Julie's Nails in Tacoma, WA

Terrible experience. I called before going to clarify that they gave gel x extensions before I arrived and if they would be able to take me in a walk in appointment. "Yes, yes come in now we are available". Once I arrived, i asked again before sitting down and she told me yes that they gave the extension. Went through the entire process of taking off my current extensions and cutting down natural nails to find out they DONT do gel x extensions. I was so upset. I wasted an hour of my time and $40 dollars later just to leave the salon without an unfinished manicure. I DO NOT recommend going here. Being that I was the only customer in the salon should've been a sign that they don't have good business but I went off it Yelp reviews/stars. NEVER AGAIN.

Never coming here again. They constantly kept changing the price and I ended up paying more than what was said. Nails were not the same length.

Friendly staff and quick service! I hate being at the nail shop for long which is always my experience when getting a full set or a fill. They were so quick & my nails look great! Highly recommend. They are busy on the weekends, more free during the week. There is a great Antojito's place (Mexican street snacks) next to it too :).

UPDATE: The salon messaged me privately trying to deny what happened and also thought I've already been to their salon before. If you look at reviews I've written on Yelp, you can see that my go to nail salon was in Texas before I moved here; and you can actually see that I'm a huge fan of supporting nail salons. This place just isn't one of them. I requested a dipping powder set ahead of time prior to my arrival. When I got there, the mom put gel on a finger in which I reminded her I wanted powder. She replied, "gel last longer" and continued with gel for the rest of my nails. Tried to tell her she filed some of my nails shorter and some longer; she compared two nails lengths, filed one nail to match the other, and ignored the rest of my nails. She rushed my nails the entire time to finish because she overbooked me with someone else (I found out about this when I arrived and the mom spoke in Vietnamese to her daughter). The client she was working on before I got there was left to wait until she got done with me; the client even told her she had to go and all she had gotten done was polish removal. I tried to tell her daughter that I didn't think I should pay for a service I didn't ask for, and with poor quality at that. She told me the service was already done and told her mom in Vietnamese of my complaints. Her mom replied in Vietnamese, "what more does she want, she didn't tell me anything" in addition to some other things. I told her daughter that I'm Vietnamese and that they shouldn't be talking about their customers like that. She said, "well then if you understood her you should've told her what you wanted" and the other clients in the salon all laughed, not knowing the nail techs have probably talked crap about all of them before in Vietnamese. I told the daughter I understand better than I can speak it and continued to pay for a service I didn't even want. Why would I stay quiet and not say a single word to my nail tech, knowing I'd have to pay for it anyway? I should not be blamed for a language barrier or for the salon overbooking me with someone else. In the end, she charged me 30 instead of 40. Not sure I why I still tipped her after she misspoke about me in Vietnamese and ignored all of my requests, but if I were you, I'd avoid this unprofessional salon. If they're willing to trash talk about a client who they didn't know was Vietnamese, imagine what they'd say about someone of a different ethnicity.

Wonderful place and I love the staff. My manicure was awesome. Very clean and friendly knowledgeable staff.