My fiance had purchased me a spa gift certificate and I was so excited to use it to kick-start my beauty-regimen for my upcoming wedding. I have been coming to Mario Tricoci since I was a kid so it o... Read More
My fiance had purchased me a spa gift certificate and I was so excited to use it to kick-start my beauty-regimen for my upcoming wedding. I have been coming to Mario Tricoci since I was a kid so it only made sense that I would pay a little bit extra to have my services here! Until my experience last week - WOW has Mario's really gone down.I changed into my robe and slippers and was very cozy and was feeling relaxed - I arrived 30 minutes early to settle in and enjoy the spa waiting room but was a little turned off when Dorthy took me 10 minutes late. I thought, no big deal - these things happen! But then all the little things began to add up. I got in the room and was immediately greeted with "sign this waiver". Apparently you have to sign a waiver before your service which is standard, but I felt like this should have been given to me in the waiting room rather than wasting time out of my facial plus feeling rushed to sign something that I don't have a lot of time to read. It was a turn off, but I let that slide too. Once I got on the table Dorothy asked me what I was looking to improve and I just said a general facial, brightened skin - just the usual to kick start my routine as I don't have any acne problems or any real problems with my skin. She goes "OK, I do Oxygen Facial on you - $145.".. I am used to spas trying to upgrade you so I kindly said that my fiance had booked my services and I really wasn't looking for anything too intense, just the basic facial is fine for today.She tries again......"OK I'll do x facial, $25 more, you'll pay extra", and I said again, no...that's ok. I'll stick with what I have. For her third remark, she goes "Basic, basic, why you want so basic? You need x facial to see results. We do this." I say no - again and feel insulted. So my basic $100 facial doesn't give me results, why am I getting it then? I have had many of the regular facials with extractions that have shown wonderful results. At this point, I was not even close to relaxed and almost walked out of the room. I get your upsell methods but don't ask me over and over again and then make me feel cheap for not upgrading. As she was doing the extractions, she did about 10 of them - that was the part I was wanting the most. They HURT, and believe me, I used to work at a spa and they never hurt like she was hurting. She goes "see, its hard to do extractions with this type of facial, you need to upgrade". As if that experience wasn't bad enough, I look at my watch and the facial ends at 2:55. Please note that she called me into the room at 2:10, by the time I was finished signing the waiver and getting under the covers it was close to 2:20. Did I really just pay for a 35 Minute massage?I go back into the spa room to wait for my massage, wanting to walk out because I was anything but relaxed and wanted to speak with someone but was in a robe. I had scheduled the massage for "immediately following the facial" but waited 30 minutes. I had to walk to the front of the reception desk in my robe and slippers to ask if they had forgot about me because I had a reservation scheduled after my spa services. She gave me some rude comment and said that it the way I scheduled it. I didn't. As a side comment, I I had to go to the bathroom very badly so I am waiting for in front of the one person bathroom stall, after 2 minutes I knock and nothing, 4 minutes knock and nothing. It is now 7 minutes (I am counting every minute at this point with my services being late) and a employee had to knock loud on the door before the woman darts out of the bathroom - it was the same receptionist. I'm pretty sure that if there is only one bathroom in the spa area, an employee shouldn't be in it for 7 minutes.Finally I get serviced by Michelle who did a great job for my massage, no complaints there.I go to pay and my bonus certificate apparently wasn't valid (it was one of those where you spend so much and get a bonus). I didn't make a fuss because at that point, I'm not coming back. I left a decent tip which I now regret doing because Dorthy did NOT deserve it. After my facial my face was shiny but at home I was doing more of my own extractions and a day later it doesn't look any different.Sad to see a place I loved so much for years turn to crap. I was looking forward to using Mario's for my services prior to my wedding and on my wedding day with my bridal party. Read Less