Havana Sauna

I frequent korean bath houses when I travel. This one was pretty standard. One of the better scrubs I’ve had. She really got after it. LOVED standing under the torrent of water flowing into the cold pool. If you are a man, be advised: I brought my husband with me, and it was apparently a bit of a meat market on the man side. Totally chill on the ladies’ side though.

I’m a Denver resident/​native, who lives in Spain part of the year and has lived in San Francisco and L. A… i’ve been to Hamam’s, Spa’s, and Natural Springs. IMO, for the price, this place rocks.
Bottom line is: FOR THE PRICE, you can’t ask for a better, utilitarian style place to soak in a hot bath, sauna, and steam room. Unlike fancier places, you may get a nicer ‘atmosphere’, but you will either have to wait for hours to get in during high season (Kabuki hot springs in S.F.), or you pay almost double and be limited to an hour and a half co-​ed experience with swim-​suit required (Hammam in Madrid, and Sevilla Spain), or – if you’re a woman– you will be limited to 2 days a week (Lake Steam Baths).
I like to soak more than once a month, and stay for hours if i want… so this place is purrrrrfect. The vibe is no-​frills Korean style, and and the same goes for the one hour massage I had one time– Honestly one of the best Thai style massages for $ 70 bucks, and that includes use of the spa before and after– until they close if you want. Really a great deal. The FULL BODY Thai massage included deep tissue, oil, back adjust, and I even got walked on… Got all the kinks out!
So… if you can manage a few patches of peeling paint in the corner of the ceiling here and there, but you are looking for the real deal. Go here.

This place is really going downhill. The ceiling above the tubs was tore up and falling down. Most of the lights weren’t working. And they’ve raised the prices. The steam room, which I can usually only stay in for a minute or two because it’s so oppressively hot, wasn’t even warm. I don’t know if I’ll be back.

Meh, by far one of the lamest spa experiences I’ve ever had. The baths were not hot enough, the dry sauna was not hot enough. My massage person left me alone in the room 3 times during my massage to talk with another employee. I told her I was cold at the beginning of the massage, and all she gave me was a small towel to cover my chest with, leaving my legs bare and cold the ENTIRE time… I will not be back here, ever.

I’ve been here a number of times in the last few years and have been happy every time with my experience. Owners are super friendly and helpful. Therapists are crazy amazing! I recommend going for the full package. Remember to tip.
A + for being clean

This is not a western style spa, so don’t go in expecting one. It is also nude, so be prepared for that :)
It was a nice facility, with 3 pools, 2 saunas, mud room, jade room, showers, relaxation room. Overall it was pretty clean & staff was friendly. Ceiling could use painting, but the water & saunas were maintained. I would go back.

I have been coming to this spa for almost a year. Initially was very pleased. Last night I came here to wine down my stressful week. When I showered before entering the pool area i jumped from cold water out of the shower. after watching me jump from the cold shower another lady informed me that only 2 out of the 4 shower heads along this wall actually got warm. I soaked in the pool and enjoyed the sauna. Once I was ready to leave I kept my eyes on the two warm showers waiting for them to become available. Once they did I rushed over and jumped in. As I’m washing my hair the owner rushes back into the area and asks me to turn off the shower i asked why since of course I was obviously using the water and she tells me that the hot water is low! Now of course I’m really shocked that this lady would interrupt my shower and ask me to shut off the water at a spa that I just paid to use. Well at the same time two other ladies had just completed their massage and came to shower one was lucky to pick the other warm shower head the other lady screams bc the water is so cold but eventually shares the one shower head w the lady to stay warm. Let me remind you that everyone in here is naked in a completely open shower area. In the meantime the owner is walking around the place telling ppl to turn off the water! (R u kidding! This is a spa! We paid to use water!!) She comes back to the the shower where I was w the two other ladies and watches us shower as if she was wanting to intimidate us into getting out of the shower. Of course now we are very uncomfortable the two ladies rush out and I feel like everyone is watching me and leave too. When I get out I tell the guy at the desk how she made me feel so uncomfortable. All he could tell me was that the water temperature was low! I’m still trying to figure out how this became the customers problem! Needless to say this has ruined it for me and I won’t be back. The last place I want to feel stressed, rushed, or pressured is at the spa!!! I may even call the better business bureau. This is unacceptable

Coldest steam room in my life. Ever. Tub pretty cold too. Clean, decent place. But not an especially pleasant experience.

