A5 Massage

Three lines on the card and a Japanese accent to everything else. A5 sells one massage session by the clock, ฿1,800 for 40 minutes up to ฿3,100 for 90, with VAT included according to its website. It suits a visitor who wants a short, simple card near the BTS, and anyone more at home in Japanese than Thai: the website says it caters to Japanese clients, and the listing says Japanese, English and Chinese are spoken. It holds a 4.5 Google rating from 210 reviews. Skip it if a surprise on the bill would spoil the night. One recent one-star reviewer says they were asked for extra fees midway through a ฿2,000 session. Ask what the session includes, and what costs extra, before it starts.

The address is 259 13-14 Soi Sukhumvit 22 in Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, and the website places it next to the Marriott Marquis Queen's Park. It brands itself as a nuru and soapy shop in Phrom Phong, in the Japanese 'men's esthetic' style, aimed at Japanese clients.

The website shows a therapist schedule, but only after you log in. Beyond that, little is published: no room types, no list of extras, nothing on walk-ins. Google reviewers fill in some of the picture; several describe the shop as clean, and one praises the interior.

The rate card, as published:

• Massage session, 40 min: ฿1,800
• Massage session, 60 min: ฿2,000
• Massage session, 90 min: ฿3,100

The website says these prices include VAT. The step from 40 minutes to an hour is only ฿200; the next 30 minutes cost ฿1,100 more.

That simplicity has a catch, by one account. A recent one-star reviewer says they paid ฿2,000 for a clothed massage and were then asked for additional fees partway through, and found the pricing unclear. It's a single review, but it's specific. Ask exactly what your session covers, and what costs extra, before you pay.

Booking is by LINE, WhatsApp or Telegram.

BTS Phrom Phong is 480 m away, about eight minutes on foot by the listing's reckoning; the website allows twelve. MRT Queen Sirikit National Convention Center is 950 m, around 15 minutes, and BTS Asok 960 m, around 16.

It's open every day from 11:00 to 01:00. That last hour runs past the final Skytrain, so a late session means a taxi. More shops that keep going after midnight are on the late-night list, and the Phrom Phong volume ranks the neighbours.

A5 holds a 4.5 Google rating from 210 reviews. The recent batch is almost all five stars, most of them short. Several reviewers call the shop clean, and several more are taken with the looks of the staff; one gives a therapist a thumbs up on looks while rating the massage itself 'so-so'. One Japanese-speaking reviewer was pleased with a clear explanation given in Japanese.

The one-star review stands apart and is worth reading closely: the reviewer came after a YouTuber's recommendation, paid ฿2,000, and says extra fees were requested midway through the session. They call the pricing system unclear. Read the run of short five-star reviews with that in mind.