Relax Chinese Foot Massage — Attraction in Los Angeles

Great place! I've been coming here for the last few years. Great value as well.

Dec 2023 Usually I go for the one hour foot massage. $35 for the hour as of December 2023. Make sure to tip well! I usually give $10 tip.

Atmosphere: There is a water fountain dripping water noise, which is very relaxing throughout the whole experience. You also have some sort of soothing Asian violin-type music playing in the background.

I usually just do the community massage area. Everyone usually has their eyes closed anyway. No big deal. You take your T-shirt off, but you keep your shorts or sweats on. I recommend coming here in a t-shirt and shorts just to make it easier for them to move around your body and work on you. Also, if you were a woman coming to this facility, you can get away with wearing your bra, and taking your blouse or shirt off.

If you would like a more private area, you do have to pay extra for that. It's up to you.

The actual Foot Massage: I highly recommend letting them use their oils, tonics and lotions on you. But if you want to go dry, that's totally fine. Just understand that you won't get the full experience if they're not using the massage oil on you.

So... They basically start with you sitting down on an ottoman, and your feet are in a bucket of warm water. They do your shoulders, a little bit of your neck, and the top of your head.

Your feet come out of the bucket, and onto the ottoman, while you lay on a lowered massage table on your back, stomach side up. They do more of your neck from underneath, your shoulders down to your hands and fingers.

They cover your torso with a towel/blanket, as they work on your feet and ankles, and your toes with massage oil. It's kind of like a cucumber melon type smell. Smells really nice actually. So after they do this area, they wipe you down with towel after towel after towel.

Then they move on to your thighs, top inner and outer. This is usually done dry, no oil involved, and the person working on you is using mostly their forearms and elbows.

The last step in the process is they flip you over onto your stomach, and they work your back, and your hamstrings. No use of oil here.

Lots of pillows and towel changes in between. Very hygienic, and clean. Whenever they use oil on the body part that they use oil on, they always wipe it off after they're done with lots of towels.

Pressure Level: If you know the pressure level you're looking for, definitely tell the person at the front desk to tell the person doing the massage what level you like right off the bat.

If you want a more soft and soothing massage, kind of similar to Swedish deep tissue let's say, definitely ask for a woman to work on you. But even then, some of the women who work there have a very strong touch, so you can always say softer or harder, and they do understand you.

If you're looking for that ultimate shiatsu, deep tissue bordering on Muscle fascia release, definitely get a guy to work on you. Most of the guys who do the massages here are strong, and I mean very strong. Their hands are like Vice grips. So you'll have to ask for softer or harder during the whole process.

Etiquette: Just in general, make sure your cell phone is set to complete silent or even airplane mode before you get in here. A vibrating phone every 2 or 3 minutes is very disruptive as well. So just turn it off, please.

In general, this is a great place to come to for a relaxing massage. Also a great date spot!

Last pointer is, definitely ask for the multiple visit card, or whatever it's called. Basically you get a free massage after 10. So you're 11th massage is free. But I would still tip the person working on you! Don't skimp out.

Note* They used to end the foot massage with a hot stone treatment. But they no longer do this. As of Dec 2023, it's a different massage entirely, called "Comfort" I believe. You'll have to pay $40 for this one, and it's a whole separate process if you want the hot stone massage. Still worth it, if that's...

I had a really bad experience at this place. I made an appointment on the phone and got there on time but when I arrived it felt like they were surprised to see me. I asked on the phone for a male masseur and got a female who actually was the secretary. She started my appointment 10 mins late. During the massage she didn’t stop talking with her co workers and had to leave to the front desk 3 times. I found my self having 3 different masseurs. At the fourth time when she left to the front seat she left for a few minutes. I got so upset and told them that this is not the way a massage should be done. I had to stop this unprofessional massage in the middle after 25 minutes. On top of this her hands smelled like an ash tray. Very unprofessional place! Not...

The massage itself is pretty good. However the customer service is horrible. I tried leaving a five dollar tip for the 20 dollar massage and was berated by the receptionist about not leaving a larger tip. She told me that I needed to leave a 10 dollar tip and that everyone does the same. I told her that I still only wanted to leave five dollars. She argued back and fourth with me about this, refusing to let me only leave that much. Finally a put my foot down and made it very clear this was all I was going to pay. She gave up and rolled her eyes at me and did her best to make me feel very uncomfortable about this. Unless you want to be made to feel guilty for not leaving a 50% tip for a mediocre massage, don't go...