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The MASSAGE SPA

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4101 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33713

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(727) 327-6772
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Best

There are several massage therapists here that just go above and beyond to help you and make you feel pampered. Some good one that I would suggest are: Hiroko, Dominique, Judy, M...

Worst

Normally, I don't write reviews on places. But I do read them and I felt that someone else might benefit from my experience. \r I bought a groupon from the massage spa and though...

Editorial review from Citysearch 10/14/2012

Need to work on how your front desk treat people.. The person who answer the phone was rude and short. She never did say her name.. I did not book massages for my wedding party due to how rude she was. They miss out on party of 8. more

Editorial review from Citysearch 8/2/2012

Yeah baby!!!! Great Massage!!! Jodi Rocks!!! more

Editorial review from Citysearch 8/2/2012

Love, Love, Love this Place, Don't pass it up. Great Deal, Great Services, Great Staff. Need I say more? more

Pampered 4/17/2012

There are several massage therapists here that just go above and beyond to help you and make you feel pampered. Some good one that I would suggest are: Hiroko, Dominique, Judy, Michelle, Nick, Patricia, or John Scott. This is the ONLY place I get my massages at!! more

St. Petersburg Best Kept Secret 7/10/2011

My experience at The Massage Spa was extremely pleasurable. The people there are so nice and personable. I had a wonderful massage where they accompanied all my wants and needs for perfectly! Later i recevied a facial along with a foot scrubs which was relaxing and divine. The last service i recevied was a mani&pedi. The nail techs were very friendly and funny. She did a great job also. The staff feels like they are all onebig family and they try t spread that feeling towards the costumer. I would recommend The Massage Spa to anyone looking for an afforadble and relaxing spa getaway. more

The Massage Spa 6/4/2011

I would like to say that I had the BEST experience I have ever had, The staff is so friendly, the nail techs are wonderful, I had a GREAT pedicure and the girls are so funny, I want to thank you for such a great job, and I will recomend them for all my friends. I am so glad that they spoke english too!!! I will be back again. :) more

I'm disappointed 5/30/2011

Normally, I don't write reviews on places. But I do read them and I felt that someone else might benefit from my experience. \r I bought a groupon from the massage spa and thought it was a great deal. I am now saying ""YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR""\r The spa itself is nice and the people are fairly friendly. That's why I'm giving them 2 stars. Everything else about my 'spa' pedi leaves SOOOO much to be desired. This is going down as the 2nd worst pedi I've ever had. My first disappointment came when they didn't have mynx for nails. I was told they don't do them anymore. Everyone is doing mynx so how is it they don't do them anymore. Then I saw they had pricing on the wall for gems. I asked for gems and was told they were all out of gems. WHAT??? what kind of nail shop runs out of gems????? Then I asked if I could get some designs and was told, my nail tech doesn't do designs. So I had to settle for just a plain old polish job. I had to instruct my nail tech to smooth my nails and buff. In the nearly 20 years I have been getting pedi's I've NEVER had to instruct someone to do that. That is a given ~ except at the massage spa. After my nails were finished I tried to console my disappointment by saying well you didn't spend a whole lot of money for them. But I can do my own pedi and I feel like for what I got, I might have as well did my own pedi. I feel like I wasted 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back. \r Although they have good package prices for massages etc. And before my pedi started I was seriously thinking about purchases some for friends as b-day gifts. But now I will just take my business else where. \r I can not express my feelings now in any other way other than EXTREME disappointment!! more

Friendly staffs! 5/13/2011

I got massage from Kathy. She is good. She knows what she is doing and well experienced. All staff members are very friendly. Price is great. I will definitely go back. more

This place is freakin' awesome!!! 4/24/2011

Man O Man!!! I went with my girl and her mother and we all had massages, facials, pedicures and Manicures. We were like big mush bubbles when we left. I don't usually write about places (good or bad) but I felt like I had to share this with the whole world. What an amazing time we had. The services were fantastic, and the prices were unbeatable. I'm not kidding, you gotta go. If you want great service, friendly people and great prices this is the place. I'm taking them back for Mothers day. Thanks Massage Spa, for being there!!! more

Amazing!!! 4/6/2011

Nicholas is the best! He was professional and courteous. I couldn't have imagined a more blissful experience! he even rubbed my feet :) also, you can't beat the prices. A M A Z I N G more

