Spa Infinity @ Far East Shopping Centre (Orchard)
I have always loved going for massages. They say, humans generally like touches, and who wouldn’t love being served like a VIP?
Massages to me, have many uses, such as sports massage when you went for a intense gym workout, or a relaxing massage, when you just have too much on your mind and you just want to destress for that 1 hour.
Other than Refresh Day Spa, one of the few spa places I really liked is Spa Infinity. While they are a little bit more pricey than Refresh, they are generally considered a full facilities spa. That is, besides just massage rooms, they have a full range of facilities. There are less than 5 of such spas in Singapore that I know of.. Do you know of any?
Located at the basement of Far East Shopping Centre, getting to the entrance is sort of a quirk. You actually have to go to the basement level, exit the mall into the car park area, and across you would see the Spa entrance.
However, once you enter the spa, it’s a totally different environment. Nice dim lighting, soothing atmosphere, and friendly staff definitely brings your mood at ease. After exchanging your identity and signing in, you get a locker key.
Going to the changing room, you can see the difference between a typical massage place. There’s rows of lockers, a sauna, a steam room and even a jacuzzi! I would suggest even going 1 hour earlier than your specified massage timing, just to use the facilities. I suppose soaking in the jacuzzi before an oil massage would help open up the pores?
After that, you go out to the lounge area to wait for your locker number to be called. There’s a little cafe where you can get some bites, or even a TV lounge area with some plush recliner chairs for you to sink into. The massage itself wasn’t that great though. A typical sized treatment room, decent quality towels and oil. In general, I do find Refresh having better therapist though, but they do compete in different market segment, so you can’t compare.
After a nice soothing massage, you get a nice cup of ginger tea, and you can spend yet another 30 minutes to 1 hour just chilling in the lounge area.
In a way, Spa Infinity does what it says it does. It is a fantastic place to just chill the afternoons away. Easily spending 2-3 hours there, it’s definitely a good break if you’re out shopping at Orchard Road!
