I first learned about JeJu Sauna from my women’s small group. One of our group members talked about how going “changed her life”. I’ve seen reviews online on Yelp and throughout the internet. I’ve heard other first hand reviews from friends. All positive words and reflections about the experience. So after spin class this past Friday, I decided to see what the hype was all about.
So the first thing that happened was I walked in and paid $25 and got a locker key on a bracelet with a number. Inside of the women’s locker room was an employee who gave me a tour of the entire spa. First, we looked at the bathing area. Which was nude and for women only. Fortunately, I was prepared based on what I’d heard and seen so the nudity was not a shock to me. Next we went out to tour the saunas. The tour ended back in the women’s area. The attendant then asked if it was my first time. I told her it was. She told me the area was all nude and mentioned that new people often had issues following that rule. And she handed me a towel to cover myself:
Yes, it was a hand towel. So quickly, I accepted that it would be best to just go nude. So I did. I showered, and tried the wet area for a while. Then got the body scrub, which I highly recommend! I didn’t know that you can workout there and go swimming. I tried the saunas. I enjoyed the charcoal room the most. The only thing I really regret is not staying longer. The spa is open 24/7 and you can spend the night. They also have free wifi. So it makes the price worth it to stay. But I was hungry, and I’ve heard negative things about the food there. So I left. I highly recommend going to JeJu and here are some tips to help you enjoy your visit:
Don’t take valuables – your stuff goes into a locker. But just like at the gym, I’d say leave your valuables at home or in the car. I brought my gym bag and purse, but I could have done without the purse. Just too much stuff to lock up in a public locker room. Also, I recommend not taking iPods or anything like that if you plan to sleep. They might walk.
Take your own soap – If you plan to go into the bath area take your own soap. I wish I’d taken my own face wash. I avoided using what they had. Looked like Safeguard though. They do have shampoo: Salon Selectives, if you want to wash your hair. I opted out of that.
Don’t go if you just got your hair done – Since you will get sweaty, I’d say skip coming with a fresh hair do. However, I saw several people with their hair wrapped with silk wraps or the hand towels they passed out. Some of the saunas make you sweat toxins out of your body and your hair won’t stay clean.
Don’t eat their food – Don’t eat the food. Period. Honestly, it didn’t look good at all. All the reviews are against it. So when I walked over to the food area I just couldn’t buy anything. You also shouldn’t sneak food in since they fine up to $100.
Be open – Don’t let the nudity bother you. I mean honestly, there were all kinds of people there. No one had the perfect body including me! Some people were slim, some were big, some in between and every single race. I even saw two kids. One little girl stared but she was the only person. I saw two children in the bathing area and they were both well behaved and respectful. Some people talk to you while they are naked, which didn’t bother me. But for the most part everyone is quiet and relaxed. A group of women brought more attention to themselves by carrying around colored towels (they brought from home) and being loud. So don’t make yourself stand out in a bad way, just go with the flow or stay in the unisex common area.
I definitely will be going back! I think it’s a great place for families. The unisex open area let’s you hang out together. I saw a few people there on dates and parents with kids. So it’s cool.
Have you heard about JeJu? Would you ever check it out?
Aaaah so you went!! haha Glad you enjoyed it. I want to try it out too… just the thought of going with a group freaked me out a bit. 😉
Wow! Sounds like fun! Glad you got to go! I’m going to go on my next free weekend. I will definitely stay the night! Do they have extra services that cost outside the $25?
Yea! I loved it. I’m glad I tried it by myself first. Made it more enjoyable and I will definitely go back.
Well the Jeju sauna is not going to get a good rating from us because of a recent incident there. In fact they do not deserved to be rated at all.
On a recent visit with four girlfriends recently we were in the middle of showering and one our girlfriends was rinsing out an undergarment when she was confronted by a spa worker who asked her not to use the bar soap to do this with – explaining other people use that soap – it was a bar of soap. Our friend explained that the bar soap was regularly used on skin-to-soap contact and that it stood more of a chance to become contaminated doing that. She also pointed out that there were no signs stating that undergarments not be rinsed out in the shower. She further suggested that Jeju consider supplying only liquid soap dispensers, or single use soap bars, like hotels and motels, which were overall safer when it comes to transferring contaminants. With that the employee left.
My girlfriend continued to shower when this employee came back and saw her still holding the undergarment in her hand in the shower. The Jeju employee became quite indignant and irritated and yelled at our friend who was only holding the undergarment for not wanting to lay them down on the shower floor. At this point she asked our friend to leave immediately, and the other three in the group (including me and a small child) were told to leave since we were all together.
Somewhere in all this Diane, the manager became involved. We did nothing to warrant this mistreatment by Jeju. Further, and the most disgusting part, security was called and a male security person by the name of Tony entered the locker room. I was nude as well as one of my friends! I asked him to leave that we were naked and he said I could not tell him where he could go. This was very humiliating to experience.
This whole disgusting event was totally uncalled for and highly embarrassing and stressful for all us attending. I am considering legal action. There was a purposeful invasion of privacy when the spa allowed a male to enter the locker room with naked females present. It was beyond embarrassing. We all paid for 24 hours and were told we would not get a refund. Diane was laughing when we left but believe me there was nothing to laugh at. I question her ability and skills to manage this establishment properly.
So if you want to possibly be humiliated beyond reason then go to this spa which is run by highly unreasonable people. This is not how we do business in America. We expect to be heard, and a modicum of respect. I wish everyone would protest this place and boycott participation in their business.
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