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| - My mom has been trying to bring me here for a long time while always talking up a storm how great it is. Unlike my fellow Koreans, I'm not a big fan of the whole 'let's get naked and have a scrub down after sweating like a hog'. But there was a Groupon that was offered not too long ago - admission for 2 for $20. My mom says that a single admission is around $20. That being said, she immediately bought 6 Groupon vouchers.
Imperial Spa made me a believer! I've been to "the best" Korean health spas but this place definitely takes the cake! Couple reasons why - this place isn't swarming with people (at least when I went on a weekday evening) and the hot rooms as well as the locker rooms are super duper squeaky clean.
The building itself is hidden away around Sahara and Maryland. The physical address states Sahara Avenue but you won't find the building driving up or down it. I had to drive into a small hidden street (or perhaps it was an entrance into a huge lot - I couldn't tell. It was dark!) in order to get to get there. Don't let the area fool you. When you walk in, you'll forget that you're in the backstreets of Sahara and Maryland!
Upon walking through the entrance doors, you'll find yourself in a large lobby area with a service desk in the middle. There's a greeter in the front. She was a cute older lady with a big smile on her face. In exchange for my Groupon voucher, she handed my mom and me 3 towels (small, medium and large), t-shirt and shorts as well our locker keys. Apparently you have to ask for slippers, or else they won't give them to you. There's also a basket full of razors and toothbrushes, complimentary of the spa.
The entrance way to the locker rooms are located in the lobby. Walking into the locker room I found myself staring at a wall of tiny locker cubbies. Confused, I told my mom that my stuff didn't have a chance of fitting in those. My mom laughed and stated that those cubbies were for our shoes. Whoa! Separate lockers for our shoes. What a fantastic and thoughtful touch! Our actual lockers are located behind the shoe lockers and they were much bigger in size.
The locker room is very big, very clean, and very awesome. There are four leather recliner chairs that you can rest in. Around the chairs are countertops with mirrors stocked with q-tips, lotion, hair mousse, hair dryers and hair brushes (these are in sanitizer). At the other end of the lockers is the Salt Room. This is a heated room with marble flooring in which you can lay down and sweat. This particular room is for women only so don't get too frightened when you see naked women walking around! The shower room is also located adjacent to the locker room. Shower room contains the steam and dry sauna, hot tubs and multiple showers equipped with shampoo, conditioner and shower gel.
The second floor is the co-ed area. There's a large area with rows of black leather recliners. You can also find massage recliner chairs as well. Hungry much? The Imperial Spa Restaurant offers an array of Korean dishes as well as drinks. I think it's a little pricey compared to what you'd find at Korean restaurants around town.
Around the large resting/restaurant area are additional heated rooms. There's a clay room - pits made for two people are filled with small clay balls. Lying in this really relieved a lot of tension in my back and shoulders. I thought this room was the hottest out of all of their rooms. There's also another room that contains what looks like clay ovens. One person can lay down within these clay domes and sweat it out. In addition, there's also the Jade Room where the floor and walls are all marble. The ceiling is coated with clay. There's an aroma that fills the air that really calmed me. I think this was my favorite out of all the heated rooms.
I left Imperial Spa feeling rejuvenated. My skin was soft as a baby's bottom. I felt like I was glowing. Thanks, mom - you were right.
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