Info on a bunch of BKK Massage Shops

[anddy]

On 3/11/2019 at 12:31 PM, DivineMadman said:

+1   I've been using Sabaidee Spa more this year than other shops.  Very professional.  Lots of handsome men.  For my tastes, tend to be a bit better looking than Arena.  Seems to be a core group of regular guys working most days and always some new guys popping up on the Line updates from time to time, so a nice mix.

Agree on the "lots of handsome men". Since I added them on Line, I kinda like looking at their Line updates just for the eye candy.  Some are on the hunky side,  more like @vinapu types maybe, but also some cuter, less built ones with boyish faces, which I like.... Might go some day, though in general I don't really go to the full service shops, rather prefer the uncertainty of the "normal" ones hehe

[ChristianPFC]

Thanks DivineMadman for all his work and posting. If massage was my thing, I would visit all of them and contribute, but it's not (currently about one massage per month).

Varying massage skills have been brought up. There was one guy I liked in (forgot the name, long closed, underneath BTS Sala Daeng on Eastern side). His massage was poor, but he was my type. And in the course of one year of working there, his massage skills did not improve.

Occasionally friends who do not work in massage give me massage, and usually good.

[vinapu]

11 hours ago, ChristianPFC said:

. There was one guy I liked in (forgot the name, long closed, underneath BTS Sala Daeng on Eastern side).

Playboy massage? 

[MatBi4Massage]

Many thanks @DivineMadman! Really great stuff.

You're giving a listicle as some kind best of by categories. And a twinks categorie in which I'm more interested. And as N1 PUMARIN is quite far away, I was interested in n2 CROWN'S CLUB bl (also suggested for newcomer, which I am). But I did not find it on your blog, neither on internet. Do you have any address or link??

Again thanks and I will be in BKK this Sunday and Monday and will surely use your tips!

Cheers 

Mat

[DivineMadman]

12 hours ago, MatBi4Massage said:

Many thanks @DivineMadman! Really great stuff.

You're giving a listicle as some kind best of by categories. And a twinks categorie in which I'm more interested. And as N1 PUMARIN is quite far away, I was interested in n2 CROWN'S CLUB bl (also suggested for newcomer, which I am). But I did not find it on your blog, neither on internet. Do you have any address or link??

Again thanks and I will be in BKK this Sunday and Monday and will surely use your tips!

Cheers 

Mat

Crowns Club is very nice and has some very cute twinkier guys.  Definitely worth the visit if that's your thing.  I haven't gotten around to doing a bigger description of it.  Best to connect with them on Line:  8t8000

[MatBi4Massage]

Thanks @DivineMadman.

Just arrived in bkk. I will try threw Line even if I am not familiar with this app. I just send them a text.

They have no internet page  ? Nor Facebook? In what part of bkk are they ? Even better their address.

Does anyone else knows the Crown's Club?

Cheers 

 

[martinsen]

DivineMadman is king of massage rating.

[Rule88]

Been scanning some of the contents here. Maybe my eyes aren’t that good but I haven’t got to see any reviews from s’sense spa (i think it’s in suan plu). I hope someone will be generous enough to share some thoughts about it.

[pong]

On 3/17/2019 at 6:01 AM, MatBi4Massage said:

Thanks @DivineMadman.

They have no internet page  ? Nor Facebook? In what part of bkk are they ? Even better their address.

Does anyone else knows the Crown's Club?

Cheers 

have asked same while i was in BKK recently-this and a bunch of mostly aimed at Thai only places advertise on a site gboysiamzab.com. it works funnily: check times: ads on that site are only held for around 3-6 hrs, thus are often unable to find or have to wait. Most are in fact from guys working at such places as div.mm describes in his blog. Some are for such m2mplaces, other regular advertisers are the SUN in Bang Khae, TREAT (in fact in subsoi 34 off Baring, some 4 kms from BTS), TaNavorn (or so), quoting 1600 all-in for 80 mins. of fun, and some guys from Ruen Rab Rong along clogged up Lard prao rd.

