Total Body Bliss is a massage studio on the first floor at 1 College Hill, Freemans Bay, above Hillside Brew Cafe. It offers massage for men, women and couples, with a wide choice of female and male therapists, and the rooms have private walk-in showers. The studio is open seven days a week, with late nights, and it accepts walk-in bookings, so you can meet the therapists in person before you choose. Card payments carry a 15% surcharge, and the site notes that extras are paid in cash only.
Customers describe the therapists as welcoming, professional and caring. One said they paid extra attention to a sore lower back and feet after a physical day, and left feeling refreshed. Another said the session was better than they expected, and praised how tidy the rooms were. Several returned to see the same therapist, and one came back again when they learned she was leaving the studio. Among the four other massage therapists within a kilometre, this one is not the top rated. Freemans Bay sits next to Ponsonby, so the studio is an easy walk from the cafes on College Hill.