This week is going to be a busy week for me since work has picked up a bit and have a few things on my plate like hoping to find a new apartment in NYC, and dealing with deadlines at work! It looks like I’m going to need a nice spa treatment by the end of the week. I am definitely due for some pampering and relaxation so where do I go for the best spa in NYC? Well I was looking online and came across a few review sites but the one that gave some great information was Oyster.com. What’s cool about this hotel review site was that their reviews were unbiased and professional, gave pros and cons, used real photos, and best of all- roundups of best spas!

Here’s Oyster’s Roundup of Best Spas…

Best Hotel Spas in New York

For spa lovers, a vacation just isn’t a vacation without some regimented relaxation, especially in New York, where the grit and grime can really get under your skin — both literally and figuratively. So we’ve compiled a list of the best hotel spas in the city.

Mandarin Oriental, New York

• Pearls: Rating: 5.0 Pearls
• Where: Upper West Side, New York City
• Average Price: $595/night

This gorgeous spa, with Asian accents and fresh orchids throughout, offers a full range of treatments, from manicures to massages. A 50-minute massage runs over $200, and most treatments are over $300. But if you purchase a spa treatment, you also get access to Experience Showers, an Amethyst Crystal Steam Room, and a Vitality Pool. (Only guests staying in suites have free access to these facilities; other guests can pay $50 per stay to use them.) For the ultimate in luxury, guests can book a private, 650-square-foot VIP spa suite that replicates an Asian-style home and has its own fireplace, elevated bath, steam shower, and dual massage beds.

Affinia Dumont

• Pearls: Rating: 3.5 Pearls
• Where: Gramercy and Murray Hill, New York City
• Average Price: $234/night

The Dumont’s Oasis Day Spa is world-class, as you might expect at a hotel whose focus is fitness and wellness. It offers massages, skin care, and body treatments, and the dark inner sanctum has plenty of candles and a healthy dose of soothing, Asian-influenced spa music.

The Plaza

• Pearls: Rating: 5.0 Pearls
• Where: Upper East Side, New York City
• Average Price: $506/night

Similar to its other locations in Bordeaux and Spain, the 8,000-square-foot Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at the Plaza focuses on all-natural, grape-based treatments. (The wine theme comes naturally for the French founders, who own the Bordeaux vineyards of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte.) Crushed Cabernet scrubs can be followed up with a glass of wine. The spa has received a flurry of media coverage since it opened in October 2008.

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

• Pearls: Rating: 4.5 Pearls
• Where: Upper East Side, New York City
• Average Price: $395/night

Sense Spa just opened this newly renovated facility in October 2008. It has a sparkly, mosaic-tiled staircase that leads guests to its beautiful treatment rooms below, where Sisley products enhance the wide range of spa treatments. The prices aren’t likely to enhance your serenity — they start at $280. Given about 24 hours’ notice, though, the spa can arrange treatments at almost any time of day for guests. If you arrive at 6:45 a.m. and need 90 minutes of Sento Vital Flow to refresh, they’ll make it work.

Dream

• Pearls: Rating: 3.5 Pearls
• Where: Times Square and Midtown West, New York City
• Average Price: $189/night

Dream’s Chopra Center & Spa is a yoga, meditation and Ayurvedic spa facility spun off from celebrity guru Deepak Chopra’s original California location. The spa’s Ayurvedic therapies use oils, herbs, and aromas supposedly tailored to each customer.

The Benjamin

• Pearls: Rating: 4.0 Pearls
• Where: Midtown East, New York City
• Average Price: $284/night

The Benjamin, one of the themed Affinia hotels, is dedicated to providing its guests with a restful night’s sleep. Its in-house, full-service Affinia Wellness Spa offers signature sleep-enhancing treatments like the Sleep Well-Ness Massage (50 min., $130) and Sweet Dreams Aromatherapy Facial (50 min., $130). In-room massages are available for an extra $40 on top of the regular fee.

The Waldorf Astoria

• Pearls: Rating: 4.0 Pearls
• Where: Midtown East, New York City
• Average Price: $227/night

The 14,000-square-foot Guerlain Spa — one of two in the U.S., the other being at the posh Regent Bal Harbour hotel in Miami — opened in September 2008 and offers a wide range of luxurious treatments using the Guerlain brand’s signature products. Most spa treatments (including those tailored for men) cost $300 to $500, but the highest of the high-end experiences is the $2,175 Sublime Deluxe transforming day experience, which lasts seven hours and 45 minutes.