露露 Lulu Relax Day Spa — Attraction in San Gabriel

Let me Set the scene for you...I am a Mother of a 3 month old fussy baby who demands to be taken out daily for entertainment or else she cries for hours and hours being bored at home, I have a back injury from 2012 that has left me with chronic pain, i have arthritis at the ripe age of 26, My back hurts daily!

Past week i have been in more pain than i have ever been in due to carrying my baby all day and arthritis. I made an appointment for 6pm on 4/8/2016 and scheduled other appointments at other places too but my phone died before i can call LuLus back to cancel. I called later and scheduled a 7PM massage and the Male manager was kind enough to remember who i was and reschedule anyway. Here is my Experience: My masseuse's name was SKY! Now he is what i can best describe as the asian boy band innocent member look lol a really cute looking guy with glasses and longish hair. I was pulled into a room by 7:11pm after i saw him finish with his previous client. No breaks for him i was surprised but he led me into a room early and told me to strip my shirt off and lay face down on table. I had told the manager guy earlier as i was waiting about my back issues and asked for a 90 min. Back only massage and he said no problem. He asked me about hot stones and if i had tried them before. I have sensitive to temperature skin so i was kinda iffy on it. I imagined lava hot stones just placed on your back like the pictures always show. When i explained my concern he told me that we can try the stones first and if i didnt like it then they would stop and no charge. I thought to myself "wow no other place has offered that before with out charge" So back to my story....Sky was really incredible i mean seriously incredible! I told him where my problems are and that i needed a good strong massage. He gave me exactly what i asked for!! It hurt me a lot when he passed over certain areas and i know i will get bruises but i bruise like a banana so it doesn't bother me one bit if i do get a bruise. After all i did ask for hard so it is to be expected. He kept asking if it was ok and if i wanted softer. Every sensor in my brain wanted to yell softer but i didn't because every time his fingers released their hold my body felt this amazing sensation! So i endured the wonderfully hard massage just like i asked for. My body started to get sore after a while and certain points really hurt so badly so i finally gave in and requested a little softer and he did just that. Unlike most masseuses who go from level 10 hard massage to level 2 soft when you complain he just slowly released him almighty grip little by little till i was satisfied with the pressure. LOVED IT!! At one point he got on the table and well practically sat above my head (but not on my head) so he can get a good angle to crack my spine. It felt amazing guys OMG! i felt so bad though because once he reached my mid spine i jerked my head up a little and nailed his gonads lol i felt bad and said sorry but he didnt seem phased haha. Sorry Sky again! He now asked if i still wanted to try the hot stones so i said yeah why not. He left the room for like 3 min to get prepped. I was kinda scared of the experience i would get. He sat the stones in a bucket in front of me and let me feel them for myself. They were on the hotter side but not lava hot so i let him try. I was expecting him to just lay them on my spine like the pictures show everywhere....Now i do not know how it normally works but he grabbed 2 stones and started to rub them into the oil that was on my back. It felt so good the heat just grazing my whole back and not just one spot! He asked me if i wanted to continue or stop the stone treatment and i enjoyed it so much i added it to my bill. My 90 min back only massage turned into a 2 hour back massage with a mini head massage at no extra $. I paid $65 for a full back massage and hot stone. i gave a $10 tip and a yelp review. BOOK YOUR...

They have only been open for 4 months and anticipate to stay there for 1 year, from the looks of it I think they might stay longer from all these rave reviews! On mother's day i was looking for a place to take my mommy after lunch and handy dandy yelp gave me this place! WOAH almost at 5 star reviews all the way through...that's impressive with any asian foot massage places around town!

They greet you with not a cup of tea or water but actual bottles of water or tea?! There rooms are incredibly dark which literally forces you to fall asleep and relax! They even offer you different flavors from Milk, Rose, ginger, ginseng and more for the smell of the foot massage!

My sisters and I got the foot massage and we gave my mommy the body massage. Though the massage themselves were ehhh..mine actually gave me a mean ol' back ache the next day (this never happens when the therapist is good) and my mom said her lady lacked strength and has only been doing this for less than a year!?

Even with the massage being not so good..I appreciated the customer service and the length they took to make you feel special...

Overall it was OK, probably one of the nicer/cleaner Chinese massage places but has a lot of the same issues. Massage isn't relaxing or really that good. I wish I could give myself a massage (hey... I took a class) because i prefer the ones that have deep consistent pressure and really allow good time to focus on problem areas. The Chinese massages just seem to be quick, hit all the places, and push hard on some spots. And any massage that doesn't ask, how's the pressure or any problem areas, isn't really going to be that good. I probably would come back but would lower my expectations. This one had great yelp reviews but don't think it's really going to compete with any of the nicer American places, however, I won't stop trying to find one that would! The...