CRYSTAL SPA

When I travel it can be difficult for me to keep up my weekly routine of long Sunday run, followed by a massage. I have a tendancy to look for inexpensive Chinese or Korean massage places and, in an unfamilar town, that tendancy can be wrought with poor massages and unwanted propositions. Fortunately, I use Unilocal to search for massage rather than Craig List and using Unilocal typically pays off.
I found Crystal Spa early in my 7 week visit to the area and I’m glad that I did. In fact, as I write this, I wish I had visited each week during my trip instead of the 3 Sundays that I did visit. I tried several other places in the area, including a place in the mall but found Crystal Spa to be the best. It was also among the most reasonably priced at $ 70 an hour. That’s still $ 20 to $ 30 more than I was used to paying but given that most of the other places were $ 80 for an hour of poor massage, I gladly paid $ 110 it cost for an hour and a half at Crystal Spa.
Each visit to Crystal Spa I received a massage superior to other places in town and almost on par with what I get at home. If I ever come back to Vienna, I’ll defiantly go back.

I completely agree with Sara B. I went for spa week for facial and massage. Thai Massage itself wasn’t bad but I was cold the entire time in a room that could have been someone’s basement room, couldn’t tell whether the carpet was dirty or just a bad color but they gave me no slippers. I couldn’t wait to get the hell out of there. Never get a facial at this place. Awful. My skin was irritated for days… I could have shoot myself. I told the lady no extrations and she did it anyway!!! OMG I should have just walked out when I could…

I’ve definitely learned in the past couple of years that the adages «you get that you pay for» and «if its too good to be true, it is» are actually not crap sayings.
I’m also annoyed at the people who gave great reviews for this place and lulled me into a false sense of comfort.
Warning #1 would be the locked door and the security camera. You have to ring a doorbell to be let in. Like a bunker.
Warning #2 would be the multiple signs warning you to not ask for sexual favors. Yes. That is what I said.
There is definitely not professional draping — just a scratchy bath towel that does not cover up all your bits all the time which made me feel exposed and awkward at times. My masseuse left the room no less then four times and left the door hanging open. I opted for a hot stone massage but we decided to give up after she kept putting WAY too hot stones on me and then they just kept sliding off my Vaseline brand lotioned back.
There were times when it DID feel good but it was too awkward and unorganized to be totally enjoyable and those are just two adjectives that should never be used with «massage.»

I went to Crystal spa for a reflexology foot massage, and it was fantastic. The lady who did my massage actually knew what she was doing, instead of randomly just rubbing my feet. I was able to call a couple hours in advance and book an appointment without a problem. The inside of the spa is not super swanky, but since the services were good, I didn’t mind. I’m definitely going back!

I just finished a 30 minute session with Michelle. While it was supposed to be swedish, it ended up being a hybrid of swedish with (what I guess) is the Thai-​style; I was quite surprised to have her climbing up on me and walking on me. Whatever it was, it was amazing! The prices there are very good.
I will warn you that this place is not for the faint of heart, or those who go to spas for a massage that will make you fall asleep. Michelle beat the bejesus out of me (in a good way). I will absolutely be going back.
PS– the guy with the «happy ending story» is a fake.

It’s a shame that I have to leave a review like this one… I went here for a Thai Massage and the massage itself was excellent! I spent 5 of the last 7 years in L.A. where Thai massage is very popular and I’ve become a bit of a connoisseur. Jessi was in town from NYC, she was well skilled, strong and professional. They have railing bolted into the ceiling which allows them to properly balance to use their feet and body weight to walk on your back. I’m 6 foot 3 and this is one of the reasons I love Thai Massage. I came out feeling like a million bucks…
Now for the reason why I’m giving 2 stars and likely never going back–
I scheduled my massage for 3pm, the owner called me at 2:45 saying that the masseuse wasn’t there yet and asking if we could do this at 4:30 — OK, understood. I get there at 4:30 and ring the door bell, no one answers. I call the owner and she says she is on her way… and that she could do the massage if I wanted… I’m confused and prefer whoever the professional masseuse that was supposed to do it. I ring the bell again (as I was instructed could be done.) The masseuse comes out and was with a client and needs more time, until 5 pm… OK it’s okay, I was going to get a facial as well but now there won’t be time but not so bad…
Then when I went to pay, I had a coupon to pay «$ 60 for an hour massage» then there is a list of all the different kinds of massages including Thai but when I go to pay the owner says «Thai Massage is $ 10 more so she would have to charge me $ 70.» The masseuse was right there and I didn’t want to offend her so I just paid, tipped and left but the more I thought about it the more shady and «not OK» I felt that service was… truth be told it’s also illegal but I don’t want to do business with a business that tries to trick you out of more money, even if it is just $ 10. Hopefully they will get there act together but I want to make sure that people are warned before they go here.

I have to yet to come here but I know the owner is more than qualified to do an amazing job on the massages. definitely not some half ass job like other places!