Fung Soong Massage

Unsatisfied. The masseur kept talking to other masseur and not pay attention to my feet. She did not use enough strength to massage my feet as i politely asked her to apply more pressure as i was barely feeling anything. She did not understand english at all and i would not recommend this place to anyone.

Stopped in for a quick chair massage which was desperately needed… it was fairly empty and the workers were extremely attentive… I was clear with what I wanted and they set off right to work… a couple of moments in the massage, my masseuse had to stop to assist another incoming customer (I believe l, as others have mentioned, there are some language barriers)…I paid in cash for the 30 minutes and felt more than satisfied… I would recommend the chair massage

I am no expert on foot massages, but I came here twice in the past week as my plantar Fasciitis was acting up. Decent atmosphere, fairly clean from the looks of it, and very cheap! I did the 30min foot massage during my lunch break for $ 24 + tip, and the following day I went after work so I did the special 50 mins, head/​shoulder/​arms + foot massage also for $ 24 + tip! I’m not gonna say it was a miracle and my foot pains are gone, but it was nice and relaxing and some temporary pain relief. They don’t speak much English, but w/​e, I got what I needed.
I’ll be coming here more often, and keep it in my rounds.

OMG they charge the same price for 35 minutes as 50 minutes. Then she finishes 10 minutes early. I’m like — uh… that was only 25 minutes. She shows me the sheet where she writes down when she started. I wait for her to do the math a few times and she says «oh, sorry.» No discount, no come back next time. This is the first time ever not leaving a tip for a foot massage. The place across the street next to Blue Fog is the exact opposite. IME

After a week of trekking around the city, it was time to get a massage. When in China, or Chinatown, I hit up the local reflexology places. Walking by this place all week, I wAs ready to pay them a visit and stopped on in.
Not often do the workers speak English, so they have signs that show a menu of the services available along with their prices. I opted for the 100 min service of 45 mins back massage, 10 min herbal foot soak, and 45 minute foot massage. We start out with me on the table face down… and the woman dives under my shirt and unbuttons my bra! Kind of weird when it’s a fully clothed massage… ask me to do it or let me when I reach back.
After awhile I ask about the foot portion, SURELY it’s been more than 45 mins. Each time I am told «OK» and she keeps going. Before I know it, we are done. 90 minutes and no foot soak or massage. Same price. I pay and make a comment and they all just look at me. Obviously they don’t care! Tourists don’t matter to the it seems. But here’s their first mistake, I am a business traveler and stay across the street often… I’ll be sure to finds another local spot that delivers and let all my associates know about both of them.
If you have a menu of services and confirm the one I chose… stick to it! The solution is NOT for me to add on another service. Two stars because the woman did loosen muscles… but that’s it. She may be a worker, but she is the one who goes along with it. Skip this place and find another place in Chinatown… they are a dime a dozen I the city!

I stopped in for a chair massage after seeing the sign out front. I am glad that I did. The gentlemen who assisted me spoke no English but I just pointed to the sign for the service that I wanted and proceeded to the chair. He put a sheet over my back and began the massage. It was just the right firm pressure and he found the tight spots on my shoulders and upper back immediately. For a quickly no appointment chair massage, this place it great.

It was pretty comfortable especially laying down on the canopy bed. Massage was nothing too spectacular. But sure felt good after it. Simple and clean.

$ 24 for 50 MN massage footwear neck and shoulders. Can not go wrong. Great little hole in the wall. Clean and simple. Strong masseurs just what the doctor ordered.

