Friendly Club Bang Yai

Friendly Club is a drive-to soapy house in the suburbs, and its reviewers talk about the car park almost as much as the service. It sits at Java Market in Bang Mae Nang, Bang Yai, well outside the city's nightlife districts, and it is open from 10:00 to midnight every day.

It suits someone who lives or stays out west in Nonthaburi, has wheels and wants a soapy house without the trip into town. Skip it if you're relying on the train: the nearest MRT is more than two kilometres away. No prices are published, and the reviews include a couple of complaints about short sessions, so the 4.0 comes with a caveat. Ask the price and the length before you pay.

Google files Friendly Club as an erotic massage shop, and it turns up in searches for ab ob nuad, the Thai term for a soapy house. The address is Java Market (เจวา มาร์เก็ต), Bang Mae Nang, Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi. The shop has a website, and forum posts on Relaxsociety advertise its staff line-ups and take bookings.

Reviewers fill in the setting. Several mention easy parking with plenty of spaces, and one describes a long, narrow building beside a car wash, with a few relaxed bars next door. The listing names no payment methods or languages.

No prices for Friendly Club are published anywhere we could find. Ask for the menu at the door, and settle the length and the total before you choose.

What the record does show is a booking route and a deal. LINE is the listed channel, and a second phone number is given as 0972855745. According to the shop's promotion, booking through the admin and paying by transfer in advance takes ฿300 off sessions after 18:00. One reviewer says the owner always has promotions running. If you plan an evening visit, that discount is the one concrete number on record, so ask about it when you message.

The nearest station is MRT Sam Yaek Bang Yai on the Purple Line, 2.36 km away, which Google puts at about 38 minutes on foot. Nobody should walk that at night. A taxi from the station, or your own car, is the realistic route, and the parking that reviewers praise makes the second option easy.

The door opens at 10:00 and closes at midnight. One reviewer points out that the long hours mean you can still make it after work.

Friendly Club suits a local in Bang Yai or a visitor with a car who wants a soapy house close to home, and who likes to book on LINE. The evening transfer discount helps the planner.

It suits the tourist on the Skytrain poorly. For shops a short walk from a station, the near BTS and MRT list is the place to start, and the Top 20 covers the city's best-rated doors. The Bangkok guide maps the rest.

Friendly Club Bang Yai holds a 4.0 Google rating from 15 reviews, and the record splits between warm praise and a few sharp complaints.

On the positive side, several reviewers mention convenient parking, and several describe good service, helpful staff and a clean place. One long review praises an attentive owner and skilled therapists who ease aches within the hour; a couple of older reviews say they returned several times.

The complaints are about length and value. Two reviewers say their sessions ended far too soon, one describing a booked two-hour Thai massage that lasted half an hour, the other a manager who didn't follow up when customers left early. One more calls the service poor and the price unreasonable, and an older review says the shop was closed without notice and unreachable. Most of the complaints are two or more years old; the recent reviews are positive.