Calm Thai Spa is a Thai massage and spa at 320 Ponsonby Road in Ponsonby, Auckland, in the Three Lamps area. Its signature is a range of Thai massage, with traditional Thai massage done without oil, and oil and deep tissue options. Among the treatments are a Thai herbal body scrub, a deep tissue sports and recovery massage using Thai Tiger Balm or Muay Thai oil, a Himalayan salt stone massage, a heated greenstone (pounamu) stone massage, and a two-therapist massage in which both therapists work on the whole body at once. Customers mention the relaxing massage that releases knots, and the Thai herbal body scrub. Parking is free and ample at the rear entrance, reached from 16 Redmond Street.
Customers praise the therapists as attentive, present and strong yet gentle, and say the staff are accommodating. One reviewer who had upper back tension said the massage released it. Another said the herbal body scrub was carefully and gently done. Some describe the prices as affordable. Mai Day Spa, 0.6 km away, has 191 reviews at 4.9, and Senses Thai Spirit Women's Spa Ponsonby, 1.0 km away, has 360 reviews at 5.0. Our pick in Ponsonby for a deep tissue or herbal scrub session.