In Reply to: Secret garden or green garden posted by LMJ on Monday, 14. March 2005 at 13:37 Bali Time:
The Secret Garden is in Jl Legian, I had a facial there last October & I wasn't all that impressed, I also had a pedicure which was woeful. My sister had a massage & was quite happy, so luck of the draw. Two weeks ago my husband & I were back in Bali & we went to the Green Garden, we though it was situated within the Green Garden Hotel near Kartika Plaza, but upon arriving they arranged for transport to where the spa is quite a distance away near Bali Hai, glad we didn't attempt to walk. The massage was very good, well worth the money which I think was 190,000rp for the both of us. They then dropped us back near Bubba Gump for dinner.
Now, what I can thoroughly recommend is the Rhisha Beauty Salon in Jl Pantai Kuta No 42B. From the Hard Rock Hotel walk up the street away from the beach & they are located on the left hand side. They have a row of reclining chairs for foot/shoulder relexology for 60,000rp, but they do excellent massages upstairs. The masseurs are mostly all male & my husband was complaining that the female masseurs aren't strong enough for him,he has aches in is calves & neck problems. Well I could hear him yelling out in pain and Joe certainly fixed his opinion of soft massages. Joe is professionally trained & well worth waiting for. Their massages are priced at 75,000rp for 1 hour and extremely good value.
Hope this helps.