I walked in on a whim because I had some time to kill before lunch and I totally regret not reading the Unilocal reviews first.
This was probably the worst foot massage I’ve ever gotten in my life and I am only comparing it to the foot massage you would get during a pedicure at a place of questionable cleanliness in San Francisco. The woman aggressively pushed her thumb nail into the tops of my toes, her rubber gloves were too big so the predominant sensation I felt was excess latex rubbing against me, the pressure was horrific — either way too painfully hard or no pressure at all and overall, neither relaxing nor therapeutic.
The place was clean and by the way the gentleman getting a chair massage next to me was moaning, maybe the chair massage is the way to go.
Anyhow the whole thing was a joke and I know l would never return. Save your money and go elsewhere.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry regarding my experience with this place.
I was standing in front of the store, my back to the front store window, when one of the Asian masseurs knocks on the window behind me. I turn, and I see him waving his hand at me, welcoming me in.
I am greeted by the short Asian masseur whose English skills are rudimentary and limited to a few words: hello, nice man, goodbye, fie dollar.
I am led to a curtained area and invited to lie down on a lounge. After the equipment is brought into the area, buckets with hot water and hot towels, the masseur starts to massage my foot — hard. I say to him, «I want reflexology. Your shop window says you offer reflexology. Do you do reflexology?»
The Asian man has no comprehension of my words. He continues to massage my foot and does so so fiercely, I want to cry out in pain. I pull the curtain aside and see another Asian man seated behind a desk near the entrance. He looks managerial, so I shout to him, «Say, sir, do you know what reflexology is?»
The Asian man behind the desk answers, «No.»
Why does the store advertise reflexology in the window and also on the canopy above the store window when no one even knows what it is?
The Asian masseur then says to me, «I give massage. You like?»
I let the man go through his painful ministrations, although I have to tell him — twice — to stop pressing so hard because it hurts.
When my massage is done, I ask the price and I’m told it’s $ 27. I give the man two twenty dollar bills. The masseur gives me change: two fives and three singles. I want to tip the man four dollars, so I give him a five dollar bill and ask for change.
The masseur says, «No change. Tip is five dollars.»
Not only did I not get the service I want from the masseur, but he’s demanding more than twenty percent tip for his unwanted services.
In broken English he shows me a loose-​leaf book that contains apparently rules and regulations for running the business. The masseur now points to a stipulation: «Five dollars is the minimum tip acceptable.»
I am required to pay five dollar tip on a service that I didn’t want? Why didn’t he tell me this before when I entered the store and agreed to receive his services? There are no signs on the walls about the required gratuity and thus no way for a prospective customer to know in advance there is a minimum tip requirement.
Thankfully, two women seated on chairs in the waiting area provided me with the change for five dollars so I could tip the man who, after all, really deserved none.
I will never come to this place again. It’s a joke. Ha ha ha ha. But the joke was on me.

I don’t think the guy who gave me a massage has ever had one himself. His expertise was not evident. Maybe he trained as a sous-​chef and thought he could use that skill-​set on people. I have used more skill making mashed potatoes than this guy used on me. Throwing yourself down a flight of stairs or asking some random homeless person to massage you on the sidewalk might give you a slightly better experience than I had and it may actually help your back.

Wow I am a big fan of this place. In my lifetime, I would not get a message unless I have a bad muscle pull. My experiences here has made me an every other week customer. I really recommend the 15 chair massage for $ 12.
I once went when I had a bad back pull. I was amazed how well I felt afterward. I think the place suffers a bit because it is on the edge of Chinatown and people suspect it is *another* kind of massage experience (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). It is always empty in the mornings. This place is legit and I recommend it strongly.

Good massages and super friendly people. Got a 15-​minute foot massage while waiting for R&G Lounge next door.

Reading the reviews were interesting to say the least…
First. let me say I’ve had high end massages from the Four Seasons to back rooms in Vietnam, I’ve had Lomi Lomi, therapeutic, all types of massages in Thailand and over Europe, and the U.S., etc. etc.
I would compare Fung Soong in the massage world as the Cheesecake Factory is to chain restaurants ranging from MacDonalds to Ruth Chris–
Came to the city with my best friend and another time with my husband – we popped in 1 – 2 DAILY over our long weekends. Why do you ask?
BECAUSE:
1. Effective foot and whole body massages … EVEN with a sheet over us and our sheets did not smell bad nor were there any indications of uncleanliness. They worked out knots, sore areas and were consistent in the their technique (whether certified or not, they had good technique). Got rid of my headache from muscle tension and revived my aching feet on a daily basis because we walked EVERYWHERE while touring (TIP: Always drink tons of water before ANY massage to avoid headaches)
2. Accepted credit cards
3. Takes appointments but you don’t need them
4. Nice and professional for the most part — I didn’t really care that we sat in an open bay and they chatted in their own language but some folks would be offended… again, this isn’t the Four Seasons people…
5. Clean… okay… MUCH cleaner than MANY places I’ve ventured into and never returned for 2^nd visit. Clearly this was clean enough that I felt very comfortable returning.
6. Bathrooms very clean and they had showers too that looked very clean.
7. I think they have another location… it was there that we were introduced to them.
8. INEXPENSIVE… I can only dream about having this type of service in D.C.
WARNING: More than 30 – 45 minutes on your feet is too long… They WILL RELENTLESSLY try and upcharge/​upservice you so be strong people… be very strong… and don’t give in. If you have that extra time, just go for the whole body massage and you’ll be very pleased for the same price! Oh. the whole body is cleverly and effectively performed without oil and with clothes on… I was very pleasantly surprised how effective they were.

