Sydney's Eastern Suburbs area is officially claiming the crown as Australia’s bathhouse capital. Nimbus Co kicked off the movement back in 2016 as Australia’s first infrared sauna studio, then in early 2024, the doors opened at Xtra Clubs: a cult-fave (super affordable) sauna and ice bath club just steps away from Bondi Junction station. Next up: Slow House (recently rebranded as 38 Degrees Bathhouse) – a vast subterranean bathhouse on the more luxe end of the scale. Now, after opening its first Sydney outpost in Alexandria earlier this year, Soak Bathhouse has officially opened its latest venue in Bondi Junction.
Following buzzy success stories in Queensland, Victoria and Alexandria, Soak’s second Sydney spot has landed in a sleek new commercial development in Bondi Junction – an architecturally-designed, "biophilic" (nature-loving) space defined by rooftop gardens, vertical greenery and a wellness-first philosophy.
Since launching its first Gold Coast space back in 2020, Soak Bathhouse has built its reputation on the principle that wellness should be social, accessible and a little bit luxe. The aim is to offer city dwellers a communal recharge zone – a space to catch up with friends, exhale, and re-enter the world feeling a little bit more human.
Spanning 700 square metres, the Bondi Junction site features warm magnesium-rich mineral pools, hot mineral soaks, cold plunges, dry cedarwood saunas, aromatic steam rooms, and an infrared sauna, alongside massage rooms and LED facial and meditation pods.
“In today’s busy world, we’re all a little tired, burnt out, and dysregulated,” says Soak Bathhouse co-founder and CEO Alexis Dean. “We want Soak to be the antidote to that – a space where you can drop in for 60 or 90 minutes, reconnect with yourself or your friends, and feel like yourself again.”
Within striking distance of Bondi Junction Station and Westfield’s dining precinct (and, crucially, Ichi-ban Boshi), and with sessions starting from $39, the leafy new bathhouse is a solid (and relatively affordable) addition to your Bondi Junction hit-list.
Soak Bathhouse Bondi is open now inside Verdical Bondi Junction. You can learn more over here.
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