BKK Vice Massage

BKK Vice sells three things under one neon sign: oil or Thai massage in a deluxe room, nuru, and soapy in a jacuzzi room. The card has 25 lines, from ฿2,000 for 40 minutes of oil or Thai massage to ฿9,500 for two hours of soapy with two therapists.

It suits someone who wants a choice of formats close to the BTS, and couples, since soapy in the jacuzzi room is priced for two. The theme is the other draw: its website styles the place on GTA's Vice City. Skip it if you want a plain massage for a few hundred baht; nothing here starts below ฿2,000. Google reviewers keep returning to how clean and stylish it is, and the one recent complaint is that the service didn't live up to the rooms.

The website describes a GTA Vice City and Miami 80s theme, and Google reviewers mention the 80s look by name. There are two kinds of room. Deluxe rooms have a king bed, a floating mattress and an ensuite bathroom; jacuzzi rooms have a private jacuzzi and their own bathroom. Soapy sessions are sold in the jacuzzi rooms, including a couples version.

Sessions run from 40 to 120 minutes, according to the website's FAQ. The listing gives English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese as languages spoken. The shop does not do outcall. Couples and two-therapist lines put it on both the couples list and the four-hands list, and the jacuzzi rooms on the VIP rooms list.

Its rate card lists:

• Oil/Thai massage deluxe room: ฿2,000 for 40 min, ฿2,500 for 60, ฿3,500 for 90, ฿4,500 for 120
• Oil/Thai massage deluxe room (extended): ฿3,000 for 40 min, ฿3,500 for 60
• Oil/Thai massage deluxe room two therapists: ฿4,000 for 40 min, ฿4,500 for 60, ฿6,500 for 90, ฿7,500 for 120
• Nuru massage deluxe room: ฿3,000 for 60 min, ฿4,500 for 90
• Nuru massage jacuzzi room: ฿4,000 for 60 min, ฿5,000 for 90
• Soapy massage jacuzzi room: ฿3,500 for 60 min, ฿4,500 for 90, ฿5,500 for 120
• Soapy massage jacuzzi (extended): ฿4,500 for 60 min
• Soapy massage jacuzzi two therapists: ฿5,500 for 60 min, ฿7,500 for 90, ฿9,500 for 120
• Soapy massage couples jacuzzi one therapist: ฿5,000 for 60 min, ฿6,500 for 90
• Soapy massage couples jacuzzi two therapists: ฿6,000 for 60 min, ฿8,000 for 90

The jacuzzi room adds ฿1,000 to an hour of nuru. Soapy at ฿3,500 for an hour is the same price as 90 minutes of oil or Thai massage, so decide on the format before the length. Booking is through LINE or the website. Payment methods are not published; ask when you book. To set the card against its neighbours, the Top 20 and the Asok volume show what other shops charge.

The address is 20/1-20/2 Soi Somprasong, Sukhumvit 39, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana. BTS Phrom Phong is 250 metres away, about four minutes on foot; the website calls it three. MRT Sukhumvit and BTS Thong Lo are each around 1.2 km, a 20-minute walk.

The door is open from 11:00 to midnight every day, so the last session lines up with the last train and the ride home is a taxi. It is one of the shops in the Phrom Phong district; the Phrom Phong volume ranks the area's best-rated.

BKK Vice suits the visitor who wants nuru or soapy within a short walk of the Skytrain and likes a room with a theme. It suits couples, with soapy for two from ฿5,000, and anyone who wants to try two therapists, from ฿4,000 for 40 minutes of oil or Thai.

It suits the budget visitor less well. For prices that start lower, try the cheap list; for more doors on the same line, the Sukhumvit list.

BKK Vice holds a 4.8 Google rating from 116 reviews, and the recent ones are almost all five stars.

The room gets as much praise as the service. Google reviewers often mention cleanliness, and several describe the place as modern, stylish or relaxing, with the 80s theme coming up by name. Several reviewers say it was their first time, and describe staff who put them at ease from the start.

The complaint, from a two-star review, is the reverse of the praise: the design and the clean rooms impressed, but the session felt mechanical and short on effort for the price. It is the only low score among the recent reviews, so read it as a caution rather than a pattern.