Nails ABC

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Nails ABC

Norfolk, VA

Nails ABC on Military Highway has built a reputation around two specific things: reliable walk-in service and acrylic sets reviewers describe as noticeably thinner and more natural-looking than what’s typical elsewhere.

Tony gets the most specific, repeated praise in this salon’s reviews. One long-time customer said they never have to worry about how their nails will turn out once he’s finished, describing a simple process of sitting down, relaxing, and trusting the outcome — a specific kind of confidence that comes from a track record built over multiple visits rather than a single good appointment.

The thinness of the acrylic work comes up independently from more than one reviewer. One specifically said they’d been searching for a Norfolk shop with consistent shape and thickness across visits and found it here, while another separately praised how thin the acrylics were compared to most other places, while still matching exactly what they’d asked for.

Walk-in service is described as genuinely immediate rather than a long wait — one reviewer specifically mentioned being taken care of right away on their first visit and calling the resulting nails their favorite they’d ever had, while another described a caring male technician who held conversation throughout and did what they called a spectacular job.

However, two specific negative reviews are worth including honestly rather than letting the overall rating speak for itself. One customer described being served quickly, but said the shop was dirty and the resulting nail job reflected the rush, saying plainly they wouldn’t return. A separate reviewer described a specific newer technician — referred to only as a “new lady” — doing what they called a horrible job on a full set, and said they wouldn’t be returning specifically because of that experience, though they didn’t generalize the complaint to the whole salon.

A smaller but practical complaint came from a reviewer who noted the salon’s online listing didn’t accurately reflect that it’s closed on Sundays, resulting in a wasted trip — worth knowing if you’re planning a weekend visit based solely on what you find online rather than calling ahead.

Pricing mentioned across a few reviews runs from roughly $60 to $100 depending on the specific service combination, which is in a similar range to several other salons in this guide.

Taken together, Nails ABC’s strongest, most specific praise centers on Tony and on the salon’s distinctive thin-acrylic technique, both mentioned independently by multiple reviewers describing separate visits. The negative reviews are specific enough — naming a cleanliness issue in one case and a specific newer technician in another — that they read more as isolated incidents than an overall pattern, though they’re still worth being aware of.

It’s also worth noting that Nails ABC’s hours run shorter than many other salons in this guide — closing at 5:30 PM rather than 7 PM — which is a practical detail worth planning around if you’re hoping to stop by after a typical workday rather than during business hours. Combined with the online listing accuracy issue one reviewer raised about Sunday closures, calling ahead to confirm hours before a visit seems like a reasonable extra step specifically for this salon.

Calling ahead to confirm both current hours and, if possible, Tony’s availability specifically appears to be the more reliable path to the strongly positive experience most reviewers describe.

The salon’s specific reputation for thinner, more natural-feeling acrylics also sets it apart from some of the bulkier extension work described at a few other salons in this guide, which may matter specifically to anyone who’s found standard acrylic sets uncomfortably thick in the past.