District · 5 venues
Happy ending massage around Khao San: five shops, Thai massage prices
Backpacker beds, temple roofs and a road that never quite sleeps. Five shops here are filed under happy ending, but their names and their prices read like the Thai massage parlours of the old town.
The Khao San and Old Town list is not what the label might lead you to expect. Five shops are filed under happy ending massage here, and four of them carry Thai massage in their names: Dream Thai Massage, RACHAMA By Natcha Thai Massage, Sabai Dee Thai Massage and The Sense Thai Massage.
The prices fit the names. Three have a starting price on record: ฿180 at The Sense, ฿250 at RACHAMA and ฿300 at Sabai Dee. Those are traditional massage figures, so read each shop's page before assuming what it offers.
The ratings run high: Dream Thai Massage holds a perfect 5.0 from 127 Google reviews, RACHAMA 4.9 from 58 and Sabai Dee 4.8 from 43. Hours are daytime, mostly 10:00 to 22:00 or 23:00. Station information is sparse; only two shops name one.
The ranking5 venues
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Khao San & Old TownHappy ending
RACHAMA By Natcha Thai Massage
MRT Bang Yi Khan · 18 min walk
From ฿250 reported 4.9 (58)
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Khao San & Old TownHappy ending
The Sense Thai Massage
MRT Sam Yot · 21 min walk
From ฿180 reported 5.0 (7)
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Khao San & Old Town street, not the shop
Order combines Google rating, number of reviews and how complete the venue's published information is.
Names that say Thai massage
Dream Thai Massage carries the strongest record on the page: a 5.0 Google rating from 127 reviews, a perfect score on a count large enough to mean something. It opens daily from 10:00 to 22:00. No price and no nearest station are on record.
RACHAMA By Natcha Thai Massage holds a 4.9 from 58 reviews and starts at ฿250. It lists 10:00 to 22:00, with Thursday's hours not given, and names MRT Bang Yi Khan as its nearest station, 18 minutes on foot. That station sits across the river from Khao San, so check the map pin before you go.
Sabai Dee Thai Massage has 4.8 from 43 reviews, starts at ฿300 and opens 10:00 to 23:00. The Sense Thai Massage starts lowest, at ฿180, and keeps the latest hours, 10:00 to midnight; its 5.0 rests on seven reviews.
The fifth listing, ร้านเผ่านมงู, has its own page, one review, no hours and no price. It sits eight minutes from MRT Sanam Chai.
Reading a ฿180 price
A starting price of ฿180 to ฿300 is the price of a traditional massage in this part of town. The guide files these shops under happy ending, but their own names point to Thai massage, and nothing in the prices suggests otherwise.
That matters for what you should expect. Each shop's page shows where its figures come from and what lengths go with them. Read it, and read the reviews, before you decide what kind of door you are walking through. Don't assume a service that isn't on the card.
If what you want is the kind of shop this guide usually covers, with a rate card in the thousands and hours past midnight, the Sukhumvit districts are where the lists run long. Nana and Asok are the busiest, and the Top 20 ranks the city.
Daytime hours, and getting there
The old town keeps earlier hours than Sukhumvit. Every shop on this page with hours on record opens at 10:00. Dream Thai Massage and RACHAMA close at 22:00, Sabai Dee at 23:00 and The Sense at midnight. None is open after that.
The Skytrain doesn't reach Khao San, and only two listings name a station: MRT Sanam Chai, eight minutes from ร้านเผ่านมงู, and MRT Bang Yi Khan, 18 minutes from RACHAMA. For the rest, a taxi, a tuk-tuk or your own feet from the hostel will do.
Across the river, Pinklao has four more shops, two of them soapy houses, and the Khao San district page shows every type in one place. The late-night list covers the doors still open after midnight.