Bliss Soho is the perfect example of a place that you feel better about going to if you have a gift certificate (it looks so great in its cute blue & white wrapping) than if you paid for it yourself. Note to bosses: this is a great gift - your employee will know you splurged on him/her.
I didn't have a bad time at Bliss - I loved my little brownie and had a great conversation with the woman giving me my manicure - but it was nothing extraordinary. All name, no game. I did feel a bit of a product push, but that seems to be how it is across the boards at spas these days.
At least now they have a sign outside (the first time I went there, I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out if I wrote the address down correctly).
I have not been to the other Bliss spas in the city, so I am not sure how they compare.
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