I’ve never been to Villa-like, but I have only heard good things about it.
I go to Wat Po, Guang Fu location, they have two locations, one near Zhong Shan Elementary School MRT on Minshen and another on Guang Fu North Road by the Veterans Admin office.
1500NT for a 2 hour oil massage. 1000NT for non-oil. Your experience may depend on the masseuse they assign to you. I’ve had one bad experience, mostly good experiences and also an awesome experience where the masseuse pretty much cured the tightness in my knee. You can read the Yelp reviews for masseuse number suggestions.
Villa like is probably the most relaxing, but also pricy. It’s very luxurious and the massages are consistently good no matter the therapist.
But the best I had to fix issues is this these place. If you have sore muscles, tightness, pinch nerves, real pain from muscle problems. They can really fix it. The most professional, very clean and all really skilled. I’ve been to many and so far I’ve left this place always feeling better.
One thing I really appreciate about the 6 star place is the branch on Nanjing East road is open 24 hours. I especially like stopping by when I’m jetlagged and up in the middle of the night.
I often stay at hotels near Nanjing East road section 4/5. The 6 star health center is clean and my experiences there have been therapeutic - good deep rub. Highly recommended!
I wanted to try this yesterday but it was getting late so we tried one nearby where we were.
And consider me a convert to Chinese massage! It was bloody amazing.
I’ve had a stiff neck for over a week, the worst i’ve ever had. I could feel it all down my spine. I was fairly miserable for about a week.
I didn’t want to try another bog standard massage place because the last few places i’ve been to have just been old blokes squeezing and prodding me as hard as they could without any rhythm or skill involved. Seems weird to pay for such a thing. I’ve also had more relaxing types such as in thailand etc which were relaxing but i don’t think they were really hard enough imo
Anyway i was desperate enough to give another ah bei a go. We told him i had a stiff neck (lao zhen) and he seemed to know what to do. Dude was a freaking pro. It was hard as shit, but the good type. Hard pressure in the right places and with skill. And never too much that i had to tell him to stop. Anyway i felt great afterwards and today i feel largely recovered, well worth the 900 bob it cost! he was no.17 if anyone else is interested.