Inside New York's most expensive spa, where a day pass costs $8.5k

Pamper yourself like a prince… with prices to match! Inside New York’s most EXPENSIVE spa, where a day pass for two costs $8,500, a haircut will set you back $1,000, and a SAUNA session is $1,350

• The slick Aman hotel off 5th Avenue in Midtown is home to the city’s most expensive rooms – from $2,400 
• It is also home to one of the most costly spas, with a nine-hour stint in a ‘spa house’ coming in at $8,500
• Each Japanese-styled ‘house’ features a double treatment room and a spacious living area with daybed 

It certainly has a sense of Zen. But then, you hope, parting with thousands of dollars to enter one of New York’s most exclusive spas would get you one step closer to Eternal Peace. 

The slick Aman hotel off 5th Avenue in Midtown is home to the city’s most expensive rooms – they start from $2,400 – and it is also home to one of the most expensive day spas, with the rate for a nine-hour stint in one of the ‘spa houses’ coming in at $8,500 for two people.

FEMAIL had a private tour of the Aman’s spa and fitness facilities – which spans 2,300 square meters across three floors – and the hotel’s two private spa houses certainly make for impressive spaces.

Each Japanese-styled ‘house’ features a double treatment room, a spacious living area with daybed, a large outdoor terrace with both a cold plunge and hot bath, and either a Banya – a wood-clad sauna – or Hammam – a steam room with marble walls and a heated marble treatment table. ​ 

Marketing manager Simon Kopec says that these tranquil spaces are completely unique in New York and he doesn’t know of another hotel offering such private and luxurious facilities. 

The slick Aman hotel off 5th Avenue in Midtown is home to the city’s most expensive rooms and it is also home to one of the most expensive day spas, with the rate for a nine-hour stint in one of the ‘spa houses’ (pictured) coming in at $8,500

The Aman spa features a half-Olympic-size swimming pool 

Each Japanese-styled ‘house’ features a double treatment room, a spacious living area with daybed, and a large outdoor terrace with both a cold plunge and hot bath (pictured)

There is well-curated selection of treatments at the Aman spa but they’re not  cheap. A Thai massage is priced at $490, while a two-hour sauna session for two people costs $2,700

AMAN NEW YORK HOTEL: SPA PRICE LIST 

A nine-hour Spa House experience for two: $8,500 

20-minute anti-aging IV treatment: $850

Red carpet facial: $625

Thai massage: $490

A two-hour sauna session for two people: $2,700 

A 45-minute haircut with celebrated stylist John Barrett: $1,000

Personal training session: $200

Yoga class: $200

Pilates session: $250

Each stint in a spa house includes an Aman New York Signature treatment, and a session in the cryotherapy chamber, which is said to ‘nourish the body, mind and spirit’ as temperatures plunge below -160 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Guests can also access the other spa and fitness facilities including the hotel’s half-Olympic size swimming pool – which required builders to rebalance the entire building when it was installed – and a state-of-the-art gym. 

One of the more unusual pieces of equipment in the Aman gym is an infrared treadmill. 

This piece of equipment, which costs around $20,000, requires the user to step into a booth-like structure covering the treadmill. 

Once the booth is closed, infrared heat is distributed within the pod to help the walker or runner burn extra calories and to encourage cellulite reduction. 

The cost of spa house day also includes light refreshments, including a ‘prescribed juice’ or herbal tea, but additional more sizeable nibbles will be charged extra.

Like the rest of the Aman hotel, the interiors of the spa areas are flawless, with low lighting, and an abundant use of natural materials, from teak wood carpentry to polished marble countertops. 

The place is also astoundingly quiet, thanks to exhaustive soundproofing. Or maybe it’s the high prices keeping this place off limits to masses. 

Currently the Aman spa is only available to hotel guests and members of its exclusive members club, which costs $200,000 in initiation fees, plus $15,000 in annual dues

LEFT: The spa house Hammam steam room, which features marble walls and a heated marble treatment table. RIGHT: The salon where haircuts cost from $1,000 with celebrated stylist John Barrett

Like the rest of the Aman hotel, the interiors of the spa houses are flawless, with low lighting, and an abundant use of natural materials, from teak wood carpentry to polished marble countertops

Spa house guests can also access the other fitness facilities including the hotel’s state-of-the-art gym. One of the more unusual pieces of equipment in the Aman gym is an infrared treadmill

Aman New York joins Amangani in Wyoming and Amangiri in Utah as the luxury brand’s third destination in the US. The trio will soon be accompanied by Aman Miami Beach, which is set to open in 2024

Flicking through the spa menu, there’s a well-curated selection of treatments on offer but all come with eye wateringly high price tags. 

Some of the higher-priced options include a 20-minute anti-aging IV treatment at $850, a red carpet facial at $625, a Thai massage at $490, a two-hour sauna session for two people at $2,700 and a 45-minute haircut with celebrated stylist John Barrett costing from $1,000.

On the fitness front and hour’s long personal training session in the Aman gym will set you back $200, while a yoga class costs the same and a Pilates session is slightly dearer at $250.  

Kopec reveals that the entire Aman New York hotel project cost in the region of $1.5 billion. 

This included the conversion and renovation of the iconic Crown Building into 83 suite hotel and 22 residential condominiums. 

Other standout amenities in the high-end hotel include a Prohibition-era-style jazz club, a fine dining Italian restaurant named Arva and a Japanese eatery called Nama, which features a custom made omakase bar fashioned out of a single piece of wood shipped in from Japan.  

Aman New York joins Amangani in Wyoming and Amangiri in Utah as the luxury brand’s third destination in the US. 

The trio will soon be accompanied by Aman Miami Beach, which is set to open in 2024. 

Currently the Aman New York spa is only available to hotel guests and members of its exclusive members club, which costs $200,000 in initiation fees, plus $15,000 in annual dues.

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