Foot Heaven – Foot Reflexology Acupressure

This place used to be the JAM. It’s fallen off hard. Ownership changed I think and it’s just not the same. I had been a regular for 10+ years. It’s okay and the masseuses are nice and polite and will give you a hardcore deep tissue hard handed massage but I am sure there are better out there.

Went here for a 30 minute back massage, and I’m a bit of a masochist when it comes to pain so if you’re a «deep tissue» kind of girl, this is your place. Giving them three stars because… I’m not sure if I enjoyed the elbowing. I think I would’ve enjoyed more knuckling – not the rapping type, I hate that, but applying a dull, full bodied pressure as opposed to the piercing pressure you’d get with elbowing someone. Service was great, but then again, the massage business is so competitive in Chinatown that service is always going to be a gazillion times better than any of the restaurant establishments.

We actually came here because we were desperate for a good massage. We opted for the «half and half» — half reflexology and half foot.
The reflexology: Yes, no hanky panky and also no lotion. It was meh. Renew Day Spa, I’m sorry I cheated on you with Foot Haven.
The foot massage: AMAZING. Yes, this is what you should come here for; nothing else. The foot massages are great. People actually get so relaxed from them that you’re likely to hear snoring and farts. Amazing.
The price is not bad at all. They do take credit card but only want tips in cash. Who doesn’t?

This place is amazing. Really good foot and back massage for a minimal price. The staff was very friendly and inviting. Next time I’m visiting NYC I will definitely return! Great job Foot Heaven!

If you enjoy pain, then this is the place for you. I went to this place for foot and back acupressure massage. However, I had to tell my masseuse repeatedly to lighten up on the pressure because it was so painful. Initially she would comply, albeit for 30 seconds. But after the 6^th or 7^th time that I grimaced and asked her to lighten up she just laughed and said, «no pain, no gain». I get different kinds of massages several times a year and this was by far the worst I’ve ever experienced. My neck and shoulders are actually sore today. I will not be back.

Loved the dim lighting. Staff was friendly and smiled. The reflexology was amazing after 5 days walking around the city. I’d definitely return!

This place is a wonderful place. The therapists are trained professionals.

Don’t miss this place. Affordable therapy for beaten feet, whether you are visiting the city or you live here. Professional, clean friendly service.

This place was great. You pay for what you get. Lovely people and lovely service. Fast, accommodating and when I requested a specific area of my foot my masseuse was very willing to adapt his service. Calm relaxing music in a clean enviroment.
Good value for money!

Not a super luxe environment, but totally fine and their late hours are fantastic. Good service and a fair price. I would definitely return.

There are soo many options in Chinatown and this is a good place to go to for a 30 min or more foot massage. My masseuse was thorough and my feet feel amazing. I feel asleep on the comfortable chair and let her take over. This is a nice place to take a break from the heat after a lot of walking. I can see myself coming back and bringing friends although I also want to try other places in the area as well. I hope this helps.

When a foot massage place is called Foot Heaven, one would dream about being whisked away into that magical place where feet live in total harmony… if that is what you dream about from a Chinatown foot massage then DO NOT GO HERE. If a customer is telling a masseuse that it is too hard or it hurts 7 times there is a severe lack of communication. Imagine getting your feet and then eventually legs getting their ass kicked. It’s just not fair, I really expected more and I’m sad to say I got far less then I was looking forward to.

When in NYC your feet get a lot of usage. After the first day of walking all over NYC, four of us decided to try out the Foot Haven. It was 9:30pm and to be quite honest, the street it is located on is somewhat deserted at night. I wouldn’t recommend going alone, but the four of us never felt frightened.
They had four chairs close to the front and started on our foot massages immediately. It was the best massage we had ever had. 45 minutes of pure relaxation for 32 bucks!
We planned to go back while in the city but never had the time. Highly recommend this place for a foot massage. We will be going back!

I don’t mind no frills. This is definitely a no frills place. You go to Chinatown for cheap no frills bang for your buck. But if you’re a woman, I’d recommend you request another woman for the back rub. I usually don’t care, but the guy that I got was downright shady. Specify the boundaries where you want your masseuse to stick to and make sure you make clear what you want (within limits of the language barrier, I suppose) — this guy went wherever he wanted unless I told him NOT to, scoffed when I covered up and did the whole «your muscles are really tight, do you want to do longer» gag in a REALLY creepy way. Couldn’t wait out of there. Sad waste of $ 45.

OH yessss… yummy, yummy foot massages…
The space may be no frills but what it lacks in the upscale spa-​like feel it makes up for in the quality of massage and the quiet space. Go for a 30 or 60 minute foot massage and you won’t regret it. The price point is right and your feet will thank you for it!

BEWARE OF STEALING!!! I took three of my friends from overseas to have a massage at this place. One of the ladies asked my friend to remove his gold necklace (which was given by his grandfather) and she would give him back at the end. Sadly, my friend forgot about the necklace and just realized at night. The following day we called the place and the man simply said there was no necklace there. He didn’t even try to look or ask one of the girls!!!
If someone goes there with any jewelry, just don’t trust them to keep it for you!!!