You get what you pay for- 3/16/2011

I had been looking forward to this day for 2 weeks. The web site is impressive, the price was nice, AND I could get all the services in which I was interested in one visit. Yay! Well, not so much. \r \r The good stuff: clean, nice decor, pleasant people, Don- massage therapist was AWESOME! Also, very comfortable lounge for waiting between procedures and it's very affordable. That said- you get what you pay for-\r \r The bad stuff:\r Massage- the music had LOTS of skips, the walls are thin and I could here EVERYONE's conversations in the next room. It was VERY distracting. They turn down the lights and play the music and it starts out very relaxing; then suddenly someone bursts out laughing and talking, startling you out of your zen moment completely. Serious problem for people like myself who are there to RELAX. I left with and excellent massage but a so-so experience.\r \r Facial- the mini facial was about 30 minutes. Again, the same noise problem. The technician was very nice but didn't talk to me much- I suspect a language barrier as her accent was quite thick. She very quickly put various products on my face and scrubbed them back off again without a word of explanation. I have never had that happen with any procedure or treatment of any kind before. I am a nurse. EXPLAIN ALL PROCEDURES is one of the main parts of my job. I was suprized to have to ask what she was doing to me. She seemed to be frustrated with my questions, so I stopped asking. She slapped it on, washed it off, and declared me done. I felt stickey and washed my face in the bathroom before the pedicure from heck. It wasn't the worst I've had, so it can't be from hell, but...\r \r the pedicure- let me start by saying the tech was quite pleasant and a US native- no language barrier. There was an elderly lady there getting a mani as I was escorted in- would I mind sitting in the massage chair and soaking while she finished? Of course not- pedicure afficianados live for the ""wait your turn"" massage chair time. Well- no product (soaking salts) was added to the water- just hot water- very drying. Next- forget any sort of zen relaxation experience- too much talking by the lady (not the spa's fault) and the VERY loud sounds from the tv in the employee break room next door (very much the spa's fault) makes that impossible. Next, she went from the lady to me without washing her hands- yuck. Next, her equipment was all stuffed down into this little sewing box looking thing that was dirty and stained. All her oinments, unquents, and creams were in large containers with the lids haphazardly on and looking none too clean. The tools -only one set in my line of vision- were stuck down in this box in a glass of blue fluid. The container had a wide open top- no way to prevent anything that didn't belong from getting in and contaminating the fluid that was supposedly keeping the tools clean. She did the entire pedicure with bare hands adorned with many rings. I am a nurse and used to a MUCH higher standard of cleanliness- one I got at my usual pedicure establishment. Lastly, the actual pedicure part was good as far and cleaning and shaping my nails- nice job, not too short or too long, and no pain. The paint job just plain sucked, though. I actually went and had it redone at my regular salon later on. It was billed at a ""delux spa pedicure"". It was NOT. The only thing different than the $20 basic pedi anywhere else was a little sugar rub- not even a hot towel was involved and they charge $45 for this! \r \r So- If you want a good massage and are not particular about the ""zen"" quality, go and ask for Don. If you want a facial, try something other than the mini and hope you get someone who speaks enough of your language to be at least basically conversational. Do NOT get a pedicure or manicure here. If I don't have fungus growing inside a week, it will only be because I took good care of my feet to start with!\r \r more

COMPLETELY MORTIFIED 3/6/2011

So I like to give everybody a fair shot. Here is what happened to me. From the outside, the massage spa does look sort of shady, but as soon as you enter, it has a beautiful interior. they have you relax in the lounge which is actually really nice and i noticed that there were a lot of regulars in the waiting area that knew all of the therapists. me and my boyfriend were on vacation and decided to get a couples massage. i asked the receptionist to put him with a female therapist, and i didnt really have a preference. so our therapists, lauren and miko, introduce themselves to us and take us into the couples room where the beds are maybe 5 feet or so away from each other. they do all the procedure consultations and leave the rooms for us to get ready and lay face down on the beds. about 10 minutes into my massage, my male therapist whispers into my ear that he likes me. at that moment, i had no idea what to do and never felt more disgusted and violated in my life. here is this man rubbing my back, and hes being inappropriate 5 feet away from my boyfriend!?? i couldnt even think straight after that, had zero relaxation because i could think about nothing except causing a scene and running out of the building. i didnt do that, ONLY because i was afraid of what my boyfriend would have done to him, but i never felt so gross in my life. i notified the receptionist what had happened, and she assured me the owner would call me that same day. hours later i still hadnt heard from them so i called them... the same receptionist answered and told me that she had told them the story and gave my name and number to them and that they would be in contact the following day, latest wednesday. i gave them the benefit of the doubt thinking, ""ok so they just hired one creepy employee, it cant all be that bad"", but the fact that 3 days has gone by and they dont care enough about their business to make a phone call to avoid me spreading a bad reputation about them, has really rubbed me the wrong way. i went there for a weekend trip, and i frequent the area often, but i most certainly, after the disreguard for a paying customers experience, will never be back. and ill be sure to tell everyone of my story so they are aware of the type of people that are running this facility. more

Didn't even get a chance to be a customer 2/21/2011

I just called to make an apt, and was so disgusted with the attitude of the lady answering the phone that I hung up. For a place that is supposed to have a relaxing atmosphere I was very disappointed! more

