$35
30 minutes — tired feet
You've been on your feet all day and nothing is actually injured. Half an hour in the chair, soak included, and you can walk to dinner afterwards without limping.
Every price, published
Massage prices in Midtown East, NYC — the full menu
A foot massage costs $35 for 30 minutes, $50 for 45 minutes, $55 for 60 minutes and $80 for 90 minutes. Back massage starts at $38. Combination sessions, facials and the couples room are all below, with every duration and every figure written out. Nothing is held back for the front desk.
We're at 146 E 55th St, 2nd Floor, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10022 — open every day, 9:30 AM – 9:30 PM, walk-ins welcome.
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How to choose a session length
Most people over-think this. The honest rule: buy 30 minutes for tired feet, 60 minutes for a specific complaint, and the combination when you want both ends of your body dealt with in one hour.
$55
60 minutes — one complaint
Tight calves, a sore arch, shoulders that have been at a screen for nine hours. An hour gives the therapist time to work one area properly instead of touching everything once.
$60
60 minutes — the combination
30 minutes of foot, then 30 minutes of back. Our most-booked format, and the one we'd pick ourselves. Feet and shoulders in a single hour.
Foot Massage
Chinese-style foot reflexology in a reclining chair — a hot herbal soak first, then thumb and knuckle pressure through the sole, arch, heel and calf. The single best thing you can do for feet that have walked Manhattan all day.
A foot massage here is $35 for 30 minutes, $50 for 45 minutes, $55 for 60 minutes and $80 for 90 minutes. Every one of them opens with a hot herbal soak.
You stay dressed. Trousers get rolled to the knee, you sit back in a reclining chair, and after the soak it's thumb and knuckle work through the sole, arch, heel and calf. Thirty minutes covers a day of walking. An hour is what you book when something specific hurts — and if that something is heel pain on the first step of the morning, read our guide to foot massage for plantar fasciitis before you choose a length.
Not sure whether you want reflexology or plain foot massage? We blend both, and the difference is smaller than the internet suggests — the reflexology vs foot massage guide lays out what each tradition actually claims. If you've just walked twenty thousand steps on Manhattan concrete, start instead with tired feet after walking NYC.
Foot Massage prices
| Session | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 30 mins Foot Massage | 30 min | $35 |
| 45 mins Foot Massage | 45 min | $50 |
| 60 mins Foot Massage | 60 min | $55 |
| 90 mins Foot Massage | 90 min | $80 |
Back Massage
Table work on the back, neck and shoulders — the desk-and-commute muscles. Tell us your pressure and we'll match it, from gentle relaxation through firm deep-tissue.
Back massage runs $38 for 30 minutes up to $85 for 90 minutes. It's table work, in a private room, under a sheet — only the area being worked is uncovered.
Tell us the pressure you want before we start and change your mind halfway through if you need to. Light and relaxing, firm and therapeutic, or somewhere between: it's the same price either way. The 30-minute session at $38 is the one office workers book on a lunch break; the hour at $60 is the one they book on the way home. There's more on that in massage after work in Midtown.
Back Massage prices
| Session | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 30 mins Back Massage | 30 min | $38 |
| 45 mins Back Massage | 45 min | $50 |
| 60 mins Back Massage | 60 min | $60 |
| 90 mins Back Massage | 90 min | $85 |
Combination Massage
Feet and back in one visit — our most-booked format. Start in the reflexology chair, move to the table, walk out with nothing left aching.
Combination sessions put feet and back in one visit, and this is where most of our regulars end up. The 60-minute combination — 30 minutes of foot, then 30 minutes of back — is $60, and it's the single most-booked thing on this menu.
The two 70-minute sessions are different animals. 70mins Foot massage and hot stone at $110 adds heated basalt stones to a long foot session; if you want to know what heat actually does and who should skip it, we wrote the honest version. 70mins Full body Deep tissue with Essential oil at $130 is full-body work with oil, firm pressure, no stones.
$60 for a full hour of foot and back work is around half what most Midtown rooms charge for an hour of either one on its own. If you're shopping on price, the arithmetic is laid out in real massage in NYC under $60.
Combination Massage prices
| Session | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 70mins Foot massage and hot stone | 70 min | $110 |
| 70mins Full body Deep tissue with Essential oil | 70 min | $130 |
| 30 mins Foot Massage plus 30 mins Back Massage | 60 min | $60 |
| 20 mins Foot Massage plus 60 mins Back Massage | 80 min | $80 |
| 30 mins Foot Massage plus 60 mins Back Massage | 90 min | $85 |
| 60 mins Foot Massage plus 60 mins Back Massage | 120 min | $115 |
Deep Cleansing Facial with Back Rub
A 40-minute deep cleansing facial — steam, extraction, mask — paired with back massage. Skin and shoulders in the same appointment.
Three facial-and-back packages, $80 to $120. Each one is a 40-minute deep cleansing facial — steam, extraction, mask — followed by 20, 45 or 60 minutes of back massage.
