Here's my honest review of this spot after getting hundreds of massages in my life:…read more
I'm very open minded, and very forgiving, and I actually prefer reflexology style spas over the high end luxury ones. My expectations reflect most standard reflexology spots, understanding they greatly differ than most American or European style, high end places.
My boyfriend and I came for a couples massage, and were told to arrive around or after 7:15pm instead of our 7pm time, which was absolutely fine as we had no other plans.
We arrived at 7:23, and were greeted by a kind woman in the front. Very standard, no repercussions on our end for being a few mins "behind". The spot is also located kind of tucked away in a plaza, so we spent a few minutes searching for it. Either way, this is something I would be more than happy to account for in something like less massage time.
Anyway, our massage started, and one thing I can say I've never experienced out of my hundreds of massages were the beds. The massage beds had a VERY uncomfortable headrest, or lack thereof, with a stool chair placed right under where your head lays = zero air flow and lots of forehead pain. I actually left with a migraine due to the pressure on my forehead. I kept trying to adjust the entire massage, straining my neck into a strange position. I felt suffocated for 40 minutes or so until I finally was able to turn over. In no way is this the masseuse's fault, but wish they had different beds.
My massage was okay, little pressure until the last 10 minutes or so, and very uneven. My experience with reflexology type massages is they will typically do ex. 10 strokes on one side, 10 on the other, etc. I just felt like my massage was random sweeping motions over my body.
I also heard my boyfriend's masseuse leave the room twice, for a pretty long period of time. Mine left with his masseuse once (his was the third time she left) to grab warm towels, and we had no idea if the massage was over because they had left for a few minutes without saying anything. My boyfriend also stated feeling pretty exposed during his massage over others where he was draped appropriately. We also heard lots of loud cell phone conversations from other staff members in the hallway, and both of our masseuse's were having louder than whisper conversations during the entire hour session.
The good things I can say about the place was that it was clean, the front desk (maybe owner?) was friendly and accommodating, and the last 10-15 minutes or so of my massage had nice pressure (head and neck) and I really liked my scalp massage.
I was taken back when we were leaving, as we both had brought $15 each to tip (we had some more, but usually leave $15 as our base and add according to our service) - we were greeted by one masseuse that pointed to their gratuity menu and stated she expected $25 or more. For what we experienced, I did not feel that was fair.
I genuinely do not want to belittle this establishment in any way, as I know they are new, but I do feel there is lots of room for improvement. In general, for $150 plus our $30 total tip ($180), it does not feel justifiable to return. Please come at your own research/discretion!