Rescue Rittenhouse Spa Lounge

Avoid Linda for a bikini wax. She clearly doesn't want to be doing them. Find someone who specializes.

I've had massages all over the world and have never had a better experience than with Heidi. She is gifted and inituitive, and completely attuned to her clients' wishes and needs. Rescue is a well-designed, lovely space, although the front desk could be more attentive and welcoming to clients.

I just got back from a mani-pedi, massage and facial. While my facial with Tearsa left me glowing, and my manicure with anne-marie was meticulous, my massage with heidi was technically good but she is from Planet Xenon. Calling herself a "relaxation specialist" she immediately told me that my muscle tension was due to eating meat, and thus from eating the tension of "dead decomposing corpses." She told me "I wish I could shoot the person that that fed me my first dead animal..but that would be my mother." Any hopes of a relaxing experience were dashed by her endless blathering, even though she did fix the kinks in my neck. I was too embarrassed to say anything since this is a top notch, otherwise lovely spa.

I had a massage with Doreen and she was excellent. I've had a fair amount of bodywork over the years (including treatments at the Cornelia Day Spa) and she is top tier. I can't vouch for any of the other services but the spa is clean, elegant with unpretentious service. Hope to go again--

I'm not sure what happened when the previous reviewer had her facial with Linda, because she is by far the most attentive and quality facialist I have ever had. And she spends a good amount of time doing massage my shoulders and arms while creams or masks are on my face, making the whole experience as pleasant and relaxing as a massage. She gives me excellent advice on products - what is worth the cost and what to skip. She does a thorough examination of my skin and spends time lavishing your skin with fabulous products that make you look wonderful when you leave - not like you just got picked apart - and for days beyond. And the products and tips she's given me are so wonderful and my skin has never looked better. I don't have problem skin, so I can't speak to her ability to deal with acne, but I know that she is careful not to "pick" at blemishes, and instead shows you how to take care of your skin (and breakouts) for the long-term. I've been to nice salons all up and down the east coast, and I am now a Linda loyalist.