It was acceptably clean. The hot tub was hot, steam room amazing. Owners were very friendly and inviting. More than reasonably priced. I think they could definitely use a paint upgrade in the pool area. Murals paintings, anything besides the pool water blue paint they have. Their was that more than constant eye contact from a couple of guys but you take that chance by going to a pool area naked anyways. It does kind of leave you with a truck stop feel afterwords. I would recommend this place given the time of day your there. Also depending on the guys who are there.

I came here with my best friend as her birthday present to me! Yay!
The reception area is nice and clean and we were greeted immediately. My friend had made appointments for a scrub and massage, but didn’t specify whether to do a 30 min scrub with a 30 min massage for $ 80 or a 30 min scrub with a 60 min massage for $ 110. The 30 min scrub with 30 min massage included a cucumber facial, hair washing, and a milk & honey treatment, which the front desk lady explained was more of a beauty package, whereas the 30 min scrub with 60 min massage was a more in-​depth massage for your aches and pains. I opted for the «beauty» package of 30 min scrub and 30 min massage.
Since it was our first time, the lady at the front desk gave us a tour. It was very quick and with her accent, it was difficult to understand, but we just filled in the blanks collectively to find our way around.
The first locker is for your shoes and solely for your shoes. The next set of lockers are for your clothes. We were also given a towel and a robe to wear after our scrub and massage to wear in the mud room and crystal room. Yes, the pool area, dry sauna, and steam room are nude areas, but the women are segregated from the men. My friend and I got undressed and made our way to the showers and then to the pools. We were also told that they would come get us for our scrub and massages. We started in the hot pool, which was probably around 99 degrees, then hit the dry sauna. When we were sitting in chairs, one of the ladies doing the scrub/​massage told us that she turned on the jets in the far pool and suggested we go into that pool because it was good for our bodies. The pool seemed to be a salt water pool (but I could be wrong) and it was about 102 degrees, so slightly warmer. There is a cool pool, but when we dipped our toes in it, we decided it was way too cool for our liking to get in.
We were called for our scrubs and massages, which were in a separated room in the pool area. This separated room had 4 tables in it with several water faucets and sprays and drains in the bottom. Yes, our services were at the same time and there is no divider between the tables. I have had my body scrubbed before, but nothing like this! This scrub was definitely in depth. After the scrub, which took the entire 30 min, our massage therapists climbed up on our tables. Like with other Asian massages where you have well placed thumbs and elbows, our therapists added well placed knees to the mix. This is not your «fall asleep, relaxing» massage; this was a «I found all your kinks and I will work them out. It may hurt now, but you’ll thank me later» massage.
After the massage while laying on my stomach, I was told to roll over onto my back and she started my facial. The normal washing went on, then she placed what felt and smelled like refrigerated cucumber pulp that marinated my face while she massaged my arms and legs. She washed my hair with shampoo and conditioner, then took the cucumber off my face and put some other ointments on my face and put warm milk and honey on my body. After the milk and honey treatment, she washed my body with body wash to remove the excess oils, etc and also gave me cucumber juice to wash my face with.
The one thing I found hilarious was each time she scrubbed me on my stomach, back, and both sides, she would rinse me to get rid of the skin and everything else she sloughed off my body. She would also rinse me after the massage and after the milk and honey. Rinsing me was not the hilarious part; it was how she rinsed me. She used a water sprayer like in the beauty salons on my hair, but when it comes to your body, you get rinsed with a tub of water. So before you are asked to turn over, SPLASH, then you get covered in milk and honey and SPLASH, then body wash and you guessed it, SPLASH. I nearly died laughing internally.
After our scrubs and massages, we put on our robes and went to the mud room, which was a dry sauna at about 105 degrees. We also went to the crystal room, which was also a dry sauna but much warmer at about 115 degrees.
I highly recommend this place! The admission fee is $ 18, but the services pricing includes the $ 18 fee, so our 30 min scrub and 30 min massage were only $ 62. Not a bad deal for everything we got! Yes, some are uncomfortable with being nude, but it may stem from fear of others’ criticism. When we were in there, I didn’t feel that anyone was judging us at all.

