Business operators rejoice after alcohol sales and drinks are allowed in qualified restaurants in Pattaya, what is the next step?

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

Business operators have rejoiced in Pattaya after alcohol sales and drinks were finally allowed in qualified restaurants yesterday, after an 8-month ban/prohibition due to Covid-19 regulations in Chonburi.

 

The Chonburi Governor released new orders last night through their Public Relations Facebook page yesterday allowing (December 4th) alcohol sales and drinks which are now allowed in the Chonburi ‘Blue Zone’ areas including Pattaya, Koh Larn, Sattahip, and Banglamung.

 

The orders came only a few hours after a rally on Walking Street by a large group of business owners and tourist associations, although it was not immediately clear if the two were directly connected.

 

Business owners had been putting increasing pressure on the government to lift the ban for over a month.

 

Last night many restaurants, cafés, and buffet restaurants reopened or allowed the sales of alcohol in Pattaya. Officially, the order only allows SHA (Safety and Health Administration) Plus venues to sell alcohol, which requires over 70 percent of staff to be vaccinated and going through a certification process, meeting many standards, with the Department of Public Health. 

 

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[mikebell]

12 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Officially, the order only allows SHA (Safety and Health Administration) Plus venues to sell alcohol, which requires over 70 percent of staff to be vaccinated and going through a certification process, meeting many standards, with the Department of Public Health. 

Nothing is ever made simple in Thailand; every process has to be wrapped up in red tape to allow self-important, uncivil servants a further chance to lord it over the unconnected.

Thailand - the Hub of Hoops.

Edited December 5, 2021 by mikebell
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[HAPPYNUFF]

The owners of the Happy Time Go Go Bar ( and restaurant)  are pleased to announce  a full menu of  chicken wings and chips  is available  at their premises. Cold beer and hot chicks, together with their delicious cuisine is  available till late.

[The Hammer2021]

12 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Nothing is ever made simple in Thailand; every process has to be wrapped up in red tape to allow self-important, uncivil servants a further chance to lord it over the unconnected.

Thailand - the Hub of Hoops.

To allow the extortion

[The Hammer2021]

The system for getting a SHA certificate in Pattaya is not clear.

[WEBBYB808]

Lol, yeah!  Only SHA plus can open.  Right!  No bars open, right!  Give an inch they take a mile.  Just open already,  not many have the SHA plus and they open anyway, so why not just do away with the standard.   But then again they have a new police leader in Pattaya, maybe he woth Look the other way.

[jobsworth]

I would like to drink my beer out of a glass instead of a coffee cup.

[Skeptic7]

About time. Should never have been banned. 

Edited December 5, 2021 by Scott

[big dendrobenaes]

50 minutes ago, jobsworth said:

I would like to drink my beer out of a glass instead of a coffee cup.

why not out of the bottle???

[Carlosm]

Surely it should be 100% of the staff vaccinated. Touching your glasses, plates eating utensils and cash that could spread the covid around,

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, Carlosm said:

Surely it should be 100% of the staff vaccinated. Touching your glasses, plates eating utensils and cash that could spread the covid around,

I make the gargle some mouth wash before letting them near my utensils.

[The Hammer2021]

The next step is widespread harassment of bar owners and customers by the brownshirts.

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, WEBBYB808 said:

Lol, yeah!  Only SHA plus can open.  Right!  No bars open, right!  Give an inch they take a mile.  Just open already,  not many have the SHA plus and they open anyway, so why not just do away with the standard.   But then again they have a new police leader in Pattaya, maybe he woth Look the other way.

The Pattaya police haven't been looking the other way in the last few weeks.

[Jumbo1968]

3 hours ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

The owners of the Happy Time Go Go Bar ( and restaurant)  are pleased to announce  a full menu of  chicken wings and chips  is available  at their premises. Cold beer and hot chicks, together with their delicious cuisine is  available till late.

