London pedicure suggestion

[CheersMedea]

can anyone recommend a good place for a pedicure in central London which meets the following:

1. the pedicure is carried out privately or semi privately (ie. not on the salon floor right next to someone having a manicure). Doesn't have to be in a separate room but just a bit screened and away from the main salon traffic.

1. you sit on a raised chair so that the therapist is herself working at a comfortable height/ isn't scrabbling around on a bowl on the floor.

The two places I knew that did this have closed. Seems to me that the options are:

• be in a chair in the middle of a salon with everyone bustling around or
• go to a hotel type spa where you are seen in a private room and have to lie on a massage bed with the back up.

Any suggestions please?

think your right. Bliss Spa on Sloane Ave great, I love going there.

Margaret dabbs sole spa at Liberty www.liberty.co.uk/margaret-dabbs/article/fcp-content

Private room. Chair bit like massage bed but wasn't. Free pot of tea. Not cheap but lovely experience, more like chiropody - got right into the corners, gave advice etc. Slightly hard sell on the foot care products and polish extra £15

Cheeky in holborn (next to/ part of holborn hoxton hotel) did a fab pedi for me last week, had works and staff were lovely
It's not private but the pedi chairs are separate to mani stations
It was a full works one for £26 blissfull

Also love Bliss.

Can I ask you experienced pedicure receivers whether it is acceptable to have a pedicure whilst being treated for a fungal nail infection? Or is that an absolute no? I have an infection in my two smallest toenails on each foot. It is not shifting, unfortunately.

Thanks poppy, ClareB, chchchanging and poly.

Liberty sounds good.

No idea Hiawatha. Fortunately never been in that position. I think I would choose somewhere reputable, call them or pop in and ask to speak to one of the pedicurists (not the receptionist) and see what they say.

I think you would need to tell them and there is no point just turning up because they may refuse to do it.

If they have proper hygiene standards, I would guess that it shouldn't be an issue but as I said, I don't actually know.

I second Dabbs, who also has a salon in Marylebone. Expensive but worth it, my toenails were still polished and 'shiny' two to three weeks after having the treatment.

I went to the Margaret Dabbs place in Marylebone and was a bit underwhelmed. Nicely cut and buffed nails and most of the hard skin was removed. The effects lasted about a week, so quite overpriced I thought.

Maybe I was just unlucky (or my feet are beyond help!), because most people rave about it. Might be worth a try.