Romance Nuru Massage (Sukhumvit 10)

Romance stays open until two, and it has priced the hours after midnight like everything else: on a card with bathtubs, jacuzzis and a nuru mattress in every VIP line. Its rate card runs from ฿2,000 for 40 minutes of oil in a shower room to ฿8,500 for two hours with two therapists.

It suits a reader near Asok who wants nuru in a room with a tub at a mid-market price, and it welcomes women and couples as well. Skip it if the room has to be spotless. A couple of reviewers mention a smell of smoke and sheets that could be cleaner, and several describe service that varies from one therapist to the next.

The listing places Romance at 1 Sukhumvit 10 Alley, Khlong Toei, on the south side of Sukhumvit near Terminal 21. Standard rooms have a shower; the VIP rooms come with a bathtub or a jacuzzi. According to its website, it serves men, women and couples, with sessions for female clients, and offers outcall delivery to hotels, priced on enquiry.

Google reviewers often mention being able to see the therapists before choosing, in a lineup or from outside. Several describe the place as spacious and clean, with good privacy. Walk-ins are welcome, according to the listing.

Prices come from the shop's own published rate card:

• Oil massage (Shower room) 40 min: ฿2,000
• Oil massage (Shower room) 60 min: ฿2,400
• Oil massage (Shower room) 90 min: ฿2,800
• Nuru Massage With Nuru Mattress (VIP Happiness Bathtub Room) 60 min: ฿3,000
• Nuru Massage With Nuru Mattress (VIP Happiness Bathtub Room) 90 min: ฿3,500
• Nuru Massage With Nuru Mattress (VIP Romantic Jacuzzi Room) 60 min: ฿3,500
• Nuru Massage With Nuru Mattress (VIP Romantic Jacuzzi Room) 90 min: ฿4,000
• Nuru Massage With Nuru Mattress (VIP Happiness Bathtub Room) 120 min: ฿4,500
• Nuru Massage With Nuru Mattress (VIP Romantic Jacuzzi Room) 120 min: ฿4,900
• Signature 4 Hands Nuru Massage two therapists With Nuru Mattress (VIP Jacuzzi) 60 min: ฿5,900
• Signature 4 Hands Nuru Massage two therapists With Nuru Mattress (VIP Jacuzzi) 90 min: ฿6,900
• Signature 4 Hands Nuru Massage two therapists With Nuru Mattress (VIP Jacuzzi) 120 min: ฿8,500
• Two therapists (no duration listed): ฿1,000
• Couples special service (no duration listed): ฿1,500

The jacuzzi costs ฿500 more than the bathtub room at 60 and 90 minutes, and ฿400 more at two hours. The last two lines carry no length and read like supplements rather than sessions, so ask what they add. The four hands volume and the couples list compare similar options elsewhere.

Booking runs through LINE and Telegram.

BTS Asok is about 340 metres away, five minutes on foot. BTS Nana is the same distance in the other direction, and MRT Sukhumvit about six minutes. The website puts the walk from Asok at about a kilometre; the listing's address is closer than that.

The door is open every day from noon to 02:00, two hours past the last train. Romance is one of the shops in the Asok district, and the late-night list collects the others still open after midnight.

It suits the reader who wants a bathtub or jacuzzi room without paying the ฿5,000 that some Asok shops charge for one: the bathtub room is ฿3,000 an hour here. It suits women and couples, who the website names directly.

Anyone particular about the state of the linen, or sensitive to smoke, may prefer to look elsewhere. The Asok volume lists the best-rated neighbours.

Romance holds a 4.5 Google rating from 35 reviews. Most are five stars, with a handful of fours and ones.

Google reviewers often mention a spacious, clean place with good privacy, friendly staff and reasonable prices; several call it good value. A number say they liked being able to see the therapists before choosing, and several name a favourite, Sofia, Anna and Rose among them.

The complaints repeat too. Several reviewers describe service as perfunctory or uneven from one therapist to another, and say there are few therapists to choose from. A couple mention rooms smelling of smoke and sheets and towels that could be cleaner. One recent one-star reviewer describes a 90-minute session that didn't go well. Look at the room before you pay.