146 East 55th Street · Turtle Bay, Manhattan
Midtown East massage: prices, walk-ins and directions
Plan a Midtown East massage around the time you have. A half-hour foot massage is $35 and a full hour is $55. U Beauty & Foot Spa is at 146 East 55th Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10022 (Between Lexington Ave. & 3rd Ave.), open to walk-ins every day from 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM.
Use the guides below to choose a walk-in, an evening visit or a couples session. The menu prices apply throughout the day. If you're comparing studios, our local price snapshot shows why session length and what's included matter as much as the headline rate.
No appointment needed. If a chair is free when you come up to Suite 2B, it's yours.
- Address
- 146 East 55th Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10022 (Between Lexington Ave. & 3rd Ave.)
- Hours
- Every day · 9:30 AM – 9:30 PM
- Phone
- (212) 347-7878
- Starting price
- $35 foot · $38 back · $110 couples
The Midtown East file
Eight questions people actually ask about this block
One page each, with the prices printed in plain HTML rather than hidden behind a booking form. Start wherever your question sits.
Foot Massage Prices in Midtown East
Compare four session lengths, what the warm foot soak includes, and the published rates at nearby studios.
Foot Massage Near Grand Central
Ten minutes up Lexington, two from the 51 St train, open until 9:30 — the commuter's route to a foot massage.
Walk-In Massage, No Appointment
Most Midtown spas are appointment-only. We aren't. When to come, how long you'll wait, what's available right now.
Massage Open Late — Until 9:30 PM
Open every day including Sunday, last sessions after 8 PM, no evening surcharge. The late-night map of Midtown East.
Real Massage in NYC Under $60
Five sessions on our menu cost less than $60, two more land exactly on it — plus the honest arithmetic on how Midtown got to $145.
Massage Deals in Midtown East
Half off a published Midtown hour still costs more than our everyday rate — the sum, the full price list, and what to check before you book any deal.
Couples Massage From $110
See the 70-minute options, what to confirm about the price for two, and where to go nearby after your visit.
Facial + Back Massage Combo
A 40-minute deep cleansing facial paired with 20, 45 or 60 minutes of back work — $80 to $120.
Every price, printed
What an hour costs here, and what it costs four blocks away
Ours is the whole menu, in one table, with nothing held back for the phone call. Sixty minutes of reflexology is $55. Thirty minutes on the back is $38. The couples room starts at $110 for 70 minutes.
Compare that with what the neighborhood publishes for the same hour of foot work. Several of the studios nearest us — Dyanna, ila Only Spa, Grand Central Bodywork — don't publish a price at all, so the figures below come only from the ones that do.
Couples pricing is the widest gap on the whole street. ZZ Day Spa lists $259–$319 for a couples massage in Midtown Manhattan across 50–80 min, and Bangkok Fortune lists $300 / $440 / $600 for 60 / 90 / 120 min. Ours opens at $110.
Couples pricing is shown exactly as our booking system lists it. Call (212) 347-7878 and we'll confirm what's per person and what's for the pair before you book.
| Session | Length (minutes) | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Foot massage (reflexology) | 30 | $35 |
| Foot massage (reflexology) | 60 | $55 |
| Foot massage (reflexology) | 90 | $80 |
| Back, neck & shoulder massage | 30 | $38 |
| Back, neck & shoulder massage | 60 | $60 |
| Foot plus back combination | 30 + 30 | $60 |
| Foot plus back combination | 60 + 60 | $115 |
| Foot massage with hot stone | 70 | $110 |
| Deep cleansing facial with back rub | 60+ | From $80 |
| Couples, side by side | 70 | From $110 |
| Studio | Where | 60 minutes |
|---|---|---|
| U Beauty & Foot Spa | 146 East 55th Street | $55 |
| Union Spa NYC | 211 E 43rd St | $145 |
| Siya Healing Spa | 56 W 39th St | $140 |
| Luxsa Thai Spa | 274 Madison Ave | $140 |
Rates as published by each studio on its own price menu or booking-marketplace listing, August 2026. Sixty minutes of foot or reflexology work in every row — the deep-tissue and orthopedic clinics nearby charge more for a different hour. Prices change; call ahead if you're deciding on a number alone.
