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Ongles L & V
Category: Beauty and Spas Nail Salons Nail Salons [Edit]
1406 Rue DrummondMontreal, QC H3G 1V9
(514) 844-7932
One review for Ongles L & V
1 review in English
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Review from Denise S.
8/5/2011
(2.5 stars)
Cute nail salon, conveniently located near the metro & some shopping. I dropped in with 2 guy friends and they were able to accommodate all of us at the same time within 5 minutes (just long enough to pick nail polish colours!). The space is bright and airy with a chandelier.
The owners are Vietnamese. Like most nail salons, the staff mostly just talk to each other in Vietnamese (I always wonder what they're saying! "omg, look at this girl's calluses!"), although they were very friendly, asking us where we were from/what we were doing in Montreal, etc. I think it's a family-run business, because the guy who did my nails was really young. Also, this was the first time I've had my nails done by a dude! He was very meticulous and did a good job, although the salon got really busy and there were lots of people waiting by the time I left. I think he felt rushed during my manicure and the polish ended up with tiny air bubbles (this has happened to me before, and sometimes it depends on the particular polish but usually I notice it when they put the 2nd coat on too fast). I also smudged one of my nails while taking out my wallet. He fixed it with an extra coat, but it still ended up uneven. When you're getting a pedicure, you get to sit in a big massage chair and watch TV. The foot massage was nice, although they use this strange blue gel product instead of the usual foot cream.
Colour selection was just okay. They had all the crazy and trendy colours (blues, yellows, greens, etc.) but relatively few pinks, corals, and reds. They carry mostly OPI. They also do shellac.
Overall, fast and friendly. But I wasn't totally satisfied with the results and at $40 for a no-frills mani-pedi, it's certainly reasonable, but in Toronto there are better places for even less. NB: Cash Only (there is an ATM in the salon).Listed in: Montreal
