Spent yesterday at the Spa with 4 friends in celebration of a birthday. We wanted to treat the birthday girl, a hard-working mama, to a day of relaxation and luxury. Unfortunately, a particular instance of poor communication and inadequate service kinda put a damper on our day.
The good: We booked massage/facial/lunch packages, and started out our day with amazing treatments (facials, massage, & a manicure). All of our services and the lovely people who took care of us were wonderful. If this review were on the treatment alone, it would have been five stars, but...
The bad: In a euforia after our treatments, we headed to the pool to continue lounging and eager for a bite to eat. We placed our lunch order with the bartender/server and continued to enjoy each others company. It was a Sunday about midday and the pool area was not too busy, yet after a half hour the food had not come out yet. When the server brought us a round of drinks she mentioned it should be up any minute.
The ugly: After another 30 minutes, I walked over to the bar to let her know an ENTIRE HOUR had passed since we ordered our food. She let me know that they share the kitchen with the restaurant, and were running a bit behind that day. After another 20 minutes, the food finally came out, yet after all that waiting what we were served was COLD, SOGGY, and had probably been sitting for who knows how long.
We asked to speak to a manager, who apologized for the wait and offered to remake the food, but we were hungry and grumpy at that point, and needed to get going shortly. They did remove the cost of the food from our bill, but I think after such a negative experience where most of our day was spent waiting for cold lunch, simply not charging for sub-par food was bare minimum. 3 of us work or have worked in hospitality, and are very understanding of delays. But there was really no effort made to communicate with us, and no small gestures of consideration made as a result of the delay.
Maybe only regulars and specific guests are deserving of the impeccable standard of service and quality this place is supposedly renowned for. I wouldn’t waste my time or money here again, despite the excellent treatments.