Deep Massage Bangkok

Off Sukhumvit Soi 24, a hundred metres from Emporium, Deep Massage Bangkok has one of the most varied cards near Phrom Phong. It starts with a 40-minute shower-room massage for ฿2,000 and runs to bathtub suites, nuru on air beds, two-therapist sessions and couples packages up to ฿7,400.

It suits someone who wants options: a bath or a shower, female or ladyboy therapists, a card or Alipay at the till. Skip it if the front desk matters to you. Several recent reviewers complain about the reception's attitude, though many more praise individual therapists by name. A 4.5 rating from 98 reviews is a fair summary of both.

According to its website, Deep offers Japanese-style nuru on imported waterproof air beds, with bathtub suites and standing shower rooms as the alternatives. The website also describes 2-lady, 4-hand packages in a private VIP suite, and cosplay and roleplay themed sessions. It offers both female and ladyboy therapists. That range puts it on the four-hands list and the couples list.

The website is also clear about what it doesn't do: no outcalls, with everything in-house. The listing says English is spoken, and it takes cash, credit cards, WeChat Pay and Alipay, a wider spread than most shops on the soi. One Google reviewer notes that the website asks you to sign up with a password before you can use it.

Its rate card lists:

• Shower Room massage: ฿2,000 for 40 min, ฿2,300 for 60 min, ฿2,500 for 90 min
• Bath Tub massage: ฿2,600 for 40 min, ฿2,900 for 60 min
• Nuru massage: ฿2,700 for 40 min, ฿3,000 for 60 min, ฿3,500 for 90 min
• Female / Ladyboy massage (no duration listed): ฿3,300, ฿3,600 or ฿3,900
• Couple Massage one therapist (Bathroom) (no duration listed): ฿5,600, ฿6,000 or ฿6,400
• Couple Massage two therapists (Bathroom) (no duration listed): ฿6,600, ฿7,000 or ฿7,400

Add-ons, none with a duration: Session extension ฿500, Premier Selection upgrade ฿500, Outfit option ฿500, Two therapists ฿1,000 and Additional therapist ฿1,800.

The three-step prices on the Female / Ladyboy and couples lines carry no durations, so ask what each tier buys. The Premier Selection upgrade isn't explained either. In the shower room, the jump from 60 to 90 minutes is only ฿200, the cheapest extra half-hour on the card. One reviewer says prices start at ฿3,500, which may reflect a particular package; the card's own floor is ฿2,000.

Booking runs through LINE, WhatsApp and Telegram. For other shops with private suites, see the VIP rooms volume.

The address is 2, 10 Sukhumvit 24 Alley, Khlong Tan. BTS Phrom Phong is 70 metres away, about a minute on foot; the website puts it 100 metres from the station and Emporium. MRT Sukhumvit and BTS Asok are each around 20 minutes' walk. One reviewer describes the location as discreet, another the entrance as striking.

It closes at midnight, close to the last train, so a session that starts by ten leaves time for the BTS. The Phrom Phong district page covers the rest of the street.

Couples, for a start: the card prices them and one reviewer recommends it to pairs. Anyone who wants a bath rather than a shower, or a choice of therapist styles. Visitors who'd rather pay by card or a Chinese wallet than carry cash.

It's less suited to anyone sensitive to a cool welcome, given the reception complaints, or anyone on a budget under ฿2,000. The cheap list starts lower, and the Phrom Phong volume ranks the neighbours.

Deep Massage Bangkok holds a 4.5 Google rating from 98 reviews, and the recent ones are split between enthusiastic five-star reviews and sharp one-star complaints.

Most of the praise is personal. Reviewers name individual therapists, among them Susie, Jessie, Yujin, Feifei and a male therapist, Dew, and describe attentive, friendly service. Several also mention a clean, comfortable setting and a wide choice of staff.

The complaints centre on the welcome. Three reviewers from around six months ago describe rude or unhelpful reception staff, and one recent reviewer says the therapists sat on their phones and that the room didn't match the shop's video. Another, who came after seeing a YouTube video, says the staff on offer didn't match it. One reviewer felt they got a cold reception because of their skin colour. The owner, by contrast, is called polite.