I had a relaxing massage and will be back for more. Loved the ambience and the staff was greatread more

Spa Botanica has such a humble, wholesome mission outlook and their philosophy on self care &…read morewellness really makes you feel right at home. They put so much detail into each step of your treatment that you don't even want to leave afterwards! I'm so glad they're so close to where I live, as I will be back..... a lot!

Our favourite themed romantic weekend getaway spot ! We love Mexico and Moroccan rooms! We plan to…read morestay at Japan next. The staff is super friendly and nice, and we get excited for our trips here ! It's beautiful here we strongly recommend!

Really beautiful room. Wish I could move in permanently... I would recommend this hotel to anyone…read morewho needs to getaway but cant afford to go away! Even if you can afford an expensive vacation this Caribbean suite has it all. Hot tub, steam room, pool table, entertainment system, outdoor deck, helpful staff and great area to walk about, shop etc. Spa service and dinners are awesome too.

It had been a LONG seven months since I'd been able to do anything for myself. An interprovincial…read moremove, fixing up my old house, buying a very old house in Winnipeg with lots of required renos, and all the accompanying stress left me in pretty bad straits. When things stabilized a little, I finally decided to pamper myself. I found Essentique and decided to give them a try, never having been to an Aveda salon before. I shot the works! the stress-fix mani/pedi, stress-fix massage, body polish, bikini wax and a haircut and blow out. OMG. I couldn't believe how great it was. Ava took care of me for the wax and manicure, Parvinder did my massage, body polish, and pedicure, and Kelly took care of my hair (the cut was better than the one I got at Chatters, and was more economical!). The body polish, with the hot towels was SOOOO relaxing. I nearly fell asleep. I felt so spoiled and amazing after I was done. I was offered something to drink during my mani/pedi, and everyone was so friendly and nice. I felt so refreshed and renewed afterward, and I'm so grateful. Thank you for a great job, ladies!

This is a long overdue review. This salon is a 5 star experience from start to finish! My…read morepartner's mother needed a haircut & her hair dyed. Barb Miles was exceptional! She not only worked her for an appointment the very next day, she gave her the an amazing "makeover " (with the most flattering haircut, careful selection of hair color- taking her from grey to her natural hair color using Aveda products- a very important detail for my boyfriend's mom as she wanted something that was natural and do the least amount of harm to her hair. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED by Barb and the incredibly friendly & helpful! They also surprised us both by giving her a beautiful complimentary makeup application. It was so amazing we left the salon and she got her passport photos taken. Highly recommend- you will not be disappointed!

A recent not great experience at a nail salon had me thinking, in hindsight, how much I appreciated…read morethe manicure I had here last year. Yes, it was that long ago -- nails just aren't a thing for me. But, I really appreciated the experience here: I was asked about my preferences throughout -- preferred nail shape, if I wanted my cuticles trimmed, or pushed back, and whether I wanted my nails buffed before polish. After being asked none of those things elsewhere, I value how much the manicurist really wanted me to enjoy the results. And I did!! As an overall review, I would say I spent a great deal more time at this spa back in the days when it was possible to buy day passes for the mineral pools - I bought a few 10 packs in 2009/10, and really enjoyed it after work as away to unwind and warm up in the winter. Now that I have a different job and work far, far more hours per week I wouldn't have time to indulge in this even if it was available! But, over the past 1 - 1.5 years, I have had a d enjoyed body scrubs and wraps. TBH, I think they do the best wraps in the city because they provide a mini facial instead of just leaving you stranded in the room for 20 minutes like so.many.other.places (in Winnipeg, and elsewhere). I used to go more often when they had the rosehip healing wrap. The only downside to the spa is how noisy it is. True, certain days will be louder than others due to the hotel pool and water slide adjacent, but I have also found the mineral pool side of the spa quite noisy, so I find it hard to relax. But, as I understand, there are renovations planned to make the mineral pool side a little more secluded, and hopefully that will encourage a more soft, calming atmospheric

Came here for a couples massage. It's within a hotel, on the same block as Pancake House. The…read moreperson who massaged me was pretty ok and receptive to what I needed. The one who massaged my lady friend, however, was way too chatty. Not only so, but her volume was quite loud too. Whenever I tried to tell the one massaging me something, she couldn't hear most of the time and the interference was getting pretty annoying. I can tell this is a pricey place (the massage was a gift) and the chattiness left me kinda sour, and the chatty one wasn't even the one massaging me. Otherwise, the establishment is quite nice. After the massage, ppl can go make tea or coffee upstairs, take a shower in the locker room, or use the amenities in the locker room. Within the locker room, they have shaving cream, disposable razors, a shower, mouth wash, and other things to get ppl freshly on their way. The receptionist seemed alright, hardly a smile but not mean at least.

