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A mid-sized health-massage house on Sukhumvit 31, open every day 10:00–22:00

Fourteen therapists, eleven rooms, and your hour starts on time

Relaxation begins with respect

A two-storey house on Sukhumvit 31. Not a chain, not a spa resort. Choose your therapist and your time, see every price before you come, and nobody sells you anything while you are lying face down.

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The Baan Sabai building — a two-storey white house with teak louvre shutters and a frangipani tree by the gate

One day at Baan Sabai

Everything is in its right place

Fourteen therapists, eleven rooms, forty to sixty guests a day. It sounds like it should be chaos. The only thing a guest is meant to feel is that it is not. These are the numbers that make that true.

14
therapists on the roster10–14 on shift at a time
11
treatment roomsplus 6 foot-reflexology chairs
12
minutes to turn a room oversheets, towels, floor, oil topped up, air set back to 25 °C
40–60
guests on a full day
5
minutes of stretching before we openeveryone, every morning, 09:30
6
hours is one therapist’s daily capplus 30 minutes off after two consecutive 90-minute sessions
The long teak reception counter with a tablet lying on it and shelves of folded towels behind, the garden visible through the glazed wall at the left
Fon holds the whole schedule on one iPad. Everyone here calls her air traffic control.
A teak shelf of white cotton sheets and towels, every stack folded to the same size
Six therapists stretching their shoulders in unison in the front room before opening, the chairs still stacked against the wall
The massage has already started before anyone lies down.
Anan “Aon” · Owner

The house rules

Four rules that bind us, not you

  1. 01

    Nothing is sold here

    A therapist may not offer an extension, a course or a membership while you are on the mat. If one does, tell the front desk and that session is free.

  2. 02

    No tip is expected

    Tips that are given are pooled and split evenly. There is no tip line on the receipt and no envelope on the tray.

  3. 03

    The time you booked is the time you get

    We hold your room for 15 minutes. Later than that and we still massage you, but the session ends when it was going to end, because the next guest’s does not move.

  4. 04

    The room is yours

    Change the pressure, the temperature, the scent, or ask for quiet, at any point. You are not being difficult.

Read every rule, and the cancellation terms

What we do

Nine things, and nothing else

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The team

Fourteen people, and you choose

Most shops say “we’ll assign someone”. We think you should be able to see who is here first — what they are asked for, how hard they work, and which days they are in.

Mae Noi, a therapist at Baan Sabai, photographed against the same plain plaster wall as the rest of the team

Mae Noi

24years · experience

Always asks, before she starts, “where are you most tired today?” Half the younger therapists here learned from her.

Asked for
Traditional Thai Massage · Herbal Compress
Languages
Thai · Some English
Pressure
3–5
Usually in
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Pla, a therapist at Baan Sabai, photographed against the same plain plaster wall as the rest of the team

Pla

5years · experience

Sat in an office for six years with exactly the shoulder you have.

Asked for
Neck & Shoulder Relief · Traditional Thai Massage
Languages
Thai · English
Pressure
2–4
Usually in
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Ton, a therapist at Baan Sabai, photographed against the same plain plaster wall as the rest of the team

Ton

9years · experience

  • Male therapist

A runner. Puts in 40 km a week himself.

Asked for
Deep Tissue Massage · Traditional Thai Massage
Languages
Thai · English
Pressure
4–5
Usually in
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Jieb, a therapist at Baan Sabai, photographed against the same plain plaster wall as the rest of the team

Jieb

7years · experience

Remembers whose feet are ticklish, and where.

Asked for
Foot Reflexology
Languages
Thai · English
Pressure
3–4
Usually in
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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Your first visit

The first fifteen minutes

  1. 0You arrive. Mint asks where you’d like us to focus. Not “how many hours”.
  2. 6Your feet are washed. Everyone, every time, whatever you booked.
  3. 12The therapist asks for a pressure from 1 to 5, and where not to touch.
  4. —It ends on time. Nobody asks you to extend.
  5. +10Pay at the desk. The price is the one on this website.
Read what a first visit is like
A glass of hot lemongrass tea on a low wooden table in the small garden beside the house

The time you booked is the time you get

Open every day 10:00–22:00, last appointment starts 20:30. Walk-ins welcome when there is a room.

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