Beautiful spa nestled in a side street of downtown Menlo Park.
I stopped in late yesterday afternoon to purchase some more Kerastase products - Atelier is one of the very few spas and salons that carries the FABULOUS line in the general area.
If I wasn't such an honest person, I could have literally walked in the spa, selected my pricey items (and anything else I desired from their glamorous shelves) and walked in & out loading my car with goodies - about 50 times!! No joke, for 15 minutes there was NO ONE to be found in the front of the salon, the hair salon to the side or any of the back rooms... Odd? Yes. Finally, I knocked on one of the back doors and found 2 of the hairstylists chatting while eating their lunches or snacks ... By the time we got back to the front, the receptionist was there. I don't think she expected to get "caught" on her absence ...
All in all, they were very nice - albeit dumbfounded with the whole shock & awe of the empty reception area... read more