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My friends booked me a girls spa day with them as a pre-bach activity before my actual bachelorette events. One of my friends booked the 60 minute Garden Massage with Ritual Foot Soak online for each of us at $170. Keep in mind that there's 18% atuomatic gratuity added at the end of service, which is standard. We really didn't know what to expect with our first time experience. I, honestly, prefer a woman masseuse. However, I don't think they gave my friend an option to choose online like that. So during the booking process, it said we had Brendan (M), Devin (F), and Priscilla (F). However, when we arrived in the garden area, we had gotten assigned two male masseuses and one female masseuse. I ended up with Brendan, while my other friend ended up with another male masseuse named Michael, I think. My other friend ended up with Priscilla. Both my friends ended up switching, since the other one didn't care whether or not she got a female or male. I wished I had also gotten a female masseuse ..
When we checked-in, the process was seamless. We were greeted by friendly faces. We were given a bag, a robe, and sandals to use during our treatment. I thought that was really cute. We changed out of our clothes and into our robes. We headed towards the garden area where we were met with our names personalized with the items that would be added into our foot soak. The foot soak was definitely relaxing. It smelled wonderful with all the herbs and fried fruits. The beginning part of our massage was pretty awkward. Based on our outdoor garden experience, we probably would've opted for a more private type of session. Since we were all naked under our robes, we just felt like we were up on display in the shared garden space area. I feel like it would've made more sense to have people wait in the front patio areas before their service because we just hand a good amount of people (male and female) just staring at us while we were getting our service done. So that was a little weird for us. However, it was stated upon booking that the garden massage will be in a shared area, so it's not like we weren't aware. But I think my friends assumed that the foot soak service would be in the shared area, but the massage would be in a private room. I would probably recommend just booking the foot soak and a massage separate to enjoy the full-on relaxing experience.
In the beginning, we all felt uncomfortable sitting on the chairs provided - it could be because we're all short. We felt like we had to hold ourselves up during the scalp and neck section of our massages, which made the process not relaxing at all. I felt like I was going to strain my neck. I think we all did.. It wasn't until all the masseuses got to our arms that we were able to move the pillow behind us vertical, so that it can properly hold our heads and necks. It was at this point where we actually felt finally relaxed. Although Brendan was such a sweetheart with a kind spirit who had the perfect applied pressures, I just honestly, overall, would've preferred a female masseusse. During the massage, I could just feel the arm hairs grazing against my neck, which made me feel very uncomfortable. There was also a point where I had also felt the knuckle hairs too.
Moving on, the music in the shared area is also more upbeat, so instead of like a full-on relaxing experience, it definitely kept us up instead. But again, we do understand that it is in the shared garden area. The service from everyone at Den Mother was definitely nothing short of amazing. Everyone made sure we were great from beginning to end. We decided to hang out a little bit after our service in the front area, and we were offered water. We were also offered to have our fire pit lit up so we can relax during our post-massage. Overall, I would come back, but I would definitely do another type of private or exclusive service with a preferred female masseuse.