Hanbang Health Center — Local services in San Leandro

Very clean and looks recently updated; the facilities are very modern. The hot tub area is relatively small for women (maybe 6 good friends?), sauna and steam room bigger and could hold more people. I got the exfoliating scrub and massage, and it was MUCH needed and very relaxing. The person performing the service (Tina) was very thorough and would ask about how much pressure I wanted during the massage and if I was doing alright. It got to the point where I was drifting in and out of sleep and time felt infinite. Such a good feeling. My only gripe would be that at some point, the music changed from ambient sounds to Mariah Carey Christmas and general Christmas music and it wasn’t relaxing at all. Luckily this shouldn’t happen most of the year. I wish the locker room served corn or barley tea in addition to water, but not mad about it. Please check out the different stone rooms, I loved reading in there. I would definitely...

Not worth the $40 entrance fee. You get a very small towel and one medium sized towel. Swimsuits are required for men only, very discriminatory. The swimsuit rule doesn't make much sense, especially when you are trying to take a shower when leaving. They don't provide plastic bags to take your wet trunks home in or a machine that rings the water out. Not an authentic Korean spa experience, the mens area is very basic and no tea is provided. Better to go to Imperial Spa or Kabuki in the city. Will not...

This place is AMAZING! I've been coming here for years, but last night I had my first massage and scrub. You need to get the masseuse named Sona. She is EXCELLENT. Super strong and soft hands, found all my knots on my neck and back. I went for the 80 min package for $100 and it felt like 2 hours. She even went above and beyond and washed my hair, which was not in the package. Amazing experience. I slept so well that night! This place also recently remodeled, so it's very...