What we can actually do
Up to six people at once on manicures, or up to three at once if the group wants pedicures. A group of six wanting six pedicures is two sittings, and we will say so.
4 or more is an enquiry · 3 pedicure chairs · six tables
Groups and parties
Four people or more is an enquiry rather than an online booking, because it needs 4 technicians free at the same time and, if anybody wants a pedicure, a chair for each of them. There are three chairs.
What we can honestly do
The arithmetic is not complicated and it is better to have it before you pick a date than after.
When
Groups fit best on a Tuesday, a Wednesday or a Sunday. Saturday is the hardest day to give a group a whole row of tables.
Bridal
The commonest group booking here. We block a morning, everybody has the same start time, and we finish together. Trials are a normal appointment at the normal price.
The price
There is no group price and no surcharge. Everybody pays the price on the list for what they have.
Deposit
A group booking takes a deposit of twenty dollars a head, taken when we confirm the date and taken off the bill on the day.
Food and drink
You are welcome to bring something. There is no drinks licence here, so nothing alcoholic — that is a rule about the premises, not about you.
Four or more is an enquiry. Four people or more is an enquiry rather than an online booking. It needs several technicians free at once, and if everybody wants a pedicure there are only three chairs.
Why this is an enquiry and not a booking form
Because a group is not four separate appointments that happen to start at the same time. It is several technicians blocked out together, and if anybody wants a pedicure it is a chair each. The booking form on this site is honest about single appointments precisely because it refuses to pretend about this one.
Tell us the date, the number of people and roughly what everybody wants, and you will get back a plain answer: this fits, or this fits in two sittings, or this does not fit on a Saturday and does fit on a Wednesday.
Bridal
The commonest group booking here, and the one worth planning earliest. We block a morning, everybody starts at the same time and we finish together, which matters more than it sounds like it does when there is a car coming at one o'clock. A trial is a normal appointment at the normal price, and it is worth having: it is where you find out that the shade you chose on a screen is not the shade you wanted.
A pedicure needs a chair as well as a person. There are three pedicure chairs and six technicians. A pedicure needs a chair as well as a person, so it can be unavailable at a time when a manicure is not.
Twenty-four hours, from the link in your e-mail. Twenty-four hours' notice from the link in your confirmation, and there is nothing to pay. Inside that, telephone us — the slot can often still be filled.
Groups are an enquiry, not an online booking
Tell us the date and the number
A group of four or more needs several technicians blocked out together, and pedicures need a chair each. Telephone or write, and you will get a plain answer about what fits on the day you want rather than a confirmation that turns into a problem later.