Kristina B.
Yelp
First off, the place is nice, but if I could give it 3.5 stars I could but can't give half stars. First off, the employees are truly amazing. Super friendly and welcoming! The lady who checked me in was seriously a joy to talk to.
As soon as I got there, she offered me tea and water. Now this is where this begins to turn.. they only have 1 tea already brewed. I hate when spas do this. Part of the experience should always be choosing your tea. I personally hate green tea and that is what they had. No snacks that I saw anywhere. That really was disappointing. Especially with the French theme, they should have at least had macaroons or something out to snack on. I really enjoy making my tea, eating a snack, and relaxing in a quiet comfy lounge before a massage... which brings the next disappointment. They don't have a lounge. They have chaises in the pool area, but it is the hotel pool. When I was in there there were children in there being loud. I go to spas to get away from my kids and for peace and quiet. This was just not possible. Now the pool area is beautiful, but it was definitely no tea lounge that's for sure. They did have a nice whirlpool in the pool are though.
Let me talk about the robes and slippers. I'm a hotel guest and the robes in the hotel rooms are FAR nicer than than the ones they give you at the spa. The robes were so thin, basically felt like a bed sheet. No joke. And the slippers... they were the cheap cloth kind that you get at hotels, not the normal rubber ones 99% of spas use. There is no way those slippers would prevent a fall. I could easily see someone slipping in the facilities and getting hurt. Hopefully they switch to rubber before that happens.
The facility itself is very tiny. That's not always a bad thing, but I mean it was super tiny. No sauna. And the steam room was out of order. That really was disappointing. I at least wanted to enjoy the steam room. Also, hardly any toiletries. I'm not sure if they had them somewhere else, but usually spas will put a sign saying "additional toiletries available,see spa attendant" or something like that. But nope.
The massage was really great, she did a fantastic job. Other than forgetting to do one of my thighs, and one of my hands... I could have said something so that's on me. We were talking so I may have distracted her. But I'm OCD when it comes to balance and having one hand massaged and one thigh massaged had me a bit off my equilibrium. But I must stress that She really did an amazing job. Perfect pressure and everything.
I added on the foot scrub due to all of the walking my feet were killing me. It was $80. Yep. For foot scrub. Bear in mind that no time was added to my massage. I agreed to it, again, I should have declined. I could have scrubbed my own feet.
Now for this experience to my shock when car time to pay was almost $500. This was for 90 min massage w foot scrub. Total of 90 min. I've been to Forbes 5 star spas in Dubai, Vegas, Switzerland, Beverly Hills, along with many other places and this was the most expensive massage I have ever had. Even my massage yesterday at the mandarin oriental was cheaper, and that is a Forbes 5 star hotel. This one is not yet even rated. I suggest they make some changes or it won't even make it to Forbes 4 star. Bottom line, pretty spa, good massage, but way overpriced. Should have used that money for 2 treatments at a Forbes 5 star spa.