Had a business trip to Hong Kong last month and with some free time between my last meeting (a long business lunch) and my evening flight back home, I decided to swing by 'Daily Spa' ([URL]http://www.dailyspahk.com/home[/URL]) and try one of their Nuru Massage treatments.
The basics are pretty much as listed on their website, which stresses that sessions are 'appointment only' and list at HK $2,000 (AUD $340) for 90 minutes. I texted Daily Spa on their mobile number (which also works in WhatsApp) and got a slot for 3 pm.
The trickiest part was finding the place, even when the taxi driver was given the address!
Forget about any obvious signage like many other HK spas and what not: Daily Spa is on the 12th floor of a commercial block (the Tern Commercial building) at 39 Granville Road, TST.
Granville Road runs between Nathan Road and Chatham Road, and is closer to the Chatham Road end, literally a minute's walk from Chatham Rd. As the Ramada Hotel is smack on Chatham Road and has its driveway on Granville Road, the easiest way by taxi is to have the driver take you to the Ramada Hotel.
To find the building itself, walk up Granville Road until you've got the Bossini, Maple and Cotton On stores all on one side. The Tern Commercial building is pretty much directly opposite.
I headed up to 1201 and 'Howard' (one of the two Daily Spa managers) buzzed me in, popped me into a room (they're very compact) and sent mid-20's Korean girl Mina in to attend to me. Mina is tall, slim, average looks.
First came a shower with Mina making sure I was as clean as can be. Then onto the the table for a regular (and so-so) massage. Then came the nuru part of the session, basically a slippery body side front and back (but in the reverse order) followed by covered BJ (average) and FS (decent). Then a shower to clean up, head out to pay Howard, and I'm done.
If that sounds like a 'short and sweet' review, then that's because I honestly found the experience to be a bit underwhelming. And yes, at AUD $340 in HK, certainly over-priced.
Can't put my finger on 'why', exactly. I opted for this simply because I've not had Nuru before, and the videos you see online certainly look appealing. Maybe it was the small and rather warm room, maybe it was my expectations. It's worth trying if you're in HK and keen to sample guru massage, but having now crossed that of my 'to do' list I honestly wouldn't bother going back next time I'm in HK.
