Splashie Nail Spa

Came here for the first time recently. A friend and I called to see if we could get an appointment together and they got us in right away, which was nice. I got a vintage style gel manicure for $ 45 and it looked perfect! My friend got a regular gel manicure which was $ 35. This is by no means a fancy salon but they did a great job!

It might not be fancy of a place, but the staff there do a good job and are very friendly. They are willing to work late hours if it suits your schedule better.

The first time was great. My shellac nails were done by a nice lady with short hair. She did an amazing job and she was very polite the whole time. I went in there the second time today for another shellac mani, the lady who did my nails needs a bit more customer service training, she didn’t apologize when the grinder almost cut my skin and she stared at the receipt for a few minutes (to calculate the tips) before giving it to me without saying thank you. I do think 15% tips for an average job is enough. Ps, they use grinder to remove your shellac, I probably won’t go back because of this and the odd customer service I received today. The reason I’ve given them three stars is their online booking is efficient and they do accommodate your needs.

this place cares way too much about turning over chairs than the actual quality of their work and the customer experience. this was always my last resort place when all of the other favorite places were booked for the day. don’t waste your time or money here — my crappy bumpy acrylics fell off after 3 days with very minimal use of my hands. very pushy and will scream things very loudly to get your attention like «GIRL!» in front of the entire packed salon. nightmarish. they will also swindle you and make it seem like you’re getting a «deal» too for waiting an hour + to be seen (even though I called ahead and scheduled an «appointment») there’s a reason they’re never fully booked. there are plenty of other places in the immediate area that do amazing precise work and value the customer instead of the dollar. book ahead or wait the extra day and go to them.

I’ve been here before but I was disappointed this time. Pushy service and my pedicure is terrible. I think I’m going to have to go elsewhere and get it redone.

I had a terrible experience. I wanted a polish change and she wanted to charge me $ 30. I was already in the chair, I thought she said $ 13. She tried to justify and say it was for «gel» color so I asked for regular. She told me that was $ 15. As I’m sitting there thinking this is expensive. I asked her how much a manicure was, she answered $ 20. So I said I want a manicure instead. The lady told me NO and was upset with me and did the worst polish change ever! I didn’t even think that was possible. I still have my old color popping through on the edges that she failed to remove. Just because someone has money you shouldn’t take advantage. She refused to give me a manicure and the salon had 1 person in there other than me. So it wasn’t because they were busy.

I honestly have no idea how anyone could be satisfied with this nail salon, I have been to many and this is by far the worst. They try to jam pack as many people in for an appointment as possible and don’t leave enough time to do your nails properly and patiently. They are very pushy and aggressive. Most places take 45 minutes to a full hour for a manicure and gel polish and my girlfriends nails took 15 minutes and they were messy, with gel left over her fingertips. I got half way through my appointment and asked the lady to stop, as she was yelling half way across the salon to the other nail technicians and not paying any attention to what she was doing and filing my nails very aggressively.

I love splashies! Friendly staff, great prices and nails that LAST! I’ve been going for at least two years and am never disappointed with the service and quality.

My favourite nail bar in town. If you want a deal on the best gel manicure in town come here. They can always squeeze me in for an appointment and every girl is good.
I work with my hands and their gel manicures last forever!!! And on top of that they’re a BARGAIN!!!

If there were negative stars I would start by choosing that option,
Honestly I’m so angry with myself for going there for so long.
I’ve been going there almost every 2 – 3 weeks for about a year now since Adam (AkA Adan from below) put on my first set of acrylic nails and I absolutely loved him, he was quick and always did a clean job, plus I live right around the corner from it.
The girls there are all very nice and always smiling on the surface, but honestly in the end they just do not care. Plain and simple. Everytime I make an appointment I’m rushed off the phone, they never ask me my name or contact info and just tell me to come and it’s fine no matter what time I ask for, I show up and each time I’m left waiting at least 15 mins –once 40 minutes!
Today I called making an appointment for 1pm for a mani pedi combo, stopping the girl on the phone to make sure there would be two people to available to do my mani and pedi at the same time since I had somewhere to be later, she said no problem no problem and hung up. I get there right on time and am asked to sit on the side, 30 minutes of playing games on my phone I’m finally asked to move to a manicure station.
Typically a mani pedi combo is in the pedicure booth so since they had shorted me on time already I was already a tad annoyed and asked what was going on. She said her friend would be done in 5 minutes and we would move over to the pedicure booth then and reassured me that my manicure and pedicure would be done at the same time. Finally an episode of Mystery Dinners and 30 mins later she was almost done nails and I was still NOT sitting in a massaging chair. I finally got fed up and asked what was going on, she immediately spat back ‘it’s not my fault, it’s not my fault! you came at the wrong time we are busy!’ …why did I make an appointment?! «we would of told you to come later we didn’t realize we didn’t have your number to call you» blah blah blah just a string of excuses where she was clearly complaining about me to her friends in between. just rude.
I asked where Adam was since he’s the only reason I go there anyways, she said he was on vacation, i placed a 20 on the front desk and left without my pedicure and my nails half done late for my engagement. Spoke to Adam afterwards to ask where he was when he told me that he was no longer working there.
–All those ladies do is lie through their smiles thinking that they’re clients are all fools making us sit around for mediocre at best service–
Done. Over it. on the hunt for a new nail spa. splashie can drown.

