Rendez-Vous Nails

I’ve been a nail biter for most of my life. Gina and her team were the only ones that helped me groom and grow my nails. They’re care and attention, clean tools and thoughtful approach made all the difference. I’ve tried the most expensive to the very cheap and Rendez-​Vous made all the difference in beautiful nails for me. They are awesome!

Gina at this nail salon is the worst ever. I went there for a pedicure and she cut my skin on my right toe. It was bleeding (see photo). She was also extremely rude– refusing to admit she made a mistake. I cannot believe her horrible attitude toward a paying customer. Don’t plan to ever go back, considering the terrible service and even worse attitude. AVOID this place!

I came here for the first time this week as many places in SF no longer do acrylic and when they do I am not impressed, so I was on the hunt for a new salon & I was IMPRESSED!
Clean
Multiple colors
Even do designs on your nails
The massage chairs were great
Lucky for me it wasn’t crowded and I was in & our!
Thank you Gina for the great customer service & making my nails look fabulous, I will be back in 2 weeks!

I come here all the time and I love how my nails are done and the service! Today I did French manicure for the first time with Gina and I think they were done beautifully! Here is a picture!

I love the way my nails look when I leave here. Everyone is friendly and Gina is amazing.

I must have called 10 nail salons in Marina and Presidio to find a location that does Acrylic. Ladies here were very sweet and professional and did a great job matching my fake nail and design.

Rudest technicians I’ve ever encountered. I felt like I was at the soup nazi in NYC. Two of my gel nails have bubbles, I had to come home and file my nails because they didn’t file they correctly. I asked for oval and they gave me square. I asked them to match my finger and toe color and they gave me orange and pink. Before there was any coating on my nails she asked me to put them in the uv light which makes no sense and then she left to give someone an eyebrow wax in the middle of my manicure.

Really enjoyed my gel mani and pedi here. Despite the salon filling up after I arrived, both people working on my nails and toes continued to do so rather than one of them leaving to attend to someone else as frequently happens at other salons. They continued to take their time and do a very diligent job. Everyone was very nice and my nails look great. Good selection of colors and I was happy to see they have CND shellac as many places don’t carry that line due to the cost :)
One note, there is a small $ 1 fee for using a credit card, no big deal just something to be aware of. Overall great experience and I’ll definitely return!

I don’t usually review places, but my experience was so awful I had to make a note.
Not only is the customer service pretty bad — as others have mentioned — the actual manicure (I did shellac) was terrible. Over three layers of gel, the technician had gel on almost all my finger tips, pulled my skin and took over an hour… But here are the photos.
Needless to say, never going back.

Gina is fantastic, this is a one stop shop she does almost painless quick waxing and her manicures and pedicures are flawless. This is a great salon I highly recommend it.

I have been going to Rendez Vous Nails for quote some time now and although I check out other new places as they come (and go) this is by far the cleanest, most well run and professional place I have experienced. They are up to date on everything from the latest polish and gel colors. treatments and eyebrow waxing etc. they aim to please in any specific service they have experience with and you want to have performed with the confines of their license. Their prices are reasonable, the ladies work very hard and really try to please the customer trying to remember our color and cuticle preferences and always ask before performing any additional services like massage etc which I have encountered in other places. I have noticed that if a customer is ever unhappy about anything from a cracked or smudged nail on the way out., all you need to do is talk to Gina, the boss or whoever is in charge and your difficulty will be rectified. Only downside was no credit cards. although they plan to incorporate this in the future. Very clean and hygienic. Place is a cut above all the rest. they have now starting taking Visa. very good place.,

This place is a hidden gem. I go in about every 2 weeks to get my nails done (shellac) and they do a fantastic job.

