Maryann K.
Yelp
There are a lot of things wrong with the serenity salt cave in Murfreesboro.
The staff was rude, didn't welcome anyone into the door, didn't explain anything about the benefits about Himalayan Salt, and were not open for questions.
The "amenities" for the "cave" were blankets, heated salt packs, plastic shoe slips, "zero gravity chairs", and headphones. However, the salt packs were cold, and the headphones were not cleaned and did not work properly. When a group left the salt cave, the employees simply put the used headphones back on the racks for customers without cleaning them. I had to get two different headphones, both pairs were not adjustable and staticky. (The "calming music" was staticky it wasn't just straight static.)
The "zero-gravity" chairs are not anything they are advertised to be. They are lounge chairs from bass-pro shops. Yes, I'm serious. The chair is made from that scratchy-outdoor- furniture fabric and really sucks for the headrest. I'll link the exact chair here: http://m.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-ZeroGravity-Lounge-Chair/product/1207200616162/
They did however tell us there was no reentry into the "cave", no food/drink, and no talking. However, when the group was lead into the room, the employee left the door open and kept re-opening the door for about 5 minutes and let two other people in about 10 minutes after everyone else first entered the "cave".
They also did not have enough headphones for the amount of chairs in the cave so the two new people didn't have headphones. (They also didn't have enough chairs so there was an IKEA chair in the corner one of the late people had to sit in.)
Inside the cave was alright but when the door was finally shut, what I'm assuming to be a humidifier came on. The humidifier sounded like someone spraying hairspray right next to your head, and I was across the room from it. There was a little recording about a tiny bit of history about Himalayan salt, and arbitrary benefits to the activity everyone was doing. Like the fact that this salt is antibacterial is cool and all, but I'm just laying in a lawn chair, and that does nothing for me.
Also, there were two people in the cave who really got into the whole cave setting, because they were snoring like bears. Think any movie you've ever seen with a cartoon bear... yeah, that's the sound. One woman was talking, loudly, in her sleep between fits of snoring, and the other guy was alternating between snoring and hacking. This went on for the entirety of the 45minute session. My parents both had working headsets, with the volume turned up as loud as it would go, and could still clearly hear our two bear-people.
When our time was up, the same guy from the announcement came on letting us know it was time to leave. The employee opened the door and gave no instruction on what to do with our blankets, "heat" pads, shoe covers, or headphones. A woman asked her and received a very curt reply. The employees didn't thank anyone or acknowledge the fact there were customers in the building.
Their salt products (lamps, bars etc) were also overpriced. Amazon, Etsy, local stores, or even Home Goods have much better prices on higher quality and better looking/carved lamps. (They have a lamp almost identical in size and color to one I have at home for $45 and mine cost $15.)
So, overall this experience left me pissed off and coughing up salt-flavored air for the next hour.
I'm sure the benefits will be nice, but I think next time I'll just sit really close to my salt lamp at home rather than spend my time or money here.