Elite Spa

I was so excited to try out this place because I desperately needed a massage, and the place I would normally go to didn’t have any appointments available and I couldn’t wait.
I walked in and the first red flag should have been that they were requiring payment before I actually received the service. $ 80 for a 90 minute session. The second red flag as I was walked into my room, they kept asking me if I wanted to take a shower. And when I walk in the room, there’s a shower right in the room. I declined, closed the door, and proceeded to undress. As I lay on the table waiting for my «therapist» to enter the room, there were no blankets to get into like you would at any other massage place (third red flag). There was a towel, which barely covered me.
Fiona, my «therapist» came in and began to work on my back. She was okay. Very generous on the oil, but my back has intense knots, and I was expecting someone to work me with stronger hands. She rubbed me, but didn’t really kneed out the knots, so I don’t feel like I got my money’s worth.
On top of that, the location of the place is Taravel, and you can hear the noise of the muni, as well as people talking carrying over the reoccurring tune they have playing to «relax» you. At one point, Fiona left the room, and re-​entered with hot wet towels and abrasively rubbed all the oil off my arms and back. The towel also had a bad (not fresh) smell to it… and she rubbed it on my body. No wonder they make showers available to their clients… which I still declined.
As my 90 minutes came to a close, Fiona told me my time was up, and left the room for me to get dressed. She barely gave me enough time to put on my clothes and get my things together before re-​entering the room and demanded a tip. I went to my wallet, and I typically don’t carry cash, and I was expecting to add the tip when I paid, but remember, they make you pay before the massage. So I reach in my wallet and gave her all the cash I had ($ 8– yes… not a great tip, but I wasn’t expecting this to go down this way).
Fiona was not pleased– said the tip was not enough. I asked if there was an ATM, or a way to pay up at the front, and she shoves my $ 8 back at me. I go to the front desk and ask for an ATM and she asked me how much I wanted to tip and that she would just charge me through the register. I said $ 20, paid and left.
So basically I spent $ 100 on a mediocre massage and a bad attitude. Definitely not worth it. Don’t come here. I learned a valuable lesson: patience is a virtue. I should have waited to go to my regular place.

Great full body massage which is a bargain at $ 50 for an hour.
A shower was available for use afterwards or before.
I wasn’t that impressed when another lady came into the room to chat with my masseuse, but I left feeling great me very relaxed, so I am happy to overlook this.