*sigh* I really wanted this to be a go to place for my nails and I thought it was at first. The ladies are great even though my nail lady did not say a word to me after asking me what I wanted. Which is kind of nice because I didn’t feel pressured to get upgrades to things I didn’t need like jewels, a pedi with my mani etc. However the reason I’m not happy is because 1. I showed her a picture of what I wanted and asked her if she could do this particular design. Mind you I showed her a picture of claw nails which maybe it is my fault because I said manicure not full set but hey! I told her I wanted it exactly like the picture, she nodded and proceeded to do her thing. She asked me what shape after she finished cleaning my nails and I showed her the picture again and she went filing away at my natural nail –_​_​_​-​. I just said whatever and went with it because I didn’t want to be rude. Everything went great. She painted my nails. It looked fresh and no smudges. I paid and left. Day 1 fabulous nails… Day 2 ehh I see some bubbling. Day 3 my nails are chipping away and the nail polish is lifting which bugs me because when I do my own mani it lasts about a week before it starts chipping… This place may be a good spot to go for a full set but a basic mani? No thanks. I’m on the hunt for a new nail place one again… bummer.

My go to spot for acrylic fill ins every two weeks. The customer service and work is amazing. Gina does fantastic work on my nails every time. Come here for all your nail needs !

I’m giving them one star because the nail technician’s customer service was not good at all.
This is what happens-​I asked if they except cards because that’s what I had, she said yes. At the end of my manicure I handle my card she says that will be $ 14. I then said it says $ 12 for a manicure, then she says but it’s 14 if you use the card. Enough said. Sorry no tip for you.
* one more thing, she argued with me about it when I simply called her out on it.

Gina and her team are great. Everyone always does an excellent job. The salon is very clean and the prices are good. They prefer cash but also take credit card. Definitely my neighborhood nail salon.

Someone once said, «Don’t let anyone with bad eyebrows tell you shit about life.»
Well, I’ve just had my eyebrows done at Rendez-​Vous Nails, and they’re pretty fab, and I’m telling you that this is the place to go. They wax, not thread, and do an amazing job for $ 12.
And obvi, they do nails too. As other reviewers have noted, they only have one manicure table, but why would you complain about sitting in an awesome massage chair with your feet soaking in warm water while getting your fingernails done? This place is solid. Go.

Your average nail salon. They do a good job, and the place is squeaky clean. If you come around closing (6:30/7), you’ll notice that they will be cleaning the place like CRAZY. I guess the bleach the floors, every night, and take tooth brushes with bleach to clean the insides on the foot tubs. It’s crazy– but makes me feel better about getting my nails done here.
Also, there is one woman in particular who does a GREAT eyebrow wax. Yes, I was shocked but became desperate for one a few weeks back. Came here as a last resort and left very pleased.

I don’t like giving low stars — this nail shop is between a 2 and 3-​star. Their standard manicures are $ 10 and you really can’t beat that. I have been here a few times now (it’s walking distance from my apartment) and I have not experienced what other reviewers here have experienced as far as nail polish chipping after a couple of days. Actually, my manicures here have lasted a good week or so — my pedicures longer than that.
The cons about this place would be
1) They only accept cash or checks. There is no sign or anything anywhere in the salon that says this. I had to go across the street to Citibank to get cash (they asked me to «leave something» to ensure that I would return). Any successful business, small or not, needs to accept credit/​debit cards — eat the $.25 service fee, you will get more customers.
2) They only have one proper manicure station. The rest of the shop is pedicure spa chairs (which I think is why they try so hard to sell mani/​pedis). One time I went in for just a manicure and the nail station was occupied so I had to sit in the pedicure spa chair for my manicure. It’s awkward to sit there as the spa tub is at your feet so I had to sit sideways — just weird.
Pros are they are cheap, good work, and convenient hours. Oh, and I have seen them clean the place and they really scrub that place thoroughly — all the women scrub, mop, sweep and wipe everything down. I was very impressed with this.

Dude, I said I don’t have time for a pedicure too… so please don’t grab my arm as I’m trying to leave.
The weirdest thing. Here I thought we were sort of friends… had a nice conversation during the manicure, blah, blah, blah but when I realized I didn’t have time to stay for the pedicure things turned frantic. There was yelling, arm pulling, and forced arrangements to «come back tomorrow» (which I opted out of). I feel bad things turned out this way, but I felt very uncomfortable at their reaction… maybe if they hadn’t made me wait so long for the manicure I wouldn’t have needed to leave before the pedi.