Picasso Bangkok

Picasso is about as close to the Asok interchange as a nuru shop gets: a lane off Soi 19, a few minutes from both the BTS and the MRT. Its rate card is clear. Full service runs from ฿2,100 for 40 minutes to ฿2,800 for 90, and nuru on an air mattress costs ฿3,000 for the hour.

It suits someone changing trains at Asok who wants to choose in person and be back on the platform before the last train, since the door shuts at 23:30. It also suits hotel guests nearby, with outcall on the card. Skip it if you want to pay by card. The website is clear that it doesn't take them.

Picasso's website lists three services for gentlemen: erotic massage, nuru play on an air mattress, and full service. For incall, you pick a therapist from a photo album or from a live lineup. Shower time with the therapist is included.

A standard room with a shower comes free. A VIP room with a bathtub costs ฿300 more. One reviewer mentions a bar area to relax in. Staff speak English, Japanese and Chinese, according to the listing, and walk-ins are accepted.

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

• Full Service (Incall) 40 min: ฿2,100
• Full Service (Incall) 60 min: ฿2,500
• Full Service (Incall) 90 min: ฿2,800
• Nuru Play on Air Mattress (Incall) 60 min: ฿3,000
• Nuru Play on Air Mattress (Incall) 90 min: ฿3,500
• Outcall Service 60 min: ฿2,900
• Outcall Service 90 min: ฿3,200
• Outcall Service 120 min: ฿3,500
• VIP Room (Bathtub) room charge (no duration listed): ฿300

The step from 60 to 90 minutes of full service is just ฿300, the same as the bathtub. Nuru adds ฿500 to an hour of full service. Two-therapist or couples options aren't on the card.

At ฿2,100 for 40 minutes, it's in reach of the under ฿2,500 list; the Asok volume ranks it against its neighbours.

Outcall covers the Sukhumvit area and anywhere within about 15 minutes of the shop. If your hotel charges a joiner fee, you pay it. The website says hotels may ask for your real name at the lobby or security desk, so have it ready. Longer outcall bookings are offered too, from a dinner date to overnight and multi-day trips; prices for those aren't on the card.

Payment is cash. The website prefers Thai baht and also accepts yen, US dollars, euros or a bank transfer. No credit cards. No booking channel is published, but two reviewers say they arranged things over WhatsApp without fuss.

The address is 28/9 Sukhumvit 19 Alley, Lane 2, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana. MRT Sukhumvit is about 200 metres away, a three-minute walk, and BTS Asok about 250 metres, four minutes. BTS Nana is around nine minutes on foot.

Picasso opens at 11:00 and closes at 23:30, every day: one of the few shops here where the last session ends before the trains do. The rest of the neighbourhood is on the Asok district page.

Picasso Bangkok holds a 4.2 Google rating from 42 reviews: mostly five stars, with a handful of ones.

Google reviewers often mention friendly, helpful staff and easy communication, with two saying WhatsApp made booking simple. Others praise the atmosphere and the cleanliness, and one long-time visitor of nuru shops calls it well run. Whiskey and Sara are each named by more than one happy reviewer.

The one-star reviews are about attitude and value. One says the person taking bookings was rude to a group. Another walked out of a session with an inexperienced therapist and says the shop offered a discount next time rather than a refund. Two more say the attitude was off or the session wasn't worth the money. The experienced reviewer's advice suits the place: choose your therapist with care.