Julie B.
Yelp
Big Cedar Spa offers incredible amenities, beautiful location, decor, great techs and therapists. Unfortunately, it's poorly managed, detracting from the overall experience. A few weeks ago a couple girlfriends and I scheduled services that concluded at 6:15. We showered to get ready to have dinner at Top of the Rock at 7pm. From the moment we left our services while we showered, got ready, etc, the manager and staff cleaned around us, paced and huffed. We received multiple warnings starting at 6:30. We felt unwelcome, though the spa didn't close until 7pm.
Just a few weeks later today, I took a longtime employee for a day at the spa. We enjoyed wonderful facials, massages, pedicures and each of our tech/therapists were great. Our nail techs assisted us in ordering lunch. Our order arrived just before we concluded our service and we were directed to where our lunch was set up. The person delivering food requested payment. I asked if I should run across the spa to the locker room to get my card and she said no, she'd leave it at the front desk, which is typical of a spa during services. I assumed I would pay for it upon exit as I had done before and at EVERY other spa I have been to. After lunch, we went to the sauna where a staff member aggressively asked "are you Julie?" I responded yes and she loudly replied "I need you to come to the lobby to take care of payment immediately." Our relaxing occasion, which was a treat to my staff member suddenly felt stressful. I had to go upstairs, to the locker room and then the lobby to take care of payment. During this period of time, the woman who was unprofessional at my previous experience was walking around aggressively asking every woman she passed if she was Lisa. As I was retrieving my card from my locker, the woman I had just spoken to asked the same, I kindly replied, no, I'm Julie, retrieving payment for lunch. She stormed from the room. My credit card number was written ON PAPER.
The (presumed) manager and staff interaction is not typical of spas - it detracted from the relaxing experience for both myself, my guest and surrounding clients. They are in desperate need of training. Also, I pre-paid for our services - why not charge that card or request a card on file up front? You don't walk around in your robe between services with a credit card.