The Bank by Noar

The Bank isn't a back-soi massage shop. It is a full entertainment house: soapy rooms, a bar and kitchen serving Thai and Japanese dishes and cocktails, and VIP suites that its website says come with a pool table, karaoke, jacuzzi and sauna. It publishes no prices.

It suits a group, or anyone who wants dinner and a drink under the same roof as the bath, and doesn't mind a taxi ride out to Huai Khwang. Skip it if you want a quick, cheap session or a printed menu. Reviewers who mention money put it in the ฿4,000s and up. They often praise a big, clean house and attentive staff, but a few find the rooms dated.

The Google category is soapy massage, and the website advertises professional soapy massage, อาบอบนวดระดับมืออาชีพ. The listing adds a bath, a bar, karaoke, a sauna and VIP rooms, and the website describes VIP suites with a pool table, karaoke, jacuzzi and sauna. Food and drink are part of the offer too, from Thai and Japanese dishes to cocktails, and several Google reviewers praise the kitchen.

Reviewers describe the house as big, spacious and bright. One counts about 20 therapists on the night and mentions a Chinese-speaking manager who stays with you throughout. Not everyone is impressed by the fit-out: one reviewer calls the decoration a bit outdated, and another describes an old room with weak air conditioning and low water pressure.

No prices are published anywhere we could find, and the website lists none. Ask for the menu at the door, and agree the price, the room and the length before you start.

Two Google reviewers give ranges from their own visits: one reports paying between ฿4,200 and ฿6,800, the other ฿4,200 to ฿8,500. Those are reviewers' figures, not a rate card, and they may have changed. One reviewer calls the price reasonable for what you get; another calls it too expensive. Ask whether food, drinks and the VIP suites are included or charged on top, and how the bill is built.

LINE is the published booking channel, at @thebank27, and the website advertises promotions and events there. Outcall isn't offered. The listing doesn't say whether walk-ins are taken, but one reviewer's complaint makes the case for booking: after waiting an hour for a particular therapist, they were told another client had reserved her by phone. If you have someone in mind, reserve on LINE.

The address is 27 Soi Sun Wichai 14, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang. The nearest station is ARL Ramkhamhaeng on the Airport Rail Link, about 970 m away, a 16-minute walk. No BTS or MRT stop is listed nearby, so a taxi is the simpler way in.

The door shuts at midnight, about when the trains stop, so plan a taxi home from a late dinner. For soapy and happy ending shops closer to Sukhumvit, start from the Bangkok city page or the VIP rooms list.

The Bank by Noar holds a 4.5 Google rating from 82 reviews, most of them positive.

The house itself earns the most praise. Reviewers often describe it as big, clean and bright, and several call the food delicious; one describes it as a full-service entertainment venue. Attentive service is the second theme, with one reviewer mentioning a Chinese-speaking manager who stays with guests throughout. Several reviewers praise the therapists, and two put the price in the ฿4,200 to ฿8,500 range, which one calls reasonable.

The complaints are specific. One reviewer describes an old room with weak air conditioning and low water pressure, and found it too expensive, while another calls the decoration outdated. One reviewer reports waiting an hour for a therapist who was then given to another manager's client. A one-star reviewer describes a poor session with one therapist.