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My date and I didn't have much of a wait despite not having appointments. We were told they had available one male and one female massage therapist, so I spared my guy some awkwardness and insisted he take the female. I got some red haired guy. He was professional, but kind of mechanical and didn't seem in tune with my body. Despite my telling him a couple times NOT to touch my (ridiculously ticklish) feet, he did exactly that 4 or 5 times. And every time he did, my whole body tensed up while kinda defeated the purpose of the massage, if you ask me. He also forgot about my injured thumb I'd warned him about. At the end of massage, I pretty much felt exactly the same as I did before the massage.
When I compared experiences with my date, he seemed to have a better time than me. He'd never had a massage in his life until then, but thought it was a great experience. His therapist told him to drink lots of water post treatment, and to use the hot tub and steam room and dry sauna in a certain order. He was practically high from the massage! I was thrilled for him, but couldn't say the same about my experience.
The facilities themselves were kind of uninspiring. The locker room was lovely, the beverage selection was great (a cappuccino machine!), and the showers were decent. But the hot tub that looked so glorious in the pics online was terribly disappointing. I spent 3 minutes in it, tops, because I just couldn't find a comfortable spot. There was no way to recline and the walls were too high to tilt my head back and rest a cold towel on my eyes. And I couldn't help but notice the chipped tiles and really old grout job. The steam room and dry sauna were okay, but the ambiance was lacking.
Overall, the experience wasn't traumatizing or anything. I didn't leave mad or in pain. At the end of it all, I just shrugged my shoulders and said "It was. . okay." The Yelp 2 Star Rating sums it up nicely: Meh. I've experienced better.
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