Hua Hin: Filthy restaurant closed down after complaints about overcharging on Facebook

[rooster59]

Hua Hin: Filthy restaurant closed down after complaints about overcharging on Facebook

 

Images: Daily News

 

Hua Hin authorities paid a visit to a seafood restaurant on Sai Noi beach after a customer called "Sunisa" complained about being ripped off on Facebook. 

 

Sunisa said that she was with friends from Bangkok when a party of eight of them ordered Tom Yam Ruam Mit and Khao Phat Ruam Mit. 

 

These should contain a variety of seafood.

 

They contained only squid. When she complained she was allegedly told by the waiter that squid was all they had.

 

 

They were charged the full price and there was also a disagreement about sitting in a beachside tent - she said they were charged for eight people when three of the party had spent all the time in the sea. 

 

The 50 year old owner said she was mystified by the post as she explained about the "ruam mit" dishes beforehand, gave them a lovely fried bass and adjusted the charges for sitting in the tent. 

 

 

However, the authorities found that the woman owner was contravening the Covid-19 rules.

 

There was no hand gel and no one was wearing masks. 

 

 

In addition the kitchen and storage facilities were absolutely filthy. 

 

They were ordered shut for five days from today until the 10th of June to get their act together. The owner accepted this compromise, reported Daily News.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[norfolkandchance]

My G/F has names for the restaurants in our town. For instance.

Banyan tree

8 market.

Rita’s

My friend.

Dirty toilet.

I don’t eat in the last one.

[sammieuk1]

By the look of it no hand sanitizer was very far down the list of worries even with a lovely fried sea bass sweetener if its been in that freezer ???? 

[colinneil]

Closed for 5 days !! Is that some kind of joke?

Looking at the state of that freezer, the place should be closed down for good.

[KhunKenAP]

Didn't they just get the Governments Health Certificate for cleanliness and COVID compliance?

[BTB1977]

bangkok highso go to the village and get feelings hurt, should be the headlines.  

[bkk6060]

I wonder if NCC has eaten there.

[Canuck1966]

Looks like most kitchens in Thailand

[Canuck1966]

39 minutes ago, norfolkandchance said:

My G/F has names for the restaurants in our town. For instance.

Banyan tree

8 market.

Rita’s

My friend.

Dirty toilet.

I don’t eat in the last one.

My friend Rita's dirty toilet. 

 

That sounds like some weird art project that would win the Turner prize

[Sujo]

28 minutes ago, BTB1977 said:

bangkok highso go to the village and get feelings hurt, should be the headlines.  

So you think it was closed down for nothing?

[Canuck1966]

1 minute ago, Sujo said:

So you think it was closed down for nothing?

There would hardly be a restaurant open if they were all checked for filth

[fruitman]

42 minutes ago, BTB1977 said:

bangkok highso go to the village and get feelings hurt, should be the headlines.  

Many restaurants upcountry are absolutely filthy....those people have never heard of hygiene i bet.

[Jane Dough]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Closed for 5 days !! Is that some kind of joke?

Looking at the state of that freezer, the place should be closed down for good.

The story reminded me a lot of the Health Inspector episode in Fawlty Towers.

 

Chef Terry's comments were priceless....not to worry Mr Fawlty, soon have that sorted!!

 

Rooster

[time2093]

Nothing new as I recall reading several stories over the years of seafood restaurants in Hua hin being notorious for overcharging and ripping off their costumers.

[smedly]

TAT recent slogan - Healthy safe and clean for all tourists 

 

Covid free but die of food poisoning 

 

Evidently the local health inspectors don't take their job too seriously

 

I nearly puked looking at that photo

[Bob A Kneale]

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Closed for 5 days !! Is that some kind of joke?

Looking at the state of that freezer, the place should be closed down for good.

This is what was actually reported in the OP...

"They were ordered shut for five days from today until the 10th of June to get their act together".

