Near Nuru Massage

Soi 31 runs north off Sukhumvit into quieter streets, and Near sits far enough up it that one Google reviewer calls it a bit hidden. The prices on record come from a thaiolddriver field report rather than the shop, and they start at ฿2,500 for 40 minutes in a shower room, with nuru from ฿3,500 an hour.

It suits someone who wants nuru within reach of both the MRT and the BTS, likes a manager who will steer the choice, and may want a second therapist or a couples session. Skip it if a full hour has to come in under ฿3,000, or if you want to be out after midnight. What stands out is a run of five-star reviews that name individual therapists and praise a clean shop.

The address is 245/16 Sukhumvit 31, in Khlong Toei Nuea. The listing files it as a nuru house that also does soapy, and gives Chinese as a language spoken.

According to its website, there are several room options, including a room with a jacuzzi, and the site puts weight on private, safe and clean spaces. Google reviewers back up the clean part. One adds that the room was a bit small, though tidy. Several reviews mention the store manager by role, describing recommendations and guidance on which service and which therapist to pick, which helps on a first visit.

Near Nuru doesn't publish its own prices in a form this guide could use. The figures below come from a thaiolddriver field report and are attributed to it:

• Shower room: full service 40 min: ฿2,500
• Shower room: full service 60 min: ฿3,000
• Nuru massage: full service 60 min: ฿3,500 or ฿4,000
• Nuru massage: full service 90 min: ฿4,500 or ฿5,000
• Nuru massage: full service 120 min: ฿5,500 or ฿6,000
• Couple package: full service 60 min: ฿5,500
• Couple package: full service 90 min: ฿7,500
• Two therapists: full service 60 min: ฿6,500, 90 min: ฿7,500, 120 min: ฿8,500

The report gives two prices for each nuru length without saying what separates them. With a jacuzzi room on the website, a room upgrade is a fair guess, but it is only a guess, so ask which room each price buys. The cheapest hour on this list is the ฿3,000 shower room.

The website says booking works by phone or through a reservation on the site. Field reports age, so check the figure before you commit. Other two-therapist houses are gathered in the four-hands volume, and couples sessions in the couples list.

Three stations sit within a quarter of an hour. MRT Sukhumvit is closest, about 620 metres away or ten minutes on foot. BTS Asok is 690 metres, roughly eleven minutes, and BTS Phrom Phong around 14 minutes the other way.

The shop opens at 11:00 and closes at midnight, every day. The trains stop about the same time, so a last session of the evening ends in a taxi on Sukhumvit. The Asok district page shows the rest of the doors around this junction.

Near makes sense for the visitor who has already decided on nuru, wants a jacuzzi room as an option, and would rather be guided through the choice than browse alone. The two-therapist and couples lines make it one of the more flexible cards around Asok.

It makes less sense on a tight budget. Nothing on the report costs less than ฿2,500, and the under ฿2,500 list starts lower. Night owls should check the late-night list, and the Asok volume ranks the shops closest by.

Near Nuru holds a 5.0 Google rating from 22 reviews, and every review in the recent run is five stars. Most of them landed within the past month.

The reviews are personal rather than descriptive. A large share name a single therapist, with Minnie, Nene, Yuki and Emmy each mentioned more than once, and praise patient, attentive service. Google reviewers often mention cleanliness and comfort too, and a couple say the prices are reasonable or good for what you get. Two reviewers say a friend sent them, and two describe repeat visits.

The manager comes up repeatedly, credited with explaining each therapist's strengths and recommending services. The only reservations are mild ones from a single reviewer: the shop is a bit hidden, a walk from Sukhumvit, and the room was on the small side, though clean.