Civic Center Sauna & Hot Tub

This place is one of the filthiest places I have ever been. I am urging people to keep walking if you want to take the waters or dry heat. The staff are all crooks. They do NOT take credit cards-​I was told the machine was not working, even though on the rules paper at the front desk, it was written no credit cards. Again, I give this hole in the wall ZERO stars, and a place where these «homeless» can go for an hour.

This place rocks. Cleaner and easier to get to than Van Ness. Mellow. If you want a great soak, a terrific dry sauna — it’s there for you or a friend… :) Best in town and cheaper than Van Ness as well.

The bf and I spontaneously stopped by at this spot. I believe we got in there 45 min before closing time. And they let us use one of their rooms for less than the usual price (because we would only be there for 45 min as oppose to an hour)
Yes it was actually clean.
I wish their price menu look rather professional (not on a piece of crumpled white paper taped on the desk).
No, there were no soap by the shower.
This is not West Inn or something, this is Civic Center Sauna & Hot Tub in the Tenderloin.
But they said it was newly renovated, so we were lucky enough to come in here while it was still fresh and dandy.
So if any of you peeps are considering to visit this place, I recommend you to visit it now before shit gets ghetto.

I have only been to this place once, in the afternoon on a weekday. My friend and I thought we were the only one’s there. It is spacious and clean. Did not seem the least bit seedy or drab. The front desk clerk was professional and polite. The room was immaculate and set up really well with the sauna used as a closet for our clothes. The tub temperature was perfect and the water clean. And the price is right with 30 $ for an hour.
The only thing that I would say is lacking with this business besides patrons is a lot of large, living, trees/​plants/​flowers to make the individual spa rooms aesthetically pleasing to the eye, ie. paint colors on the walls, and/​or to create different theme rooms. It looks very clinical with white walls and no decoration. Nevertheless, it is clean, for sure. I don’t know what the other reviewers are talking about with all of the negativity. I can’t picture all that stuff going on in the hottub place I visited two weeks ago at 15 Fell St.

This place is a little more modern than the tubs on Van Ness (there is a cd player, not just an AM/​FM radio which gets mostly different genres of static) but definently not sleazy or gross. They were my first choice up until a few months ago because the hourly rate for 2 people was only 25 $ or a mere $ 40 for 2 hrs! Now its $ 30 for 1 hr and no price breaks when staying multiple hrs.
Still, it’s cheaper than Van Ness tubs which is $ 40 for 2 ppl 1 hr but I like how each room there is unique and the hot tubs are bigger and deeper. No fake plastic plants with the price tags still on them though.

I recently met Mike, the manager of Civic Center Sauna & Hot Tubs through work, and was told that the business is under new management and has just undergone a $ 1.8 million renovation.
I went to check out the facilities and indeed they are beautiful. Everything is spic and span and I would recommend the spa for anyone who needs to unwind some sore muscles. You can see that everything is brand new and very clean. I see that in the other reviews people said this place is seedy and unclean but that has to be from before the remodel.
Having been to the Hot Tubs on Van Ness as well I would say these are nicer since everything is brand new. They are also much more convenient for me to get to since the Van Ness MUNI station is right next to the location.
All in all I am stoked to have found this place!

The only thing missing from this hell hole is a naked red light bulb over the entrance announcing its true identity. No effort is made to disguise the fact that this is a less-​than-​legitimate enterprise — crack whores of both sexes linger near the front desk and ask if you’d like ‘company’ before you even sign in. The hot tub and the room itself were so disgustingly dirty I requested a different one and, in answer to my explaining why I wanted to switch, I was told the one I had was as clean as they get. The response to my request for a refund was a derisive hoot. Figuring it was better to lose the money than contract whatever diseases were polluting the place, I left. On a slow crime day, the SFPD should check this place out. Why the Department of Health hasn’t already is beyond me.

unlike the hot tubs on van ness, civic center hot tubs are, in my limited experience there, pretty gross. on my first (and last) visit, both the staff ‘working’ and the customers were tweaking pretty badly, the hookers openly cruising for work, and the redwood tubs an infectious mess. unsexy, unclean, uncool. can i give a negative star?