[Bob A Kneale]

1 hour ago, fruitman said:

Many restaurants upcountry are absolutely filthy....those people have never heard of hygiene i bet.

You have been able to inspect the kitchens of "many filthy restaurants upcountry"?  How did you manage to get access?

[theoldgit]

45 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

You have been able to inspect the kitchens of "many filthy restaurants upcountry"?  How did you manage to get access?

 

I've usually done so enroute to the toilets.

[steven100]

kitchens are filthy in BKK and elsewhere,  you wouldn't eat the food if you'd seen the kitchen. 

[ukrules]

4 hours ago, Canuck1966 said:

There would hardly be a restaurant open if they were all checked for filth

They do check some of them.

 

If there's a 'Clean Food Good Taste' sign in the restaurant they come around and do an inspection and take swab tests, not only from surfaces and the toilets but also from the staffs hands / fingernails.

 

[Mak25]

 

6 hours ago, Sujo said:

So you think it was closed down for nothing?

She did not know about the state of the kitchen when she complained about the squid and the tent. Those were also not the reasons it was closed by authorities.

 

I once ordered shrimps only instead of mixed seafood and the bill was even higher. Did I make a big story out of it? Probably not as you have not heard of it.

 

Maybe she just got extra squid in her dish, making up for the same price. According to the report she has even been informed beforehand. Still she needs to complain publicly?

 

Seafood restaurant in a seaside resort? One would think they have fresh fish.

 

And the guys not using the tent. They didn't sit down a second, didn't leave their belongings in the tent maybe? I also know those tricks. 4 people come to a restaurant but only 2 order buffet. Still all of them are full in the end surprisingly...

[billd766]

6 hours ago, fruitman said:

Many restaurants upcountry are absolutely filthy....those people have never heard of hygiene i bet.

And many are not. It depends on the owners more than the staff. If the food is good and the staff happy then most of the time it follows that the place is clean,

 

If the owners are cheap and nasty and the staff are the same then probably the place should be closed down.

 

 

[steven100]

I was up country some years back and at a place i went to you had to pass the kitchen to have a p_iss ...

it wasn't a clean kitchen ....  little pig use to run around with the soi dog and a few cats.

I suppose i could have p_issed in the kitchen when the toilet was busy .... 

one wouldn't know the difference ....  

[Dumbastheycome]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

They do check some of them.

 

If there's a 'Clean Food Good Taste' sign in the restaurant they come around and do an inspection and take swab tests, not only from surfaces and the toilets but also from the staffs hands / fingernails.

 

Thank you. My wife's restaurant has had  such a sign legitimately  for 7 years.  Last Health Department check was 6 days ago.

Oh. It is also "up country".

But I do agree  many places including Bangkok fall very short of  hygiene standards that should be considered  a minimum.

Then again I will never forget the gross condition of toilets in M.cDonalds outlets in Italy !

And legend has it the Romans invented plumbing !

 

[Dumbastheycome]

21 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I was up country some years back and at a place i went to you had to pass the kitchen to have a p_iss ...

it wasn't a clean kitchen ....  little pig use to run around with the soi dog and a few cats.

I suppose i could have p_issed in the kitchen when the toilet was busy .... 

one wouldn't know the difference ....  

Did they sell pizza and was  "Meat lovers"  an option?

[Yinn]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

They do check some of them.

 

If there's a 'Clean Food Good Taste' sign in the restaurant they come around and do an inspection and take swab tests, not only from surfaces and the toilets but also from the staffs hands / fingernails.

 

[SiSePuede419]

Well, at least you can take the train there.

[Benmart]

7 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Didn't they just get the Governments Health Certificate for cleanliness and COVID compliance?

LOL. I get your pun. They may have produced it on a laptop and printer. Trusted Thailand.

[hugocnx]

7 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I wonder if NCC has eaten there.

He is so silent, I wonder why

[norfolkandchance]

6 minutes ago, hugocnx said:

He is so silent, I wonder why

To upmarket for him.