ELIZABETH SPA — Local services in New York

I had been to this place before and it wasn’t the best but I decided to give them another try (I thought I might have just gotten a bad masseuse). My friend and I went yesterday and they took us to the room with the massage places. This room is sectioned off with curtains to create around 5 “rooms” for individual massages. Since there are no walls, you can hear everyone else around you. There was a massage table with a small towel to cover yourself while you wait for your masseuse. They asked whether I wanted soft, medium, or hard massage and I opted for the medium. Despite the medium request, it was very hard. My masseuse kept rubbing my arm thinking my muscle was a knot. He presses so hard that I got bruises on my body (photo attached). The masseuse focused on my arms and back and didn’t even massage my legs (note we requested for a full body massage). In between the massage, the masseuse’s phone rang and the masseuse stepped out for 2 minutes to answer the phone. He didn’t compensate for the time missed by massaging extra. After 45 minutes of this, they asked if I wanted to extend to 60 minutes. I wasn’t impressed and I declined. My friend’s masseuse wasn’t very good either and did not have enough pressure despite him asking for a deep tissue massage and asking his masseuse to press more. After our massages were over we payed and tipped them 15% even when we didn’t have a good experience. They asked us outright if we can give them more and when we refused, they made a scene about it. Please avoid this place and go to another place where you aren’t forced to tip for bad service and where you don’t leave the place with bruises...

BEWARE!!! Do NOT go here. They will try to upsell you then short you of the service you purchased. They will try to get you to add a scent to your massage oil, then don't tell you it is $10. more. Paid for a 60 min shiatsu massage, the woman hemmed and hawed, then walked on the back for 20 min, then asked if wanted cupping. Then did NOT complete the massage, she stood around and did nothing. Left the cupping on too long (over 30 min) leaving bruises OUTSIDE of the cupping, and did not complete the massage. She became aggressive when questioned about the extra $20. for the cupping and no massage. This place is a train wreck.

Response to owner It was a younger female. And the Male manager was standing right there. So it seems to be a...

I went with my partner. Unfortunately, this was the worst massage I ever got. The beds were not comfortable, the masseuse didn't have any room to move around the bed, they tried to oversell items we didn't ask for. They changed the price at the end and it was the most expensive massage we got in China town (about $90 per person for 60 mins). My back is more sore after the massage than before. I even asked her when is it over because I felt like it was a waste of my time for how bad and weak she was. Not to mention that the two women who gave us massage kept talking with one another, answered phone calls and were loud the entire hour....