Happy 8 Health Center

Well this was totally a last minute thought right after getting off work. I’ve been so busy at work lately, I sit at a desk most of the day, my back has been really achy this week and needed a good massage for a reasonable price. So I remembered seeing this place because it is next to Honey Berry. Anywhoot back to the subject…
–Parking is great and super easy to get to.
–The place itself… OK. Totally not a $ 200 hour massage spa… lol. But I knew that going in. Looked clean but very cluttered.
— Alittle cray cray when we were getting put in the rooms. I asked for a couples massage and if we could be in the same room. She said yes. I asked for the bathroom and when I walked out of the restroom the lady directed me to a private room and closed the door. Didn’t tell me to undress or why I was in a private room. I thought they were gonna try and give my honey a happy ending massage so I opened my door and asked what was going on. My man was already trying to explain a couples massage to the lady. They figured it out and set us up correctly. Wheeew! LoL just kidding…
–Services/​Price. WELL…
PROS… $ 40 for an hour massage, good deal. Massage was really good, my back really feels so much better. The lady was alittle rough but it felt good and she asked if pressure was ok. OK with me… and again this isn’t burke williams… lol. overall massage was good.
CONS…
— No relaxing ambiance music/​sounds. I could hear the cabinets banging from the store next door. I could hear the uptempo music the lady in the front desk was listening to. I did a couples massage, so my honey was on the table next to me and his lady burbed and made a couple unusual sounds… maybe if there was some rainfall music I wouldn’t have noticed. But I was not able to relax. The two ladies were also talking alot near the end which was very distracting.
–the room was really crampped and tables were low. I would think that isnt ergonomically good for the workers. If those tables arent adjustable for the workers they should look into it. But hey I was just laying there so didn’t bother me much. Just a suggestion to save the ladies’ backs.
–After massage they tapped us to get up. We got dressed and they were waiting with a cup of water and of course thier tip. Typically I’m a good tipper but realized I only had 12 bucks in cash with me since I used the $ 20 at lunch. That’s what I had to give and when I gave it to them, I could tell in thier face and whatever they said to each other they were insulted. I never burn anyone in a tip but really it was all the cash I had on me and wanted to give them $ 10 each. But apparently here it is a mandatory $ 10 tip min and they told me about it… lol. I thought tip was optional and what the customer thought was appropriate. so they asked my boyfriend to run his card again, no big deal but damn! I did take the cash back though… lol.
Will I go back??? Probably not but now I know if I do to come with a $ 10 tip and some earphones! I did give them 3 stars tho because my back does feel better.

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These place got way smaller I was totally surprised! Service changed too one whol massage me seem like he doesn’t know what his doing and pressure was kinda lame

I’ve been to many places that offer foot massages and this is by far the worst. The place is dark and small and had a weird smell to it .The beds are placed so close together that you can touch the person next to you. I had an elderly Asian lady attend to me and though she was not rude she was utterly incompetent. After a bit, I mentally gave up on the the massage and tried to get a nap but that was impossible as well with the constant jabbering.
Won’t be going back there.

Got a massage here 2 years ago by an older asian woman. The quality of the massage was average but for $ 20 it was worth it.

Good massage, But the masseuse talked too much to her coworker during my massage. It was very annoying and I couldnt relax. I would give it a try again for the price.

I have mixed feelings about this place. My boyfriend and I were lured in by the sign that said «$ 19.99 for a massage» we were skeptical so we went in and discovered that it was actually for a full hour foot massage. I checked the Unilocal reviews and many people mentioned that the ladies are rude but I think I might just be the issue of a language barrier.
For foot massages, it is cash only and you have to pay up front. They let me and my boyfriend go next to each other. A man and a woman came and gave us foot baths. The guy started on my boyfriend right away. But for me, I waited and waited. This gave me a chance to look around the room.
It was dark and a sign on the wall said «please keep quiet» now keep that in mind as I write this. The lady was dabbling around. Taking off her jacket like she was ready to start on me, but 15 minutes later she was still nowhere to be seen. Next to me, my boyfriend was already closing his eyes and in the zone. The man working on my boyfriend says to me in Chinese, «go get your money back. She hasn’t even started yet.» I felt really awkward so I sat up and started pulling my jeans down when the lady rushed over and reluctantly started my massage. 5 minutes in she hands it over to another man. I see her and another coworker eat their lunch sitting on a couple of chairs down. Pretty unprofessional in my opinion. All throughout my massage I hear them talking very loudly, which really was not helping me enjoy my massage at all. Overall the guy did a good job.
I’m ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ about this place.
Tl;dr;
–if you’re not Chinese I’m pretty sure they will treat you differently. That’s the sad truth.
–cash up front for a 1 hr foot massage (includes face neck and shoulders as well)

Half of their advertising say Happy 8, the other half says Happy 9. Whichever happiness level you’re at, this place can bring it up a notch.
Don’t expect aroma therapy or calming music here. For your $ 40 you get a literal, full-​body massage, they’re not shy, and nothing more. It was in a warm, quiet room though. The woman did whatever it took to roll me out flat, including straddling me to get more umph into my back. She really seemed to be listening to what I was ooohing over so dug into the places I needed it most.
I could definitely make this a regular thing!

$ 20 gets you a one hour foot massage. They tell you that they don’t do the body massage either but they do. They simply allocate more time on the feet. The massage people obviously don’t speak English so you’re going to have to relay any non-​Chinese messages to the cashier.
There’s no spa music, and there’s lots of talking, laughing, and eating that you can hear in the background. This would have severely affected my experience but I had this amazing idea to listen to some music with my headphones while getting the massage, and that solved everything. It’s great that they were accommodating in providing the headphones for me and refused my tip. In fact, I had to find to convince my massage attendant to take it.