Back Spa & Massage

Back Spa is eighty metres from the Phrom Phong platform, which is about as close as Sukhumvit gets. Its rate card starts low for the street, at ฿1,800 for 40 minutes of oil massage in a regular room, and nuru starts at ฿3,000 an hour. The jacuzzi rooms add ฿600 to an hour of oil massage.

It suits a first-timer who wants a calm, clinic-tidy shop and a short walk, and it suits anyone who likes to be looked after: several Google reviewers mention fruit, coffee and warm towels after the session. Skip it if you want a late finish, since it shuts at midnight, or a large lineup. One reviewer counted about eight therapists on their visit, and another says the one they asked for wasn't always there.

The listing places Back Spa at 2/11 Sukhumvit Soi 24, Khlong Toei, in the Phrom Phong district. It's typed as a nuru shop, though most of the card is oil massage, with nuru and a Spa Full Service line alongside.

The website shows a lobby, rooms, a resting area and a bathtub, and has a ladies section. Google reviewers fill in the rest. Several describe the place as clean, recently renovated and pleasantly scented, and one compares the design to a clinic. Several mention the aftercare: fruit served in the waiting area, and in a couple of reviews Starbucks coffee and a warm face towel. One reviewer says staff looked after their suitcase.

Its rate card lists:

• Oil Massage, Regular room (one therapist / 1 gift): ฿1,800 for 40 min, ฿2,200 for 60 min, ฿2,500 for 90 min, ฿3,000 for 120 min
• Oil Massage, VIP Jacuzzi room (one therapist / 1 gift): ฿2,800 for 60 min, ฿3,200 for 90 min
• Spa Full Service Massage, VIP Jacuzzi room: ฿2,800 for 60 min, ฿3,200 for 90 min, ฿3,500 for 120 min
• Nuru Gel Massage, Regular room (one therapist / 1 gift) 60 min: ฿3,000
• Nuru Gel Massage, VIP Jacuzzi room (one therapist / 1 gift) 60 min: ฿3,500
• Nuru Gel Massage, VIP Jacuzzi room (one therapist / 2 gifts) 90 min: ฿5,000
• Oil Massage, VIP Jacuzzi room (two therapists / 2 gifts) 60 min: ฿5,500
• Oil Massage, VIP Jacuzzi room (two therapists / 4 gifts) 90 min: ฿7,500

The value is at the long end of the oil massage: two hours in a regular room costs ฿3,000, the same as an hour of nuru. The Spa Full Service line in the jacuzzi room reaches two hours for ฿3,500. One reviewer found the prices fair for Sukhumvit.

No booking channel is listed, though the shop has a website. Reviewers describe choosing a therapist on arrival. If you want to compare the jacuzzi rooms, the VIP rooms volume collects them, and the four-hands list covers two-therapist sessions.

BTS Phrom Phong is 80 metres away, about a minute on foot. MRT Sukhumvit and BTS Asok are each about 20 minutes' walk.

The door is open from 11:00 to midnight, every day. Finish by then and you can still catch the last Skytrain, which is rare enough on this list to be worth noting. Other shops a short walk from a station are in the near BTS and MRT list.

One reviewer calls it perfect for beginners, and the reviews back the idea up: friendly receptionists, a tidy shop and an unhurried finish with fruit and coffee. The card helps too, since the cheaper oil massage lets you start below ฿2,000.

It's less suited to a late night or a big choice. For more options around the same station, the Phrom Phong volume lists the shops nearby.

Back Spa holds a 4.6 Google rating from 13 reviews, almost all five stars.

The themes are consistent. Google reviewers often mention cleanliness, with the rooms described as tidy, fragrant and recently renovated. Several praise polite, courteous staff, and several mention the hospitality after the session: fresh fruit, and in two reviews Starbucks coffee with a warm towel. A couple single out the jacuzzi room, and reviewers name individual therapists.

The reservations are mild. One reviewer counted about eight therapists, most of them a little older than expected. Another says the therapist they asked for wasn't always available.