Social Wellness in Los Angeles: The Best Clubs, Bathhouses, and Recovery Spaces
- GSS Staff
- Oct 8
- 4 min read
Los Angeles is home to a new category of spaces that go beyond gyms and spas. These are wellness clubs—places where people gather not just to work out, but to recover, eat, and connect. Each has its own approach, from medical diagnostics to heritage bathhouse rituals, but all share one idea: wellness as a social experience.
Remedy Place – West Hollywood
The Concept
Remedy Place calls itself the world’s first social wellness club. It opened in 2019 on Sunset Boulevard with a model built around group experiences. Instead of nightlife, it promotes self-care as a reason to meet up.
The Experience
The best-known offering is the guided ice-bath class, which combines coaching and cold immersion in a group setting. IV drips, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture, and chiropractic sessions are also available. Visitors highlight the design, which avoids a clinical feel in favor of darker tones and soft lighting. Guests often plan to attend with friends, making health practices part of their social calendar.
Need to Know
Treatments start around $50. Memberships begin near $300 per month. Sessions fill quickly, so advance booking is recommended. Valet parking is available on site.
IF YOU GO📍
8305 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
💡 Signature Experience: Group ice-bath class (includes breathwork)
💲 Starts at: ~$50 for single treatments; memberships from ~$255/month
📅 Book ahead via website or app; group sessions often sell out
🧭 Extras: Non-members can access lounges and sauna/steam when booking select services. Walks in accepted
Heimat – Hollywood
The Concept
Heimat is a 75,000-square-foot, five-story complex operated by RSG Group. It combines a luxury gym, spa, coworking lounge, rooftop pool, and restaurant. It positions itself as a full-day environment for members who want every aspect of wellness and work in one place.
The Experience
Members point to the variety of strength and conditioning classes, the rooftop pool with city views, and the inclusion of library-style workspaces that allow them to stay onsite between workouts. The restaurant, operated by chef Michael Mina, receives strong reviews. The facility is designed so members can move seamlessly between training, recovery, dining, and work.
Need to Know
Membership requires an application and costs about $350 per month plus an initiation fee. Reservations for the restaurant are recommended. Parking is available, and the location is in the heart of Hollywood.
IF YOU GO
📍 960 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
💡 Signature Experience: Rooftop pool + strength classes + coworking in one facility
💲 Membership: ~$350/month + initiation fee; application required
📅 Apply online; tours offered by appointment
🧭 Extras: Full-service restaurant, coworking lounges, spa access for members
HUME – Venice
The Concept
HUME is a smaller-scale wellness club located in Venice. It is built around the idea of intimacy and community rather than scale, with 13,500 square feet of facilities.
The Experience
The club offers a gym, recovery treatments, classes, and a café. Reviews highlight the sensory design—muted colors, curated lighting, and soundscapes that create a consistent environment. Members often stay after classes to spend time in the café, and feedback emphasizes that the space feels curated for interaction without crowding. Its size sets it apart from larger Hollywood clubs.
Need to Know
HUME is membership-only and capped to preserve access. Applications are required, and membership includes access to all classes and recovery services. Street parking is available nearby.
IF YOU GO
📍 3118 Pacific Ave, Venice, CA 90291
🌐 hume.la
💡 Signature Experience: Small-group classes with access to café + recovery areas
💲 Membership-only; pricing by application
📅 Apply online; capped membership to avoid crowding
🧭 Extras: Café onsite; sensory-rich environment; designed for lingering
Love.Life – El Segundo / Manhattan Beach
The Concept
Founded by John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, Love.Life blends functional medicine with fitness, diagnostics, and recovery therapies. It aims to bridge clinical care with everyday lifestyle.
The Experience
The gym floor features advanced equipment such as OxeFit strength machines and stations for VO₂ max testing. Members can book diagnostics, physical therapy, or psychiatric services. Recovery includes red-light therapy, lymphatic compression, and hydrotherapy. A facial appointment, priced around $70, also provides access to sauna, steam, and cold plunge areas. Reviews often point out the pickleball courts and café as social hubs, and note the staff’s clinical expertise.
Need to Know
Memberships and drop-in treatments are available. Pricing varies by service, with entry-level treatments beginning near $70. Booking online is recommended. The facility is located in El Segundo with ample parking.
IF YOU GO
📍 888 N Sepulveda Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245
💡 Signature Experience: $70 facial includes full access to sauna, steam, and cold plunge
💲 Starts at: ~$70; memberships and diagnostics priced separately
📅 Book online; some services allow non-member access
🧭 Extras: Pickleball courts, physician-led care, plant-forward café
Olympic Spa – Koreatown
The Concept
Olympic Spa is a long-running Korean-style bathhouse in Koreatown. It offers communal hot and cold plunges, herbal steam rooms, and body treatments. It represents the cultural roots of social bathing in Los Angeles.
The Experience
Visitors highlight the body scrub, which is one of the most requested treatments. Guests move between heated rooms, soaking tubs, and steam baths. Nudity is expected in the bathing areas, consistent with Korean jjimjilbang culture. Reviews note that regulars and newcomers mix comfortably, and that the atmosphere is straightforward and unpretentious.
Need to Know
Admission provides access to communal facilities, while scrubs and massages are priced separately. Walk-ins are accepted. Towels and robes are provided on site. Parking is available in Koreatown.
IF YOU GO
📍 3915 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
💡 Signature Experience: Traditional Korean body scrub + herbal steam rooms
💲 Admission: ~$40; body scrubs from ~$55
📅 Walk-ins welcome; weekends are busiest
🧭 Extras: Communal nudity required in bathing areas; robes/towels provided
These five venues represent the range of social wellness in Los Angeles. From high-end, membership-based complexes to heritage bathhouses, they each position health as something to be experienced together rather than alone. For locals and visitors, they showcase how the city’s wellness culture is expanding beyond workouts into community, diagnostics, and recovery.
