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| - I loved King Spa in Dallas, and was excited to hear there was a Korean spa in Las Vegas! I had never tried a body scrub, and decided to go for a package deal that included a body scrub, deep tissue massage, and reflexology.
I checked in about an hour before the appointment, but was asked if I could move up my appointment 30 minutes. I was fine with that, but since you have to soak in the hot tubs for around 15 minutes before your appointment starts, most of my time after putting everything in my locker was spent in the hot tub before my appointment. Why does this matter? Well, they give you a nice shampoo and conditioner in your hair during your spa treatment, so I didn't want to try the steam rooms after my appointment since my hair would need to be washed again from getting steamed and sweated over. I still was able to enjoy the facilities, but thinking about it now, I would have liked extra time to relax more before the appointment.
For those that are new to Korean spas, in most of them, you will be enjoying the facilities in your birthday suit in the gender-specific areas. There are co-ed areas, usually different saunas, that you will be wearing the pajama-like clothes they give you at check-in. At Imperial Spa, they've modified it a bit so that you can wear a bathing suit to the gender-specific areas except the hot tubs. When I went on a Friday late afternoon, it wasn't too crowded, and everyone in the women's area was either in their pajama outfit to go to the co-ed room, or naked.
On to the spa treatment. For those that like more "relaxation" time massages and scrubs, this isn't it! The scrub was very scratchy feeling, and a little painful. It felt kind of like someone was scrubbing me with a brillo pad. Almost every surface of your body will be scrubbed, rinsed, then scrubbed again. The hair treatment came afterward, which left my hair nice and soft. After rinsing in the showers, I was escorted to the massage rooms, where the deep tissue massage/reflexology combo treatment started. With kidney-crushing pressure, my muscles were rolled and kneaded into submission.
I spent a few hours afterwards using the various saunas, alternating between the hot sauna and the cold room. This area is co-ed, so suit up in your ugly pink pajama pants and top! I brought both my towels with me so it wouldn't be too hot laying on some of the hot surfaces, such as the clay balls in the clay ball room.
I also tried some food in the kitchen. I was disappointed they ran out of seafood pancake (Haemul Pajeon), so I decided on the kimchi fried rice. It was made fairly quickly, and was a huge portion, but it was very hot (Almost sauna-like) in the eating area, which made it unappealing to eat hot, spicy, fried rice. I asked if I could bring the food to the air-conditioned bar area, but in an apologetic tone, The cook/owner(?) explained that people complain about the smell of the food so it isn't allowed outside the dining area. She did turn the fan on, but when there's no cool air in the room whatsoever, a fan just blows hot air around. Deciding against sweating while eating, I ate a little bit, then boxed it up to take back. The kimchi fried rice itself was OK, but the price was a bit high for me (~$13-14). Maybe if I go back I'll try a cool food or a smoothie.
Check out was easy. Any extra charges are put on your locker number. As for tip, the massage/scrub therapist will give you an envelope, and you can put cash in it, or you can charge the tip to your account up front. I found my therapist afterwards and handed a cash tip to her directly.
I'm not sure if I'll go for a scrub or massage again, but I'd definitely like to get a day pass here to relax in the steam rooms, hot tubs, and saunas. My skin does feel smoother and softer after the scrub, but I'm not sure it was worth enduring being scrubbed until it feels like your skin is raw (It wasn't, but it felt like it while I was getting the scrub done)!
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