I LOVE MY FACIALS TOO AT THE MASSAGE SPA 8/17/2010

I have been experiencing the massage spa since they opened 3 years ago. i drive an hour to get there. they are always improving and growing indoors and out. helena has another way of doing manicures that last and last. sue, laura and horiko are my fave therapists. since my cancer surgery in feb. all of them have gone out of their way to help me recover. ffhey set up the table for me so that i can enjoy the health benefits without hurting my body. the owners are specially polite and go out of their way to make sure that i have privacy and plenty of liquids, yes sometimes, champagne too. lol yea MASSAGE SPA!!!!! more

Skip the nail ""spa"" 6/30/2010

The nail services were a huge disappointment. The prices were not unreasonable, considering the environment. However, when you have to completely redo $55 worth of French applications, the whole experience seems like a big waste of money. \r \r The tips are hardly ""tips"". They take up 1/3 of my nails, and none go to the edges. You can walk into a strip mall salon and get much better attention to detail. What makes me really question whether these ladies have any training as nail techs is the quick-dry coat they dripped all over the toes at the end. I have never had really bad French manis/pedis before, so I wasn't questioning... but this lady had no idea that dripping bright pink quick-dry liquid all over a French polish would ruin it! I kept thinking it would dry and disappear. But, no, I now have terrible nails, with reddish streaks. After flushing the time to be there, the time I'm about to spend redoing my nails, and the money, I cannot see ever returning. Don't waste your time and money! Pros: They still have good massages Cons: Nail services a waste of money! more

No cutomer service! 3/4/2010

I used to go to this spa when a great Massage Therapist(MT) was working there. When the MT left the spa I asked for a MT that would be similar to the las t MT. I was told that all of our MT are able to do that type(deep tissue) of massage. But they all have a different style. I wasn't satisfied with the massage so I called to express my dislike for the massage. The owner at first responded ""I can help you"" when I asked for the owner. She didn't tell me she was the owner. Until I told her I didn't like the was this was being handled. The owner did NOT ask what she could do to make it up to me that just the way it is. Then the owner hung up on me! more

Nothing better in U.S. or Canada 3/1/2010

The Massage Spa has fantastic hours (8 am to 10 pm) every day. The therapists are highly skilled, friendly & offer so many different types of work that almost any problem you might experience can be addressed. I go daily (yes, I really do!) and it has made the difference between being in a wheelchair and walking freely. I can't rate them higher than 5 stars, or I would! Go there. You won't regret it! Pros: Outstanding therapists/Inexpensive/Top quality more

OMG!!! They just keep getting better and better 1/14/2010

I have always loved this place. And just when I thought, how can it get better?! The have added soooo many more services. Facials, Manicures, Pedicures, Outside cabana massages on a beautiful deck, with an awsome mural. Such a down to earth staff, that is knowledgable, professional, elegent, yet affordable and the least not pretenious. Really go see for yourself!!! Pros: More services, more room, outside deck more

TERRIBLE! 8/5/2009

Nothing about this place is acceptable. They sell dollar store products and up the price. Don't believe me go take a look at the tags. Noisy people and even the owners are talking garbage about their own people. I overheard a conversation while I was getting a massage. The products they use are as cheap as can be and left me feeling itchy and scratchy the rest of the evening. The decoration is hideous. Pictures of horses and my room had the same picture in it TWICE. NOT a very inviting place. They try to get you in with the 35.00 price and then upsell upsell upsell. I will NEVER go back here. Dirty and in a very bad part of twon. One person told me that several of the workers there had their cars broken into and one was even stolen from their back lot. My friend went in for a job interview and the girl at the front desk ACTUALLY told her to run and said management was awful...lol... I hope she took the girl's advice. Pros: cheap price for cheap therapists Cons: owners...deco...product...high turnover...noisy more

FANTASTIC & RELAXING 7/30/2009

Just recently we had a girls night out and decided we all wanted to go for a massage. Knowing that it was going to be SUnday we thought we wouldnt fina anyplace open. To our surprise we came across The Massage Spa, we were a bit skeptical because the prices were so reasonable but we booked anyway. We arrived to be greeted by professionals, we filled out our paperwork and were immediately escorted to our rooms. It was THE most fantastic, relaxing, rejuvinating massage I have EVER recieved! I HIGHLY reccomed this place and they are open 7 days a week from 8am to 10pm. You will NOT be disappointed, the staff is fantastic and knowledgable and I swear they have magic hands! I am booking a massage for my husbands birthday and I am making this a regular routine since I do have neck issues it seems to help with the headaches I get. I havent had one for a week now since the massage! \r Give this place a try, I promise you you will be returning and referring others too!\r THANK YOU MASSAGE SPA! Pros: Best prices and services Cons: none known! more
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Editorial
  • The Massage Spa offers folks a relaxing retreat where they can choose from a variety of invigorating massage treatments to restore energy.

  • 3/11/2008 Provided by Citysearch
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