Best Chinese Qi Gong Tui-Na

This place is good for a last minute massage at a reasonable price. Went late night. If you are looking for a spa experience, this isn’t it. The women talk loudly to each other in chinese while you are getting massage but for me it wasn’t a problem for me.

I popped in here for a 15 minute massage and when I got ready for bed that night, realized my back was covered in many long scratches, all fairly deep, like a cat would leave. They lady who massaged me had a hangnail or piece of dry skin that hung off and did a number on me. It hurt while she was doing it and I kept trying to explain to her that it hurt but she didn’t understand me and kept going. Not thinking much of it, I went to pay. Then she basically mugged me for a $ 5 tip, I was about to give her $ 4 and she insisted I give her $ 5.

Bad. I had Grace for my 60 minute massage. She didn’t seem to know what she was doing. Was all over the place when massaging my back. Only decent part was the foot massage at the end.
It was $ 45, but they charged me extra for paying with credit card.
Definitely don’t recommend this place. I’ve been to a better one down the road on Mott St — go there instead!

Hi this place is located in a convenient area transportation is easy to get to a block from train station the ladies working there are very friendly and very skillful. My job requires that am on my feet for 8 hrs so one day I had pain in my knees and calf muscles so I decided to stop by after work am glad I did. The lady that work on me concentrated on the calf muscles for the hour that I was there. After that I felt a lot better I definitely would recommend this place and for the price you can’t go wrong.

Had a few hours to kill in soho and saw some good reviews for this place. At this price, I wasn’t expecting much. This is purely just a place to go and get a good massage– don’t go expecting a day spa. If you aren’t too sketched out by the looks of the place, the price makes it totally worth it.

Great, simple and small spot in soho for a quality body work session. I used to work nearby so after the gym or an extensive desk-​time, a great place to stop in to work out those sore spots and kinks.
If you’re a sleep deprived workhorse, you may find yourself drifting off to sleep during the foot and calf massage. If you’re a gym rat, you’re soreness will get ironed out and your muscles will be nicely kneaded. If you’re a desk jockey, they can open up your joints and get the circulation back. Just let them do their jobs and tailor your pressure for your body.
Friendly staff, clean location and good prices. Highly recommended :)

Love this place; cheap/​no frills but effective, clean and consistent. I go here weekly. Staff super friendly.

Sucks

I’ve been going to 88 Qi Gong Tui Na for almost six years, but they recently had to close down the Bowery location. This is there other location.
Lulu is here and she is one of the best – always friendly and accommodating. That and she is extremely knowledgeable as a masseuse. She always knows where to focus when I come in.
The new venue is nicer than the previous one, albeit a little smaller.
The price is the same: $ 42 for an hour, making it $ 60 with tip.

I have a serious yoga practice. I also bike, hike and swim. I come to 222 for a massage weekly. I have a favorite masseuse that I use. Her name is LuLu. She is my doctor, my friend and my healer. I get a 1 hour massage for $ 42 and I tip $ 18 for a total of $ 60. My life is better because of her. I have never had any complaints about the tip. If you get a great or even good massage for that price you need to leave a serious tip. Don’t be cheap. The house is probably taking most if not all of the fee. Shop around, find someone there you love and stick with them. It will be a continued blessing on your health and well being.

The premises are very clean and neat. Masseuses vary but most are very good and experienced. For $ 42.00 an hour this is a hard to beat. As others have noted this is a legitimate Chinese massage, in fact, most of the clientele is female. My wife and I have been patronizing Best Chinese QiGong for at least six years and are never disappointed. A 30% tip for a good massage is entirely appropriate.

I’ve come to this place for ages. I’ve brought my daughter (an athlete) since she turned 13. I’ve always had great massages here. They work hard, they’ve got real knowledge of the anatomy and at about $.75 per minute, I don’t know how you beat it. I have always tipped around 30%, A heavenly 90 minute massage costs $ 63. I’ll give them a $ 20 tip. $ 83 all in!
You can’t get anything of comparable quality for that price.