Had a male body scrub and massage. ahkhi was my therapist. I’m also a certified massage therapist, but do not tell other therapist working on me. He was one of the best I’ve had in 10 years. Relaxing. Clean. Amazing!!!

I can only talk about the men’s side.
First off, locker room was tidy and pretty clean.
The bathing area is not clean, the towel situation is poor they give one med at the door and a small no extras inside.
The people who run it and their little dog are nice.
Not sure if it just because I am used to Saunas in Korea but there was way too much staring and eye contact in general, could be a place where men meet men, while I say no inappropriate activity I got a strange vibe.
There is no male/​female clothed area so if you are thinking this is like places in Korea, NYC or LA forget it!

I maybe spoiled by Riviera Korean Spa in Torrance, California or i-​Spa in Irvine, California. I was a bit surprised as soon as I walked in the bath area. There are 3 jacuzzi, cold, warm and hot. But warm & hot were both just luke warm which made my body cold. Stepped into steam room and again same experience. Did they just turn it on? It was steamy but not hot enough. Interior tiles were cracked not looking pleasant. I had to change room to dry sauna because by then my body was getting cold. Body scrubber lady didn’t speak a word of English and not friendly at all. During the scrubbing, she did not try to keep my body warm. 30 min on the table butt naked, if you don’t pour warm water and/​or apply hot towels once in awhile you can get super cold. I’ve been to hundreds of Korean spa but this is the only place did not wash hair, another surprise. Co-​Ed area was just like college dorm kitchen. Smell bad and no way to relax.
There were a couple of good things. A Korean couple at reception were nice and friendly they maybe the owners. (They have a very cute white poodle with a CHANEL shirt). Locker area is spacious and clean. I wish I can give more stars but 2 is the most for me.

A traditional Asian/​Korean? bath. I would consider myself an American, but my nature is that of a northern, or eastern European woman. I like to sauna, and sweat for detoxing, and think it helps with the fountain of youth? I am also not afraid of nudity. I cannot afford a home sauna, so it is nice to go somewhere affordable and cleanse. With the 18 $ entry, you are given a towel, and a key. You can add on a half an hour leg and foot massage for the total coast to be 45 $? They do body scrubs too. As well as other treatments. This is pretty «non western», so if you are looking for a spa experience and a Swedish massage, this is not the place for you. If you want to experience, a detoxing, and purifying, and aggressive massage, or scrub, go here– they don’t mess around. You will feel like a new person after leaving, and possibly want a nap after, plan accordingly.
When entering the complex, you enter the mens, or woman’s side, depending on your gender, not co-​ed, I wonder which side the transgender would go to? You enter the first room put your shoes in the first locker, lock it. Then go to the second locker, remove your clothes, and lock up. You are then naked (with a towel), and have to be naked, you are then expected to soap and shower, the attendant will point to the bins, and you wash up. On the woman’s side there is a sauna, a steam room, hot and cold pools, and scrubbing stations, and a massage area. it says you have to buy your scrub/​and products here, but I did not see any of the Asian ladies doing so, and they were scrubbing like they meant it.
Away from the main area, is the mud sauna/​detox sauna, a quiet room, and the crystal sauna. I was surprised the mud room was dry, not a wet mud treatment. I thought I would get all, the thing that came from the swamp. Of course I was wondering how I would get the mud off after. The mud is underneath, not all over the room. You have no option to become a mud creature.
The crystal sauna room is covered, on all but the floor, in quartz, and amethyst. I could hang out in here a long time. I would book a minimum of two hours, if not three!
I really like going here. I would say if you are uncomfortable with nudity, you will want to go somewhere else. The only thing I wasn’t crazy about was the female patron on her phone and Vape penning in the saunas, and in the change room. I don’t know why people think it is okay to use these indoors. I know they think they are smokeless, but we don’t really know what the long term health effects are. You are still putting things in the air and your body.
The mens side in similar, they have signs that say no funny business, this is place of purifying, not a sexy time. You may want to bring shampoo conditioner and moisturizer for afterwards, the provided products, are not fancy by any means.
Nice Asian market next door, as well as legit Phở and Korean restaurants all around if you are hungry afterwards.

