it depends what you're looking for....Spa Club is small but has dry sauna and wet steamroom. Spa Castle in Queens is like a Korean Spa Disneyland...big, clean but pricey. If you're looking for "friends", Queens has this place called New York Spa and Sauna....dm me for anything specific or enjoy!

Enjoyed spa club https://www.reddit.com/r/eroticmalemassage/s/eoDggXxvgq

Aire. Best spa in the city with solid options.

https://beaire.com/en/aire-ancient-baths-newyork/experiencias

AIRE was the "coolest" place, but for a better quality massage, Oasis Day Spa

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There’s also the spa on governors island or, if you wanna go over the bridge, Sojo in Fort Lee.

I love QC SPA on gov island! It feels like more of an experience than some of the smaller spas in the city.

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You are wasting your money to go to a spa in NYC. Most spa practitioners are all just out of school, with only a few years of experience, and they have to do 6-8 massages per day so they're saving their hands, aka not working hard on you. Try real professionals in their private offices. You won't get hot stones or fancy cucumber water but these people will fix your problems:
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wellnessbyalex.com
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https://www.instagram.com/sharrons_bodywork/

talk to the ajummas and nainais standing around the corner from the main street station on the 7 line, they will help you out

Aire ancient baths in Tribeca is very sexy!

Great Jones Spa is great! Almost all services include access to their water lounge where you can hang out for a while

Bathhouse in Williamsburg. Enjoy

Four Seasons

Highly recommend the spa at The Carlyle. They recently renovated the space and it is exquisite - really old school, upscale fancy NYC feel. Excellent treatments, high end products & very professional, friendly staff as well!

I’ve also had great experiences at the Equinox hotel spa (Hudson yards) and the Lifetime Sky location. Less fancy than the Carlyle but still high end!

Sojo Spa Club (https://www.sojospaclub.com/). It's technically in New Jersey, but there's a shuttle from Manhattan that takes you directly there. It's $60 flat rate ($75 on weekends) for a bunch of access to amenities (saunas, baths, infinity pool, etc.), plus you can pay extra for other things if you want (massages, nails, etc.).

Premier 57 or Rejuvenex

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Peninsula hotel is good. The multiple Bliss locations are good. Aire Baths in Tribeca are good.

A service at Great Jones Spa gets you access to their steam room, sauna, hot tub, and cold plunge for (I want to say) two hours before or after your treatment! I got a great massage there for my birthday and enjoyed the amenities afterward.

on the smaller / boutique size and pricier, but spa diane barrière at fouquet's in tribeca. had a great massage there and they have a pool with hot tub, lounging nooks, and sauna / steam room you can use before and after treatment.

Following closely. There's the spa club in ktown but it was quite grim last time I went, and you have to be fully naked in the wet area.

Oh and if you liked Aire, you may want to check out their soon-to-be-open (if it isn’t already) new location on the UES.

World Spa is the answer. Has several hot todays and many saunas. A bit deep into Brooklyn but it’s not a long ride on the F train (and getting cab there or back is easy)

My all time fave is Aire Ancient Baths, your mom will feel so pampered and blissed out by the time she's done.

I mentioned this in another post but I wanted to reiterate this. Sojo Korean Spa in Edgewater, NJ! It's about a year old, super clean and elegant. Beautiful inside and outside area. It has a heated infinity pool on the top floor and an array of different spa experiences! Winter price is $65 for an all day pass. Not sure about the spa treatment pricing. Such a great place! https://www.sojospaclub.com/

SoJo Spa Club offers an unparalleled wellness experience with over 140,000 square feet of pools, specialty baths, saunas, treatment rooms, lounging and dining areas.

https://www.sojospaclub.com

Don't get a massage there. I bought my girlfriend a package for her birthday and the masseuse somehow managed to sprain her leg. I Googled them afterwards and saw this:https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/tribeca-spa-gave-inappropriate-massage-unlicensed-masseuse-article-1.2656365

It's a great spa but their services are a cash cow (like most spas tbh) and their employees are not well vetted.

Aire Ancient Baths and Haybarn at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge were both very mediocre.

Shibui Spa at the Greenwich Hotel thought, ��

The Mandarin Oriental has multi-hour sessions so you might want to consider that as well but I would suggest the himalayan salt experience for sure. She'll spend at least an hours in the baths before the massage so that adds to the time.

I took my gf at the time to great jones' spa, it's in the West village. She loved it, totally recommend it!

I have a couple buddies who swear by the Russian Bath house in the east village. Not the fanciest spa, but one of, if not the oldest spa in nyc. link

I'd avoid spa castle and go to Sojo in Edgewater, NJ. Much cleaner, and soooooo many pools and saunas to visit. There's a shuttle that leaves every hour from 42nd & 8th.

Check Groupon. I’ve been to spa castle in Queens and it was a good time. I would try to get there early in the morning tho, it tends to get crowded

King Spa is a Korean bath house in New Jersey that often has deals—they pick you up in a shuttle van in Ktown

Lol yea their web presence is pretty bad. It’s a spa like many others. Massages, hot and cold pools to chill in, saunas, etc.

Korean Spas are your best bet. There's Groupons. If you're willing to spend a little more there's Sojo spa in New Jersey that has a free shuttle that picks up/dropoffs in Midtown. It's nicer but it can get really busy.

There is always Spa Castle in College Park, Queens. That place is like a spa theme park.

Look into the spa on Governors Island - it’s supposed to be quite nice!

Bought my wife a massage at Bath House in Williamsburg - she said it was really crowded (midweek) and almost exclusively couples.

I've been to QC, Spa Castle and SoJo and much prefer SoJo. QCs price increases have made them wildly expensive and they really only have two not so hot spa pools outside and no proper hot tubs.

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