Spa Indrani

I've heard a lot about this spa and wanted to give it a go. I went to Starhill to check it out. See if the place is nice or not first, if not, then I might just pick something else.

Spa Indrani is located on the Pamper Level of Starhill. They have few other Spas there too. When I got there, Spa Indrani was closed. No one was there. It's a bit weird considering it was a Saturday. Shouldnt they be open at this time?

I called them up and was told that they had some major problem at the Spa and had to close it down for a day. I asked if they will be opened tomorrow and he said yes so I decided to make an appointment.

I didnt know what package to go for and the guy on the phone suggested to try the Hangover Package. According to the brochure, this package includes

Refreshing Mint Body Scrub
Eucalyptus Relaxing Foot Bath
Aromatherapy Massage
Head & Scalp Therapy
Indrani Refreshments

Sounds good!

On Sunday, I got a call from them telling me that due to the major problem that they had, the credit card machine is not functioning and they can only receive cash payments. I said ok.

I got there on time for my treatment. I was greeted by the therapist and I think she must have been Indonesian. I was directed to the treatment room. It looks alright, not like what I expected. Minimal decorations and quite a modern feel. The room was quite small.

My treatment started with 15 minutes session in the steam room. The steam room was a bit ‘funky’. One of those portable steam rooms with colourful lightings inside. Then I spent some time in the Hydrotherapy pool and then took a shower before going back to the treatment room.

Next was the massage. 1 half hours of aromatherapy massage. I must say I wasn’t quite impressed with the massage. The therapist had a flu and kept walking in and out of the room. She kept blowing her nose and that made me feel quite irritated. Massage wasn’t even that good. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either. She spent way too much time massaging my legs and not that long massaging my back. The pressure wasn’t that strong and she didn’t bother checking to see if the pressure was ok.
The music was quite loud too. Instead of playing soothing music, they had some jazzy R&B ish type of music playing. Don’t get me wrong, the music was good, part of the reason why I couldn’t fall asleep but it wasn’t very spa’ish kind of song if u know what I mean.

After the massage was the scrub. I think another therapist must have done the scrub for me. Scrub was ok but I wasn’t all that impressed either. Finally, to remove the scrub, I was again directed to the shower room. When I got back to the treatment room, the therapist gave me a foot bath and then the treatment was ok.

I must say I was a bit disappointment with this spa. The treatment wasn’t all that great and I didn’t enjoy my massage. Especially since she kept walking in and out of the room. I think she wasn’t feeling well or something.
Music was a bit distracting too.

After I got dressed and ready, the therapist waited outside and giggling and asked if it was ok to tip her! I mean, come on. What the hell is that? I couldn’t say no could I, so I gave her RM10.00! I didn’t even enjoy the treatment.

In the leaflet that I got, the price for the Hangover Package is RM388 but paid RM446.20 after tax and service charge and all that. Not really worth it I think. And they didn’t even serve refreshments! Even after the session in the steam room!

Im glad I gave this spa a shot but I don’t think I will be coming back.

If you wish to give it a go, here are the details:

Spa Indrani
S20 & 27 Pamper Level
Starhill Gallery
181 Jalan Bukit Bintang
KL

Tel: 2782 3868

Btw, their website www.spaindrani.com doesn’t work!