text: I am really not a huge fan of this spa, and this weekend reminded me of why.\n\nSPA:\nI went out of pure laziness this weekend - didn't want to walk to Caesar's or Aria - and regretted it. I remember thinking, this would be a nice spa if it were in another city. But it just does not compete with the neighboring properties. The atmosphere and decor are kind of lame - bright lights in the jacuzzi area, weird colored LEDs in the showers. Bellagio, you could at least replace the furniture without it being a huge production.\n\nOther than the jacuzzis, they only have a wet sauna and a dry sauna - no cold room or anything like that. I'm spoiled by Korean saunas, I guess, but I know both Caesar's and Aria have other offerings besides those, too. \n\nMy massage was pretty good, I will say at least that the therapist was very knowledgeable, and I learned some new things. But I paid for a special seasonal service and didn't receive it... I think it was like a $15 difference, so I didn't bother to split hairs on that. Still, I think it reflects badly on their service.\n\nIf this were a review of only the spa, it'd be 2 stars. However, I visited the salon as well.\n\nSALON:\n\nMy pedicure was excellent, great conversationalist and the most comfortable pedicure chair I've ever seen. The drink I ordered was unbelievably delicious, too. \n\nI also had a blowout which was fantastic, legitimately the best blowout I've ever had (and it ought to be, for the price) - I can see why the Bellagio salon is kind of famous for this. I was especially impressed that the shampoo assistant, when I told her I'd just had a toner a week before (so use cold water, please), she also offered purple shampoo. I wasn't expecting that to even be available.\n\nMy stylist, Sam, was not much of a conversationalist, but a blowout stylist doesn't really need to be. He did everything I asked for, and I walked out looking like a country singer, which is what needs to happen for me to have any volume to my hair an hour later. I was very happy with the salon services - my only reason for not repeating that visit is just that it's very time-consuming.\n\nSo yeah, overall... definitely feeling like my trip to this spa was a mistake that I probably will not repeat. Don't be lazy if you're staying at the B... cross the bridge to Caesar's Qua spa instead. Or if you're trying to earn MGM tier credits, go for Aria.