I have not been to this spa in a few years but it is by far my favourite in the city. I get…read moremassages by an RMT which was covered by my health insurance and have always found their treatments to be very effective. There are snacks provided and a nice area to relax in. In the past I'd go by myself and it is very peaceful and calming. I would highly recommend to others. There is a restaurant on-site just past the lobby of Inn at the Forks called SMITH that you can dine at afterwards and I would highly recommend.

Most places offer a refund and replacement if they don't provide what was purchased. Not…read moreRiverstone, they ensure the customer pays for company mistakes. We booked a "couples" massage as a family day and were really excited to try hot stone therapy. We had to call to book since it wasn't letting us online and we were told we had to book many weeks out to both have hot stone, after a lot of back and forth we settled on one receiving hot stone and one regular massage so we could book sooner. Even at that, openings were very minimal and we had to work our schedules around it. We were not warmly greeted upon arrival and provided cheap polyester robes. Our locker stopped working making us need to go back out to rescue our belongings. After the massage we asked each other how the hot stone was (since in the midst of the silence we both thought somehow the other had been assigned the hot stone masseuse) and realized NEITHER of us had received it. Upon bringing it up at the. front we were offered $4 off our $420 appointment. No replacement offered for the service we never received. The massage itself was fine, but masseuse was sick and coughing. The level of service here and the fact that we never got what we booked was a huge disappointment and frankly this establishment isn't even close to living up to the hefty price tag they charge. Never again.

While in Winnipeg we took a visit to the the Thermëa Nordik Spa. I am always up for a spa and day…read moreof relaxing and honestly before I got there I wasn't sure about what all the fuss was about. I just assumed it was a really pretty space to relax in. It is a really pretty space. I love their Instagram feed; it's gorgeous. But it's more than just a pretty space. The space is set up for you to go through a thermal cycle. For the first cycle you can choose from the sauna (dry heat) or my favorite the steam rooms. They have have scented steam and I loved the orange one. Then you either take a dip in the Polar Plunge pool pictured above or dump a bucket of cold water over you. I tried both and preferred the pool. I was really hesitant to go in and it was super cold while getting into the pool, but felt SO good after. Then you can rest in the hot tub. One of the things that we experienced was the Aufguss Ritual. There was a Sauna Meister that performed the ritual and it was intense, but amazing! I would highly recommend it. There was also a restaurant on campus with amazing food. Everything I had was so good, but the confit was my favorite! Okay the tomato soup with the croque was a close second. And the best part? You can eat in your robes! Talk about being relaxed! It's beautiful in the evening too. And the spa is opened year round. I would love to come here in the winter! We ended the evening with s'mores over the fire. We spent a total of 5 hours and it flew by! I could totally spend all day there and wish there was one close to where I live. I slept so well that night and woke up feeling amazing.

This is a long overdue review, but I've been here once or twice and have found their services to be…read moreextremely relaxing and an enjoyable experience to have. I would highly recommend to go with somebody for some great self-care to escape from the hustle and bustles of everyday life and to enjoy some of the food also offered at their restaurant. Would highly recommend!

Went here for the Hamam experience and facial. Great experience but a bit steep for the price.read more

Had a free day at the Fort Gerry and went to the Ten Spa for a Massage. The therapist met me,…read moreplaced me on the table, face down, and started our treatment. When I turned over, I saw she was wearing a mask and asked if I should have masked. She mentioned her two children were at home with covid and this was a precaution. I had "allergy" symptoms 3 1/2 days later and tested positive for covid when I returned home. Yes covid is everywhere, but a practitioner, with two covid positive family members at home should not be anywhere clients in a closed room in a spa. I was on a tour and in close contact with 14 other individuals for the following 5 days. I hope that I did not infect anyone on our trip.

