Being a sucker for massages, I would usually pop-over for a foot massage at my office building during lunch hour. For 300 baht p/hour (12 SGD), it’s a great way to soothe the aches and pains away, relieving the stress of a busy day.
There are a few “clean” places I’d recommend from personal experience:
1. Ruam Rudee Spa & Massage
– a 10 minutes walk from Ploenchit BTS Station
– decent establishment and excellent foot massage @400 bht p/hour
2. Pudao Massage
– located at Ekamai and STILL one of the best foot massages ever received
– it’s a small establishment and nothing fancy, but the masseuses really seems to know what they are doing
– a foot massage will set you back by 250 bht p/hour
3. Bangkok Oasis Spa
– A luxury and the top end of massages located deep into the Soi somewhere in Phrom Phong
– The aromatheraphy massages are the ones to die for
– Expect to pay through your nose (by Thai standards) from 1,800 – 3000 bht p/1 half hour
4. Health Land
– A chain of very reputable health centres located at Sathorn and Ekamai
– very organized but impersonal
– reasonably priced at 800 bht p/half hour for an aromatheraphy massage
5. Ploenchit Centre
– Located at Sukhumvit Soi 2
– There are several different massage shops in this building, spread over several floors
– The one on the 2nd floor has so far struck my fancy @300 bht p/hour
A good therapist is an important factor to a good massage experience. You know that when you feel like a mushed-up pulp, you have had a fabulous massage experience!