Late, and open to the street
Open every day until 9:30 PM, walk-ins welcome
Midtown East empties out at seven and most of its spas close with it. ila Only Spa on Madison shuts at 8 PM. Dyanna closes at 8 PM on weekdays and 7 PM at the weekend. Grand Central Bodywork takes appointments only. We're here until 9:30 PM every night of the week, Sunday included, and the last sessions of the day go out well after 8 PM at the same price as the ones at noon. There's no evening surcharge, because there's no evening rate.
Walk-ins are the normal way people come here. You come up to Suite 2B, we check what's free, and if a reflexology chair is open you're in it inside of five minutes. Weekday evenings between 6 and 8 PM are the busiest stretch — that's the office crowd coming off Lexington — so if you want a specific length or the couples room at that hour, a call ahead saves you the wait. Everything else, just come up.
Massage is one of the better-studied ways to take the edge off everyday tension. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health describes it as generally safe, with modest evidence for pain and stress relief — not a treatment, and not a cure. That's the honest frame we use on every page in this cluster.
- Open: Every day · 9:30 AM – 9:30 PM
- Walk-ins: welcome all opening hours
- Shortest session: 30 minutes, $35
- Longest session: 120 minutes, $115
East 55th Street, between Lexington and 3rd Ave
146 East 55th Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10022 (Between Lexington Ave. & 3rd Ave.). Second floor, Suite 2B — the door is on East 55th between Lexington and 3rd Ave.
Subway exits · walk in minutes
- 51 St 6 · 2
- Lexington Av/53 St E · F · 3
- 5 Av/53 St E · F · 8
- Grand Central–42 St 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · S · 10
Landmarks · walk in minutes
- 51 St subway station 2
6 train, use the East 53rd Street exit for the shortest walk
- Lexington Av/53 St station 3
E at all times, F on weekdays until about 9:30 PM
- Citigroup Center (601 Lexington) 2
- Bloomingdale's 8
four blocks north on Lexington
- Grand Central Terminal 10
straight down Lexington
- Rockefeller Center 12
- Sutton Place 6
- United Nations Headquarters 14
Coming from the terminal? The commuter route is written up on foot massage near Grand Central. Directions, the map and parking notes live on the contact page.
What the room is like
A small studio, not a spa day
Foot massage here is the Chinese style: a hot herbal soak first, then thumb and knuckle pressure through the sole, the arch, the heel and up into the calf. Trousers rolled to the knee, no oil on your clothes, no robe, no locker room. Back work happens on a table behind a curtain — neck, shoulders, the whole desk-and-commute set. Tell the therapist your pressure at the start and adjust it any time; nobody here minds being told to ease off.
The combination sessions are what most regulars book. Thirty minutes in the chair and thirty on the table costs $60 and covers both ends of a long day. The 70-minute hot stone runs $110. A deep cleansing facial paired with back work starts at $80. Two people fit side by side in the couples room, one booking at a time, from $110.
What an hour in that chair is for, stated plainly: Mayo Clinic lists massage among the relaxation techniques worth trying for everyday stress, alongside breathing work and progressive muscle relaxation, and is equally plain that it belongs beside medical care rather than in place of it. Coming down for an hour is the claim. We don't make a bigger one.
New York State licenses massage therapists through the NYSED Office of the Professions, and the title is LMT. You're welcome to ask about credentials when you arrive — we'd rather you asked than wondered. If you have a question we haven't answered here, the FAQ covers the practical ones, and the story of the studio covers the rest.
From the journal
The longer reads
The neighborhood pages tell you where and what it costs. These take the time to explain what's actually happening to your feet — and where the evidence runs out.
- Reflexology vs Foot Massage
- Tired Feet After Walking NYC
- Massage After Work in Midtown
- Foot Massage for Plantar Fasciitis
- Hot Stone Massage: Worth It?
- Running in Central Park
- Central Park Running Routes
- Post-Run Massage Near Central Park
All five sit in the journal. General wellness information, not medical advice.
Midtown East questions, answered
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Sources
- NCCIH — Massage Therapy: What You Need To Know
- Mayo Clinic — Relaxation techniques: Try these steps to lower stress
General wellness information, not medical advice.
Come up to Suite 2B
Foot massage from $35, back massage from $38, couples from $110. Book online, call (212) 347-7878, or just walk in — every day, 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM.
Every day · 9:30 AM – 9:30 PM · Studio directions
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