i’m never going here again.
the message was ok, and when i say ok, i mean meh.
the people were nice enough. and they do take the card.
but the part i’m not happy about is when they do the massage they put a sheet over you. the sheeet’s fine. what’s not fine is they don’t wash it. you get the dirty sheet they just used on the person before you. at the time i didn’t know b/​c i sat in the massage chair, with my face in the face holder and they put «a» sheet on me. little did i know at the time the same sheet was used on someone else. i was wearing a tank top so, some of my skin was exposed and that’s unsanitary for me as well as the next person they use the sheet on.
now i’m at work and i have a terrible headache from some one’s horrible perfume. it’s gross.
so now, i still have a stiff neck, i smell terrible AND i have a headache. i wanna go cry.
don’t go there. it’s gross.

As I was walking around Chinatown this morning my shoulder started to hurt. It proceeded to get extremism swollen and hurt from my neck to my elbow. After a while my trip was not very fun anymore so I decided to get a quick massage. We went in and explained what I needed. When they saw my shoulder they were shocked and asked if I had seen a doctor. I then got the 15 minute chair message for $ 12. It helped my pain a lot and the swelling went down. The lady then told me should get these heat patches to make it feel better. She then walked us to this store that sold them which was about a block away and showed them to us and made sure we paid the right price. After about two hours I felt almost better and after a three hour car ride home I felt great.
This place saved my day!!!

This was across the street from the Hilton where we stayed. I called first to see if it was busy on a Friday evening. «Come now,» the man said on the phone. We went in planning a one hour foot massage for $ 35, but they offered us $ 40 for 70 minute combo = 10 min foot soak, 30 min feet, 30 min back.
Jazz covers of 90s music played in the partially florescent lit room, the noise of the streets, restaurant next door, and the smell of the smokers outside.
The technique was completely different that other Chinese reflexology places. There were areas of my foot where it almost felt like I was going to get a foot cramp.
Other potential customers walked in and the workers said, «We’re busy, you come back later.»
They accept credit card, which is a plus, then they lay out three envelopes with the worker’s names on them for tips.

Great experience! Very inexpensive, great work on my shoulders/​back during my 30 min chair massage. Definitely going back! Only critique is the harsh lighting at the front– not very relaxing but everything else was fine!

Good service. Not great English, but friendly and attentive. Massage was OK, but great prices, so I’ll give it 4 stars

I was skeptical at first about this place b/​c the last few foot massages I’ve had haven’t been all that great. I think that’s the problem with so many popping up everywhere. The market is over saturated and if you don’t stick to one you know is good, there is a good chance you’ll get a mediocre at best massage. This place has been open for 3 weeks and we surprisingly had two really good foot massages. We got upsold from the $ 25 — 60 min foot only massage to the $ 35 — 70 minute full body massage. This consisted of about 40 min or so on the feet/​lower legs and the remainder of the time on your backside. I had a lady named Ada and my husband had a very attentive male masseuse named some like D or Dean. We were pleased with both of them. We got some cookies, candy and water to snack on during the massage, too. The one thing I was really impressed with was that the business phone rang while we were there and none of the 3 people working got up to answer the phone since they were all with customers. Other foot massage places we’ve been to answer cell phone calls, talk to one another really loudly, etc. so this was really nice that they didn’t. Also, for a foot massage where everyone is sitting side by side, it was pretty quiet and we were able to really relax and enjoy the massage. We would both definitely go back. They have only about 5 chairs I think so if you have a larger party, you may want to call ahead so that they can accommodate you.