I booked a day of spa treatments for my girlfriend and I to celebrate her birthday. I initially called several times, only met with elevator music as I waited 20+ minutes for a receptionist. Finally, I got through.
Knowing how quickly the spa books out i called several months prior to my intended date. When I started booking I was pretty unaware of the packages offered by the spa. When talking to the receptionist I mentioned this, and made clear that my girlfriend was primarily interested in the chocolate chocolate experience with the cocoa bath. I was initially told that it should be possible to do that, and the receptionist booked a few things, to which I probably should have asked more questions, and I booked the experience. All in all fairly easy, or so I thought.
Fast forward a few months to my booking, and I am now slightly more aware of what services I should be booking. I call several times leading up to the day, waiting 30 minutes at a time, and no answer. Finally, the day before our spa day I am able to get their in person to change things. I must give credit to the front desk who tried to accommodate my needs given the last second movi g of things. I wasn't able to get everything we wanted, but we had a few services we were mostly satisfied with.
Now comes the day of the spa. We arrived as soon as the spa opened in order to take advantage of the facilities, for what little they had. There is a shared pool/hot tub and sauna between the hotel and spa that anyone can use. Not exactly a relaxing place to hangout with kids running around. They had a number of rooms exclusive to the spa, but most of them were overrun with the number of guests present on the day we were there. They had a "aroma therapy room", which was really just a small room with essential oils, nothing special. They alsohad a steam room in both male and female locker rooms, which was down during our stay. Lastly, the oasis rooms, which is their restaurant attached to the spa. This is only available to spa guests and offers a nice place to hangout while you wait for your treatment. Unfortunately, they are closed on Sundays, which I was aware of before booking. However, I was not aware that the oasis was the exclusive place in the spa for drinks, which means no spa day mimosas.
The first treatment I had was the chocolate sugar scrub. This was exactly what I wanted. The gentleman that took care of me was great. Good pressure and a good exfoliating scrub.
The next treatment was couples massage with cocoa oil. I had the great luck of having the same gentleman. The massage was 50 minutes, and I only wish I had more time. My girlfriend reiterated the same. Both were great about listening to what we told them.
The last treatment I had was the "sweet feet". My girlfriend and I were able to sit in a private corner to have our treatment. Outside of that I'd say our treatments were pretty different. The woman I had barely exchanged pleasantries and did not offer or explain any of the services. I pretty much just had my nails filed and a clear coat. She didn't even cut my nails,which needed it. During this treatment they also include what amounts to a perafin wax with a hot boot in order to moisturize your feet. But they only have one size boot, which is not large enough for men apparently. This was the most depressing treatment of the experience.
The last thing is the whipped cocoa bath. I was disappointed to find out they only offer this service to women as it uses the soaking tubs in the women's locker rooms,but I still got it for my girlfriend.
The treatment itself is only 15 minutes and my girlfriend described it as very disappointing. The bath looked to be just murky water, which didn't even smell of chocolate.
Overall I would call this experience pretty disappointing. The massage and scrub I received was amazing, and I can't understate that. However, the rest of the facilities/treaents were lacking for the price we paid (around $1000 in all just for the spa). I would recommend trying another spa. read more