Steam saunas in San Francisco, United States
Kabuki Springs & Spa
Kabuki Springs & Spa is a Japanese-inspired communal bathhouse in the Japan Center in Japantown, San Francisco, operating since 1968. The bathing area has a cedar-lined dry sauna heated to 150°F, a herbal steam room at 120°F, a 104°F hot pool and a 55°F cold plunge, with seated sentō-style showers. Women bathe Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, men Thursdays and Saturdays, and Mondays and Tuesdays are all-gender with swimsuits. A 2.5-hour bath reservation costs $49.
Piedmont Springs
Piedmont Springs is a neighbourhood spa on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, open since 1981, that rents private heat rooms by the session. It has a cedar-lined sauna and a steam room, each with its own shower and dressing room, at $25 per person for 45 minutes, four private outdoor hot tubs at 102–104°F for $32 per person per hour, and a combination room with an outdoor two-person tub and its own sauna at $50 per person per hour. Massage is also offered, and it opens daily 11 AM to 10 PM.
Imperial Day Spa
Imperial Day Spa is a Korean-style communal bathhouse at 1875 Geary Boulevard near Japantown, San Francisco, known for full-body exfoliation scrubs. It has two separate spa areas for men and women, each with a hot jacuzzi, a cold plunge, dry and steam saunas, and sit-down and stand-up showers; the women's side adds a heated red-and-yellow clay room lined with mugwort pouches. Treatments include two hours of spa use before or after, and it opens daily until 8:45 PM.
Onsen SF
Onsen is a Japanese-inspired communal bathhouse with a restaurant at 466 Eddy Street in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. The bathing room holds a redwood sauna, a steam room, a custom overhead cold plunge shower and a communal soaking tub kept at 104°F. Sessions are gender-specific on Mondays and Wednesdays and co-ed Thursday to Sunday, with two-hour bathing at $50 including robe, towel and sandals. Reservations take up to four guests; private bookings suit groups of five or more.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Hotel Nikko San Francisco, at 222 Mason Street in Union Square, has a 10,000-square-foot wellness centre with a glass-enclosed heated indoor pool, hot tub and a health club with cardio and strength equipment. Separate men's and women's locker rooms each contain a dry sauna and a steam room. The hotel describes the facilities as being for registered guests, but day passes are sold through ResortPass from $56, with pool access 9 AM to 5 PM and health club access 7 AM to 5 PM.
Nob Hill Spa
Nob Hill Spa is the spa of the Huntington Hotel at 1075 California Street on Nob Hill, San Francisco. Spread over three levels, it has an edgeless indoor soaking pool heated to 94°F opening onto a terrace with city views, saunas and steam rooms, a 1,800-square-foot fitness centre, a fireside sanctuary lounge and treatment rooms. Hotel guests and guests with treatment bookings use all areas, and a facilities-only day pass is sold Monday to Thursday for $125. It is open daily from 7:30 AM to 9 PM.
Kabuki Springs & Spa
Kabuki Springs & Spa is a Japanese-inspired communal bathhouse in the Japan Center in Japantown, San Francisco, operating since 1968. The bathing area has a cedar-lined dry sauna heated to 150°F, a herbal steam room at 120°F, a 104°F hot pool and a 55°F cold plunge, with seated sentō-style showers. Women bathe Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, men Thursdays and Saturdays, and Mondays and Tuesdays are all-gender with swimsuits. A 2.5-hour bath reservation costs $49.
Piedmont Springs
Piedmont Springs is a neighbourhood spa on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, open since 1981, that rents private heat rooms by the session. It has a cedar-lined sauna and a steam room, each with its own shower and dressing room, at $25 per person for 45 minutes, four private outdoor hot tubs at 102–104°F for $32 per person per hour, and a combination room with an outdoor two-person tub and its own sauna at $50 per person per hour. Massage is also offered, and it opens daily 11 AM to 10 PM.
Imperial Day Spa
Imperial Day Spa is a Korean-style communal bathhouse at 1875 Geary Boulevard near Japantown, San Francisco, known for full-body exfoliation scrubs. It has two separate spa areas for men and women, each with a hot jacuzzi, a cold plunge, dry and steam saunas, and sit-down and stand-up showers; the women's side adds a heated red-and-yellow clay room lined with mugwort pouches. Treatments include two hours of spa use before or after, and it opens daily until 8:45 PM.
Onsen SF
Onsen is a Japanese-inspired communal bathhouse with a restaurant at 466 Eddy Street in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. The bathing room holds a redwood sauna, a steam room, a custom overhead cold plunge shower and a communal soaking tub kept at 104°F. Sessions are gender-specific on Mondays and Wednesdays and co-ed Thursday to Sunday, with two-hour bathing at $50 including robe, towel and sandals. Reservations take up to four guests; private bookings suit groups of five or more.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Hotel Nikko San Francisco, at 222 Mason Street in Union Square, has a 10,000-square-foot wellness centre with a glass-enclosed heated indoor pool, hot tub and a health club with cardio and strength equipment. Separate men's and women's locker rooms each contain a dry sauna and a steam room. The hotel describes the facilities as being for registered guests, but day passes are sold through ResortPass from $56, with pool access 9 AM to 5 PM and health club access 7 AM to 5 PM.
Nob Hill Spa
Nob Hill Spa is the spa of the Huntington Hotel at 1075 California Street on Nob Hill, San Francisco. Spread over three levels, it has an edgeless indoor soaking pool heated to 94°F opening onto a terrace with city views, saunas and steam rooms, a 1,800-square-foot fitness centre, a fireside sanctuary lounge and treatment rooms. Hotel guests and guests with treatment bookings use all areas, and a facilities-only day pass is sold Monday to Thursday for $125. It is open daily from 7:30 AM to 9 PM.