Solage Spa

5 stars for really kind and welcoming staff. A++ for the spa manager, Helen Brown.
4 stars overall due to the fact that the spa amenities aren’t the most luxurious that i personally have experienced and my treatment, the «mellow me out» ($ 405), did feel a bit pricey for what it was.

The stars are for the fitness instructors and quality and variety of classes. Tim and Rudys are by far two of the best I have encountered at circuit classes which this middle aged athlete is a fan of.
While my wife says the Spa treatments were great and they went a little into overtime, the prices for treatments is right up there with top Spa’s around the west for sure. Spa food is the pool and lounge menu and good (again a little pricey)…Downtown Calistoga is a 3 minute bike ride if you develop menu fatigue.
Great spot overall.

I have visited Spa Solage in many occasion. The recent remodel has added even more to the experience. So happy to be a guest of Spa Solage. Will be back over an over again for years to come.

My wife and I went for the Couples Sampler with the lunch. We arrived a few minutes early and they gave us a voucher for lunch. We were constantly reminded that we were on The PACKAGE, and I noticed a difference in the treatment. They were even petty enough to charge us for lemonade refills even though the glass was Full of Ice. They rushed us through the Mudslide, after they had us wait for 15 minutes because they thought are messages were first. The messages were fine, but overall things are getting worse even though prices are increasing. The mandatory 20% tip is ridiculous especially when you don’t have a Great Experience! Last Time, can’t see spending $ 800 for 2 and a half hours of just OK!

My wife and I along with our friends had an incredible 5 days. First Class Staff with Eli at the mineral pool. Elizabeth, who’s a fantastic masseuse and Mateo at the Solbar Restaurant. Wonderful amenities.
Some people say Carmel is pet friendly, but Solage is amazingly the best pet friendly resort I’ve ever been too.

I have been to many spas around the world and Solage has to be at the top of my list. They were very accommodating to my last minute, large group on New Years Day. Everything was pristine, beautiful, and the staff so professional. Thank you for giving us such a perfect spa day!

Today was our first time going to Solage Spa. We got the Double Your Leisure package that included lunch at SolBar, an hour massage and a mudslide treatment. Lunch was great! I felt we were really starting off on the right foot! Our spa services fell short however. The premises were quite nice I will say! Our massages felt extremely rushed, the movements were hurried and quick. It was not the relaxing experience I was anticipating. My boyfriends massage therapist was very rough with the pressure — he even spoke up and asked her to go lighter. The mudslide was a fun experience as well… a bit different! Oddly enough, our favorite part was just going in the geothermal pool. This establishment has the potential to be a relaxing retreat for those of us who work hard but the staff is rushed which makes the services feel rushed.
I will touch on the non-​resort guest fee… it was disappointing that we had to pay that on top of the package price. If we are purchasing a package, it should be all-​inclusive. Upon checking out of the spa, the receptionist assumed we were going to leave a 20% gratuity. I had to ask to see a breakdown of pricing and wanted to adjust the tip. I left a 15% tip which is still very generous and standard tip percentage but I felt disappointed with the experience.
Perhaps there are «go to» people here at the Spa that everyone visits to get great service. I wish we got those people!

I had a really great experience when I went there. They were doing construction so they had a holiday discount because of it. I felt like the spa experience was very modest as you put the mud on yourself, and shower in your own room. They then guide you to a bath tub filled with goodies, and then a sound therapy room. Well that’s the package I got anyway. I could of done without the sound therapy. Didn’t really work for me. Everything else was amazing!!!

I was really disappointed at my last visit to Solage Spa. It was the second time I’ve taken a dear friend here for her Birthday — and it was a really big deal for me this year because I hadn’t been away from my 9 month old baby for that many hours (coming from SF). So I was okay paying the extra for massages. The place is lovely and it is a special treat to enjoy the outdoor tubs. But when I booked, the front desk person failed to tell me about the $ 50 day use fee.. . per person. This is a really outrageous fee and including massages, tip, and lunch, our outing was more extravagant than I had intended. I don’t mind spending the money as much as the surprise! This fee was NOT there the last times we went. The woman who checked me out was willing to take off a portion of the day fee, but the whole experience really left a bad taste in my mouth. We won’t be going there again.

