Dragon Heart Nuru & Soapy Massage

Half past ten in the morning to three the next: Dragon Heart keeps some of the longest hours on Soi 11, and it puts a full card on show. Packages run from a 30-minute happy ending massage at ฿2,500 to a 90-minute couples session at ฿8,500, with nuru, soapy and four-hands in between.

It suits someone who wants everything under one roof: a lounge for a beer first, a lineup of more than 30, English spoken, and card, Alipay or even bitcoin at the till. Skip it if the budget is tight. An hour of nuru costs ฿5,500 here, at the top of the Nana market. Google reviewers rarely complain, and several mention a clean, unhurried session.

According to its website, Dragon Heart has more than 30 therapists available daily, and you choose in person. There's a lounge with drinks, and guests can have a beer before they decide. The website describes the business as female-owned and operated, and adults only.

The rooms split by service. Soapy sessions take place in a private jacuzzi room with an air mattress; nuru uses Japanese gel on a nuru mattress in a private room. Four-hands and couples sessions are on the card too, which puts it on the four-hands list and the couples list. There's no outcall.

Its rate card lists:

• Happy Ending Massage (First Timer): ฿2,500 for 30 min, ฿2,800 for 60 min, ฿4,800 for 90 min
• Nuru Massage (Wet & Wild): ฿3,800 for 40 min, ฿5,500 for 60 min, ฿6,500 for 90 min
• Soapy Massage (Soapy Paradise): ฿4,500 for 60 min, ฿5,200 for 90 min
• Four Hands Massage (Double Trouble): ฿6,500 for 60 min, ฿7,500 for 90 min
• Couples Massage (Couples Retreat): ฿7,500 for 60 min, ฿8,500 for 90 min

The happy ending line has the oddest curve: ฿300 buys the second half-hour, but the last 30 minutes cost ฿2,000. On soapy, 90 minutes is only ฿700 more than 60.

Booking is by WhatsApp, and walk-ins are accepted. The listing gives cash, credit card, Alipay and bitcoin as payment methods, and English as the language spoken. For shops that start lower, see the cheap list.

The address is 33/2 Sukhumvit Soi 11, fourth floor, Khlong Toei Nuea; the website names the building as Una Una. BTS Nana is 460 metres away, about seven minutes on foot; the website says eight. BTS Phloen Chit and MRT Phetchaburi are each around 14 minutes' walk.

The door stays open until 03:00, long after the last train, and Soi 11 is easy to find a taxi on at that hour. The Nana district page covers the rest of the neighbourhood.

First-timers, for one: the card even names its entry package 'First Timer', and one reviewer's first nuru session was here. Pairs and anyone curious about four hands. Visitors who'd rather pay by card than carry a stack of baht.

It's less suited to the reader who counts every baht, and to anyone who wants a quiet, stand-alone shop rather than a busy house with a bar. For a ranked view of the city, start with the Top 20.

Dragon Heart holds a 4.7 Google rating from 100 reviews, and the recent run is almost entirely five stars.

Google reviewers often name their therapist, Mochi, Mai, Aoi and Michelle most of all, and describe attentive, careful service. Several mention a clean, hygienic place and welcoming staff, and two say they never felt rushed. One reviewer, on a first nuru visit, calls it a good introduction. Another, who asked for a therapist with good English, says that request was met for a 90-minute soapy and jacuzzi session. A couple of reviewers call the price reasonable.

The only recent complaint is a two-star review that gives no detail beyond poor service. One five-star review describes a restaurant and may have been meant for another business.