brc day spa & sauna resort

I thought I was going to a day spa. This was more like a men's European bath house. I bought a groupon and went one evening with my husband. He was grossed out immediately. I was willing to give it a try. The staff either did not speak English or were not interested in explaining anything that I asked. We were a bit disoriented. Weird #1. Spa is below ground, and convoluted layout. You change into your bathing suits in a locker room and then pass through a restaurant crowded with groups of men, 6-10 at a table, all sweaty and wearing bathing suits with towels on their heads, drinking beer, in order to get into the spa area. Weird #2. Hot tub was icky with dirty foam. Didn't go into it. Pool was nice. Seemed clean, but only a few lounges located around the perimeter, facing sideways, single file, so my hubby and I could not sit together. Weird #3. Variety of saunas were cool. One was like sitting inside a steeping pot of tea, with bunches of leaves all around, but it was hard to enjoy anything because everything seemed like it was coated in giant pools of man sweat to me. The menu looked good, but I was too grossed out to eat anything. If my husband was not with me, I would have not been there longer than 3 minutes. If I had not been with my husband, he would have not even gone in at all.

I love this place. Usually visit it with my wife. 3-4 hours of hot saunas, pool, steam room. Very good tea with honey.

The place is clean and well kept. You can choose between aroma bath, wet bath, steam bath. You can relax with European massage, or have purifying scrubbing massage. You can enjoy Russian style meals which are delicious. It's a friends and family place where you feel comfortable.The prices are $$$, but once in a while it's worth to pamper yourself.

The guy at the front desk is rude and unhelpful. He forgot the food and drink orders we placed like 3 times. The place is nice and clean but the saunas are ridiculously hot and all the services are very expensive.

Dirty, crowded and nasty people. Treatment room was cold. There is less than zero customer service. I was charged for a service I never received and I was so afraid to say anything I just paid and shut up. It was full of rude creepy patrons who were loud and obnoxious and I was never so happy to leave a place in my life.

I have been to many spas in my life, but have to say this one was the absolute worst experience EVER. This was for my husband and I for an anniversary outing. From the time I entered, we were asked to keep our personal items at the front desk in a security box (instead of the locker provided in the changing rooms) and then was told that the price of our services do not include the pool and saunas (which was the reason I purchased the voucher as I remembered seeing it online a couple weeks ago). You do not get a warm welcome at this spa. The pool was too cold to use. The saunas, although they have many that they advertise to be different temps, were all very hot (to the point of only being able to stay in a very short time). The Jacuzzi was the highlight; however, and kept at a reasonable temp. We purchase food while waiting for our services which was not good at all. We purchased the scrub and massage service. Oh MY! What a disaster. I was ok with the lack of privacy on the scrub table having more scrubbed than some women may be comfortable with. The scrub was so painful to begin with (although I have to say my skin stayed soft for days after removing all those layers of skin). The massage was painful and must have asked her about 10 times to lighten it up. Each time I asked, the woman just chuckled and kept going. I couldn't wait for it to be over and was so tempted to jump off the table. I was sore for 2 days after the massage. Relaxing? NO Stress-free? NO Enjoyable? NO WAY! There would never be a reason for me to even consider going back.

We made our semi-annual pilgrimage to Saunas, or they are called Banya, this past weekend.It received a pleasant face lift after a fire from several months back. Now, it has real chairs and tables, where in the past, it was all cheap plastic.Locker Rooms are large and clean with just enough changing benches. Toilets and showers are clean too. All Sauna rooms are specious, clean and well heated.Ample public showers is a nice thing when you come out all sweaty and need to wash off all your sweat.Personnel is friendly and accommodating. Fresh towels are always available.Bar sells large cups of herbal teas that are fairly priced. Freshly squeezed juice bar is on hand.Food menu is good, with plenty to choose from. Taste is a different story. Below par, as far as taste is concerned. Unfortunate.Place has a Relaxation Room with heated floor. The only thing is that its door is not capable of cancelling out all the noise from the main area.Overall, this place is worth visiting, as long as you now its caveats.