Hubby and I truly enjoyed every moment of our time here. Everything was fantastic, from the facilities to enjoy before or after treatments, to the service, to the smoothies we sipped on in the beauty of the NoCal sun.
We had the 3 part mud treatment described beautifully by other reviewers (Bettina L. gives a great recap). Mud did not sound appealing to me, but the essential oils and the texture of the mud made it better than expected (and decidedly less ick). It was cozy and romantic (like a spin on the «Ghost» pottery scene, pun intended) to lounge in a heated room, and the outdoor shower/​rain showers indoors for the rinse were spectacular. The tub soak and zero gravity chairs rounded out a relaxing treatment.
The pool area was so gorgeous, and we took full advantage of the geothermal hot tubs, eucalyptus steam room and cabanas before heading out to vineyards for the day. We had a 9am appointment and it was the perfect way to start the day!

*****UNACCEPTABLE***** PLEASE READ!
My fiancé took me here yesterday as a surprise. We are not rich and he had to SAVE UP to take me somewhere like this. We went on a weekday because of the better prices. This place had no rooms available so we had to get a room elsewhere, but due to the high Unilocal rating we wanted to get our treatments here. He called and made a reservation and we were early as they requested. When we got there we spoke to the front desk who gave us our lockers. As we were paying to leave the woman charged him a $ 50 «Non-​Resort Guest Fee». WHAT??? No one ever mentioned this to us! Not when we called, not when we arrived, there is nothing about it on the website. My boyfriend paid it and then didn’t tell me until we left because he knew how I would react. I cannot believe a business would treat anyone this way! My friend wanted feedback as she was looking for somewhere to take her bridal party before her wedding but I will NEVER go back there so Solage is out. I offered to pay for lunch afterwards because I know how hard that $ 50 hit the poor guy :(So unacceptable. I live and work in Lodi and we refer people to the Napa/​Calistoga area all the time… I am going to make sure to spread the word to EVERYONE I know that this place has horrible communication with customers and is inconsiderate beyond compare!

My BF and I came here for the mud experience which included a private mud bath, 20 minute soak in a personal tub with hot mineral water, and 20 min. in the «zero gravity» chair. After the treatment, we got unlimited use of the mineral pool. A-​MAZ-​ING. The facilities are super clean, beautiful, and well laid out. What a beautiful and relaxing experience. It’s like something out of an exotic travel catalog. Afterward, we had dinner at the restaurant which was equally fantastic.

My boyfriend took me here for an amazing spa weekend. The mud slide was a new and fun experience that I definitely recommend. It’s three parts: 1) you slather mud on yourself then then lie down in a room, then shower. The cool thing is the entire room is a shower and so it’s sort of like showering in the rain. 2) then you soak in a bath of mineral water (really they already have this in the pool area, so didn’t feel special to me). 3) lastly, you sit in a chair where they wrap you up in blankets and you put on headphones and you’re supposed to feel the sounds vibrations in the chair. I didn’t really feel the vibration, so I wasn’t terribly exciting to me either. I have to say that over my favorite was the mud treatment and the mineral pool with geothermally heated waters.

My boyfriend did an amazing job at (attempting) to surprise me with a couples spa day for valentines day. He picked solange because we would be able to do it together in a couples room. (Otherwise he is not the type to do anything spa-​esque).
The mud slide was great, we got the champagne/​rose petal essential oils which was awesome at exfoliating and smelling at the same time. You slather yourself with the bucket of mud on each other and yourself, then sit or lay back and enjoy the private dry sauna. After rinsing off the mud in your choice of an al fresco overhead rain shower or indoor shower… The mineral bath is next.
Each person gets their own tub with the geothermal water and can add salt (I think from the dry sea?) to help aid in rehydrating your skin.
Finally to end the wonderfully relaxing process, the last step is to cozy up in a «zero gravity» power nap chair. The chair tilts you back so your knees are elevated higher than your heart to help increase circulation from your legs. Then the chair vibrates in different areas and goes along with the soothing music that’s playing. Apparently a 20min power nap is supposed to be the same as a 2 hr nap. Maybe that’s the care if you fell asleep right away., but regardless is was an amazing experience that left us both fully relaxed!
Would definitely go back! However, even though sometimes I’m down to spilt «couples spa deal» with a friend, not sure I would do that on this one, since u get down to your birthday suit in the mud room! Otherwise you can probably keep a bathing suit on for the mineral bath and you keep the robe on for the power nap. :P

A beautiful amazing place. They did a great job here. It’s peaceful and serene. The setting in Calistoga is perfect. The mountains are a backdrop to the sprawling spa. They offer everything, including a restaurant and sleeping accommodations. We went for a birthday and had massages, their unique «mudslide,» and facials, with lunch in the middle. It’s not inexpensive, but comparable to other spas in the Bay Area. I particularly like that we weren’t stuck inside a building, but had a wonderful outdoor «campus» to enjoy. Really looking forward to another visit.