Little Duck Massage

Little Duck Massage suits someone already on the Ratchada strip who wants a door close to the MRT and doesn't mind settling the money face to face. It publishes no prices, no website and no booking channel; Google reviewers do the talking, and what they talk about most is the bill. Several mention set courses somewhere in the ฿2,900 to ฿5,400 range, and several complain about pricey drinks and tips on top. If you want a printed rate card and a price that doesn't grow at the counter, skip it. If you go, agree the full figure, drinks included, before you start.

Little Duck Massage sits at 167, 21-22 Ratchadaphisek Road in Din Daeng, part of the Huai Khwang stretch of Ratchada. Google Maps lists it as an erotic massage shop, open from 12:00 to midnight every day.

That's the whole official record. There's no website, no published menu, and no word on services, payment methods or languages. What a session involves isn't published, so ask at the door.

The shop publishes no prices anywhere we could find, so ask for the menu at the door.

Google reviewers fill in some of the gap. Three reviews mention set courses priced between 2,900 and 5,400 (two of them identical in wording, and one gives the currency as RMB, which looks like a slip for baht). One reviewer reports paying ฿4,000 for 90 minutes plus ฿300 for drinks. None of this is a rate card, and prices change.

The extras are the sore point. Several reviewers say the drinks are expensive, one reporting ฿300 for two, and more than one complains about tips being expected at several stages. Settle the full price, drinks and all, before you agree to anything. For shops that publish a number up front, try the under ฿2,500 list.

MRT Huai Khwang is 290 m away, about a five-minute walk. MRT Thailand Cultural Centre is 1.2 km off (around 19 minutes) and MRT Sutthisan 1.5 km (around 25).

The MRT runs until around midnight, about when the shop closes. If you start late, take a taxi from Ratchadaphisek Road home.

It suits a visitor who is already in Huai Khwang, wants a short walk from the station and is comfortable negotiating. It suits less well a first-timer who wants a fixed menu, or anyone who hates being asked for extras.

For shops with prices on the record and a short walk from a station, see by the BTS and MRT. The Top 20 ranks the city's best-rated shops, and the Bangkok guide has the rest.

Little Duck Massage has a 4.2 Google rating from 13 reviews. The positives: a clean place, polite and gentle staff, and one detailed review praising a therapist's technique on neck and shoulder pain. Three reviews describe it as fair value, with set prices of 2,900 to 5,400, though two of those are word-for-word identical, which is worth a raised eyebrow.

The complaints repeat. Drinks come up again and again: expensive, ฿300 for two, ฿320 for two. Tips come up too, with one reviewer saying everything required one, even the drinks delivery, and another advising you to discuss your budget in advance. A one-star review a year ago also says the session was cut short of the 90 minutes promised.

The pattern is a shop people rate well for the room and the staff, and less well for the extras on the bill.