I recently spent an incredible day with a team of amazing women dedicated to making me feel like royalty. Starting with Lana, who greeted me and presented me a lunch menu to choose from before leading me into one of the spa's multiple rooms to change into my take home slippers and plush robe for the day, to Chung, who gave me a luxury manicure-pedicure (including fabulous massage chairs while soaking), to Becky the gifted esthetician who administered a facial peel that made my tired skin feel alive again while I dozed with my feet up in a heated bed, to Virginia, whose invigorating massage touched every sore spot and smoothed every gathered tension, they oozed professionalism and made me feel like an honored princess. I'd expected to be bored, but the day -- which started at 9:30 and ended at 2:30, just flew by -- I barely got through two pages of the book I'd brought. Lunch, delivered in from Murphy's Deli next door, was healthy and scrumptious (I selected a Greek salad, which was generous enough for two). Everyone was on time even though the spa was a pleasant bustle of activity. In fact, they seem to have managed the art of time management so superbly it made me wonder why doctors and vets can't do the same!
I highly recommend Urban Retreat for anyone who insists on the best ... The fact that most of the staff have been there for more than five years, some for 10 or 12 and one for 16 years (Becky - who still has regular customers from the early days and drives an hour or more a day to get to work from Deer Park) speaks volumes for the management of this very special spa. I look forward to my next visit to Houston, which will no doubt include another Urban Retreat reprieve.
Pros: Fabulous facial, massage, mani-ped - with lunch!
Cons: I don't live in Houston!
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