I am female. I’ve had maybe 7 spa massages previously, so not a newbie. At Clique,I had my first by a male therapist. As I have always done for massages, I left my “bikini brief” style undies on. That is MY COMFORT LEVEL.\r
When I flipped to my belly, the male therapist, w/o asking, abruptly yanked my underwear up into my rear end crack, essentially turning them into a thong and aggressively massaged my rear end. I am still shocked that I remained silent during this!!! It made me very tense and uncomfortable. On this day I had a thin pad on but what if I had been menstruating heavily and had a thick pad in my undies? I have never had any therapist disrespect my choice to leave my panties on and expose an area that I had obviously chosen to be kept covered. Previous to the massage, I had explained to the therapist that my neck/shoulders/mid back were the areas I wished him to focus on, so it wasn’t as if he were addressing a problem I had asked him to work on. In fact, he ignored my request and, just as he had on my friend before me, he spent the most time massaging my upper legs (including way high up on my inner thighs) and buttocks. My friend and I both had the same reaction to this therapist. She also had never before had a therapist act this way!\r
Other ""cons"" to this facility: Noise and hair chemical smells from the hair salon travel up the staircase to the common area of the ""spa"". Both my robe and that of my friend had tattered sleeves and each had 2"" hole (mine on the sleeve, her's on the side) My massage finished 10 mins earlier than the 1hr I paid for. Water only is offered. Coffee and tea are available.... at an extra charge! Really? I saw a bowl of apples that looked like they'd been sitting there a week. Didn't even know if they were for eating bc they were dusty so I thought they were decoration. Previous spa experiences at other facilities had included little plates to serve yourself healthy snack choices (nuts, fruit, granola, etc) and a variety of teas and juices.\r
Never again!
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