Fellow Yelpers, you failed me on this one. I was super excited to try this place out. Having been on a lock down for almost all of 2020 I was super excited to get a massage.
I called in and booked a 90 minute massage for the following week.
When I showed up for my massage, I had NO clue people would be in the lobby getting a massage! They were clothed but had towels over them and on their faces. The lights were off and there was definitely no AC being used. Uhhh, I quickly became weary about the whole thing.
There were two ladies working the massages. Both ladies were very polite and nice. One lady began setting up what would become my massage room. It was an actual room. Ok, at this point I decided maybe I had jumped to a bad conclusion.
I entered the room and it was also dark. The air was stagnant and hot. I removed my clothes and laid face down as I had been instructed. The lady who administered my massage entered the room and asked for what kind of pressure I liked. As previously mentioned, it had been a while since I received a massage and I was aware that I had a lot of tension in my back. I asked for medium pressure.... Like Goldilocks, I thought that would be just right. The lady immediately clamped down on my neck. Agh! Ok, change of heart, I told her I wanted light pressure.
She lightened up a bit and within a couple of minutes I was in pain again. The massage was conducted with pretty much 3 of her body parts... Her forearm, her elbow and her fists. Oh my goodness it hurt. I repeatedly had to ask for lighter pressure. She apologized, but it continued to happen again. It was dreadful. My body was tensed up throughout the "massage". I felt like I had to brace myself everytime she touched me. It honestly hurt. I hung in there thinking it would get better. The whole time I was face down my mind was racing. Should I get up? Should I walk out? Was it rude to ask her to stop? Should I remind her about the pressure? Yikes! So many thoughts. My massage was supposed to be a time for relaxation, not to have my mind racing. I would say she used her forearm about 70%, elbow 20%, fist 5% and hand another 5%. There definitely wasn't any technique involved.
She stopped working on my back and moved on to my legs and arms. She definitely didn't add enough lotion or oil and all I felt was friction. The time spent on my limbs was minimal. I would say no more than 15 minutes between 2 arms and 2 legs. This was supposed to be a while body massage but there wasn't much massaging not did she ever have me flip over. It was primarily a back massage.
She left the room and I wondered where she went. She returned with a somewhat warm towel and placed it on my back. I could feel the scratchy texture of the towel. It definitely was not soft. What made it worse is that she scrubbed the towel on my body in order to remove the oil.
The lady then told me that was it.
I got up and got dressed. I looked at my cell and noticed an hour had gone by.... I had booked a 90 minute. I am definitely not complaining about receiving a 60 minute but I just want to put it out there so you could make sure you follow up if you really wanted a 90 minute.
Also there were only two masseuse at the time and both were busy with a massage. That meant that when the phone rang, one of them would take the call... During the massage.
If you're looking for a serene, tranquil, relaxing massage this is not the place. I walked out light headed and sore. Definitely feel worse than when I went in.
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