I have been to almost every salon in town for eyelash extensions and waxing. Hannah is an absolute genuis… she removes hair so carefully never rushes and does a very thorough job. The eyelash extensions she does are better than noir or wink and even cheaper. Well out of my way but I will remain faithful due to the to the consistent fantstic work by hannah. Every time I leave I always get complimented. I recommend this place fully ask for hannah u will be very happy!

Was just here for a Mani pedi to get ready for a spring vacation. The pedicure was OK. Nothing special. I opted to do a shellac manicure. Big mistake. Worst shellac polish I have ever received. Will probably have to go somewhere else to get it redone. Not only are my nails uneven the shellac polish is bumpy and really built up on one of my nails. I also somehow have shellac polish underneath my nails and my manicurist cut me.
Needless to say won’t be coming back. Perhaps a bit cheaper than some other places in yaletown but I’d rather spend the extra cash and be happy with the results.

I make appointments for a reason. I have a 4 week old baby, pumped him a bottle and left him with dad for a MUCH needed mama break. It was a 6pm appointment, it’s now 6:45. I’m STILL sitting in this chair with my feet in the water. I’m about to walk out and go home. This is ridiculous.

Second time lucky with this place. Both times I came to do acrylics done and both time flawless and long lasting. Adan did my nails this time around. $ 55.00 for Acrylics full set.
Going on 3 weeks now and my nails are still shiny. All three of my friends had acrylics done a three different places and I am the only one that has no chips or scratches.
Considering I hand wash my dishes and work in front of a keyboard all day, my nails still rock!
I also had my brows waxed, $ 15.00 Bring on the pain (joking). The lady did a great job on my brows and asked me if I wanted threading or wax. Choices, choices…
Time for a fill!

I won’t be coming back to this nail salon. They removed my shellac with the electric filer and this is the first time I’ve seen such a removal and made me soak my fingers in that acetone (I think) 4 – 5 times to get all my previous manicure off. I felt this process would do more damage to the nails (electric filer & multiple soaks/​scrapes) as I am used to foil/​acetone (going to different nail salons) as I’ve done shellac on my nails for last 1.5 years. The worst part was the girl took a chunk of my skin (now there is a sizeable hole at the side of my middle finger nail). Looks like that area is missing skin :(I only noticed when it started to hurt. I told her it hurts when she was cutting and pushing back. She took it to far. She denied she cut too much when I first mentioned it. But used some other products to take out the redness in the area. Didn’t work. But I knew by the look in her eyes she messed up. The area was super red and sensitive and looked like I was going to bleed out. At the end she admitted that she cut too deep and too much. After 4 hours when I wash my hands that area stings and looks like the area is scarring up :(I would upload a photo of that nail but I do not want to gross anyone out. BEWARE OF THIS SALON! Plus, I was grossed out when she asked me to walk from the massage chair (after getting the pedicure) with my bare feet to the manicure station. As she took all my belongings (including my shoes) to the manicure station. Seriously? Do you want me to fly over to the manicure station? So I mustered my courage and quickly walking on the balls of my feet and from my purse, unwrapped a wet sanitation nap to wipe the bottoms of my feet like there was no tomorrow. Who let’s their clients walk barefoot in the salon? Nasty! Zero star rating would be my rating, not 1 star.
Update — 12/​29/​2013 — of the 10 years of getting my nail done at salons every manicurist praise my nails looking and so strong and healthy. I have never experienced nail chipping or breaking. Today my thumbnail broke from the side. Thanks for nothing Splashie!

