Russian Banyas in the US
22 Russian and Eastern European banyas in 11 US cities. Each listing shows the hot room, the cold pool, the price and whether the platza, the oak-leaf treatment, is offered.
| City | Places | Cheapest day pass |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 5 | $60 |
| Philadelphia | 4 | $29 |
| New Jersey | 2 | $60 |
| Los Angeles | 2 | $110 |
| Chicago | 2 | $40 |
| Boston | 2 | $69 |
| San Francisco | 1 | – |
| Seattle | 1 | – |
| Denver | 1 | $32 |
| Dallas | 1 | – |
| Detroit | 1 | $40 |
Banyas in New York City
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Brooklyn Banya
Brooklyn
A neighborhood Russian bathhouse on Coney Island Avenue in Kensington with a wet and a dry sauna, a steam room, a pool, a hot tub and a roof deck.
BanyaDay pass $60
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Mermaid Spa
Brooklyn
A Russian banya in Sea Gate, near the end of Coney Island, with three steam rooms, a dry sauna, two ice-water pools fed with chopped ice and a round hot tub.
BanyaCold plungeSession $50
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Russian & Turkish Baths
Manhattan
A basement bathhouse on East 10th Street, running since 1892, with a Russian room heated by a massive rock oven, a Turkish room, an icy plunge pool and a small restaurant.
BanyaCold plunge -
Wall Street Bath & Spa 88
Manhattan
A Russian-style bathhouse in the Financial District with a granite stone sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, an infrared sauna, a cold plunge, a pool and an Eastern European restaurant.
BanyaCold plungeDay pass $60
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World Spa
Brooklyn
A 50,000-square-foot bathhouse in Midwood with two Russian banyas, Turkish and Moroccan hammams, a snow room, salt-water onsen pools and a restaurant lounge.
BanyaHammamCold plunge194°F48°FDay pass $99
Banyas in Philadelphia
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Aura Esthetic Spa & Sauna
Southampton
A small Bucks County spa in Southampton built around a Russian-style banya with venik bundles, followed by an ice pool.
BanyaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge -
Bathhouse Philadelphia
The New York bathhouse brand's first location outside NYC, a large coed spa under the Bellevue in Center City with a dry Aufguss sauna, a wood-stove banya, an infrared sauna, a steam room and three thermal pools.
BathhouseBanyaContrast therapyCold plungeAufgussCo-ed195°FNo plungeDay pass $29
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Fusion Spa & Resort
A 29,000-square-foot social spa in the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia that combines Finnish, Russian, Turkish and Japanese bathing, with a banya, a hammam, a snow room, indoor and outdoor pools and a full restaurant.
BathhouseBanyaHammamContrast therapyCold plungeHeat45°FDay pass $65
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Southampton Spa
Southampton
A long-running Russian and Turkish bathhouse just north of Philadelphia in Bucks County, with a 190°F Russian bath, a hammam, a salt sauna, a cold plunge pool, a snow room and a restaurant serving Eastern European food.
BanyaHammamBathhouseCold plunge190°F47°FDay pass $70
Banyas in New Jersey
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Bear + Birch
Freehold
A Russian-style banya in a Freehold office park with a hot parnaya, a Finnish dry sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge pool and a hot tub, plus platza treatments and a BYOB restaurant.
BanyaCold plungeHeat40°FDay pass $60
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BRC Day Spa & Sauna Resort
Fair Lawn
A Russian-style day spa in Fair Lawn with wet and dry saunas, a Turkish steam room, cold plunges, a lap pool and jacuzzi, and a restaurant and bar for lingering between rounds.
BanyaBathhouseCold plunge
Banyas in Los Angeles
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City Spa & Health Center
A Russian-style bathhouse on Pico Boulevard that has operated for more than 70 years, formerly the Pico-Burnside Baths, with a natural-rock banya, a salt rock sauna and old-school platza treatments with oak-leaf brooms.
Banya -
Voda Spa
West Hollywood
A Russian-style spa in West Hollywood with wet and dry banyas, a Finnish sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge, an indoor pool and jacuzzi, and a cafe serving Eastern European dishes like borscht.
BanyaCold plunge200°FNo plungeDay pass $110
Banyas in Chicago
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Chicago Bath House
A Russian-style bathhouse on Division Street in Wicker Park, formerly known as Red Square Spa, with a banya, steam rooms, a cold plunge, a hot tub and a full Russian restaurant and bar.
