Simmering in steaming water like a tasty morsel bathing in a shabu shabu pot, spa-goers seem immune to the frigid air and snow frosted lounge chairs. Welcome to InSpa World, a water-filled wonder world of saunas, scrubs, massages and Koreans. Yes, Koreans. Located in College Point Queens, this mega-spa is a Korean haven stuff with 5 floors of jacuzzis, soaking pools … there’s even a Korean BBQ restaurant on the top floor.
Best part — it’s only $30 to use all of the facilities! Usually, use of the outdoor pools means $20, but a seemingly never-ending special allows their use for free. Indoors find seven specially-themed sauna rooms, including the LED sauna room for color-therapy, the Gold sauna room plated with real gold and Salt sauna room with blocks of pure salt from the Himalayas. The indoor pool area is separated by sex and visitors must wear the spa uniform while using the facilities.
I can’t help but thinking that InSpa World is like the Disneyworld version of a Japanese onsen. And apparently it harbors some of the same issues as an amusement park, getting very crowded and noisy on the weekends. But if you’re looking for peace and you got the dough for a more ambient spa, why would you make the journey out to Queens in the first place?
InSpa World is located way the hell out in Queens. Click here for directions. Don’t forget to bring your bathing suit as it is required in some of the pools and saunas.
hey!
i love inspa too!
i got lots of admission passes,
u may know that the price went up, $45 on weekends…
if u are interested in going, i can get you as many as you need for $10 dollars less…
karin,
you could reach me at
eltiodeny at yahoo. com
Hi,
I booked a day for me, my mom and my sister to go the spa before my sister’s wedding, and the experience was terrible!
The service there is very rude, they overcharge for everything… for example, the food is SO expensive, and then they ask you rudely to return your plates instead of hiring someone to do that considering how expensive everything is.
Also, the spa services are terrible! Don’t even go there… they burnt my sister’s skin (the bride!) trying to wax her, and lied that they could do extraction of black spots in a facial when all they could do was put a mask on my face and that for $150!!!
This place is outrageous! We went because we saw the promotional report on WABC… they must have paid that reporter to report it so positively.
Very sad!