The manicure I got was decent. My skin still feels a little rough. The left hand was painted nicely but the right was patchy and the lady wouldn’t fix it for me.
I went with my mom and found Adam to be rude. He told her she «didn’t know what she was talking about» when she wanted to use just a sparkle polish sheerly. He also proceeded to lecture her on why he hands were so dry. She is aware of this as she washes her hands frequently for work — thus why she is getting a simple manicure.
We were also scolded for not putting our hands out to dry in a certain position. Seriously? I’ve never had such rude and poor service.
Wouldn’t come back. But at least it was cheap. Too bad I can’t rate it lower than 1 star. It gets the 1 star because it was cheap and ok.

Adam’s da man! I’ve had acrylics done with Adam about eight times now and his work is flawless. He’s skilled and meticulous and cares about his work and craft.
I’ve had a number of gel peddies at Splashie with a few different employees and they’ve been consistently good, lasting a really long time.
A long time ago, I got a normal mani and it was not up to par. I showed my nails to the owner and she wasted no time getting a different employee to fix the work. Impressive service and professionalism.

I am a terribly, terrible nail bitter. I always have been. Every year or so, I get sick of my awful nails and go in to get a set of gel nails. Since this was my first time looking in Vancouver, I took to Unilocal to see if I could find a good salon to go to. The first thing I discovered was that they are not all that easy to find. Most of the places I tried in Mt. Pleasant only had a girl in to do false nails on certain days or they said they couldn’t put them onto my short fingernails. So I did what I always seem to do for beauty these days and I looked in Yaletown. Splashie’s had decently good reviews and it seemed like they would actually be professional enough to have someone these to do my nails. Sure enough, they did. They were even going to be able to fit me in the same day.
My experience there was mediocre but the end product was really well done. As has become expected at nail salons, the service was pushy and confusing. Three different people told me to sit in three different chairs. Then they told me to pick a colour but it got confusing when they started handing me gel nail colour charts. I never get my nails done so I had no idea what the difference was. I attempted to ask and got even more confused, so they just walked away. I finally just chose a regular colour and sat down.
She managed to get my nails to look a natural length with a fantastic shape. There was nothing gaudy or excessive about them. She certainly took the time to do it perfect. Being someone who usually has the tiniest nails, it was imperative that I didn’t have them too long or too thick. Today as I am going about my day, I have found them not to get in the way and that they look so cute!
I will definitely come back here. 45 $ is quite the decent price on top of it all.

Came for a much needed pedicure with my Gf. The salon is not right on the street, but inside a tiny mini «mall» near the back. It’s kinda small, and cramped. Not a lot to look at, but we were welcomed in, even without appointments.
After a bit of a wait, we were shown to empty spa chairs, and offered drinks, I had a Ginger tea which was yummy.
They also had a stack of assorted magazines — which is always appreciated!
I asked for the Special Spa Pedicure, but I dont know if I got that or the Deluxe?
But whatever it was, it was excellent !
My pedicure was so well done — my feet have never been smoother ! Also loved the colored gel polish ! Stays on really well and is super shiney.
Another plesent surprise — when I went to pay it was a lot less then I was expecting !
How nice ! I tipped $ 7 and we were on our way !
Definatly will return !

Yup that’s right. A GUY reviewing a mani/​pedi business! Never thought you’d see the day right? ;)
Well my girlfriend wanted to get a manicure & pedicure on her birthday, so naturally I came along to keep her company, and got a pedi while I waited.
Keep in mind, I have NOTHING to compare this place to as it was my first ever experience in a nail spa, but, I must say I REALLY enjoyed it. They took my rough, manly feet and sculpted them in such a way, Michelangelo would be proud. No really… I could feed you grapes with these things and you wouldn’t mind… right? The best part of course was just how relaxing it was. Massage chair was great, and the girl handling my feet was spectacular. It was as though god himself immersed my feet in clouds of holiness. Quite certain I could hear the galloping of unicorns as I experienced a bliss once thought impossible.
My ex also enjoyed her experience and she’s a self-​proclaimed princess. Gets her nails done often, and isn’t afraid to say it when the place sucks. The girls in the salon suggested a couple colours for her fingers and toes, and were spot-​on with great suggestions. Not only that, her nails lasted a long time without chipping.
Needless to say I was happy with my visit. The staff made me feel very comfortable (even though I’m a dude), and we both left feeling very relaxed!
I would absolutely recommend this place for anyone in Vancouver!