Popular Post Phuketshrew Posted January 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, delgarcon said: After the raid in KP the other night, the new Immigration chief, who has been putting himself about with abandon, now says the ban on alcohol in restaurants, due to end today, will now be extended indefinitely. Why should that be a decision that an immigration official should make? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 AFAIK everything opened up in Chiang Rai in May or June last year, and it's been that way ever since. Perhaps not the bars, but the restaurants definitely were open and serving alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: But for all other areas in Thailand, there is a very real possibility that bars, pubs and restaurants will be able to operate in near normality as early as this coming Saturday. It was never a blanket ban, just the red and orange areas. Life in Hat Yai continued as normal, just a return to 80/90% mask wearing and an increased insistence on check-in check-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 There are those magic words again.. Could and possibly ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statman78 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 36 minutes ago, Lacessit said: AFAIK everything opened up in Chiang Rai in May or June last year, and it's been that way ever since. Perhaps not the bars, but the restaurants definitely were open and serving alcohol. You are correct. Everything stayed open in Chiang Rai. While everything was open there were few customers. People flying into Chiang Rai from a red zone was required to quarantine for 14 days. This would include everyone since I believe that the only flights into Chiang Rai come from DMK or BKK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Mbolo said: Sorry...meant to add that my local in Hua Hin has continued to serve alcohol throughout this period ( and there’s a permanently manned police post just outside ! ) Brown envelopes delivered serving tray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted January 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2021 Great news if this is true. Most of my locals in Bangkok have had to shut since the alcohol ban. The Clubhouse on soi 23 stayed open long enough for us to have one meal after new year (there was only one other customer in there at the time) and then it shut down due to lack of customers. There's really no need to ban alcohol when dining. Just put social distancing measures in place if you have to but banning alcohol while allowing soft drinks just reeks of puritanism and is very damaging to employees in the hospitality sector who earn very little anyway. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineOh Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Can't come soon enough!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo 2 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Geoffggi said: All this new freedom wouldn't have anything to do with the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations by any chance .....LOL You are definitely spot on! they are also looking at opening the borders for general tourism, and no alcohol would not give the Land of Smile a bad image. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anant72 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 14 hours ago, Phulublub said: Would that it were so. When the first restriction came in last year I saw numerous groups sitting round "restaurant" tables with copious amounts of alcohol and the odd plate of chips. If people cannot act like grown ups then they deserve to be treated like children. The singler digit IQ peope are those guilty of abusing the restrictions last time. PH Hear! Hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxin Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, Moo 2 said: You are definitely spot on! they are also looking at opening the borders for general tourism, and no alcohol would not give the Land of Smile a bad image. Really ? They will also open the borders to general tourism on Feb 1st, I didn’t see any mention of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, delgarcon said: After the raid in KP the other night, the new Immigration chief, who has been putting himself about with abandon, now says the ban on alcohol in restaurants, due to end today, will now be extended indefinitely. Who is this new immigration chief? Which fancy rank? General maybe? I suppose we can still expect changes to keep changing daily, so everything just continues as usual? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I have never quite understood the connection between serving alcohol, and safety measures to prevent Covid. I get it, when it comes to alot of sweaty dancing in a nightclub. But, a beer in a restaurant? Anyone have any idea what the thinking was behind this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Phuketshrew said: Why should that be a decision that an immigration official should make? All the bosses especially in immigration, but also in other authorities, just makes up rules to show that they can whether it is their authority or not. This is Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: I have never quite understood the connection between serving alcohol, and safety measures to prevent Covid. I get it, when it comes to alot of sweaty dancing in a nightclub. But, a beer in a restaurant? Anyone have any idea what the thinking was behind this? I can see it here in Pattaya. At restaurants (rather bars with restaurant licence) many gathered there to drink their booze. The same "restaurants" without alcohol are pretty empty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Whilst not a bad idea to open bars & pubs where people can sit & have a quiet drink the Kareoke is a surprise where people are screaming their lungs out, but I suppose hard to differentiate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 News just in, the relaxation has been postponed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchWrapSupreme Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Phuketshrew said: Why should that be a decision that an immigration official should make? Those dirty farangs can't be coming into the country and having too much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverlomsak Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 15 hours ago, Natai Beach said: The headline of this OP is definitely wrong. The headline is as normal for Thailand speaking officially. Reality is often a different matter. I know 2 restaurants within 3 Km of each other, rural areas, 1 was ordered shut in writing the second was advised to close, but a shop (in the same area) that sells alcohol, and allows drinking on the premises no effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottrader77 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 16 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Looking forward to eating a good plate of Fish & Chips while drinking a mug or two of Guinness at my local Iris Pub once they can serve alcohol. Of course I will need to ensure I put in 10km the next day...lol There should be no leaving or entering samut sakorn and definitely they need to close the seafood market where it began and test and isolate anyone working there and customers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangsaenguy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 16 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Looking forward to eating a good plate of Fish & Chips while drinking a mug or two of Guinness at my local Iris Pub once they can serve alcohol. Of course I will need to ensure I put in 10km the next day...lol Don't get excited and jump up and down. It may be construed as dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Karaoke bars to open? People tend to get shot in those for bad singing or hogging the mike. I've not heard of a death from Covid in one though.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland32 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 16 hours ago, smedly said: there are many arguments can be made for either - you could argue that restaurants have more contact between people as they pass around menus and servers are interacting with a larger turnaround of customers who are touching many more items than in a bar - what exactly have you got against bars ?, you sound bitter for some reason I hate Hate having to hear about alcohol, every darn day , get over it , Dry Out 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ireland32 said: I hate Hate having to hear about alcohol, every darn day , get over it , Dry Out I didn't bring it up - you get over it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 17 hours ago, YetAnother said: more thailand policy stupidity on blatant display; restaurants are not the same as bars; restaurant goers stay for 20 minutes to an hour; bar goers stay all night ; more single digit IQ policymakers I drink and eat in a Bar/Restaurant, how long can I stay sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 More maybes. Wake me up when an actual decision is made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikosan Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 13 hours ago, NCC1701A said: all bars and clubs closed and no alcohol served in restaurants for 4/5 weeks now in Hua Hin. massage was closed, gyms still closed, schools. schools will open Feb 1. In Hua Hin, pubs and bars have been closed from 31st December and restaurants not allowed to serve alcohol from 3rd January, to be exact. But in truth, most of it has simply moved underground, or rather, inside, which defeats the object and actually makes the situation with regards to the possible spread of infection worse. Furthermore, some restaurants are clearly and blatantly serving alcohol and the MiB do nothing. The whole lockdown thing is a joke, either enforce it thoroughly and properly, or simply don't bother. We're just lucky we are not all dropping like flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOAX Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 17 hours ago, Natai Beach said: Bars and restaurants around Natai Beach (Phangnga) never stopped serving alcohol. Surprised when I read the headline. Pretty sure they didn’t stop selling it in Phuket either, just had a midnight closing. No link on the OP, so I assume this is a Thaivisa sourced piece. Same here in Udon Thani. I actually didn`t know there were restrictions anywhere besides the most affected places. Here they have been serving alcohol everywhere since the first lockdown last year. Restaurants, bars and clubs are all open and live concerts are packed with no distancing required. Could be they`re closing earlier than normal, but I haven`t noticed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 19 hours ago, FritsSikkink said: Ever thought that if the bars are closed, people will drink in the restaurants all evening Without even buying a meal .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 until they get vaccinations up and running it shouldn't even be considered.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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