Nail County Katong (East Coast) is the Joo Chiat branch of Nail County, a South Korean nail salon brand founded in Busan in 2002 and billed as Singapore's first premium Korean nail salon. Located on the second floor of Katong Point, the branch carries the group's full menu of Korean nail art alongside classic and gel manicures and pedicures, express shape-buff-colour sessions and organic spa treatments with scrub, mask and soak.
Beyond nails, the salon performs resin gel nail repair treatments that are rarely available elsewhere in the market, plus an ingrown toenail tape lift. A wider beauty menu covers the Korean Keratin Lash Lift, eyelash extensions from classic to Magic Volume, Korean brow and eye line embroidery, and facial waxing from eyebrows to a full face. The team comes from South Korea with years of nail care expertise, working in a relaxed atmosphere the brand describes as luxuriously comfortable and royally serviced.
The brand's accolades include Beauty Insider's 2018 Reader's Choice for Best Nail Art and Editor's Choice for Best Nail Treatment, a Honeycombers Top 15 Nail Salons listing for Best Premium Services, spots in Best in Singapore's and TallyPress's top-10 salon lists, and Singapore's Finest Nail Salons inclusions in 2022, 2023 and 2024. All prices are nett in Singapore dollars; the salon is not GST-registered. The branch can be reached on 6904 2855 or WhatsApp 8300 2322.
On the second floor of Katong Point, along the shophouse-lined stretch of Joo Chiat Road, Nail County Katong (East Coast) is the East Coast home of one of Singapore's first premium Korean nail salon brands. The studio belongs to Nail County, a South Korean nail salon group founded in Busan — Korea's beloved ocean city — in 2002, which has since grown into a family of branches across Busan and Singapore. The Katong outlet is one of the group's two Singapore locations, alongside Millenia Walk in the city centre.
Nail County built its name in Busan over more than a decade and a half of nail care before crossing the water to Singapore, where it introduced itself as the country's first premium Korean nail salon. The team here comes from South Korea, bringing years of nail expertise and a service philosophy the brand sums up simply: deliver a fulfilling experience from the moment you walk through the doors to the moment you walk out with spellbinding results.
That promise extends to the setting. The salon aims for luxurious comfort in a relaxed atmosphere, with treatments performed using top-of-the-line facilities and quality products, and service the brand describes as royalty-worthy.
The heart of the menu is Korean nail art. Nail County offers an extensive range of Korean designs alongside the fundamentals: classic manicures and pedicures with cuticle care and side treatment, gel sets, express shape-buff-colour sessions when time is short, and organic spa manicures and pedicures with scrub, mask, moisture and soak. Add-ons such as French tips and gradients let you customise the finish.
What really sets the studio apart is repair work. Nail County performs resin gel nail repair treatments that are otherwise rarely available in the market — for fingernails and toenails, including big toes — with refills recommended within two to three weeks. An ingrown toenail tape lift completes the treatment menu, addressing a problem many salons simply decline to handle.
Nail County Katong is more than a nail salon. On the lash side, the Korean Keratin Lash Lift lifts and lengthens natural lashes for roughly four to six weeks, while extensions scale from classic one-extension-per-lash sets to Korean Natural Volume, Semi Volume and Magic Volume — hand-built fans of up to five or six lashes for the fullest, most dramatic effect. Lash removal is available too.
Brow services cover Korean 3D eye line embroidery plus natural, misty and combo eyebrow embroidery. The salon notes these are performed without swelling or pain, include one touch-up within eight weeks and repair cream, and last up to three years. A facial waxing menu runs from eyebrows, hairline and upper lip through to a full-face session.
The brand's shelf holds a 2018 Beauty Insider Reader's Choice award for Best Nail Art and an Editor's Choice for Best Nail Treatment, a Honeycombers nod among the Top 15 Nail Salons for Best Premium Services, a place in Best in Singapore's Best 10 Manicure Salons, TallyPress's Top 10 Nail Salons in Singapore 2020, and Singapore's Finest Services listings for finest nail salons in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Local personalities Mongchin Yeoh (@mongabong), Miyaki (@mykxii), Melody Loh (@withlovemelodylow) and Carrie Wong (@carriewst) are counted among its renowned supporters.
The Katong branch sits at #02-07 of Katong Point, 451 Joo Chiat Road, and can be reached on 6904 2855 or WhatsApp 8300 2322. All prices are nett and in Singapore dollars — the salon is not GST-registered — so what you see is what you pay. If you are deciding on a design, the salon's Instagram feed at @nailcounty_sg doubles as a lookbook of recent Korean nail art before you sit down at the table.