Above The Eight

45750 San Luis Rey Ave, Palm Desert
(760) 568-4900

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MrHomer_ 562

100 legit spot to destress. They walk on you, massage you and stretch you good. I’ll go back again.

Z H

The view was beautiful!

Holly Kirth

Facilities and amenities were fair. Customer service was okay, but the follow-up was pretty inconsistent.

Elizabeth Dolores

Allah was amazing! Her hands are magic. I'm waking up from a dreamy massage. I wish there was food and beverage options. But all they have is either fran and go or in room dining. We wanted mimosas and they only had bottle options. But other than that all spa attendants were very nice and helpful. Thank you for a relaxing day. Oh yeah no pool available so just dip in the water fountain which is kinda weird. But OK we dipped in.

Ryan Neely

Clean and Serene. Wonderful spa experience, with a particularly fantastic massage from Aliah. By far the best massage I’ve ever had.

Anna Lewis

Relaxing...

Terica Bashir

It was one of the best spa experiences I've ever had! I got the Spring Awakening Citrus Blossom Body Therapy. It is a Spring Special; but if you don't make it this spring, it is a very similar treatment to their Find Your Zen Ritual.

The heated water mattress with the LED lighting was unique/cool element that added to the relaxing environment. Rosio did a phenomenal job on the exfoliation, getting the water temperature just right, and making sure I was comfortable during the steam treatment. Rosio's scalp massage was very relaxing and her application of the moisturizing lotion was almost akin to a Swedish. I appreciated the seamless treatment since I didn't have to get off the table to rinse the exfoliant off. The 6 over the table shower heads that came on one-by-one was an amazingly relaxing experience.

I would highly recommend both this treatment and Rosio.

Kirsten Wildman

historic and gorgeous

Mona Davidson

Met my daughter here after work, had a great cocktail and calamari! The service was friendly and incredibly prompt--but not hovering. We enjoyed it so much we went back about a week later--same wonderful experience! ?

Travis Brown

Old but nice

Brenda Gallof

This was our first visit to the area. The resort is just fabulous! Beautiful, clean, charming, and peaceful. The staff from the check-in to housekeeping to restaurant staff to shop workers are friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. Everyone made our stay perfect. We would definitely recommend, and we will most definitely be back!

T Toca

Always an awesome experience…service was excellent!!!! And all of the restaurants on the grounds has amazing food

Alaa Oussi

Overall it’s a nice hotel but it is so old and the room contains various types of insects. In addition to the difficulty of moving around the hotel without your car, especially if you have kids, due to the long distances between the rooms and the main pool.

DTSS Boosy

Love this resort. However, I paid an outrageous price ($245, including 22% service charge) for a massage that was "mid" at best. This was a 50 minute full body massage. Out of the 50 minutes, 10 of them was spent massaging my hair?? If I wanted a scalp massage I'd go to the hair saloon. Furthermore, my thorax and stomach were not massaged.

Allison L

I visited the spa during a stay back in February. It was unfortunately one of the worst and strangest spa experiences I've ever had.

I booked a hand, foot and scalp massage treatment. I've had my share of massages, this was honestly the worst - and I don't throw that around lightly. She was barely massaging and rushing from one thing to the next. She had a very non-chalant attitude and didn't really seem to care about what she was doing. When she finished, I thought there was no way it had been 50 minutes. I went back to my locker to check the time and sure enough, it had been just over 35 minutes. I was changed and back at reception 45 minutes after my appointment start time.

When I explained this to reception, she was very apologetic and offered to give me a discount on the treatment. I said given the quality of treatment and after only receiving just over half the treatment time, I didn't feel comfortable paying for it. So she offered to rebook me the next day and I accepted. The treatment the next day was much better and more in line with what I was expecting. Except, and I'm not joking, the therapist during my scalp massage asked me who my hair stylist was, and said she hoped it wasn't a family member because the layers in my hair were not good. She then tried to sell me on coming to see her in the salon at the spa so she could fix my hair for me! Who does that? I didn't mention this to reception, I just paid, thanked them for rebooking and left. For $195 for the treatment, it's nowhere near worth the money for such poor and unprofessional quality of service. Though my hair stylist and I had a good laugh about my "terrible layers" when I got home.

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