Crown should be in some side-soi of soi 43?? off NgamWong Wang rd, which is quite far from centre town, near big and well-known shopping centres as MALL/Ngam or Panthip2. MRT/purpleline not really close by, the former Klong Prem prison was along that road further on. Also a place for m2m named now 69club is closeby ((just off that road, in a dirty area along a local market named Pong Phet). Frankly: if you do not know BKK very well, nor speak Thai, live there or are exhausted with all the other places, dont bother to go there. Too far, too difficult etc. Faces say nothing-no relation with quality of services at all. It will be (loads) cheaper and much more Thai style as Silom places.

 

[DivineMadman]

6 hours ago, pong said:

Crown should be in some side-soi of soi 43?? off NgamWong Wang rd, which is quite far from centre town, near big and well-known shopping centres as MALL/Ngam or Panthip2. MRT/purpleline not really close by, the former Klong Prem prison was along that road further on. Also a place for m2m named now 69club is closeby ((just off that road, in a dirty area along a local market named Pong Phet). Frankly: if you do not know BKK very well, nor speak Thai, live there or are exhausted with all the other places, dont bother to go there. Too far, too difficult etc. Faces say nothing-no relation with quality of services at all. It will be (loads) cheaper and much more Thai style as Silom places.

I take a different approach and say if someone wants to check out a particular shop or particular guy(s) outside central Bangkok, then by all means do if you have the time and the desire.  These days the easiest way to do it -- for me at least -- is to have the shop send their location on Line.  I then just use that with a click or two to book a Grab Taxi.  It avoids my translation errors and I never have to try to explain exactly where I want to go.  (I think the workflow actually is, after the usual back-and-forth about booking particular guy(s):   (1) shop sends map "location", (2) Line gives me the option to open that location in google maps, then (3) use the google maps option of booking Grab.  For some reason once that worked better for me and that's how I've done it ever since.  I don't think you can book Grab directly using Line, but I haven't checked that in a long time).  If it's in an unusual neighborhood, I also invariably check out the location using street view on google maps - just because I'm that sort of nerd and like to pre-orient myself, even though very often particluar sub sois/alleys are not covered.  Getting a Grab home is just as easy (or easier).  A more cost effective approach is often to take MRT/BTS to the nearest station and then get a Grab, but booking straight from my condo is so much easier I indulge.

"Faces say nothing-no relation with quality of services at all."  

Truer words never written.  Personally, I don't think quality/skills/enthusiasm increase or decrease with distance from Silom, but certainly facility with English decreases outside the main tourist zones.  Even in Silom, these days my expectations are a fairly middling massage and who-knows-what-will-happen as far as the special services.  More often than not I'm pleasantly surprised by the massage and I enjoy the thrill of discovery as far as the special services are concerned.  [Keeping a list of "regulars" who meet massage skill requirements and also rock-my-world, but always leaving time to try some new guys/places, is the best.  IMHO]. So definitely if someone drives 45 minutes and thinks that the massage is going to be better as a result of distance, he's likely to be disappointed, but that's because of the his unreasonable expectations. But if some particular cutie grabs your eye, you have the time and the money, why not go - just go with reasonable expectations.  Up to you.

Crowns Club has been around 2 years, and a lot of the guys who work there seem to be regulars, to the limited extent I've kept track.  That's a very good sign.  It seems well-managed.  I know two people who have been there (one intimately).  No reason not to go there as far as I can say.  The guys there aren't 100% my taste, but for some there might be a major league hottie there.  It does seem that there is a common complaint about "where are the twinks" in Bangkok, so I try to point them out for those who care.

[reader]

I've posted reports on individual massage experiences during recent trip in other threads but am posting a capsule account here as this is the go-to place for Bangkok massages info.

Total massages: 12

In-call: 5 (1 guy x 3 and 2 others both known from previous trips) and all were fine.

