Yep, been there a coupla times. In fact, there are quite a few in that area, I usually go to the ones upstairs on the second floor. They are wholly legit, and you described them very well. They are exactly as you state, except I believe they are Vietnamese establishments with Vietnamese employees. I'd be a bit surprised if it were a Korean therapist you had.
[QUOTE=Tamno3]I was just chilling in my room watching a Jet Li flick when a female friend hit me up and asked me to go to a massage place with her. She insisted it was a very good spot, and she just wanted someone to go with her. I thought what the hell. It'd be a nice break from the usual mongering. So off I went.
The place is called My Happy Feet MK Reflexology on Brookhurst and Bolsa, on the 1st floor. I must say up front that this place is 100% legit (they have both male and female staff). You're not gonna get any extras here. HOWEVER, if a nice, relaxing massage is all you want, then you'll be more than pleased.
The place was half packed when we arrived (around 9:30pm on a Friday). It was very nice and cozy with ambient red lighting and soothing, ethereal background music. It was a big room with about 25 massage beds sitting about 3 feet from each other. HINT: Wear shorts and T shirt because you won't take off your pants, and pants really get in the way during the foot massage session. My masseuse was a Korean (I think) girl with glasses. She did some really nice deep pressure massage on my head and shoulders while I was sitting up (none of those BS light touches you find at HE joints).
Next she asked me to lie down face-up and started some more head massage, then she put a warm towel to cover my eyes and proceeded to massage my arms and legs. When all was done, she asked me to lie face-down and did a whole back massage. My favorite. Then some more leg and ass, I mean, buttock massage. All was done with lots of pressure (I like it that way) and very consistently so. Oil was used moderately throughout the session.
At the end they would give you either a cup of hot tea or water. Beside the quality of the massage, what I also like about this place is even though I came almost at closed time, the masseuse did not rush through her session at all. One minor complaint that I have is sometimes the owner/manager would come in and talk to the masseuse right next to you, kinda disrupting my zen flow :) But for what I get for 20 bucks I can't care less.
The rate is $15/hr body and foot massage + $6 tip (I wanted to tip more but that was all I had). Highly recommended for a good, clean, relaxing massage.[/QUOTE]
