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Seoul Zimzilbang Korean Sauna
Category: Beauty and Spas Day Spas Day Spas [Edit]
382 Magnetic DrToronto, ON M3J 3J2
(416) 514-1965
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 6 am - 6 am
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- By Appointment Only:
- No
5 reviews for Seoul Zimzilbang Korean Sauna
5 reviews in English
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
2/21/2011 8 photos
On a cold Winter day, when it is snowy and miserable outside.. I know where I want to head to for a couple of hours... Seoul Zimzilbang Korean Sauna!!!
I been to Korean Sauna when I visited Seoul.. I can tell you that Zimzilbang is as good/authentic or even better..
- 24/7, it never never close!! And you are welcome to stay as long as you like!
- Just love lying around hanging out with friends.. it is just a different experience than going out to for a drink or dinner or coffee with friends.. the experience here is more intimate.. feels more like a sleepover :)
- spacious resting area..big sofas to lay around.. TV to watch... Free Wifi access (yes you need to be connected even when you in a Sauna?).. even a Pool table?!!!
- The different sauna rooms that have different minerals on their walls suppose to give you different health benefits..
- I can imagine if I am an out of towner, I will come here for the sauna, have a nap, workout on the exercise bike, have a shower, write yelp reviews.. all for $20!! That's much cheaper than staying in a hotel/motel!!
- atmosphere here is really casual and you will see families with kids spending a couple of hours here..
I felt totally refreshed and relaxed after my Sauna experience! BTW, that 100C room is freaking HOT!!Listed in: Korean Town North!, Places that opens 24 hours!
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Review from Vicky W.
North York, ON
1/9/2012
I checked out the Korean Family Sauna website first so I could learn what to expect. After reviewing it, I knew that I wanted to go. So I did.
When you pay ($20), you receive a locker key, a pair of cotton shorts and a cotton tshirt, and 2 very small towels. (um, I should be specific - the towels were the size of handtowels)
The change room is huge, and clean. Infact the whole place is absolutely spotless with gleaming hardwood floors.
The games room is also huge. I mean HUGE. There's a pool table, numerous leather couches, several flat screen tv's, and a cafeteria that is licensed. That's right - licensed.
The main room is also huge and you can call this the "warm up room". There are bamboo mats to lie on (with wooden blocks to rest your head) and people just relax here.
You simply just relax in this room, which is surrounded by 8 saunas
I brought a magazine, my Iphone and a pair of ear phones. The other people in this room with me, included a Korean family of 4. i.e mom, dad and their two kids (10 and 12?).
There's 8 different doors that lead you into the saunas. Some are warmer than others but whats important is the rocks on the wall. Each room have different rocks that have different health benefits. I went to each and every sauna.
One sauna had these lovely colored rocks on the wall.
What I found interesting in these saunas was the fact that there were no benches in them. You simply lay on your bamboo mat.
In between visiting each sauna room, I hung out in the cold room.
I also enjoyed the opportunity to go back into the games room to enjoy a Sapporo ($9) and a maki roll. ($4.50)
My visit to the Korean Family spa cost me $20 (food and alcohol separate) and I swear I was there for close to three hours. Pretty good value, in my humble opinion.
Definitely worth visiting if you like saunas!! I know I will be returning. I have no doubt in my mind.
Things I learned:
-bring a 1.5 litre of water with you. I promise you, you will drink the whole thing (you can refill it there).
-bring shower shoes for the shower
-bring a book, magazine, earphones, music and earphones
-bring a towel incase you want something larger than the towel they give you, which is the size of a kitchen towel. It makes GoodLife's towels look like bathsheets.
Korean Family Spa - 382 Magenetic Drive (416) 514-1965 Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! -
Review from Denise S.
4/3/2011 1 Check-in Here
After hearing about this place from several Korean friends, a friend and I finally made our way to Dufferin and Steeles to check this place out! We have both traveled to Korea, where we became addicted to jimjilbangs (or zimzilbangs... whichever you prefer) and were feeling nostalgic once we arrived. My friend's first comment, "it smells like Korea in here. Ahhh..."
The place is on a random industrial side street. Ample parking. You pay $20 up front and are given a locker for your shoes, a locker in the main changeroom, and a set of orange t-shirt and shorts to wear in the saunas.
