French gel manicure and it lasted about a week and a half. Not bad. Great selection of colors though! My assessment? It was hot outside and warmer inside. it was fully of people yet nobody talked much. I'm not from around here but it was the first time I'd been to a nail salon and everyone was watching their own thing on their phone. I was I'll prepared to be left staring at a wall for a half hour while the nail polish dissolved from my fingertips. They came back around when it was time to paint and they were very efficient. I was grateful for this since, you know, I was hot and practically alone. Made polite conversation with manicurist to little avail. Finally started chatting with a lovely older woman who was seated next to me. Two minutes later, I was done. It wasn't the kind of place I enjoyed going to, or felt particularly cared for, but they got the job done and did it...

DON'T GO HERE whatever you do! It's a total sham.

I got a "deluxe" mani/pedi, they told me that a regular pedi went for 45min but i did deluxe and it only went about 30min. She barely massaged my feet a few minutes.

I waited for nearly TWO HOURS for the nail polish to dry, longer than anywhere I've ever waited, the paint job was done badly, quality of the polish poor (I've used many OPI polishes, this one took so long to dry and went on so lightly it must be a knock off brand)

I get mani/pedi 2 weeks/monthly and this is the worst experience I've ever had. After waiting nearly two hours for the polish to dry and it seemed done it smugged when I tried to get into my wallet to pay.

They offered to do it again but after over 3hrs in there it wasn't worth the time. After all that they wouldn't even give a discount, after arguing for 5min he discounted from $43 to $40. Horrible...

Tammy and Lieu are amazing! I usually go to the fancy place around the block, but they were closed, so I walked into Mini Nails. They were able to start on me right away. I got a gel pedicure (mood color changing!) and a regular manicure. Tammy and Lieu were gentle & thorough. They took their time & did an excellent job! They gave me a great massage on my hands & arms, legs & feet. Fantastic! This might be the best mani/pedi I've ever had! I came out looking & feeling like a...