Iowa Recovery Room
📍 1509 Mall Dr #1, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Services: Float, Infrared Sauna, Massage
Amenities & Features
About
Cold Plunge & Sauna
Iowa Recovery Room offers a dedicated sauna and cold plunge experience that guests consistently highlight for its recovery benefits and rejuvenating effects. The venue features a private infrared sauna that provides a quiet and refreshing escape. Many visitors specifically recommend using the sauna before a float session to help calm the mind. The cold plunge, described as an ice bath or chilled loop water bath, is noted for its significant help with workout recovery and muscle therapy. Guests find the sauna and cold bath to be an amazing energizing combo, though they note it is best experienced on a separate day from a float session. The contrast therapy is praised for its role in workout recovery and providing a refreshing escape from daily stress.
Atmosphere
The facility maintains a very peaceful, relaxing, and therapeutic overall environment. Guests describe the space as spotlessly clean, well-appointed, cozy, and a quiet getaway from the busyness of modern life. The atmosphere is consistently noted as serene, calming, and an asset to the community, contributing to a feeling of being grounded, relaxed, and refreshed after a visit.
Pricing
The venue offers affordable entry prices that guests find very reasonable. The booking process is also noted for being easy and straightforward, making the services accessible.
Staff
The owner, Patrick, is frequently mentioned as being down-to-earth, friendly, welcoming, knowledgeable, and super cool. He is noted for doing a great job of explaining the services and for not being a pushy salesman. Receptionists are also described as always being super pleasant to interact with, contributing to the positive experience.
Additional Amenities
A primary additional service is float therapy, offered in three different tank options: an original tank, a float pod, and a float cabin. Guests report that floating helps their muscles and mind relax, leaving them feeling as if they received a massage, and it has done wonders for helping with sleep and unwinding after a busy week.