Phuket Restaurant Prices - Dual Pricing

[Iamfalang]

On 4/14/2022 at 4:35 PM, Don Dunkelblum said:

Dual pricing has been approved by Thai courts as legitimate:

 

exactly.   falang, read the news, get up to speed with Thai laws!!!

 

we all know this is what it's like being falang in Thailand, why complain??

 

not a prison, flights out are available.   go to the land of one menu pricing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JonnyF]

On 4/14/2022 at 4:48 PM, ThailandRyan said:

You sound a little jaded from your visit.  Phuket prices have always been higher then elsewhere.  I lived there for a few years before moving north so I know its not related to charging a foreigner a higher price if your hitting up the small mom and pop shops.  Eating at a higher end location comes with the higher prices.  That's why we would always choose carefully where we ate out at, but preferred to cook at home.

Nothing about being jaded, it is absolutely related to charging a foreigner more. Many of the restaurants have 2 menus. The English menu has the higher prices. I'm surprised you don't know this, I discovered it in my first 2 weeks living there (I lived there for around 2 years between 2006-2008 before moving to BKK). Some of the owners of the places I went to regularly joked with me about how they gave me the Thai price because I was so nice and polite (for a foreigner!). 

 

Likewise markets, mom and pop shops etc. nearly always charge foreigners more unless they know you. Which is why I ended up going to Tesco for everything or giving the money to my Thai gf and letting her buy it.

 

Add in the taxis, TukTuk mafia, motorbike repair shops etc. and you'll see there are ripoffs everywhere in Phuket. Even the gas station in Patong would put in a weird amount like 93 Baht in the scooter and then claim the tank was full but they had no change from a 100 Baht note. It became really draining dealing with the pettiness of it all. I instantly noticed the positive difference when I came to BKK.