Nakarat: 4 total (1 x 2 and 2 others). All good. I recommend this place. Decent selection afternoons but more arrive after work.

AEN: 1 visit and fine. Recommended. Think it is probably better to go after 5 when availability is better.

Indra on Soi Tarntawan: 1 visit and fine. Be sure to get room with en-suite shower shower.  Many VN guys with good selection most hours.

Art Massage on Soi Tarntawan: 1 visit and fine. Good selection most hours.

[KevKev01]

On 3/21/2019 at 1:42 AM, Rule88 said:

Been scanning some of the contents here. Maybe my eyes aren’t that good but I haven’t got to see any reviews from s’sense spa (i think it’s in suan plu). I hope someone will be generous enough to share some thoughts about it.

Legit massage place. I know this is known as a gay massage place but as far as my experience is concerned, I can say that the boys know what they are doing. I would say this is a legit massage place with no hanky panky (but I think you may experience it if you make it clear from the upfront on what you want). 

But as far as the massage is concerned, it’s legit and well executed. Not like some massage places where the boys jump straight away into non-massage-business.

I think I even saw massage certificates hanging on the wall and all the boys are in proper massage uniform. Go for 2 hours massage it will cost you the same price that you’d have to pay in other gay massage place for 1 hour (sometimes lesser). Tips are way much cheaper but I couldn’t remember how much. You can contact the owner through line.

[Rule88]

3 hours ago, KevKev01 said:

Legit massage place. I know this is known as a gay massage place but as far as my experience is concerned, I can say that the boys know what they are doing. I would say this is a legit massage place with no hanky panky (but I think you may experience it if you make it clear from the upfront on what you want). 

But as far as the massage is concerned, it’s legit and well executed. Not like some massage places where the boys jump straight away into non-massage-business.

I think I even saw massage certificates hanging on the wall and all the boys are in proper massage uniform. 

thanks kev. highly appreciate this

[pong]

Long time since, and now that moving house is about complete some more time for update:

Closures:

men 101-in Lard prao, building completely stripped, only walls standing

Former Hi-klup, Nonthaburi, tried some times but apparently failed to set up again and all signs removed from house

2 former advertisers for short time on ThaiMassageBoy:

NopNapa, behind Central/Robinson Ram IX: went there and found nothing on nr. listed, but right beside was a house that was definitely closed and showing the dust etc with forefront looking as in ad.

 

MG in RamkamHaeng soi 36, around 1 km (15 min walk) in the soi, when open clearly signed with banner (may be all off when closed) and much looking a makeshift operation, could be completely dismantled in 5 mins or if raided. Worked vey much like old Hi/Klup etc, low price, fast to basics, many former barboys beyond their prime.

 

Interestingly the TravelGayAsia site has done away with listing most of the out of centre places but suddenly (when i rechecked after many monthes) reviews of places listed.

 

[faranglaw]

On 4/11/2019 at 6:56 AM, KevKev01 said:

Legit massage place. I know this is known as a gay massage place but as far as my experience is concerned, I can say that the boys know what they are doing. I would say this is a legit massage place with no hanky panky (but I think you may experience it if you make it clear from the upfront on what you want). 

But as far as the massage is concerned, it’s legit and well executed. Not like some massage places where the boys jump straight away into non-massage-business.

I think I even saw massage certificates hanging on the wall and all the boys are in proper massage uniform. Go for 2 hours massage it will cost you the same price that you’d have to pay in other gay massage place for 1 hour (sometimes lesser). Tips are way much cheaper but I couldn’t remember how much. You can contact the owner through line.

My husband informs me that this shop was raided about two months ago for illegal immigrants. All the positive reviews seem to be from before that.

[anddy]

I heard that The Green Massage in Silom Soi 6 (presumably also the main branch on Surawong, but not sure) is now called The Star Massage. Since I am out of the country can't go to confirm or see if there is any material change to the shop(s).