I love it when I'm surprised. I love it when I have mediocre expectations and things go way better that what I had put them together in my brain. LeCure at the Beverly Hills Plaza hotel is a prime example of one of these few and far between occurrences.
I purchased a "daily deal" on TravelZoo for an 80 minute massage, 15 min body scrub, fruit smoothy and complimentary valet parking for $99 which seemed like a steal and too good to be true in Beverly Hills but I thought "what the hell, why not"? Worst case scenario, I would have a lot to write about.
I pulled up to the hotel and was immediately greeted by the valet who was incredibly friendly and helpful in directing me to the spa. The lobby of the hotel was elegant and filled with sunlight, the spa is on the upper level so I head up per the direction of the valet. The entrance to LeCure is small and unassuming and there is someone there to greet me the second I walk in. They welcomed me by name and lead me to the ladies lounge, gave me my locker and said someone would be back to get me in a few minutes. The lounge was very nice, nothing over the top but nice and clean but perhaps the best feature was that I had the entire place to myself! I changed quickly and my therapist was there in minutes to get me.
Let me start by saying that I'm a massage snob. I've had great ones and terrible ones and everything in between so I feel qualified to tell you that my massage was very good. The therapist was personable and professional, he asked often how the pressure was and he spent a lot of time of my back which is always a positive. I hate it when therapists don't spend enough time on your back, that's the area that everyone complains about, right? He also incorporated a body scrub which was great and I loved how they did it. For me (my best friend and business partner disagrees) as much as I love body scrubs I hate the showering off part. For me it breaks up the relaxation and I just don't like it so I tend to stay away from them but this time was different. My therapist performed the scrub and then used warm damp towels to remove all of the product, I was thrilled! This also proved my theory that the typical shower part of the service was unnecessary.
Now that my services are complete I was escorted with some filtered water back to the lounge and greeted with my fresh, vegan smoothly! I still had the lounge to myself to change and drink my smoothy and was pleasantly surprised at my positive experience. As I left, the front desk staff chatted with me and was very friendly and mentioned that a lot of people love the small and personal style of the spa because they know they can escape and often times have the space to themselves. As I walked out I waved and told her that I would be back again and that I would tell my friends...and I meant it.