TL:DR: - I got the best gel manicure from this place in my…read moreentire life - Staff changing the appointment time five times, including while I was heading over to the spa, was a major turnoff In June, I bought a Groupon for a gel manicure from Ageless Spa & Boutique. I couldn't tell you when I last got a manicure. It has been years. I typically do my own nails every Sunday because I find it relaxing and therapeutic. It's also a huge savings. I decided to splurge. I bought the Groupon and called in late June to book an appointment. I got a woman on the other end. I asked if I could get an appointment after July 1st. I got July 5th at noon, which was a Friday. I was okay with the time, as I had a Blue Bombers game at night. She assumed that I was local by asking for my 204 phone number for the appointment. Nope. I'm 416. I got a call on Tuesday, July 2, from a man at this place. He asked whether I could do 11:45 am. I was fine with the change. I wanted an earlier time anyway. I got a call from a woman from this spa almost two hours later. She asked whether someone had called me to change my time to an earlier one. Yes, but don't you guys communicate with each other? Shouldn't this change be on your end and noted in your system rather than interrupting me driving through a downpour in which I can barely hear you? Weird. On Thursday, I got another call from the same woman. She wanted to bump up the time to 11:30 am. I was okay with it. I was extremely accommodating. On Friday, I was getting ready to leave for my appointment, which takes thirty minutes to get to from where I was staying. She called me while I was away from my phone to ask if I can come earlier. I didn't respond, as I had to head out the door. While I was driving, roughly eighteen minutes away from the spa, she called me, asking if I could come in early. I had had it. I asked her why there were so many time changes. She couldn't respond. I let her know that my appointment time has changed multiple times and I haven't even had anything done to my nails. I let her know that my time of arrival was exactly at 11:30 am and that her short notice was not enough time for me to magically whisk myself over to the spa. I needed far more notice than less than an hour before my appointment. Sheesh! She may think that she was being helpful by saying that she's free earlier. She wasn't. It was a huge drag to get almost a daily time change the week of my appointment. I arrived at the spa. There is parking behind the building. There is a single spot for an Ageless Spa customer. I backed intoit. There is a backdoor from the parking lot. I couldn't go through it. It was locked. I went around to the front. It's a two-floor building with a basement. This spa is straight ahead on the main floor. The woman who had called me was waiting for me at the door. She was efficient. This Groupon did not include taxes, so I paid for them right off the bat. I then sat down at one of the manicure stations. I got to select the colour of my gel manicure. I chose wisteria haze, which was a pretty lavender colour. She prepped my nails. I then had to wash my hands in the washroom and return to the manicure area. She then diligently and carefully went through painting my nails and curing them. I felt relaxed and happy. I got a mini massage at the end with lavender oil. It was heavenly. She was great. I loved my nails and let her know that she did a wonderful job. I just wished that she didn't have this weirdness with moving up my appointment time. Otherwise, this place would have got a perfect rating from me. This gel manicure was the best one that I ever had. It didn't chip. I normally take it off after three weeks. I let things run their course naturally and finally removed the gel polish after six weeks. I would definitely return to get another gel manicure from this place. The quality and shine are amazing. It's the multiple time changes to my appointment that irked me. (322)

I love Ageless Spa & Boutique! Their prices are on point, no gouging here. But what really sets…read morethem apart are the people who work here. Leah, the owner/operator exudes positive energy with her warm welcome and bright and genuine smile. She and their facial technician, Jean really know their stuff and walk you through each step. I recieved a photofacial from Leah and the most relaxing, comprehensive, all encompassing facial and massage from Jean. This was so delightful that I am not waiting "until I have some time" I have already booked Follow ups with both. I am not made of money and rarely spend time or money on myself but this was so worth it I wish I had not waited so long to treat myself. Thank you ladies.

Although the staff was great, the laser treatment I received did absolutely nothing for my legs.read more

Not worth it. Will charge you $10 per mani/pedi nail polish…read moreremoval, if you have a shellac. They struggled and spent long time on removing my polish. Never told me about those charges even when I was booking an appointment through phone also it was not shown in there brochure. Ended up $100+ with unsatisfactory service as I left with flawed nail polish. Compare to my regular nail salon now where they have no charge of shellac removal, cost me $80+ for both mani and pedi (shellac). Most of all, leaving their business satisfied.