This place is clean and depending on who you get the massage is usually very good. Like any massage place sometimes you have to give them some guidance on the pressure. Their default is «you like it hard». Adjust accordingly. There’s no funny business here and I’ve never been offered a happy ending. IMO for the money and location you can’t beat this place. These ladies are kind and they do a well above average job. And the sheets are clean.

I went to this massage as it’s right around the corner from work and I had a five hour drive I needed to put behind me. I asked for a neck and shoulder mostly, my masseuse did the whole back. Unfortunately, it was mostly competent, but have had serious massage in the past due to a whiplash and I know what is not advised: massaging the muscles is mostly always welcome but massaging directly on the bones, and esp. on the vertebrae, gives bad bruises and worse, it disturbs the spine alignment and creates knots. Which it did. I complained a bit but what can you do. You don’t know if she knows what she’s doing and by the time she’s started it’s already too late.
I don’t doubt there are good educated masseuse in that office but mine was not. I paid $ 12 plus $ 5 tip and after the fact I feel it was too generous but since I will not go back I don’t begrudge them. She worked hard and I’m sure she thought she was doing great work, it’s not that she was lazy, but she just didn’t know better.
A day later, I am thinking I need to go back to an osteopathic doctor to put my spine back in order… Oh well. I should have known better and in truth, the part about the muscles did work I feel better relaxed about them. But the sore inflammation spots remain and I’ll have to work on those later.
Update: Well, I finally went to a medical doctor two months later because the pain got worse and worse, and lo and behold, the nerve response test showed a markedly decreased response between vertebrae C4 and C5. I’ve had a few massage and therapy, plus some chiropractic adjustment, and pain went dull instead of acute, but it’s still there nagging… I can tell it’ll take a while to settle.

Tui-​Na is a hidden down in the basement of some Soho establishment. CASH ONLY and $ 42 for an hour massage — not bad! The place itself is far short of glamorous, but the massage makes up for it. One of the best massages I ever had. These women are strong — they’ll climb on your back, karate chop you until you’re in a karate chopped trance, and rub you down head-​to-​toe. The punch card will even give you a free massage on your 10^th (I think) visit. Call ahead to make an appointment, especially if you’re with a group.

Too bad. I hate writing bad reviews about massage. Well i normally go to a place called qi gong 88 on the bowery but they were booked so they told me to come here, i guess they are friends or whatever. So my husband and i show up. My back is killing me and i need a good strong massage. My massuse was Alice and she must have been in training because she didnt know anything about massage. I was too shocked to say anything. The woman my husband had was very good, and i asked her if she would walk on my back for 5 minutes which she did expertly.
Now when i say bad massage i mean its like frozen pizza. Your too hungry to complain so you eat it and shut up. Same goes for a bad massage.
I go to pay 43 $ or whatever it was and i gave them each a 10 $ tip and i was told that was not enough. They needed more. I said excuse me, you really shouldnt be paid at all it was so bad. You should be thankful. How much tip do they want? Maybe you should go back to massage school in China and work for 2 $ an hour and learn how to do it properly. I think that 54 $ for one hour of doing nothing will sufice.

I’ve been to this place dozens of times as it’s down the block from my office. The massage is always done in a professional and thorough manner.
I’ve never been asked to tip more (I normally give 20−25%) and the women that work there are always very pleasant, and professional, there is no «happy ending» offer, not for me, not for any of the half dozen co-​workers that also go there.

My boyfriend lives down the street from 222 Lafayette, so I went to this massage parlor quite often because it was convenient. EVERY time, the women hassle me in a rude way to pay more tip. I pay $ 10 on a $ 42 massage, and I think that’s fair, but they say «That it? You need tip more!»
Several times (twice badly, once not as bad), they gave me very large dark bruises down my back. I couldn’t wear any dressed or tank tops for over a week.
The nail on the coffin:
I came in with my boyfriend (he is very obviously my boyfriend) and the woman massaging him tried to GIVE HIM A HAND JOB when he was right next to me with only a half-​wall in between. They were massaging him and started stroking his penis and whispered «you want?» and he said no, stop.
Disgusting and immoral.