Lotus Thai Massage, Swan St Manchester
Cost: £40 (+£30 for HE - not taken)
Massage: 6/10
Value: 7/10
Location: 9/10
I visited Lotus Thai on a Sunday recently. Comms were very straightforward. I rang to see if they had availability, and within 10 minutes I'd handed over £40 for one hour and I was on the table.
I was quite impressed with the place. From the outside it looks a little tired but inside it's quite nice. Very clean and spacious. Rooms were nice with very wide tables and nicely heated. There seemed to be 2 or 3 rooms on the ground floor which had "busy" signs on the door. But then so did my room downstairs, which was thankfully... I'd say 4 or 5 rooms in total?
I didn't get the masseuse's name but she came in and did the usual pushes and prods through the towel. Some stretching too that actually helped quite nicely. She was probably in her early 30s, with standard black massage therapist trousers but a tight fitting top. She wasn't the same woman that had greeted me. She was older and a bit more friendly too.
The actual massage began a few minutes in, and it was okay. Not dreadful. I've had worse. But not brilliant. She'd probably had training, but gave a massage more like somebody trying to remember what a trainer had shown them then someone very competent and confident in their ability.
Everything went the usual way, albeit a little bit unevenly. One shoulder got more attention than the other (despite no excellent technique to identify any pains or knots), one arm got oiled while the other didn't. Again, all fine. Not dreadful, not brilliant.
The leg massage was very sensual, but also very brief. She gave the most teasing inner thigh massage, then stopped and wiped off with the paper covering. Wonderfully erotic then sandpaperingly cold. Same for each leg that left no sense of WSWS but also persuaded me I wasn't going to part with anymore money.
I turned over, she massaged my legs in the same sort of way, then just pointed at my cock and held up three fingers. I politely declined. I'm all about the massage, and it wasn't good enough to make me want anymore.
She finished with some head and shoulder massage, and I was out the door after 55 minutes.
I'm sticking with a positive, as the setup and the receptionist makes me think a better experience is available. It was nicely done and cheaper than other venues. I might visit their sister Smile next time, although I assume the staff float between the two.
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