Boss26 Massage

Boss26 is the original of a two-shop operation; its website names a second branch on Sukhumvit 33/4, which trades as BOSS 33. The card is the same family of prices: ฿1,900 buys 40 minutes of Thai massage, the nuru air-mattress shower room is ฿2,900, and a four-hand jacuzzi session tops it at ฿5,200.

It suits someone arriving at the Asok junction who wants a wide choice of rooms and a manager who will steer a first visit. Google reviewers mention both often. It suits Chinese speakers as well. Skip it if you want to stay out past midnight, or if you need payment terms in writing: none are published.

According to its website, the rooms come in three kinds: a standard shower room, a nuru air-mattress room and a VIP jacuzzi. Two-therapist sessions are offered in the oil room and in the jacuzzi room. The listing adds Thai and oil massage, body-to-body and private rooms to the services.

The website carries therapist profiles, and reviewers describe a lineup to choose from on arrival, with the manager making suggestions for anyone unsure. English, Thai and Chinese are listed as languages spoken. The website also mentions outcall, 'or the comfort of your own space', though no outcall prices are published.

Its rate card lists:

• Thai Massage Express Relief 40 min: ฿1,900
• Thai Massage Signature Balance 60 min: ฿2,200
• Thai Massage Ultimate Boss Retreat 90 min: ฿2,600
• Nuru Gel (Air Mattress) Shower Room (no duration listed): ฿2,900
• Jacuzzi VIP Experience 60 min: ฿3,000
• Ultimate Jacuzzi Retreat 90 min: ฿3,300
• Jacuzzi + Mat VIP Room (no duration listed): ฿3,700
• Two-therapist VIP Four-Hand Massage 90 min: ฿5,000
• Two-therapist VIP Four-Hand Jacuzzi VIP Room Experience (no duration listed): ฿5,200
• Add-on (no duration listed): ฿1,000

The nuru room and the jacuzzi-plus-mat room carry no length on the card, so ask how many minutes the price buys. The ฿1,000 add-on isn't explained either. The jacuzzi is cheap to add here: an hour in the VIP jacuzzi is ฿800 more than an hour of Thai massage, and 90 minutes ฿700 more.

Booking runs through LINE, WhatsApp, Telegram and WeChat. Payment methods aren't listed.

The address is 392/22 Sukhumvit 20, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei. BTS Asok is 470 metres away and MRT Sukhumvit 480, each about eight minutes on foot; the website puts it at five minutes from BTS Asok exit 6. BTS Phrom Phong is about 13 minutes' walk.

The hours are 10:00 to midnight, every day. The trains wind down around the same time, so a session that starts after 22:30 probably ends with a taxi. The sister shop on Sukhumvit 33/4 opens at noon, per the Boss26 website, and also closes at midnight.

Boss26 is a good fit for a first visit to this kind of shop. Several reviewers describe the manager suggesting a therapist, and one first-timer writes that the jacuzzi room was spacious and well lit. The two-therapist lines put it on the four-hands list, and the jacuzzi rooms on the VIP rooms volume.

At ฿1,900 for the opening line it also sits on the under ฿2,500 list, though that buys Thai massage, not nuru. The rest of the junction is mapped on the Asok district page and ranked in the Asok volume.

Boss26 holds a 4.7 Google rating from 185 reviews, and the recent ones are almost all five stars. Three themes repeat. Reviewers often mention a clean place, sometimes 'completely clean', with private rooms. They describe the staff and reception as polite and friendly, and several say the manager recommended a therapist on their first visit. Value for money comes up again and again, in English and in Korean.

Many reviews are short and name a single favourite therapist, which tells you more about loyalty than about the shop. One first-timer counted 15 to 20 therapists to choose from. The two four-star reviews in the recent run are both positive about the therapist. No complaints appear among the recent reviews.