Absolute Indigo

I was rather worried after reading the other two reviews about what my massage was going to entail today.
I had a living social voucher and called the number as instructed and had the same manic lady screaming at me in broken english to «book on website. dot co dot uk». tho she didn’t hang up on me until I could confirm that I should book online at
which I did. the booking process being quite straight forward. Tho I also TEXT her to confirm the TIME and DATE. All I got in reply was «confirm»… well, at least I had it in writing in case she tried to give me the runaround!
I had booked for a bamboo massage (just because I had no idea what it was so was curious) but I got a phone call to say the guy who does the bamboo wasn’t available for the time I’d booked and would I like a Swedish or Lomi Lomi instead? After ascertaining what the difference was, I decided on the lomi lomi…
Good option as it turns out after consulting Mason & Tanya who have both had massages here on LS vouchers.
I showed up pretty much bang on 2 for my appointment, no forms to fill out. I took a seat on the couch for a couple of minutes while Aruna got the room ready.
Without going on for wayy too long, I actually really enjoyed my massage. I thought Aruna did a really good job.
The overhead florescent light made it quite hard to completely relax. the other woman (I assume Tatiana?) had a bit of a yelling bout on the phone outside the door which didn’t help and Aruna’s next client arrived early, so she (Tatiana) knocked on the door and Aruna had to excuse himself. Not sure why she couldn’t have just told them he was in a session etc.
So all in all, Aruna & the lomi lomi massage = great.
Overall atmosphere and crazy screaming lady = not so much.
Oh yea, be prepared to get nekkid for the full lomi lomi experience. Tho there is no pressure if that’s not your thang.~

I bought a kgbdeal for a £14 Swedish or Chinese cupping massage at Absolute Indigo, so I used it yesterday (a Saturday afternoon). As I walked in exactly on time, the lady there asked me who I was and said she would call the massage therapist who was taking me, as he wasn’t there. Just over 5 minutes later he arrived and apologised for being a little late, so that wasn’t a problem. Went into an area at the back of the shop where there was a curtain either side with a massage table behind each. Tiny area, literally just enough room to walk around the table. He confirmed that it was a Swedish massage he was giving me and asked if I just wanted the back and shoulders done, which I did. Then he left me to get undressed while he waited behind the curtain. He didn’t ask any other questions, i.e. what areas I particularly wanted massaged, whether I had any injuries, if I had massage before, and he gave no instruction as to what clothing to remove etc, which I would expect. I also felt a little uncomfortable with the curtain (with small gaps at each side) as the only barrier to him as well as other massage therapists and clients walking past. I can imagine that it would be quite unsettling for someone who had not had massage before and did not know what to expect. When I was ready, I emphasized that it was mainly my shoulders that were extremely tense and tender and that I liked a deep tissue massage. He slathered far too much oil on, and actually had to remove some and began with what I thought was a warm up of the entire back, but then he seemed to repeat the same sequence of massage strokes several times. He told me to tell him if the pressure was too hard, but I assured him I like a firm massage. Nothing changed. He still had too much oil on, which meant he wasn’t getting deep into the muscles. I resigned to the fact that this wasn’t going to be the best massage, but with about ten minutes to go, I asked him to do my shoulders (which I had informed was my main area of tension) and I was told that yes he would do this at the end and it depends what massage school you go to as to what order they do the massage in. Yes, it felt very much like he was just following a basic pattern of moves and didn’t tailor it at all to the individual. Don’t get me wrong, it was still an OK relaxing massage, but I expected a bit more from a qualified massage therapist! However after speaking to Mason today who funnily enough also went to Absolute Indigo yesterday, it seems he had a better experience with a different masseur and a different type of massage, so maybe read his review also for another opinion and maybe a better option :)