BanyaBathhouseCold plungeDay pass $50
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Chicago Sweatlodge
An old-school Russian banya combined with a Turkish-style bathhouse on the Northwest Side in Old Irving Park, open to men only, with a hot dry room, a steam room and food on site.
BanyaSeparate men's and women's areasDay pass $40
Banyas in Boston
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Dillon's Russian Steam Bath
Chelsea
A Russian-style steam bath in Chelsea dating to 1885, with a granite-rock hot room that reaches about 180°F on the upper benches, a wet steam room and the traditional oak-leaf platza.
BanyaSeparate men's and women's areas180°FNo plungeSession $40
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Kelo Spa & Steam
Newton Highlands
A banya-style spa in Newton Highlands built around a sauna of kelo logs imported from Finnish Lapland, with a steam room, an ice-cold plunge, a juice bar and platza with oak or birch whisks.
BanyaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeSeparate men's and women's areasDay pass $69
Banyas in San Francisco
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Archimedes Banya
A four-story Russian bathhouse in Bayview with two stove-heated parilka rooms, a very hot Finnish sauna, a Turkish steam room, an ice-cold plunge, a roof deck and a cafe with a Russian-leaning menu.
BanyaBathhouseHammamCold plungeAufgussCo-ed220°FNo plunge
Banyas in Seattle
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Banya 5
A Russian-style bathhouse in South Lake Union built around hot and cold contrast, with a brick parilka, a eucalyptus steam room, a hot pool, a salt-water pool and a cold plunge.
BanyaBathhouseContrast therapyCold plungeSession $70
Banyas in Denver
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Lake Steam Baths
An old-school, family-run Russian-style bathhouse on West Colfax that has been steaming Denver for close to a century, with a steam room, a hot sauna, a hot tub and a cold plunge.
BathhouseBanyaCold plungeSeparate men's and women's areasDay pass $32
Banyas in Dallas
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Russian Banya of Dallas
Carrollton
A long-running Russian banya in Carrollton with a wood-fired parilka, a dry Finnish sauna, a Turkish-style steam room and a very cold plunge, paired with Restaurant Volga next door for Russian and Ukrainian food.
BanyaCold plungeCo-ed220°F44°F
Banyas in Detroit
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The Schvitz
A historic North End bathhouse in a 1918 building, restored and reopened in 2020, with a rock-heated banya, a dry sauna with a Himalayan salt wall, a long cold pool and a restaurant upstairs.
BanyaBathhouseCold plunge200°F46°FDay pass $40
What a banya is
A banya is the Russian bathhouse: a very hot, humid room heated by a stove packed with stones, a cold pool or a bucket of cold water, and long breaks with tea and food. The hot room is called the parilka. Read what a banya is for the full ritual.
The platza
The platza, or venik treatment, is the banya's signature. Someone beats and brushes you with a bundle of soaked oak or birch leaves in the hot room. Most banyas sell it as an extra.
Where the banyas are
New York has the oldest and the most, including Russian & Turkish Baths in the East Village and several in Brooklyn. Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas and Detroit each have at least one, and New Jersey has BRC in Fair Lawn and Bear + Birch in Freehold. The Russian Banya of Dallas in Carrollton pairs its parilka with a Russian restaurant next door, and The Schvitz in Detroit has a restaurant of its own. Several banyas also have a Finnish sauna, a hammam or a steam room, so they show up on our bathhouses and steam rooms pages too.
Before you go
Old-school banyas often keep separate days for men and women, some take cash only, and most sell food and drinks. Bring flip-flops and a felt hat if you have one, to keep your head cool in the parilka.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a banya and a sauna?
A banya is more humid than a Finnish sauna, and the visit includes the venik treatment, cold water and food between rounds. A Finnish sauna is hotter and drier.
How much does a banya cost?
Prices vary by city. Each listing shows the regular day pass or session price when the banya publishes it, and the platza is extra.
Are banyas co-ed?
Some are, some keep separate days for men and women. Each listing shows the rule.
How much does a day pass at one of these russian banyas cost in the US?
Of the 13 places we list with a published day pass, prices run from $29 to $110, with a median of $60 (prices checked October 2026).
Where can I do sauna and cold plunge in the US?
18 places we list have a cold plunge or cold pool next to the sauna, including Mermaid Spa, Russian & Turkish Baths, Wall Street Bath & Spa 88, World Spa and Archimedes Banya.