been after a decent massage for a while so when Strokeyjoe asked for info for this place, and knowing i would be passing by at the end of my 9 to 5 i thought i'd TOFTT.
the details of the place can be found on
External Link/Members Onlylooked it up and then gave them a ring during lunch and made an appointment for 6 ( coming out of manchester city centre is an absolute nigtmare) left the office bang on 5 and managed to get to the adress with about 10 minutes to spare.
The shop is on a very busy high street with food outlets and other shops all around so sneaking in, is a definate no no. The front of the shop was being painted by a gent halfway up a ladder, with the ladder bang in front of the door. Rang the place and the lady said just come round the back and enter through the garden. Now i never usually make judgements about a place or person by just chatting to them on the phone but this lady sounded like she'd been on a fair few woodbines in her time ( yes, i'm showing my age, go look up woodbines
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i discretely knocked on the back door and it was opened by a lady about 5 ft tall and practically anorexic. The first thing i realised as i stepped into the premises was a god awful smell
. I first thought it might be some kind of incence stick but i really couldn't see any tell tale signs of smoke. the smell was like really strong disinfectant mixed with menthol cigs, and just before anyone says it, no it was not the smell of the paint from outside - that i could've put up with
the lady ushered me into a small room with a small massage table. I'm 6ft so i knew i'd be hanging off the bed. turns out the lady i spoke to on phone was this very same lady. now this lady looked absolutely plastered to me!! her eyes were half closed, she was shuffling every where and what i thought was a thai accent, the more i spoke to her, i realised was her slurring her words. she looked skinny and just generally knackered
I aske if there was anyone else available for the massage and she replied its just been her all day and most days. she asked me to take everything off and she shuffled out of the room. no prices were given and no money had been exchanged so far.
Now generally I'd have just gone for it but i just felt uneasy about the whole situation. In the end i decided i really couldn't go through with it. the sound of the lady's slippers shuffling around outside the room also started to give me the creeps. Thankfully i had only unbuttoned my shirt and nothing else so i made my excuses to the lady and walked out the back again. the only response i got from the lady was ' oh, okay' that was it
The reason i give this a neutral is, because i didn't use the service and the lady might just be having a long and crappy day hence the comatose deminure. Another poster on the thread said he has been a few times and he enjoyed it. I personally for the first time in a long time felt uncomfortable, hence i left saving my money and thinking about where to go next for a massage.
