Addict Massage

Addict Massage is close enough to BTS Phrom Phong to hear the trains, 80 m from the station, and it has the review count of a shop that's been busy for a while: 389, averaging 4.1. It's a soapy house with a deluxe room card from ฿1,800 for 40 minutes and a VIP tier that climbs to ฿10,000.

It suits someone who likes to choose in person from a large lineup, which several Google reviewers mention, and who wants the option of a jacuzzi suite or a four-hands session. Skip it if you want every price pinned to a length: above the deluxe rooms, nothing on the card has a duration. And the reviews include a few warnings about short sessions and a pushy desk.

The website sets out three levels. Soapy massage in a deluxe room is the base. Above it come VIP jacuzzi suites, nuru with a jacuzzi and four-hands sessions. At the top is a VVIP room with what the website calls a fun chair and a jacuzzi, which the card bundles with couples and model options.

The website comes in English, Thai, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. The listing doesn't say whether walk-ins are accepted, though one Google reviewer says they walked in without booking and chose from those waiting. The jacuzzi tiers put it in the VIP rooms volume, and the two-therapist line on the four-hands list.

Its rate card lists:

• Soapy Massage in Deluxe Room: ฿1,800 for 40 min, ฿2,500 for 60 min, ฿3,000 for 90 min
• VIP Jacuzzi (Premium Jacuzzi Suite Experience), no duration listed: ฿3,500
• Nuru + Jacuzzi, no duration listed: ฿4,000
• VIP 4 hands, no duration listed: ฿6,000 and ฿7,000
• Couples / VVIP Model / VVIP Funchair + Jacuzzi, no duration listed: ฿5,000, ฿8,000 and ฿10,000

The deluxe-room maths favours the longer session: 90 minutes costs only ฿500 more than an hour. Above that, ask what each figure covers and for how long, since the card is silent. Reviewers' own numbers wander: one says the cheapest hour was ฿2,500, matching the card, while another, this month, says they paid ฿1,200 for an hour in a standard room. Go by the card and confirm at the desk. Other Sukhumvit cards are compared in the Sukhumvit volume.

The address is 1 13-1/14 Sukhumvit 24 Alley, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei. BTS Phrom Phong is 80 m away, about a minute on foot, and BTS Thong Lo about 19 minutes east. MRT Sukhumvit is around 21 minutes.

It opens at 10:00, earlier than most of its neighbours, and closes at 01:00. No booking channel is published, so the walk-in route is the obvious one. The Phrom Phong district page covers the rest of Soi 24.

Someone who wants to see the lineup before deciding, and a short hop from the Skytrain at any time from mid-morning. Groups and pairs who want the four-hands or couples tiers. It suits less well a first-timer who wants everything agreed in writing beforehand, or anyone who reads the room's age as a measure of value: one reviewer calls the rooms old. The Phrom Phong volume has alternatives a few doors away.

Addict Massage holds a 4.1 Google rating from 389 reviews, and the mood is mostly positive with sharp exceptions.

Google reviewers often mention the size of the lineup and the chance to choose in person, and several name therapists they'd return to, including Mimi, May, O-Por, Gam and Noon. Others praise skilled massage, a clean shop and a relaxed atmosphere.

The complaints are fewer but specific. One reviewer says a 90-minute session costing ฿5,000 was largely over in half an hour. Another describes a pushy desk and old rooms, and a couple of reviewers say it's expensive or rate the staff as average. Agree the length of the session before you pay, especially for the undated VIP packages.