Review of Sunshine Massage Shops
There are three massage shops in the shopping centre near the Sunshine Railway station. There may be others, but I'm not a local and haven't come across them in my travels.
Massage Haven at 2/16 Watt Street, Sunshine is open from 10:00am to 8:30pm, seven days per week. It's telephone number is 03 9943 0465. This is not a bad shop, but neither is it a very good one. Massages are indifferent (5 out of 10). The attractiveness of massage ladies is not good either (5 out of 10) , being mainly staffed by women in their 30s and 40s. The only good thing about this place is that it is clean, the massage rooms have doors and you consistently receive what you are hoping for. The manager does her best to keep her customers happy. For example, if you don't like the look of the massage lady you have been offered, the manager will be happy to offer to replace her with whoever else is available. I have never left this place disappointed. But on the other hand, I've never been blown away (so to speak) by what has happened. This place is recommended, but it's nothing to write home about.
Natural Plus, at 5 City Place, Sunshine is open from 9:30am to 9:30pm, seven days per week. Its telephone number is 03 9311 0198. The owners of Natural Plus have not really decided whether they wish to operate a Chinese medicine shop or something far less salubrious. You can apparently (if the advertisements in the window are to be believed) obtain a diploma in natural medicine here. It is located in one of the most ugly and depressing streets in Sunshine. There are a mix of ladies working here: some in their 20s and most much older. Attractiveness of massage ladies is poor (4 out of 10) but the massages are okay (6 out of 10). This place is not recommended.
Oriental Massage Therapy, at 47 Dickson St, Sunshine, is open from 11:00am to 8:00pm, seven days per week. Its telephone number is 03 9311 9994. Despite the shabby appearances of the building, it is one of my very favourite places. It seems to me to be similar to the place BogaB described in his 14 October 2013 review of his Huntingdale / Brighton establishment, being mainly staffed by PRC students. The services you receive here are inconsistent: some ladies are just wonderful, while others are just going through the motions. Some months standards decline and other times, for no apparent reason, they're good again. It's a great place to visit over Christmas because the owner brings down ladies from other places who are highly motivated to make as much money as they possibly can during their visit to Melbourne. Massages are okay, probably 6 out of 10 and the attractiveness of the massage ladies varies from 6 to 9 out of 10. I've had massages at this place from girls who were heart breakingly beautiful. Don't complain to me if the time you visit that there was no evidence of this. As they say on the football radio shows, I calls it the ways I sees it.
In addition to the three shops I have reviewed, there is a fourth shop, on the first floor of 13 to 15 City Place. Its phone number is 0412 696 042. The shop takes some finding: you need to walk down a small arcade and ring the doorbell on a metal door. I didn't see any signs about but some guy I met sweeping the floor of the arcade said that the shop was definitely here, but often closed. The shop has advertised recently on the Locanto and Gumtree websites. According to its advertisements there are "hot girls everyday!" However I have never found this place open so I am not able to confirm the availability of girls, hot or otherwise. I have rung the phone number about half a dozen times at different times and days over the past couple of weeks and got no answer. When you ring this number you will get an automatic text message reply: "I am driving, please call me later." No-one ever rings you back. Anyhow I have never actually managed to come here when it's open and would be happy to hear if anyone does. It's like a lot of things: whatever you can't get becomes more attractive as a consequence.
As with all my reviews, if you need specifics about services and prices, please contact me via private message.
Review of two massage shops in Ascot Vale
I have visited the massage shop at 219 Ascot Vale Road, Ascot Vale several times over the past few years. Its telephone number is (03) 9004 1477. It's open seven days a week from roughly 11:00am to 8:00 pm. The first time I went there I was just blown away. It started like an everyday massage and because I had never been there before I wasn't expecting anything much. Without getting into a lot of details, my massage lady invited the other lady who was working there on that day to help finish things off. They were both really gorgeous and participated enthusiastically. Needless to say, it was one of the most memorable occasions in my mongering days. Over the years however, things have declined a lot. The last time I visited I paid for a one hour massage together with my upfront tip and only received a massage of about 40 minutes in length. That really makes me grumpy. Its one thing for a massage lady to be ugly (what can she do about it?) or to have moral impediments to providing extras (in other contexts this would be an admirable quality). But to be too lazy to even provide a full hour is just hopeless in my opinion. In those situations, I don't make a fuss – I just never come back and I haven't. This place is not recommended. It's quite possible that things have improved since my last visit but I'm not shelling any more money to find out.
The second shop in this review is of Blue Moon Therapy Care shop. It's located at 127-129 Union Road, Ascot Vale and their telephone number is (03) 9372 9517. It is open seven days a week from 10:00am to 9:00pm. This is a new shop, having opened in the last six months. It advertises on Locanto and elsewhere. According to its Locanto advertisement they have "Beautiful and friendly staffs, have girl here" together with pictures of the pretty girls who presumably work there."Hmmm, that does look good," I said to myself. So like the fool I am I have visited several times over the past month. I have not been on my own in thinking that there may be something more offered. The massage room that I was in is near the front door. During each of my massages there was a regular stream of guys coming in and asking about happy endings, which suggests to me that I am not alone in thinking that there is something of an inconsistency between what is offered and what is actually provided (for example, there was no sign of the girls pictured in the advertisements). While I felt sorry for the massage ladies having to say "no sexual services provided" over and over each day, in this case it seems to me that the way the shop is advertised is the real problem here. The shop is clean, freshly renovated and has a good atmosphere. The massage ladies are indeed friendly and attractive (probably 6 out of 10). The quality of the massages I received were okay (6 out of 10). However on the basis of what I've received, I think there is little or no chance of anything fun happening here. This place is not recommended.
In both shops, massages are priced at the usual $70 per hour. Anyone who needs any further details about services and prices can contact me via a private message.