DIFC
Residence Inn by Marriott
Daily 10:00 to midnight
European & Russian Therapists · DIFC
A full body massage for two people at once, in a private room with two treatment tables rather than two bookings that happen to overlap. Each of you picks the style you want, Balinese or aromatherapy, so one can be worked firmly while the other is worked slowly. It runs at our DIFC branch, the only address with the couples room.

One room, two therapists, one start time. Nothing is staggered and nobody waits in the corridor.
The room is set up with two treatment tables side by side and two therapists work them together, so the hour begins and ends for both of you at once. That is the whole point of booking it as a couple massage rather than two singles: two separate bookings put you in two rooms, and on a busy evening they may not even start within the same hour.
The two massages do not have to match. Tell reception when you book that one of you wants Balinese and the other aromatherapy, and that is how the room is staffed. Pressure is set individually once you are on the table, the same as in any single session, so a guest who wants firm work is not held back by a partner who wants to fall asleep.
The couple price covers both people. Worth doing the arithmetic before you decide, because it does not always win.
The two cost exactly the same at DIFC and guests mix them up at reception every week. They are not the same thing.
Prices
DIFC.
| 60 min | 1,000 AED |
|---|---|
| 90 min | 1,200 AED |
| 120 min | 1,500 AED |
5% VAT already included
Good to Know
Yes. The room holds two treatment tables and two therapists work them together, so you start and finish within the same hour rather than one after the other. This is the difference that matters against booking two single massages on the same evening: two singles are two separate appointments, they go into two rooms, and on a busy night the second one may not start when the first does. Say at the point of booking that you want the couple room and reception holds both therapists for the same slot. If the room is already taken for the time you want, reception will tell you when you call rather than after you arrive, so ask about a specific hour rather than a specific day. The room is at DIFC, on floor 45 of the Residence Inn by Marriott.
You can, and most couples do. Each of you names the style you want when you book, and Balinese and aromatherapy are the two we set the room up for. One of you can take the firmer Balinese work while the other has the slower oil sequence, and pressure is set individually on the table anyway, so neither of you is stuck with what the other asked for. Tell reception both choices at the time of booking rather than on arrival, because the room is staffed to the styles you name. If one of you wants something outside those two, ask when you call: it depends on which therapists are on that shift, and reception would rather answer that on the phone than turn it into a conversation at the door. Balinese runs 420 AED for an hour at DIFC and aromatherapy 550, but the couple price is one figure for the room and does not change with the pair you pick.
DIFC only, on floor 45 of the Residence Inn by Marriott at 115 Sheikh Zayed Road, in Trade Centre Second. Al Barsha and Bur Dubai do not have a room with two tables, so a couple booking at those two addresses would be two single massages in two separate rooms at their own prices. The DIFC branch is open from 10:00 to midnight seven days a week and currently rates 4.8 from 136 guests on its Google profile. Prices there already contain the 5% VAT, which is worth knowing if you have compared figures with our other two branches: those print the amount before VAT and add it at the desk, so the same number means slightly different money depending on the address. Reception there answers on +971 56 395 8899, by WhatsApp on the same number and on Telegram, from ten in the morning until midnight.
No, though both cost 1000 AED for an hour at DIFC and the confusion is common. The Couple Massage is two guests in one room, one therapist each. Dual Synergy is the four handed massage under the name DIFC prints for it: one guest on the table with two therapists working in mirrored strokes, which is why it costs what two singles would. If you are two people who want to be in the room together, book the Couple Massage. If you are one person who wants twice the hands, book Dual Synergy. Reception will ask which you mean, but it saves a call to say it plainly at the start, because the two are staffed differently and the room is not interchangeable between them. One further difference worth knowing: Dual Synergy is on the menu at all three branches under the name 4 Handed Massage, at 800 AED for an hour at Al Barsha and Bur Dubai. The couple room exists at DIFC alone.
Not as a fixed package, no, and it is worth saying plainly because the phrase turns up in searches every week. What DIFC sells is the Couple Massage itself at 1000 AED for an hour for the pair, and everything a romantic booking usually bundles is a separate line you add to it: the Moroccan Bath at 400 each, or 300 before 15:00, and the Private Jacuzzi at 300 for thirty minutes in the room on your own. Ask reception to sequence them on one visit and you get the same evening a package would sell you, at prices you can see item by item rather than inside one figure. The DIFC packages that do exist are multi visit ones, three or five massages bought together, and they are per person rather than for a couple.
Both are on the DIFC menu and both are booked as their own items rather than folded into the couple price. The Moroccan bath is 400 AED per person, or 300 if you start before 15:00, and it belongs before the massage rather than after: the kessa glove lifts the outer layer of skin, and skin in that state takes oil far better than skin that has not been scrubbed. The Private Jacuzzi is 300 AED for thirty minutes and has no therapist in it, so it works as the quiet half hour on either side of the table. Ask reception to sequence the rooms on one visit when you book, and confirm with them how many people each room takes before you plan the order. If you expect to come back, the DIFC packages are the cheaper route: three sixty minute massages run 1350 AED and the Wellness Package puts three massages and a bath together for 1500.
Booking
At DIFC only, so that is the reception to message. Each reception answers its own WhatsApp and already knows which treatment you are asking about.
Residence Inn by Marriott
Daily 10:00 to midnight
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