Every couple months, my partner and I load up in the car with a medley of toiletries and we truck it to Aurora for the Havana Sauna. From there, we split to our respective sides and indulge in all of the offerings.
At the desk, you’ll pay your obligatory $ 18. If you are interested in any additional services, now is the time to speak up. Don’t be shy! From there, take your key into your respective locker room. You’ll drop your shoes in the first tiny locker and make your way into the great beyond to strip down fully.
Grab your toiletries and head on into the showers. You’ll have a choice of the classic seated Korean bathing experience or a more American standing shower. Lather up fully and rinse. Now it’s time to rotate those weary muscles through hot pools, a cold tub, wet and dry saunas, and crystal rooms to your heart’s content. Accidentally left your toiletries at home? Fear not! The Havana Sauna provides Suave products for your hair and a bar of whatever soap was on sale that week. Hey, it’s not the high end stuff, but it will get the job done.
Notice to my fellow plus size ladies: The sauna provides shorts and a t-​shirt to wear in common spaces and the crystal rooms. Unfortunately, they do not have clothes in any sizes above a large. If you push the issue, they will hand you a small pink robe that can comfortably accommodate an XL, but you may want to consider bringing your own gym clothes to skip over this embarrassment. The crystal rooms are worth it, I promise you!
I have opted for a foot massage in the past. It was a pretty rough affair, but I walked away feeling fully relaxed.
The staff are very helpful and more often than not, the owners are manning the desk alongside their small, fluffy pup. Too precious!
The place is always immaculately clean (well, except for the co-​ed break room — that is always an absurd mess) and offers a fascinating people-​watching experience. If you’ve got the desire to relax, then Havana Sauna has the perfect solution for you.

Okay, this is not a shi shi place, so if you are looking for cucumber infused water while you wait in a quiet room for your coffee bean scrub /​hot stone massage… you will be disappointed.
Havana Sauna is the type of place you go to when you just want to have a little slice of «you time» while sitting in a hot pool or meditating in the crystal room. If you enjoy getting years of dead skin scrubbed off of your body so you can feel baby skin smooth, then this is definitely a place to check out.
My friend and I decided to treat ourselves to a bit of birthday pampering and had heard great things about Havana Sauna from a friend. She gave us the no frills heads up as well so we knew what to expect. Also, there is a women and men section, so you don’t have to worry about covering up if you want to let it all hang out (as it seems most of the women who frequent this place do).
We treated ourselves to the Combo Scrub/​Massage for $ 62 (there is a $ 18 entry fee to use all of the facilities they offer including the mud room, crystal room, sauna, steam and pools). We were told to soak for 30 minutes in the hot tub before our treatment. It was lovely and liberating, as we could just be naked and free. There is a warm pool and an ice cold pool as well (we are talking polar ice cold here ladies!)
The scrub/​massage section is right off of the pools and are open with about 5 or 6 tables. You are naked and exposed, so you have to be comfortable with that. The scrub was intense, but so worth it! I swear there was so much dead skin coming off of my body that I had to just close my eyes and not be distracted by it all. They will scrub you everywhere too, so no patch of skin goes untouched. Buckets of warm water rinse you every now and again. Like I said, this is no frills so if you are expecting the Vichy shower treatment, sorry.
For the massage, you feel as if you are a big piece of meat getting nice and tenderized. They will adjust the pressure if you ask. They may get on the table and do a more interactive massage, similar to Thai or Balinese (if you have every had the pleasure of having one of those). I needed to be roughed up a bit and I’m happy to report that two days post massage, I feel great. All those kinks and knots have been worked out.
The icing on the cake for us was laying on bamboo mats in the crystal room. It was so peaceful in there. A bit like a sauna as it’s kept warm and dry. The way the crystals create a visually appealing ambiance to the room is what did it for me. You can check out pictures on the website if you want to see for yourself.
I believe they also offer massages in a dry private room as well. I took a peak and saw something that was more like a typical spa room for massages.
You get two lockers for your shoes/​clothing bags, two towels and access to showers with soap, shampoo and conditioner. No flip flops or robes. I think they offer t-​shirts if you want to wear that around.
Plan to spend a few hours so you can really enjoy this place. It’s quite the little gem tucked away in an unassuming strip mall.