I believe you can drink alcohol with out ordering food all the premises require is a restaurant licence and be SHA+ approved.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Last night many restaurants, cafés, and buffet restaurants reopened or allowed the sales of alcohol in Pattaya. Officially, the order only allows SHA (Safety and Health Administration) Plus venues to sell alcohol, which requires over 70 percent of staff to be vaccinated and going through a certification process, meeting many standards, with the Department of Public Health

Hmmm..rather strange?

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

The system for getting a SHA certificate in Pattaya is not clear.

On the contrary, it's very clear.

[The Hammer2021]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

On the contrary, it's very clear.

Gotcha

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Business operators have rejoiced in Pattaya after alcohol sales and drinks were finally allowed in qualified restaurants yesterday, after an 8-month ban/prohibition due to Covid-19 regulations in Chonburi.

While the relaxation of this restriction is welcomed, it does make you wonder what all these "restaurants" primary business actually is?

Food or drink.

They've been allowed to open and sell food for months.

[oznomad]

I just checked my wallet for my list of SHA+ approved venues.

Damn, must have dropped it somewhere.

[The Hammer2021]

12 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

I believe you can drink alcohol with out ordering food all the premises require is a restaurant licence and be SHA+ approved.

That would be good news but do you know if it's true.

[The Hammer2021]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

While the relaxation of this restriction is welcomed, it does make you wonder what all these "restaurants" primary business actually is?

Food or drink.

They've been allowed to open and sell food for months.

Only for two months in Pattaya. They have not been selling booze. Their primary business is food and always has been.

[hotchilli]

Just now, The Hammer2021 said:

Only for two months in Pattaya. They have not been selling booze. Their primary business is food and always has been.

Then why are the Pattaya restaurants always harping on about drinking?

[Jumbo1968]

7 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

That would be good news but do you know if it's true.

Copied from the article in The Pattaya News.
There is no mention in the legal orders for opening about requiring food purchases with a drink, although this rule could vary from venue to venue and direction from local authorities.

[Taboo2]

I was having drinks with Covid last night....he said, you know what's wrong with you humans....."You are too arrogant and stupid to think how to defeat us".....

 

Yep, Mr. Covid is right....please note, we were drinking at 2:00 am.

 

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[Jumbo1968]

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Then why are the Pattaya restaurants always harping on about drinking?

So the quality tourists can have a glass of wine with their meal.

[cheapcanuck]

They say the ban was because of covid but we all know the truth to the matter.

[couchpotato]

3 minutes ago, cheapcanuck said:

They say the ban was because of covid but we all know the truth to the matter.

And what is that 'truth' pray tell. Do you have irrefutable information that nobody else has, or just conjecture.

[Thaijack2014]

I understand the lust for a cool beer or some wine, but still I find it a sad state of the world when people don't go dining, because they can't have alcohol. Many years ago I was in Kuwait with some collegues. One of them knew a fabulous restaurant. But you should have heard the protests to eat there, when at arriving in the restaurant we noticed that alcohol was according islamic law prohibited.

But in spite of some protests we ate there and the food was delicious. 

Of course, after diner some of my collegues thought it necessary to go to a bar in order to get their quotum on alcohol. Poor souls.

[Ralf001]

23 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Then why are the Pattaya restaurants always harping on about drinking?

Buy bottle of wine wholesale for Bt300.00 sell by the glass at Bt150.00.

 

Its all about making profits.

 

Many people (myself included) won't go out to dinner if I cannot have a beer or wine with the meal.

[spidermike007]

Happy for the restaurants. At least the few that can manage to jump over the never ending hoops and nonsense.

 

Beer does not cause Covid. Neither does wine. Idiotic leaders, with highly selective shutdowns, who allow cronies to operate businesses that are super spreaders does increase the rate of infection. But, prohibiting acholol sales does sabotage an industry and contribute to the continued destruction of the nation's economy. 
 
Nobody has ever defined the danger of alcohol intelligible, but as it related to Covid. I can understand crowded bars, and clubs, where you have to shout to be heard, and in the process you release alot of spittle. But a restaurant? Why? It only appears to be an additional hardship for hundreds of thousands who are only trying to make a living, and patrons who are only trying to let off a little steam and enjoy some much needed recreation.