| I went about three weekends ago and I'd say I have mixed feelings on the place. Some good and some not so good points. It's quite small inside, way smaller than the impression the pictures give, and is on three levels with a creaky (and slightly slippery!) staircase connecting them.
On the plus side, the Jacuzzi is very nice. It only holds about five comfortably (six at a squeeze), but was very enjoyable to use. The steam room and sauna are good too. The playrooms are not too bad, comfort-wise, but are really dark and could badly use a change/update in decor.
On the not so good side, the showers could do with a plumbing overhaul, with both water flow and temperature fluctuations beyond user control. The kitchen looked pretty unclean and the downstairs waiting area looked more like the waiting area in a GP surgery. The locker area to get changed is pretty tiny as well. You pretty much have to wait if there are more than two people already in there.
The larger playroom upstairs shows porn on a big screen, but it was the more plastic 'she's clearly only doing it for the money' type all night. Pretty much everyone who was there at the time, including a mixture of couples and single guys, were fairly turned off by it and commenting on this.
I didn't include a massage in my entry fee. Apparently it only costs £10 if you book it at the time you enter, but, of course, they don't tell you that at the time. Otherwise it's £35 or in that region.
Make sure you take cash as cards are not accepted. The place next door has a cash machine which charges you for withdrawals.
I understand it's being closed at the end of July for a month so they can do a refurbishment. I'm glad to hear that and may give it another go when it re-opens. Hopefully it's more than just a cursory lick of paint.
Overall, I don't regret going and I enjoyed most of the facilities as well as chatting to some nice couples - one particularly nice couple at the end of my night, who I wished I hadn't been so shy with - but I'll probably only go back to see if it has improved after the refurb. If it hasn't, I doubt I'll bother again.
Date: 8 July 2018
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