It's the format for anyone who'd rather do one appointment than two, and it's rare in this part of Manhattan: we couldn't find a Midtown East competitor publishing an equivalent package at any price. More on how the pairing works in facial and back massage combo.
Deep Cleansing Facial with Back Rub prices
| Session | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 40 mins Facial plus 20 mins Back Massage | 60 min | $80 |
| 40 mins Facial plus 45 mins Back Massage | 85 min | $100 |
| 40 mins Facial plus 60 mins Back Massage | 100 min | $120 |
Couples Services
Two people, side by side in the same room. Book the pair together and arrive a few minutes early — the couples room is a single room and only one booking fits at a time.
Couples sessions start at $110 for 70 minutes. Two people, side by side, in the same room — one booking at a time, so come a few minutes early.
Midtown couples massage commonly runs $259 to $440 elsewhere in this neighborhood. Ours doesn't. Date night, an anniversary, or a friend visiting from out of town all work equally well; there's a fuller walk-through in couples massage in Midtown East.
Couples Services prices
| Session | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Couples back massage & Essential 2 services | 70 min | $240 |
| 70mins Foot massage and hot stone | 70 min | $110 |
| 70mins Full body Deep tissue with Essential oil | 70 min | $130 |
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.
The practical part
What the prices include, and what they don't
Included in every foot session
The hot herbal soak. It isn't an add-on and it isn't billed separately — it's the first five minutes of every foot massage on this page.
What to wear
For foot work, whatever you arrived in. Trousers roll to the knee and you stay dressed. Table work happens under a sheet, with only the area being worked uncovered.
No surcharges, no membership
One price per session. Evenings cost the same as mornings, Sunday costs the same as Tuesday, and there's no package you have to buy before you can book a single hour. See massage open late in Midtown for how the evening hours actually work.
Booking, or not booking
Book online, call (212) 347-7878, or just come up — read walk-in massage in Midtown East for the best and worst times to try your luck.
Gift cards and cancellations
Call (212) 347-7878 to confirm. We'd rather you hear the current answer from us than read an out-of-date one here.
Getting here
146 E 55th St, 2nd Floor, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10022. The 51 St station (6) is a 2-minute walk and Lexington Av/53 St (E, M) is 3. Coming off a train? Foot massage near Grand Central has the walking route, or see directions and hours.
What massage can and can't do
The straight version. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says massage therapy may help with pain, stress and relaxation. Mayo Clinic describes relaxation techniques as a way to lower stress and ease tense muscles, and the American Massage Therapy Association points to research associating massage with relief from anxiety and muscle tension. None of that makes an hour in our chair a treatment for a medical condition. If something is injured, see a clinician first.
New York State licenses massage therapists through the NYS Education Department's Office of the Professions, and licensed practitioners use the title LMT. Ask about your therapist's credentials when you book — nobody here minds the question.
All prices in USD and shown exactly as our booking system lists them.
Before you book
Questions about the menu
How much is a foot massage in Midtown East?
At U Beauty & Foot Spa a foot massage is $35 for 30 minutes, $50 for 45 minutes, $55 for 60 minutes, and $80 for 90 minutes. Most Midtown Manhattan spas charge $120 to $145 for a 60-minute foot session, so our full hour costs less than half the neighborhood average. The whole menu is on our Services page.
How much is a couples massage?
Couples sessions start at $110 for 70 minutes of foot massage with hot stone, $130 for 70 minutes of full-body deep tissue with essential oil, and $240 for the couples back massage and essential package. Midtown couples massage commonly runs $259 to $440 elsewhere, so this is one of the best-value couples rooms in Manhattan.
How long should my session be?
For tired feet after a day of walking, 30 minutes at $35 is genuinely enough. For a specific complaint — tight calves, desk shoulders, heel pain — book 60 minutes so there's time to work an area properly. Our most-booked format is the 60-minute combination, 30 minutes of foot plus 30 minutes of back, at $60.
Can I choose how firm the massage is?
Yes, and please do. Tell us at the start whether you want light and relaxing or firm and therapeutic, and speak up mid-session if you want it changed. Deep pressure should feel like productive work, never like something you're enduring.
What's the difference between foot massage and reflexology?
Foot massage works the muscles and soft tissue of the foot and calf directly. Reflexology applies pressure to specific points on the sole that are mapped, in traditional Chinese practice, to other parts of the body. Our foot sessions blend both: a hot herbal soak, then thumb and knuckle work through the sole, arch, heel and calf. Read the longer explanation in our reflexology vs foot massage guide.
Do you take walk-ins, or do I need an appointment?
Walk-ins are welcome every day from 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. You can also book online or call (212) 347-7878. Weekday evenings between 6 and 8 PM are our busiest stretch, so a quick call ahead saves you a wait.
Do you have gift cards, and what's your cancellation policy?
Please call (212) 347-7878 to confirm — we'd rather you hear the current answer from us than read an out-of-date one here.
Anything not answered here, call (212) 347-7878 — we're open every day, 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM.
Pick a length and come up
146 E 55th St, 2nd Floor, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10022. Open every day, 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. Walk-ins welcome, foot massage from $35, the 60-minute combination at $60.