Beware of Anna. I was the victim of physical abuse and with no where else to turn, I’m hoping to help other Unilocalers avoid her wrath.
I’ve been going to Foot Heaven about once a month for the last year and have had no complaints. It legitimately was heaven for my aching back every time I went.
This morning, I went and my usual girl, Mae (the best!) was not there so I settled for a random masseuse. To caveat, I have a pretty high pain tolerance and usually have to ask the masseuse to use MORE pressure on my back.
So, to start, Anna’s elbows are probably made of 50 tons of steel and with her first elbow into my lower neck, I had a moment of panic where I honestly thought she was going to snap my neck… but I couldn’t breathe, much less call out to stop the pain. I gave her the benefit of the doubt, knowing that acupressure massages can mostly be painful during, but blissful afterwards.
5 minutes of sharp pains and the inability to breathe with every pointy elbow into my back, I asked her to please not use her elbows as it was very painful. She slapped my leg in disgust and continued to my other side… with her elbows. Another 5 minutes where I’m physically writing, squirming, holding onto the bottom of the table until I can’t feel my arms and crying out in pain and I finally lift my head up and tell her that I’d rather just end the massage here. And you know what she does?
SHE PUTS HER HAND ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND FORCEFULLY SLAMS IT BACK ONTO THE TABLE. SLAMS IT. Stunned, I get up again, hysterically crying at this point, and beg for this to just stop. I’ve had enough.
THEN SHE COCKS HER HAND BACK AS IF SHE’S GOING TO SLAP ME ACROSS THE FACE. thank goodness she had the mental fortitude to restrain herself at this point.
Did I mention that they had me in the couples massage room this whole time with my friend and her masseuse witnessing every moment? Apparently, the other masseuse was trying to get Anna to pull back the entire time BEFORE I complained, noticing my writhing and Unilocaling… but Anna didn’t care.
The manager finally, FINALLY, yells from outside the room and tells Anna to get out of the room — that I’m crying — she needs to get out of the room. At first she refuses and just tries to push me back into the table and continue, but my scared hysteria just gets worse until he finally makes her leave. The weirdest thing is that the other masseuse looks at me with tears in HER eyes and fearfully begs me to stop crying. After reading a comment below about the manager being abusive to the female employees… I’m starting to wonder if its true.
They send someone in to finish my massage and while she was lovely, SHE TRIED TO UPSELL me to a longer massage telling me that my back was very tight. Yeah, obviously, I just had 10 minutes of an icepick going into it repeatedly. NO THANKS, I am happy to get off this table.
The manager offered no apology, no discount, nothing. In fact, after taking my full $ 45 + tip, he tried to tell me why it was MY FAULT. He said I requested no oil and obviously this makes for a lot of painful friction. To which I said, I have no problem with oil… I said NO ELBOWS. And he just brushed me off, probably realizing that it WASN’T my fault.
Though I used to love this place and my girl, Mae… but, I will not be returning. This is ridiculous. NO ONE deserves to have their head slammed into a table and then almost slapped across the face.

I have been going here for the last five years; it’s a solid massage/​foot reflexology place. I really wish, however, the would make a few changes.
(1) This place smells like sweaty @ss! Open some windows, spray it down with cleaner; and burn some incense. The funk hits you in the face as soon as you walk in. God Lord!!!
(2) The older man who runs the shop is mean – I’ve been coming here for many years and he still acts like he’s never met me before.
(3). It’s not quiet. People talk, cough, snort, etc as if they are at home.
But there are some positives… they recently got new chairs; the masseuses are all pretty good (there are only a couple I try to avoid); and they are convenient (they always take you and don’t make you call to make an appointment like other places).
If they make a few changes, this place will be off the chain!

Once you walk inside, you’ll think. This place definitely has happy endings!
It’s all dark, has a few private rooms, and a bunch of workers standing around waiting for customers. But hey, don’t judge a place too quickly.
I was directed to one of the back rooms, and the guy started working on my back massage. A few moments of relief and comfort, followed by a lot of pain and force on my pressure points. I tried not to scream from pain but it was definitely uncomfortable for half of the session. But I think it worked, because after the session I felt a lot better. Not sure if they fixed things, or if my body was just glad the pain was over.
Also was not offered a happy ending, thank god because it would’ve been super awkward with that dude.
I would go back as 15 minutes was definitely not enough.

Feet were killing us after a long couple days of pounding the pavement in NYC. We were a bit wary of going into many of the foot ‘massage’ places in Chinatown, so Unilocal pointed us this way.
Quick summary: we opted for the 45 minute foot rub ($ 32 each), sit on fairly comfortable recliners and after a quick foot bath, we had our tootsies worked over by a couple of ladies. It was a bit painful at times, but I rather the massage be too strong than too weak — the lady checked if I wanted her to go a bit softer.
You pay the papasan at the front and the ladies wait for you by the register for a tip. Fairly happy with our foot rubs, we tipped the ladies $ 10 each.