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| - Okay, so I just wanted to review the Spa at New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, as I was there about a 2 weeks ago.
I have to give this visit a 2 star rating due to the facts that will be mentioned later on. Think "GERMAN MASSUSE!!" Argghh!
This is my second Vegas spa visit, the first being the Oasis Spa at Luxor about 3 months ago. I liked the Oasis Spa much better! NY NY's Spa was sub-par at best. I've been to many Day Spa's here in California and even those facilities were MUCH better than the offerings here.
First off, the Spa is located on the 3rd Floor of the Empire Tower. It's good that you can go from a sunbathe at the pool right to the Empire Tower and up the elevator without too many people staring at you. So that's a plus. Oasis at Luxor was accessible from the Poolside area which was awesome! NY NY was a little more harder to get to.
The Spa is tucked away around the right hand corner as you exit the elevator. I stared to get kinda worried when I had to squeeze down this narrow hallway to get to the Spa entrance. Once inside the Hair Salon was to my right, the Spa to my left.
The front desk host was okay. However, they messed up my check-in time. I had a massage slated for 4pm, and I arrived like they told me at 3:30pm for check-in. The front desk clerk told me that I only had a minute to get ready for my massage! WHHHHAAAAA??? I finally got it squared away with my hostess who double-checked everything and I breathed a sigh of relief. That would have been a real upsetting thing if they had charged my credit card a 50% fee for "not showing up."
Upon entering the Spa my hostess was amiable and showed me around nicely. There was a good quality and quantity of materials at the sinks: towels, facial soap, blow dryers, and such. Only 4 sinks though. I didn't want to think what a Bridal Party would have looked like in there!
The Spa was long and narrow, actually a corridor. My locker was small and down a narrow twisty hallway. I got my stuff put away and settled in to enjoy my half hour of steam room and sauna before the massage treatment. I found the lack of a whirlpool disappointing to say the least! Have a whirlpool jaccuzi in there PLEASE! Apparently, the Men's side has a whirlpool, the Women's side does not! So no soaking before any treatments. This is a major bummer for me, as I like to spend a lot of time soaking and just enjoying the hot water before a massage, and to let my muscles relax. This made my "experience" harder than usual.
I used the Steam Room and Sauna. The Steam Room was TINY! I mean, SMALL! TINY! AND HARD TO BREATHE IN! I liked that it was Eucalyuptus scented but wow, the billows of steam in there! It was like a closet. I only spent about 4 or 5 mintues in there. It was mind-blowingly hot!
The dry Sauna to say the least wasn't as good as others I've been in. Even for my membership to LA Fitness! The Sauna was sorta cool and it took me a long time to dry off. No scent in here either.
Occuyping once side of the steam room/sauna/shower/toilet area were two hydrotherapy bath tubs. So THAT'S why there isn't a Whirlpool jaccuzi installed! So these baths were there for 'treatments.' I've had hydrotherapy treatments before but I was in a closed room. Here there was only an emergency room style curtain to pull around the bather for privacy. Again, I was glad that a Bridal Party was NOT in the Spa that day! It would have been horrible for anyone taking a treatment in those two tubs. NY NY SPA--NIX THE BATHS! Bring back a whirlpool! Just my 0.02$ cents.
My massage treatment was okay. However when the massue asked me if I would like some Deep Tissume work on my back I said yes, and was really asking for something that I should never have had! She worked on my back "so well," that the next day when I woke up in bed and rolled over to get up my right shoulder muscle said: "SNICK!" and I pulled a major muscle right up in my shoulder. It's been almost two weeks now since I had my "treatment," and I'm still in pain and the shoulder is healing very slowly. It was a Grade 3 pulled muscle. So I'll never had Deep Tissue again! It was my fault asking for it. Besides, her strokes were rather hard and she was obviously a deep tissue fan. I just wanted Light to Medium strokes and was very dissapointed as well as now I'm in pain. Not good.
Overall, this Spa is "okay." Not the greatest by far. I cannot wait to visit Ceasar's Qua this next Oct! I've heard so many good things about that Spa. I'm sure I'm going to really enjoy that place! I cannot wait to see if the reviews are right. I hope this review will help someone if they want to visit a Spa in Vegas anytime soon!
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