Step 1- Shower/hot tub: there are curtained areas in the changeroom and saunas if you feel awkward being naked in front of your friends... I have to say the changeroom area and the showers were not as clean as the ones I've been to in Korea, but they were decent. The washroom has 2 toilets and one of them is the fancy style with a zillion buttons, heated seat, etc. if you are into that. They have basic things like soap, 2 in 1 shampoo, body lotion available.
Step 2 - change into your orange outfit and go into the common (co-ed) area. There are board games, Korean fashion magazines, leather couches, TV, and exercise equipement (just 3 or 4 ellipicals and stationary bikes in the middle of a big room -- there were signs for hot yoga for $5 per class, but no schedule of when the classes occur). There is a small kitchen where you can buy drinks, instant noodles, boiled eggs, bubble tea, and other snacks. Everything gets charged to your locker key bracelet, so you don't have to worry about bring your wallet from your locker.
Step 3 - Sauna area -- there are several saunas ranging from 37 degrees to 92 degrees + an ice room. We went on a saturday afternoon and it was actually not crowded at all. Really nice, quiet and relaxing. There are wooden blocks and mats so you can take a nice nap.
Definitely an authentic jimjilbang experience and something relaxing to do if you're looking to try something a little different. Great place to chill either alone or with friends, and for just $20 it is sort of like going to the spa (although it is pretty simple inside, not luxurious per se) without spending lots of money.
What to bring: bath towel (not totally necessary, but they only give you 2 hand towels which is tricky when you are getting out of the shower and also if you have long hair), shampoo/conditioner and other toiletries, book/laptop, water bottle.Listed in: Spas & Salons
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Review from Patty H.
North York, ON
12/4/2010 10 photos
I have heard of this traditional korean sauna for a while and I just decided to visit here recently.
First of all, the place is situated in the industrial area, and the sign is in Korean. They have the sign in English but the words are so small you actually have to pay extra attention to catch it.
When we go in, the reception asked us to pay $20 up front. You get a key to your locker where you store your shoes, and then you bring the locker key back to the counter, the counter give you another key with corresponding number for the locker in the change room. They will also provide you a t-shirt and a shorts and two small towels before you head into the change room.
The change room is huge area with lots of lockers, and it has a shower room as well. The shower room has several stalls for showers, and it provides soap and 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner, it also has a whirlpool if you want to take your time and dip yourself in there.
There's also another area in the shower room is the body scrub area, where you pay extra for the service.
Once you come out of the change room, you get to the main lobby area where you can purchase food (instant noodle, baked eggs($0.75), sushi rolls ($4.5)..etc), beverages (yes, it has alcohol drinks, sapporo $9.50), and it provides free water. Other than the food vending area, they have a lot of couches for you to relax, watch tv, read your books or use your own laptop.
We walk past the lobby and enter the sauna rooms area. It has several different room temperature, most of them are around 40c degree, and there is one room is around 70c degree, one room is around 100c degree and an ice room. Each room is built with different kind of mineral stone on the wall. (Crystal, Elvan Stone, Germanium, Gold, Jade, Ice Room, Loess)
Outside of each sauna room, there is a main resting area where everyone lye on the floor to relax, watch tv or read their books. They provide bamboo mat, yoga mat, wood block and yoga block.
When we can't stand the heat and decided to take a break, we will rest on the floor at the resting area for a while and then go into another sauna room later.
We went to visit this place on a Saturday afternoon. It is quite empty during the time that we visited. You barely get to see more than 2 people in an sauna room. And most of the people just come and go.
It is so relaxing that I can be here the entire day if I want! (And yes, this place is 24 hours and 7 days a week).
This is such a perfect place for student who wants to study without disturbance, and friends gathering with extra kick with the heat.
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Review from K V.
Thornhill, ON
1/29/2011
I absolutely love this place, we come here often, either after a hard work day or to relax apres ski, it really gets the leg cramps out. Patty H. pretty much said it all about the place. I only want to add that those who have never been to Korean Sauna before be prepared for a very different experience, you do not wear bathing suits, instead you get shorts and a T, people walk naked freely in the changing room and in the shower. Korean scrub and massage are not a relaxing experience, the scrub will take layers of you skin off(it will teach you how to wash properly) and the massage will bend every muscle in your lifeless body. So...it's a little different, be prepared. As for everything else, it's open 24/7 and yes you can stay for entire 24h, great place to crush after party or just to warm your bones from these winter chills.
