Averi M.
Yelp
I was fortunate enough to get a gift certificate for Mother's Day to Lake Austin Spa and it was such a wonderful experience. I had never been to this spa having lived in Austin for almost 5 years and hearing great things about it. Honestly, I would never spend the money on myself so it took a gift certificate for Mother's Day from my husband and daughter to get me to go. The reservation process was easy and I was able to get in pretty quickly seeing as though it had been 2 months since I had received my certificate.
I have to say the grounds are stunning. The front desk staff was very friendly. My only concern is the tour is super short and it seemed that they could have taken a little more time to show me the facilities.
I had several treatments to chose from and decided to have the Personal Best Facial. Susan was my Esthetician and she did an amazing job. She used some wonderful products on my face, some smelled so good, you could eat them! And she made sure to tell me exactly what they were doing for my skin and also provided a write up at the end of my treatment. If, and hopefully that if will come to fruition, I will request to work with Susan again.
After my treatment, I decided to just get the most out of the money my husband spent on me. The outdoor pool and hot tub were wonderful. I got out there pretty early so I had it to myself. I went inside and checked out the indoor amenities such as the hot tub, steam room, and sauna. I had never tried a steam room and well frankly, I won't again not because of their steam room but just not my thing nor is the sauna, too hot in the summer for that, lol!
I then went outside and walked down to Lake Austin and relaxed in a hammock. What a delight! It was beautiful. I went back up to get my phone and took some pics. After spending time outside and taking in all the beauty, I was starved. The Aster Café was very good. My certificate came with a soup, salad and then an entrée. I had the vegetarian tortilla soup and it was pretty good. Personally, for me it needed more oomph but it was tasty. I had the guacamole and it was a tad plain, but still good. For my main dish, I had the Portobello and chicken flatbread pizza. It was yummy, a little bit greasy because there was a lot of cheese. But hey cheese is supposed to that way so I went for it!
After lunch, I wanted to walk off the meal and went back down to the Lake Austin and just relaxed in the hammock again. I would love to go back and have other services done, such as a massage and hope one day to have that opportunity, although I may have to save up for a while. It is very expensive but worth it.