Lalisa Ratchada 17

Lalisa prices its therapists like a car showroom. A thaiolddriver field report lists eleven grades, from M at ฿4,300 through MINI, BENZ and PORSCHE to JET at ฿20,300. None of the grades carries a session length.

It suits someone who wants a big, new-looking soapy house on the Ratchada strip, open until four in the morning, and who is comfortable choosing a grade on the spot. Skip it if your budget stops below ฿4,000, or if you want prices from the shop itself: these come from an outside report. Google reviewers often describe it as luxurious and, perhaps surprisingly given the top grades, affordable.

Lalisa is listed as a soapy house on Ratchada Soi 17 in Din Daeng, though Google files it under night club. There's no website, only a Facebook page, so the picture comes from reviews.

Reviewers describe a new, large and luxurious venue. Several mention the drinks and the food, and one counts many waiters, so it seems to work as a lounge as well as a massage house. Others describe clean, beautiful rooms with good lighting; one mentions a room with a private swimming pool. One reviewer brought business clients here. How the bar and the rooms connect isn't published, so ask when you arrive.

Lalisa publishes no prices of its own. A thaiolddriver field report lists these grades, with no durations attached:

• Therapist grade: M (no duration listed): ฿4,300
• Therapist grade: L (no duration listed): ฿5,300
• Therapist grade: XL (no duration listed): ฿8,300
• Therapist grade: MINI (no duration listed): ฿9,300
• Therapist grade: BENZ (no duration listed): ฿10,500
• Therapist grade: PORSCHE (no duration listed): ฿12,300
• Therapist grade: LAMBORGHINI (no duration listed): ฿13,300
• Therapist grade: FARRARI (no duration listed): ฿15,300
• Therapist grade: ROLLS-ROYCE (no duration listed): ฿16,300
• Therapist grade: BENTLEY (no duration listed): ฿17,800
• Therapist grade: JET (no duration listed): ฿20,300

The sizes run M, L, XL; then the cars take over. The jump from L to XL is ฿3,000, the steepest early step. The report doesn't say how long a session lasts at any grade, whether drinks or the room are extra, or how current the figures are. Ask all three at the desk.

No booking channel is listed. For lower starting prices, the cheap list begins far below ฿4,300.

The address is 55/5 Ratchada Soi 17, Ratchadaphisek, Din Daeng. MRT Sutthisan is 480 metres away, about eight minutes on foot. MRT Huai Khwang is around 13 minutes and MRT Ratchadaphisek about 24.

Lalisa keeps Ratchada hours: 14:00 to 04:00 daily. The MRT stops around midnight, so the second half of the night is taxi territory. The Sutthisan district page covers the other doors nearby, and the late-night list has more that keep these hours.

Lalisa suits a visitor or a group who want a drink, a meal and a choice of grades under one roof, late into the night. It also suits anyone who likes a new building: several reviewers mention that it's new.

It suits less well the value hunter. One reviewer thought a rival on Lane 33 offered more for the money. The Top 20 is a wider place to compare.

Lalisa Ratchada 17 holds a 4.7 Google rating from 70 reviews, and nearly all the recent ones are five stars, many posted within a few weeks of each other.

Two words recur: luxurious and affordable. Reviewers often describe a large, clean, new venue with a luxurious atmosphere, and many call the prices affordable or reasonable for Ratchada. Several mention good food and a wide choice of drinks, and several praise attentive, friendly staff. Rooms come in for compliments too, with one reviewer describing a private swimming pool and good lighting.

The one dissent is mild. A two-star reviewer found it just okay, won't return, and thinks a shop on Lane 33 is better value. Weigh 'affordable' against the field report's grades, which start at ฿4,300 and run past ฿20,000.