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The place is beautiful to start, smelled great when you walk in, although it is kinda in a weird neighborhood, someplace you wouldn't picture a place like this being. I had gone to the Chicago area to visit my son and as a early birthday surprise he sent myself and my cousin to Aire for a 2 hour pool session and added a half hour massage. I slept deeper than I had in months after a morning here. Trust the curation of the experience, which intentionally gets you in low light, listening to soft music, and simply experiencing what’s around you for enough time that you feel relaxed but not too much that you feel antsy. I’m a huge fan of bath culture-type spas, locally and around the world, and will start adding this one into the mix. Have cash on hand for tipping (the locker room attendant was phenomenal). The check-in process involves multiple steps and tours, but this may only be necessary for your first time. Don’t hesitate to bring and whip out a handy pair of those little foam earplugs if need be.
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I didn’t run into too much noise, but have in similar environments. If you’re solo, just enjoy the benefit of being able to move completely at your own pace and enjoy some peace and quiet.
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So it was a bit couple-y, but my visit was right around Valentine’s Day. Natural physical distancing and quiet is best with 1-2 people dispersed throughout each pool/room at a time. I recommend either going alone or with one other person, unless you split your group up. Because of this, it’s easy to stay in the water and drift longer than you might with hotter pools/rooms. None of the baths or steam rooms are too-too hot. And you can get a little exfoliating in with the huge pile of salt provided for the purpose. Salt water bath is neat too, you can float like in the Dead Sea. That’s definitely a highlight, though watch out for falling snow on the right side (facing the waterfall)! Others have mentioned the indoor/outdoor bath. You really feel like you are in with the meditative music playing and moving slowly from bath to bath at your own pace. The space is stunning (all candlelit, brick, arches, urns). Went to Aire Ancient Baths for the first time.
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The rest of the staff and facilities were great, but unfortunately the above was a real let down, and I have to say would stop me from recommending anyone get services at the spa, as you will pay more for them, but won't really get more in terms of that full experience you are meant to have in what you would call the 'main' facility, which is the whole reason why you go there vs a traditional massage studio. Just that they would fix it for future guests. Upon hearing this, my expectation was that they would offer some kind of compensation (%/$ off a future visit, or something like that) - but nothing was said. When I left, I relayed the above about my massage and how cold the room was to the front desk staff. Needless to say, even though the massage itself was great, the 'relaxation' experience as a whole was not, as I could not fully relax. I was so cold that I had to tuck my hands underneath me to get warm. I alerted my massueuse of this fact as soon as my massage started, but she said that all she could do was to cover me in an extra towel. I was freezing cold for the entire experience. 30 mins is half of the time I should have had, and given they charge a premium for the massage + 'the experience', 30 mins is not enough to really do anything at all.Ģ) the room my massage was in was freezing. Once I got out of my massage, I was told I had 30 mins to experience the rest of the spa.
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Within 5 minutes I was called for my massage. As soon as I was allowed through (which was at about 8.20) I changed quickly and headed downstairs. I arrived promptly at 8am for my appointment. So one would think that you would get a total of 60 mins to enjoy the general areas of the spa. It details that the 60 minute massage and baths experience is a 120 minute experience. I attended the Chicago location this morning, and upon re-reading the details of the experience I should have had, there are a few things that Aire really need to look at.ġ) My first issue was the length of time I was allowed to use the facilities following my massage. In this case, they were addressed with sincerity and thoroughness, as well as proof points of what they are putting in place to make sure this does not happen in future. So it is all about how they address them. No business is going to be perfect 100% of the time, and mistakes happen. That is because of the swift and thorough follow up I received from the manager at the facility, and the honesty and care with which she responded to my concerns. Since writing the below, I have changed my review from average to very good.