La Defense

La Defense keeps some of the longest hours in the guide, noon to four in the morning, and it is reached by car rather than by train. Google files it as an erotic massage venue and lists it as a soapy house. Its reviewers, though, write about it like a restaurant: the food, the clean rooms and the car park come up more often than anything else.

It suits someone driving or taking a taxi along Rama 9 late at night, who wants a soapy house with somewhere to eat and park. Skip it if you want a price before you set out, or a door you can walk to from a station. Nothing is published, and the nearest stop is over half an hour away on foot.

La Defense is listed as a soapy house, and the Google listing also matches the Thai term for one, อาบอบนวด. The shop has no website and publishes no service list, booking channel or payment details.

The Google reviews describe a venue with a dining side. Reviewers mention delicious food with a wide menu, clean and beautiful rooms, attentive staff and ample parking beside the main road. One review, posted more than once, calls it newly renovated and luxurious, says there are no hidden charges, and adds that prices are on the high side and it can get crowded and noisy. How the restaurant and the massage side fit together isn't published, so ask when you arrive.

No prices are published anywhere we could find, for the rooms or the food. The only hint is one reviewer calling prices high. Ask for the menu at the door, and check what a session includes and how long it lasts before you agree to anything. No booking channel is listed either, so plan on walking in.

For shops with prices in writing, the cheap list and the Top 20 are better places to compare.

The address is Rama 9 Soi 11, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, and a reviewer places it right on the main road. The stations are all some way off: MRT Thailand Cultural Centre is about 2 km, roughly 32 minutes on foot; MRT Phra Ram 9 about 34 minutes; and the Airport Rail Link at Ramkhamhaeng about 35. Reviewers mention the car park more than once, which says something about how most people arrive.

The door stays open until 04:00, four hours after the trains stop. The late-night list collects the other doors that keep these hours.

La Defense holds a 4.4 Google rating from 85 reviews. Most of the reviews shown are five stars, and most of them read like restaurant reviews.

Reviewers often mention clean rooms, a nice atmosphere, attentive and friendly staff and good food, and several mention easy parking on the main road. A four-star review, posted three times, calls the place newly renovated and luxurious with no hidden charges, but finds prices high and the room crowded and noisy at times.

The two most recent reviews, both from a month ago, are one star and say only 'poor service'. That's a short note, but it's the latest word on the listing.