Riverside Medi Spa

A men-only medi spa where half a day passes easily. You can eat, get a massage and play screen golf, and the scrub service is done well. Non-guests can use it too, which is why it comes up often among people looking for a hotel-grade sauna in Seoul. The address is 6 Gangnam-daero 107-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul, and it runs 24 hours a day, year-round. Admission is 25,000 KRW in the daytime and 35,000 KRW at night, higher than a neighborhood bathhouse. A ticket-book coupon system operates alongside discount coupons refreshed monthly, and picking those up brings the effective price down considerably. Entry is limited to men. The bathing area is divided into an outdoor hinoki cypress bath, an event bath, a hot bath, a warm bath and a cold bath, and the cold water comes in two grades, cold and mild-cold, so the temperature step can be chosen. Saunas come in dry and wet versions. Guests generally describe the bath and sauna temperatures as satisfying, while some note that repairs to fittings such as showerheads can be slow. A relax zone sized for around 100 people, a lounge, a manual therapy zone, a restaurant, a seminar room and a screen golf bay make it better suited to a long stay than a quick soak. Seshin (Korean full-body scrub) is one of the things guests single out here.

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