The buzz: Alongside a busy highway and above a Korean BBQ restaurant is not exactly where you’d expect to find a spa, yet here g.spa sits on Geylang’s main thoroughfare. On the second floor of a large building, g.spa takes up a huge space and offers guests and members a quiet haven away from the bustle.
The vibe: Once you’re inside, you find a quiet, subdued and frankly huge spa. The decor is Roman amphitheater meets Vegas casino—think sandstone columns, mosaic pools, beach cabana juice huts and indoor plastic palm trees. The lighting is dark, the voices are hushed and the mood is chilled and quiet (which makes it very easy to lose track of time and just how long you’ve spent there). Sound suspicious? Don’t worry: the space, separated into men’s and women’s zones, including the pools, saunas, change areas and treatment rooms.
The goods: What makes g.spa different is their stay-all-day spa entry ($148), which comes with free-flow food and (non-alcoholic) drinks, a 60-minute massage and full use of the facilities. Popular with ladies’ groups and travelers on their way to the airport, the stay-all-day entry can be supplemented with treatments (all the usuals like massages from $88, reflexology from $62 and body scrubs from $52), or you can just use the pools and saunas or chill in a personal TV entertainment pod.
Why you’ll be back: It’s a cool, unusual choice for when you have a full day off to indulge at the spa with friends, or just want to get away from it all for a few hours of me time.
