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Hidden gems in Arcadia/Monrovia/Temple City, CA. I’m talking good food spots, health/recovery places, headspas, workout spots—you name it. These businesses are top tier and deserve more flowers for the affordable services they provide.
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items These are lists of my absolute favorite places to visit in the Arcadia/Monrovia/Temple City area. They’re all 10 minutes or less from each other. Great establishments with quality service and/or products. Don’t sleep on these cities and their busines...
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Work/Study Spots
Workout/Exercise
Self-care sauna, headspa, and cryotherapy
Korean BBQ Restaurants
Work/Study Spots
The ambiance is cozy and relaxing, clean, and quiet which helps me get work done. I also love their Hojicha and strawberry matcha drinks. My fam is a fan of their popcorn chicken too!
Hop Cafe
Cute spot, love that they serve almond milk as a milk alternative for their drinks. I always do a strawberry matcha or hojicha latte! Not sure if the desserts are good because I’m gluten free and dairy free—but they look pretty and are always sold ou...
Re:Bakesic Coffee & Bakery
My favorite Fika Fika location! It’s the newest one and prettiest in my opinion. My favorite drinks are their flower lattes with almond milk. My go-tos are the Jasmine Flower Latte or Rose Flower Latte (both iced of course). Cute vibes, nice place to...
Fika Fika Coffee
Workout/Exercise
I hosted a wellness event at Lagreeology, Arcadia. My favorite instructors are Paniz, Sydney, & Samantha! Paniz led my wellness event—challenging workout, great vibes, clean studio, and attentive staff. Also, they have wellness facilities. I’ve o...
Lagree·ology Fitness Studio and Wellness Center
One of the cleanest gyms I’ve ever been to. The staff is very welcoming, most people are considerate, and everyone keeps the gym clean. If you can’t tell, cleanliness is important to me LOL they also have a steam room, infrared saunas, regular saunas...
Chuze Fitness
Self-care sauna, headspa, and cryotherapy
Such kind ladies who provide the headspa services. They listen to your concerns, show you the best products for it, then give you the best head/scalp massage of your life. I literally would pay the head massage price everyday if I could. So relaxing ...
TT Head Spa
I went here on my birthday this year because TT Spa didn’t have availability—thank God because I never would have found them. M&R has become my new favorite because it is sooooooo incredibly affordable for a headspa. It’s cute, clean, and relaxin...
M&R HAIR SCALP SPA
I’ve mentioned them in my eczema/TSW healing posts, and I will mention them again. Great establishment and business for anyone looking to do infrared saunas and cryotherapy. Their sauna pod is so relaxing and forces you to disconnect from the world (...
Aurora Modern Healing Therapies - Monrovia
Korean BBQ Restaurants
Not all you can eat, but QUALITY MEAT. Each table has its own ventilation and it’s so cool to me LOL plus, your waiter will cook it for you. It can either be really fun and entertaining if you talk to them, or funny and awkward because you’re just wa...
Baekjeong Temple City
MY ALL TIME FAVORITE KOREAN BBQ place. Not all you can eat, but the portions are big and I think their meat is the best quality you can get. It’s also at the mall! So when you’re done stuffing your face, you can walk it off and do some window shoppin...
Hodori BBQ
This is my favorite ALL YOU CAN EAT Korean BBQ in the Temple City area. There’s a salad and sides bar where you can serve yourself and service is fairly quick! It’s also very close to Chuze Fitness! All you can eat korean bbq after a good workout? BE...
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