Amethia Nail & Spa — Local services in Temple Terrace

I recently moved to the Tampa area and was in search of a good nail salon, so my friend and I decided to try this place out because it had 4.5 stars. We called ahead (by a few minutes because another place we tried was by appointment only). When we got there we were told to sit down at the tables and someone would be with us. I was patiently sitting and an older woman approachedd me and started to work on my nails, she was very nice and soft spoken. Ad she started to work on my nails I noticed her hands were very shaky, but I didn't pay too much attention to it because she was doing her job. When she started to clean my cuticle and buff them it was fine, and then she started to clip my nails....it was at this time that she had clipped a small chunk of skin from my finger. It hurt like hell but she didn't mean to, she put the medicine on it and continued to work on my hands, but she got a tiny bit rough with the finger that she had already bruised. When she started to paint my nails is when it got problematic, it was sloppy: there was polish on my fingers (And over the bruised area, which burned terribly) and it looked like a 3 yo painted my nails. I felt as though I had bubble nails because there was so much polish and it was so poorly applied. I asked them to take the polish off and I ended up just getting clear polish. The people around got very rude and we're saying "you pay before he paint your nails so he won't mess up." After my service the 3 people that were at the front of the shop kept yelling for me to pay, which I felt as though I should not have paid since I was unsatisfied and I left with a cut finger, deeply...

If I could give this place no stars, I would. Where do I start? First off, I am new to the Tampa area and was in search of a nail salon to do a manicure. I googled some salons in the area and saw this one had a 4.5 star rating. I decided to stop by and get a manicure. I had an older lady do my nails. When I first met her she told me to pick a color, so I did. I asked her about nail designs and color ideas but she didn't seem all that interested in helping me decide and kept saying, "ok, ok you do that, I can do, line is good, I don't know, I don't understand...etc" Not to be whatever, but I don't think she understood half of the questions I asked her. Ok, moving along....She proceeded to work on my nails and almost cut me/buffed the cuticle area way to fast to the point where it started hurting. I was not offered anything to drink, there was not much conversation, it was just very awkward. This by far is the sloppiest manicure I have ever had in my life. And last but not least, the hand/arm "massage" was more like "here let me slap some lotion on your arms and rub them really fast for 15 seconds...ALL DONE!" It was disgusting and terrible. I will never go back to this salon, and I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS SALON TO ANYONE. Note to salonWhen you don't thank your clients for their business or show any interest in them....not to mention if you display any rude behavior, REMEMBER they will...

I am so sorry to have to leave this review. Back in June, before a family event, I came here and got a french gel manicure. I work in the medical field, and my nails have to be short. It turned out beautifully, and lasted almost 4 weeks! So I came back, on Friday, August 6th. I have an important work event tomorrow (Monday). I wanted the nails done and pretty, so I could worry about everything else that goes into looking nice. The tech tried to convince me to go longer with my nails. Uh, no, I can't. She did the gel french manicure, and it looked nice, but there was only one layer of top coat, which surprised me. I should add that this weekend all I did was routine activities, nothing crazy that placed excess stress on my nails. I returned on Saturday August 7th with 2 chipped nails, asking for a fix and more top coat. A different associate fixed the chips, but did not add top coat. In retrospect, I should have insisted on it. Because now, on a Sunday, I have 2 even bigger chips, and your salon is closed. My event is tomorrow, so I'm pretty much screwed. I will have to apply polish myself all day long. I don't understand how there could be such a HUGE disparity in gel manicure quality here... But needless to say, my faith was misplaced. This work event was important. I just wanted my nails...