Banya 5

The staff are all so cool and helpful. Felt welcome from the 1st step in the building. The pools are clean and maintained so well. I thoroughly enjoyed the eucalyptus steam room and then their cold plunge pool. It was really nice to have a room temperature salt pool to help get back to baseline after the cold pool. The lounge area upstairs was delightful and relaxing with tasty herbal tea and fruit infused water offered as amenities.

This place is awesome!! I love the two different sauna's and my favorite part is the ice pool. Nothing feels better than a dip in the cold water after sitting in the super hot dry sauna.

Kinda expensive for what you get. Luckily they have industry discounts (Weds and Thurs 6p-10p) for $30 if you're an employee in the wellness realm. I do love the cold pool and the steam room with eucalyptus. Come on your birthday and get 50% off admission. Otherwise, I highly recommend Radiant in Ballard area. Cheaper, optional full nude and coed.

I've been going to Banya 5 for many years. They remain consistent with great customer service, clean and well-maintained facilities. I initially grimaced at the cost. However after a few visits, coupled with a few services, I quickly realized this was not only great for my health, it's a great investment in myself, especially taking into account the amount of money spent on things far less helpful to my body. In its own unique way, joining Banya 5 is like joining a family. And I'm glad I did.

It's been a long time since we have been here and we probably we're luckier previous times but tonight the public here was pretty talkative. Several people were talking loud in sauna and steam room, which made it harder to relax. The steam room now seems to be just a steam room with no eucalyptus. And the warm pool foam was a bit dirty (from people's sweet I suppose). We don't know if our bar has risen after being to other spas but tonight I didn't feel comfortable.