I've been to many day spas around the country (with Pebble Beach Resort's being at the top of the list) and I can honestly say this was, by far, the worst Spa experience I have ever had. My review for this is centered on how they present themselves on the website and all around the casino... like a RESORT style spa.
For $120, I expected the quality, service, and ambiance of similarly priced Day Spas, such as Burke Williams, Pebble Beach, Canyon Ranch... but instead, what I received was a total joke.
When I called to ask about their services, the woman who answered was extremely unhelpful. If a business' first line of customer service is reception, then already, the Spa at Mount Airy gets a zero. She didn't try selling the place at all, and couldn't recommend anything. Although, she was very keen on telling me that I could only use the facilities for either an hour before my treatment or an hour after.
Any self-respecting resort day spa wouldn't restrict facilities use to either an hour before or an hour after -- that is totally ridiculous. Then, the receptionist asked if she could have a credit card to hold the appointment, because it was within the 24 hour cancellation time frame.
Next day, I was very careful to show up about 15 minutes before my treatment and not earlier. When I went to check in, the receptionist was a little lackluster and told me to go down the elevator and she would meet me there. Uhm... okay...
I go downstairs, wait a couple minutes, and then the same lady began to very loudly talk to me and tell me the rules of the spa (once again reiterating that I can only stay an hour after my treatment).
The facilities, for the price you pay, is a little bit of a joke. There's 4 shower stalls, a sauna, and a steam room. Oh, and a lounge with about six or seven lounge chairs, a pitcher of water, and a thermos of tea.
I get shown my locker (again, the lady is obnoxiously loud when talking to me... not at all a relaxing atmosphere) and regardless of asking me of my shoe size, I said, "what size slippers are those?" She looks at them like I just irritated her by asking and said the size, which wasn't my size. I had to ask her for something different. Again, not the same treatment you would expect from a resort spa... they always ask you AHEAD of time, what your size is and gives you something appropriate as opposed to expecting you to just deal with what they give you.
During my time at the spa... I did not see one attendant. Not one person told me where I could find a towel, where I'm supposed to put my robe/slippers when done... if I need a water or anything...
When my treatment time came (massage), i was greeted kindly by the massage therapist, who was extremely nice and personable. Her professionalism was wonderful-- she didn't try to talk my ear off, she asked the right questions --so it sucks that I have to say the massage was mediocre. Plus, her draping techniques were... nonexistant.
I think if the facilities would have been better (there wasn't a jacuzzi or anything else), I would feel okay about the mediocre massage. Then, I was told one more time to not stay past an hour after my treatment... I was one of two people in the spa that day.
Fine, whatever, I used the facilities for UNDER and hour and then went to go back to reception to pay. I noticed some product I wanted to also purchase, but I was told that my service was already taken care of.
For a minute, I thought, wait, did my husband come in here and pay for me for some reason? Then she said she just charged the card I gave on the phone yesterday to hold the appt.
EXCUSE ME? You charged my card $120 without asking for authorization and a signature?? I couldn't even pay with an alternate method if I wanted? I was infuriated. Either you pay before your service, or you pay after, but for someone to just automatically charge my card without authorization? The asst. mgr apologized and said it was their policy and said the person who took my appt should have told me. So after a back and forth and basically her doing nothing but offering to charge me again on another card and refund me (takes 10 days) on the card she charged... I was very upset at the treatment and lack of customer service. She said the manager would call me... it's been two days and I have yet to receive a call from anyone.
The Spa at Mount Airy has topped my list of the worst resort day spas I have ever been to. read more