MANILA, Philippines ? A comfortable couch, a good movie, delicious food and a foot massage. All at the same time.

Now that?s what we?re talking about. Spas have mushroomed all over the metropolis, but Blue Water Day Spa is the first to come up with this crazy idea of putting 28 Lazy Boy sofas in a darkened theater so people can get a foot and back massage while watching a movie of their choice.

Located along Ortigas Ave. right beside the Greenhills Shopping Complex, the theater has high-definition cinema projectors with Dolby Surround 7.1, and its movie library uses only Blu-Ray discs.

The leather sofas were custom-designed for the spa to allow for just the right angle recline. The sofas also have wide armrests where food can be placed. While the spa doesn?t serve food, it does allow food to be brought in.

Rented out

The theater can be rented out for exclusive use, so if you ever want to have a movie spa party, this is definitely the place to go. Other spas usually only have a handful of therapists that can handle big groups. Guests are therefore forced to take turns. Blue Water, on the other hand, has a complement of therapists that handles all 28 seats at the same time.

Bringing your gaming console, like Wii or Playstation, to play games using the 13-ft-wide by 5-ft-high screen is also allowed inside the theater.

Since the spa is close to at least three different schools, it?s not hard to imagine a group of moms who?d like to take the afternoon off for a bit of pampering and videoke singing. Other uses of the theater include presentations, seminars and conferences.

While the only treatments you can get in the theater are the Foot Reflex (with a back and shoulder massage) and Foot Scrub, the spa has a host of other treatments and rooms. It has sauna rooms (that fit up to nine people at a time) in each of the male and female locker rooms, common rooms and couple?s rooms.

Good way

The theater treatments are a good way for families or groups of friends to spend an afternoon together for some de-stressing or chilling out.

The foot spa only costs P500 and you only need to add P60 to get the shoulder and back massage. With the prices of movie tickets nowadays, it?s adding just a bit more to get a massage thrown in. Plus, everyone still gets to be able to use the sauna and showers afterwards.

For the full body massage, sports buffs can get the athlete?s massage, while people who want to ?detox? can get the Brazilian crystal massage where crystals are used to absorb negative energy from the body.

The spa also has slimming treatments like the Tibetan Meridian Fire Therapy (where actual fire is used) and the Chocolate Slimming Mud Therapy.

Other services include diamond peel and skin tightening as well as treatments for spider vein removal and wart removal. The spa even has a whole body whitening treatment.

Aside from the Ortigas Ave. branch, Blue Water Day Spa has branches in Makati, Ayala Alabang and Tagaytay.

For details, visit www.bluewaterdayspa.com.