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    Bear and Birch

    4.0 (96 reviews)
    ModerateRussian
    Closed 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Quiet
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Holly C.

    Went for a massage and dinner! Place is awesome! Great for groups and relaxing....,.,..,,

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    Ruth G.

    Comparing this to another spa near my home, i have to only give this place 2 stars. It was really small and there was not a lot of comfy seating available for relaxation. Loud music could be heard playing from other guests on the top floor. The facility only had one jacuzzi and mold on the walls. The complimentary towels were falling apart. They had 3 saunas - one classic, one russian banya and one steam. To end it all off one ice bath tub. I didnt seek any extra massages or taste any of the food but I have to say the one nice thing they had was byob food and drinks. I also liked that you can wear your bathing suit in the jacuzzi where other places require you to be naked. Staff was nice and the remainder areas were clean and well kept otherwise.

    Alex D.

    This place is quite a gem. If you like Russian Sauna but have had it with the Brooklyn experience of going to Saunas with crappy service.... then this place is for you. Service is amazing here. Went here on a Saturday with my wife and my dad. Receptionist was polite and explained how everything worked. Place was super clean, like you can eat of the floor super clean. It was not crazy crowded like a few other places (ahem, Mermaid, cough cough) and food was great. Had the lamb shish, lox and a pickled platter for apps. They were cool with BYOB and no corkage charge. I had a lot of fun here. will be coming back.

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    Ilona I.

    Food prices are good. Food is mediocre. Two saunas 1 steam room, pledge pool very very cold and1 jacuzzi that kids often take over. I like this place better than Marlboro Banya because the food prices are better and there is a lot of natural light and feels like you are in a lodge cabin with very high ceilings.

    Mike H.

    I've been going to bear and birch for years, for a small fee you get to relax all day, anyone with an achy body can go here to hit the reset button. The place is 12-12 where If you pay to get in you can stay all day, they have steam rooms hot tubs saunas abs maybe the best part a cold plunge which numbs your whole body also very affordable massages. The staff and owner, Peter are always so nice to everyone always cooking and cleaning. This place is byob too which a lot of people don't know about and they have a nice little menu If u get hungry. Just a relaxing clean place to get away for a couple of hours

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    Very nice people great food the sauna is very nice cold shower and cold swimming pool nice to cool off over all great spot to relax hang out

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    Friendly crowd. Great steam room. Good Russian banya, furnace is powerful. Best banya in this area definitely. Amazing experience!

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