I go to this wonderful venue only once per month but have such a relaxing time I hope to increase…read moremy attendances. I like the steam room, good for my Asthma, I like all the pools, especially the one with the huge fish ready to impale someone (see picture) !! I chat to anyone who will chat back.... I spend three or four sessions in the steam room during the day, topping up my liquids with mango juice or water. I lie flat out in the main pool area and catch up on the news in the dailiies and monthlies available. At 1 pm I go for for lunch, usually the buffet which is superb. Then I have a kip and then after a shower I go back into the steam room for one last time. I go there early morning and leave about 4 pm, feeling good.

Sometimes I take for granted how relaxing this place really is, that is, until I walk outside and…read moreforget where we've left the car. That's partially to do with me going a bit nuts, but I always leave feeling rested, much lighter and incredibly happy. You don't get ultra modern neon-lit eternity pools, but a place where normal people (the ones that appreciate the nice environment that's been created there) can totally chill out. With a separate changing area for members and non-members, there's always a lot of space, secure lockers and hot showers on the way in. Once you get inside robes and sandals are encouraged as everything is quite spread out. My highlights include the giant tepidarium, containing 33 ceramic loungers heated to approx. 35 degrees to soothe the entire body. Each lounger has its own head phone socket, so you can bring your headphones and relax to your choice of music. There's also two large pool, a 49 seat spa pool with massage jets, a hydrotherapy flotation tank (with over 1.5 tonnes of salt in!) and an aromatherapy steam room. Additional things to consider are a fantastic cafe-style restaurant, where you can lounge about and eat. They do the best salads I've had anywhere outside of my home (I just like fresh ingredients and knowing what's gone into something). And the beauty salon does an exclusive range of body butters/scrubs/bath foams in ever changing varieties. I fell in love with the raspberry milkshake 'flavour' a few years ago, and I haven't been disappointed since. My last purchase was angel cake bath melt (a thick bubbling foam) and hot butter fudge shower gel. Oh my. There are three basic ways to go. One, buy a special experience pass (from £65 for entrance, a treatment and 'light supper', upwards). Second, a spa membership ranging from £9 a month for 3 visits a year up to £30 a month for 12 visits, all on top of a £99 joining fee. Or, a combined membership with the MASSIVE Pulse 8 gym across the way (literally a one minute from the spa). It's about £500 (sheesh) joining fee, then £80ish pounds for full come-any-time-you-like membership to gym and spa, then gets less as you strip away visiting at certain parts of the day. Just like most gyms and spas really. Either way, we joined at Christmas time a few years ago. It was on a special offer with no joining fee and one visit per month for £15. Bargain! It pops up at the same each year and often during Summer. I'd recommend holding out for that, because it's SO worth it.

I had a wonderful spa day at Bannatyne's this week. I had a massage late in the afternoon, but a…read morespa day gives you access to all the facilities for the whole day. So, in the morning I went to the gym, which has a great range of equipment. It was nice and clean and bright, and I enjoyed my work out. The rest of the day I spent in the spa area, the pool was a good size, not really big enough for an exercise type swim, but fine for a relaxing one. The jacuzzi, steam room and sauna where all great, and the loungers round the pool were comfy. Before my massage I spent some time on the heated 'sunbeds' in the treatment area, they're very nice! They'll get your muscles nice and relaxed before your massage! I had the bamboo massage which was great. The therapist didn't check with me before hand so I almost ended up having a Swedish. The massage was great, nice and firm, and really relaxing. Therapist was always checking I was ok with the pressure which was good. Had an awesome day, will definitely be back.

Very nice! A 4.7 out of 5…read more Their website boasts visitors like "Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake and more recently Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Lewis Hamilton and Russell Crowe" - but we only managed to get a couple of ex-hollyoaks in swimwear when we were there! ;) If you're visiting then you'll get a map when you sign in - it's worth looking through it to make sure you don't miss out on anything (especially the gel beds on the top floor!). To give you an idea, joining fee is £2800, and then an annual membership fee of £2000; then treatments are on top of that. You can get day passes as well. If the weather's nice then make the most of the outside pools, otherwise there's enough to entertain you inside. All the pools outside (apart from the main one) are heated - so don't worry if the weather's a bit nippy! I would sugget for Pennyhill Spa management to occasionally use the Spa - they would then hopefully be able to see and fix the annoying little niggles and make this place a 5/5 establishment. For food - we skipped the food here and headed to The Aviator which is only a few minutes away.

I had a Traditional Thai massage which was great. The shop…read moreis lovely,clean and modern and the staff are pleasant and welcoming. I would definitely recommend a visit.

Kailash is very skilled in Lomi Lomi. What I like about her brand of Lomi Lomi is that she applies…read morepressure at the right places at the right time. Personally I liked the style very much. Highly recommended. Adam

Shelly is an excellent massuese. I have visited her teice now and on each occassion received a very…read moreenjoyable massage. I am looking forward to another appointment soon. leo

Amazing , Incredible - if you are looking for a massage in the surrounds of Reading ,this is it!…read moreJonathan is just a first rate professional: hugely knowledgable, intuitive , holistic considerate and approachable- Cloud Nine is the best find of the year -

Browsing through Groupon I have spied a steal from Reading Beauty Salon offering reflexology…read more+facial for £29. What's not to like? It was a bit of a pain to book in (you can't book online or via text), but both treatments were enjoyable and relaxing, I was very close to falling asleep;) The staff were lovely and very accommodating. What I would like to see and haven't - some sort of diagnostic, which I usually would have after a reflexology. Otherwise not much to complain about!

Had a really nice treatment from sonia. she was pleasant kind and did a good job on my eye liner…read morepermanent make up....will recommend to all

Amazing I really had a great day afternoon tea was lovely. I actually really enjoyed going alone…read moreaswell. For your mental health maybe try to do things differently.

superb gym, very clean and nice staff ! Thank you Spencer for showing us around and motivating my…read moredad to join the gym soon (hopefully!)