OLA OLA Nuru Massage

OLA OLA sits two corners deep off Soi 22, the kind of address you find on the second attempt. Its rate card is among the more readable on Sukhumvit: full service from ฿1,700 for 30 minutes, ฿2,300 for an hour, nuru at ฿3,000, and a jacuzzi and VIP room for ฿1,200 more.

It suits couples above all. Its website advertises male therapists and couples sessions, and reviewers who came as a pair write about it warmly. It also suits anyone who frets about short sessions: several reviewers describe a timer system. Skip it if you need to pay by card or app, or if a hard-to-find door at midnight is more adventure than you want.

According to its website, OLA OLA offers nuru and body-to-body massage in private rooms, in the Japanese style. It advertises male masseuses as well as female ones, and couples sessions, which sets it apart from most of the street. Four-hands sessions are on the menu too.

The upgrade is a VIP room with a jacuzzi. Reviewers describe the VIP room as large and mention a nuru waterbed. English is listed among the services, and more than one reviewer says the owner is Taiwanese, which they found made communication easy.

Prices are from the venue's own published rate card:

• Full service Massage 30 min: ฿1,700
• Full service Massage 60 min: ฿2,300
• Full service Massage 90 min: ฿3,800
• Nuru Full service (no duration listed): ฿3,000
• Nuru Full service massage two therapists (no duration listed): ฿5,500
• Nuru Full service massage two therapists (no duration listed): ฿6,500
• Extra Option: Jacuzzi + VIP room (no duration listed): ฿1,200

Two things to clear up before you pay. The nuru lines carry no duration, and the two-therapist nuru appears twice, at ฿5,500 and ฿6,500, with nothing to say what separates them. The jump from 60 to 90 minutes of full service is ฿1,500, steeper than the first step.

The ฿1,700 half-hour is low for the soi. The under ฿2,500 list sets it against other cheap doors, and the VIP rooms volume covers shops selling the jacuzzi upgrade.

OLA OLA lists LINE, WhatsApp, Telegram and WeChat. Reviewers describe asking on LINE or Telegram who is working that day, and one says the shop sends photos ahead of a visit. Booking ahead seems wise: one reviewer who turned up late at night found little choice.

Payment methods aren't published. One reviewer says the shop didn't accept the methods they asked about and suggests it add Apple Pay or Alipay; another asks whether RMB or Alipay is possible. Bring baht unless the shop tells you otherwise.

The address is 2/19 Sukhumvit Alley 22, Khlong Toei. Three stations are each about 630 metres away, roughly ten minutes on foot: BTS Asok, BTS Phrom Phong and MRT Sukhumvit. Two reviewers warn that the pin and the door don't quite line up, and one says you turn two corners to reach it. Send the shop a message for directions if you're arriving for the first time.

The door shuts at midnight, every day, more or less as the trains stop. The Asok district page has the rest of the neighbourhood, and the couples volume lists other shops that take pairs.

OLA OLA holds a 4.8 Google rating from 197 reviews, and recent ones are almost all five stars.

Google reviewers often mention three things. The first is couples: several came as a pair, booked a male and a female therapist, and some returned. The second is honest timing. Reviewers describe the therapist carrying a timer and the full 60 or 90 minutes being kept, and one says sessions ran past the booked time. The third is the welcome: the manager or owner is described as friendly, efficient and easy to talk to, and several mention clean rooms. Therapists Nana, August and Anne each draw praise from more than one reviewer.

The complaints are mostly practical. Two reviewers say the door is hard to find, and one wanted more payment options. Single reviewers report a flooding shower and little choice late at night, and one two-star review calls the rooms rundown.