Came here for the body scrub. If you’ve never had a Korean body scrub, you should. It can be a bit painful and they scrub EVERYWHERE. If you’re body shy, you may have some issues as you’ll be walking around butt naked. The genders are segregated so just remember that everyone has the same bits as you and no one is judging your shrubbery.
The benefits of smooth, soft skin is worth the pain and awkwardness.

Having learned about this amazing place almost a year ago, my friends and I have made it a habit/​tradition to visit the Havana Sauna about monthly. For $ 18, you get a full day of unfettered access to a warm pool with bubbles, a hot pool, a cold dip pool with a little water fall, a dry sauna, a steam room, American style upright shower, Korean style sitting showers, a mud wall covered dry sauna, a crystal dry sauna, and a rest area with dim lights and reclining chairs. We usually spend 2 – 3 hours hanging out there, and that’s a pretty good deal.
Add ons include a salt scrub, a massage, and/​or a facial. For $ 80, you get all of these (plus tip) and entrance to the spa/​sauna. The scrub was great (although definitely quite… attentive to detail), but the massage was a little too intense for someone with fibromyalgia.
Some tips: you get a small towel and hand cloth. If you want something bigger, bring your own towel. They provide Sauve brand stuff: if you like fancy soap/​shampoo/​conditioner, bring it. Ditto for hair stuff. I buy a scruby pad at the front desk: it is great for a deep scrub. Definitely bring a water bottle (I sometimes fill mine with herbal tea) and consider snacks like cucumbers, apples, watermelon, etc., to help refresh. Consider a book for the crystal or mud rooms if you plan to spend time there. No oils, lotions, milks, etc are allowed in the pool area for safety: ditto on no clothes, but folks from both sides can wear wraps and meet up between the two areas.
Enjoy this wonderful, friendly, relaxing place. They’ve made a lot of updates lateely and I forsee the place just getting better and better!

I came here the day after visiting Lake Steam Baths while in town for a conference. I love trying out Korean spas everywhere I go, and had to try this before I left.
This place is great! Small and convenient, and very clean and nice!!!
There are 2 hot (more like warm) tubs, one cold (mild, not that cold) tub with a waterfall shower from the ceiling, a dry sauna, steam sauna, and two more dry sauna rooms — a mud room and crystal room. They were all clean and comfortable, a great way to relax after a long day at the conference.
I came here with my friend to introduce her to Korean spas and she loved it. One small drawback is that it’s quite far from downtown for those staying in downtown Denver like myself. Not so convenient in public transportation (need rail/​bus or bus/​bus transfer) so we took an Über car to get here, which was fast and efficient. Other Über cars were plentiful in Aurora so it was easy to get back too.
The other small nuisance was the tip I wrote. With the closing time of 10:00pm (we arrived at 8:30pm), we were told to finish and be ready at 9:30pm, as the spa would do their cleaning from 9:30pm. I think it would be better if the business published their closing time as 9:30pm instead, so customers can plan better.
Besides that, this place is very clean and relaxing, and a great place to come to de-​stress. I’ll definitely be back again in future visits to Denver.

Wasn’t sure what to expect from this place and wow was I surprised. The rooms are amazing. From the dry mud room, to the crystal room, to the relaxation area everything was tip top. Steam sauna and dry sauna — HOT. oh yeah! Cold immersion pool with waterfall — COLD… bring it!
My only complaint is the ceiling really needs some work. It looks as though it’s about to fall to the floor.
If you get the combo, be prepared to be scrubbed everywhere and I mean everywhere. I felt like a car going through the robo wash, this woman didn’t miss a spot. The facial with the fresh cucumber paste was to die for!
Tip: Don’t be surprised if your therapist hops up on the table with you while she’s giving you your massage.