What's on offer at the Sheraton?
I was in Suzhou for an overnight trip a couple of weeks ago, my first visit in about a year. Last time I was there I stayed at the New City Garden Hotel and couldn’t find any action in house or even in town. Of course I could have gone to a nightclub and took a girl back to my room, but I wasn’t in the mood for that.
This time around I stayed at the Sheraton, a great hotel. Brother Lucky 888 wrote in June about the suspicious situation at the health centre, so I decided to investigate a little. At about 10pm I called up the health centre and asked for an in-room massage service, but was told by the guy at the other end of the line that their masseuses could not go to the guest rooms. I thought that was the end of the story, and called my wife at home to chat about our son and other things. Half way through our conversation someone rang the doorbell. I opened the door and there stood a young girl of about 22-24, medium built, good-looking but not exceptional, and she asked me if I wanted a massage. There was no way I could get her into my room, and so I just said no and shut the door. I went back to the phone and my wife asked what was going on. I had to lie that it was housekeeping checking if I needed to turn down my bed. She thought it was strange that housekeeping would come so late, but didn’t seem to be overly suspicious. After a while we hanged up, and I immediately called the health centre and asked for an in-room service, telling the same guy that a moment ago a girl came to knock on my door offering a massage service. The guy said that she had nothing to do with the health centre, and proceeded to give me a lecture about the dangers of accepting massage service from someone who doesn’t work for the hotel.
So, what is going on here? I suspect the health centre only offers straight massage service. But someone will get information about guests who need in-room (and therefore extra) services, perhaps from the health centre guy, or from the operator who listens in? It appears that you only need to declare your need to the health centre, and somehow this will be fulfilled.
After the two-minute lecture by the health centre guy I waited in my room for about half an hour hoping that the girl would somehow get the message and come back. I was out of my luck, however, and so I decided to go out to cruise the bars, as suggested by SeattleMan and Michi, among others.
I took a cab to Shiquan Road and strolled down the street. Business was kind of slow, probably because it was Sunday night. I went into Point Zero, which was probably the busiest of the bars, but it was smoke-filled and everybody seemed very busy so I bowed out after standing at the door for about 20 seconds. I walked down the street to Milano and it was completely dead – no customer at all. The mamasan was very keen and took me upstairs to one of the three small rooms. She explained that there is a 50 yuan room charge that include a non-alcoholic drink and a 100 yuan charge for a girl to keep me company. I agreed and sat down, and in a while she brought me a glass of tea. (One thing I really hate about China – perhaps with the exception of Guangdong – is that they always serve you tea in a tall glass rather than a cup made of china. This is silly because the water is so hot you can hardly hold the glass). Presently a girl came in, but she was so ordinary looking and her questions/comments were so predictable that I quickly lost all interest in staying. I paid my due and left quickly. That’s 150 yuan down the drain.
On my way to the bar street I saw a big sauna sign and so I decided to try my luck there. I hopped on a cab and in a few minutes arrived at this two-storey building with a big parking lot in front of it. The place has a sauna and a foot massage centre on the ground floor, and a KTV on the second floor. I opted for the sauna, and was told to remove my shoes at the cashier’s counter. The receptionist gave me a pair of slippers, and instructed me to go down the hall into the sauna area. There I gave up my slippers and went into the locker room barefooted. After changing I went to take a quick shower and was then ushered to the lounge where I was served a tea. I told the waiter that I wanted a massage right away as it was already midnight.
A minute later a tall and slim girl approached me and told me to follow her to the massage room. As we walked up the staircase I kept my eyes fixed on her nice long legs only partially covered by a mini skirt. Very promising sign, I thought. We walked down several corridors on the second floor and came to a very quiet section with five or six massage rooms. Inside the dimly lit room was a double bed for Thai massage and a cupboard. My masseuse placed a large towel on the bed, removed my pajamas (but leaving my shorts on) and told me to get on bed. She then explained that she could offer me a body massage, an ice-fire and/or full service. The whole package was about 1,000 yuan. It was a bit high for a place decorated to the standard of a four-star hotel, but not unacceptable, so I agreed to a full service package. She then went out to get the hot and cold water and hot towels.
I can no longer remember her name or number. She was quite pretty and her body was excellent, with fairly substantial tits though not very big. The good thing about her is that she’s very co-operative and I managed to stripe her naked before she got on bed to do the massage for me. This was the first naked massage (before having sex) I’ve ever had at a sauna place. Her massage skill was good but not exceptional, though sex was great.
The next day as I left town I realised that this place was on the same street as the Sheraton. As you go out of the hotel you just turn right and the sauna place is two blocks away but on the other side of the street.