Century Day & Night Spa is a traditional Korean spa on Olympic Boulevard in Koreatown, Los Angeles, offering jimjilbang access, multiple themed saunas, massage, and body-scrub services.
Located at 4120 West Olympic Boulevard, Century combines separate men's and women's wet spas with a co-ed jimjilbang — the Korean-style lounge of heated rooms where guests rest, eat, and socialize between baths. Its themed saunas include a hot mugwort tea bath, a Korean mist sauna, and rooms heated through clay and marble; the broader facility also houses a fitness center, an indoor pool, and a driving range, and treatments on offer range from facials and massages to traditional body scrubs.
A jimjilbang admission of around $30 covers access to the co-ed lounge and most public bathing areas, and is the standard way to use the spa for an extended visit. Century was historically a 24-hour spa — a defining feature of Koreatown's late-night culture for decades — but now operates most of its facilities from 9 a.m. to midnight, with specific service hours varying by department.
Century Spa was the first jimjilbang I ever went to, and it was delightful. However, after years of hearing the roughness of spa workers scrubbing you down, my experience was quite gentle. The only letdown was that I felt like I didn't get the authentic korean spa experience so many friends have told me about.