EMU Massage

EMU Massage looks built for a Japanese-speaking clientele: most of its Google reviews read like they were written in Japanese first, and they're mostly warm. It suits someone in Phrom Phong who wants a quiet door a little off the main strip. The only prices on record come from a thaiolddriver field report, not the shop: ฿1,200 for 40 minutes, ฿2,600 for an hour. There's no website and no booking channel, and it's closed on Mondays and until mid-afternoon on weekdays. Skip it if you want a published menu or a late finish. The rating is a 4.2 from just 10 reviews, one of them a sharp complaint about value.

The address is 61/3 Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Tan, in Phrom Phong, the busiest district in this guide. Google lists it as a nuru massage shop. There's no website, so everything on the record comes from its Google Maps listing, its reviews and one field report.

One reviewer calls it a little far from the station and in a quiet spot where you can drop in unnoticed. Another reviewer says the receptionist speaks Japanese, and most of the reviews come from Japanese visitors. What else is on offer (payment methods, other languages, room types) isn't published.

EMU Massage publishes no prices itself. The figures below come from a thaiolddriver field report, so treat them as a guide and confirm at the door.

• Prostate massage: no full service, 40 minutes: ฿1,200
• Japanese sensual massage: full service, 60 minutes: ฿2,600
• Japanese sensual massage: full service, 60 minutes: ฿5,200 (the report lists the same course twice at two prices; the higher may be a two-therapist or premium version, but it doesn't say)

The extras on the report: extend 20 minutes for ฿900, an outfit option for ฿200, a jacuzzi for ฿500, a 'surprise add-on' for ฿500 and choosing a therapist for ฿600. None of those have a session length of their own.

There's no booking channel on the listing, so the price conversation happens at the counter. One Google reviewer felt ฿2,600 an hour was poor value; agree exactly what the course includes before you pay.

The week is lopsided. Closed on Mondays. Tuesday to Friday it opens at 15:00; Saturday and Sunday at 13:00. Every open day ends at midnight.

BTS Phrom Phong is 550 m away, about nine minutes on foot. BTS Thong Lo is 1 km off (around 17 minutes), as is MRT Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. With a midnight close and the BTS winding down at about the same hour, a late session means a taxi home.

It suits the Japanese-speaking visitor, or anyone who likes a quieter door away from the busiest sois, and is happy to settle the price in person. It's less suited to a Monday, an early afternoon on a weekday, or anyone who wants a menu in hand before they leave the hotel.

For more choice nearby, the Phrom Phong volume ranks the area's best-rated shops, the Top 20 covers the whole city, and the Bangkok guide lists the rest.

EMU Massage has a 4.2 Google rating from 10 reviews, and most of them are five stars. Several reviewers describe attentive, gentle and unhurried therapists, and more than one names the same therapist with warm words. A few say it felt sincere and calm rather than rushed, and two simply call it a recommended shop.

The main complaint comes from a one-star review that calls ฿2,600 for an hour poor value and warns against shops away from the main clusters. One otherwise positive reviewer wishes there were more therapists to choose from.

With only 10 reviews, several of them short, this is a small sample.