Soi 33 Roots Massage

One course, sold by the clock: that is the whole card at Soi 33 Roots. Forty minutes of the Standard Course costs ฿1,600, an hour ฿1,800 and 90 minutes ฿2,100. That hour is one of the cheapest published in this guide.

It suits the reader who wants a low, published price, a door open until 01:00 and a booking made on LINE. Its website is in Japanese, so it suits Japanese readers best of all. Skip it if you need a polished English-language menu, or if you arrive late and want a wide choice; one reviewer says the selection thins out in the evening. The rating is 4.9 from 130 Google reviews, and reviewers keep coming back to value.

The listing types Roots as a happy ending massage shop rather than a nuru house. Its website is in Japanese and posts a daily therapist schedule, so you can see who is working before you set out.

The rooms come in two kinds. The standard course uses a private room; the VIP room, according to the website, is a fully private room, and the site shows one with a jacuzzi. The listing also tags couples and four-hands sessions. Languages spoken and payment methods aren't published, so check both when you message.

Its rate card lists:

• Standard Course 40 min: ฿1,600
• Standard Course 60 min: ฿1,800
• Standard Course 90 min: ฿2,100
• Standard Course 120 min: ฿4,000
• VIP room (option) (no duration listed): ฿500

The step to two hours is the odd one. Going from 60 to 90 minutes adds ฿300; going from 90 to 120 adds ฿1,900. The website also shows two prices for each course without labelling the difference, so ask which one you're being quoted. A second therapist, per the website, doubles the price.

The VIP room is a ฿500 option on top. The website also advertises two small discounts, ฿300 and ฿200, linked to a Google review and a social media follow. At ฿1,800 an hour, Roots sits at the bottom of the Phrom Phong range; the under ฿2,500 list shows how it compares across the city.

The website prefers bookings on LINE and says phone bookings are possible too. The listing doesn't say whether walk-ins are taken. With a daily schedule online and a reviewer warning that the choice narrows later in the evening, an afternoon message is the simple way to get the therapist and the room you want.

The listing places it on Sukhumvit 33 Alley, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana. BTS Phrom Phong is about 580 m away, a ten-minute walk; MRT Sukhumvit is about 13 minutes and BTS Asok about 14. One reviewer says it is easy to find.

Soi 33 runs late, and so does Roots: the door shuts at 01:00, an hour after the last train, so the walk back may become a taxi. The Phrom Phong district maps the rest of the soi, and the late-night list collects the shops still open past midnight.

Soi 33 Roots Massage holds a 4.9 Google rating from 130 reviews, and nearly all of the recent ones are five stars.

Value is the theme that repeats. Several reviewers mention a good or reasonable price, and one says the money buys plenty of time without feeling hurried. Reviewers also often mention kind, attentive service; one first-timer says the staff were incredibly kind, and another praises detailed customer service. A few name individual therapists.

Most of the remaining reviews are short: very good, nice, will come again. The criticism comes from a handful. One reviewer warns that later in the evening the choice of therapists is more limited. A one-star reviewer calls the shop very ordinary and not worth the money, and a three-star review describes it as creepy, without explaining why.