Soi Buakhao restaurant charging 55 thb for a coke, opinions.......

[ChaiyaTH]

How can a person even be shocked to pay 40-55 baht for a coke? Even 60 would be fine. Else you buy a big bottle from tesco or a small one from 7/11.

Edited July 21, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[jacko45k]

59 minutes ago, petermik said:

Or try a very popular bar 200 metres further along soi Bukhaow where they have just increased soft drink prices by 5 baht....coke now 25 baht with all the free ice you may need.

55 baht is a rip off......

 

Ah, but is that a full 330ml can....or a splash of flat stuff from a huge plastic bottle?

[petermik]

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Ah, but is that a full 330ml can....or a splash of flat stuff from a huge plastic bottle?

Can.....served by pleasant staff and free wifi if wanted.

Edited July 21, 2022 by petermik

[scubascuba3]

56 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

How can a person even be shocked to pay 40-55 baht for a coke? Even 60 would be fine. Else you buy a big bottle from tesco or a small one from 7/11.

another one whose missed the point, it depends what the norm is

[ChaiyaTH]

8 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

another one whose missed the point, it depends what the norm is

The norm should be 40-60 baht for coke, sprite whatever, specially in 2022's economy. If you are shocked by this, get used to it, its anywhere soon enough.

[scubascuba3]

17 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

The norm should be 40-60 baht for coke, sprite whatever, specially in 2022's economy. If you are shocked by this, get used to it, its anywhere soon enough.

Buakhao? that's what this thread is about

[jimn]

You are joking arnt you? 55 baht in anywhere outside of a 7/11 etc with service is cheap. 

[xxeo]

I paid up to 60 Baht per can in normal restaurants.

 

Elevated, but not brazenly overpriced.

[warrima]

21 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Prime Burger is next.

Fair warning the burgers are getting up towards nearly 300 baht there. Id recommend a sticky rice burger fresh out the microwave at 7-11 and a comfy seat on the steps out front. 

[swm59nj]

The 55 baht might not be a big deal.  But it sounds like those kinds of prices can break the bank for some people here

[moe666]

Go somewhere else easy.

[easydoor]

In case you are CHEAP CHARLIE: go and buy your coke at 7/11.

You cannot afford 55THB??? Don't go a restaurant and don't come to complain here.

 

[The Hammer2021]

5 hours ago, bbko said:

Soi Buakow is known for cheap charlies sitting for hours nursing one drink watching the world go by.

 

You want coke for 25b? Go to 7-11.

No. Its know for expensive  GG bars, BJ bars, music  bars, tree town, the Pattaya  beach bar with pool, the famous scooters bars etc etc

[federico]

23 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

War in Ukraine

High fuel prices

Murders

Corruption

Car accidents

Cancer

Heart disease

 

You worried about 55 baht coke?

 

 

 

And sick buffalo 

[Sparktrader]

17 minutes ago, federico said:

And sick buffalo 

No 1 world issue

[scorecard]

23 hours ago, proton said:

Maybe double charging for foreigner? 

Maybe the owner thinks the high hotel rate policy for foreigners extends to everything?

[Darksidedude]

dont go there

[cracker1]

I would protest at this for a coke and if a small Chang was much more I would go elsewhere.

[Chris.B]

" As I'm paying I see I was charged 55 thb for a can of coke with ice. To me that's being greedy."

 

Probably owned by a farang.  ????

 

BTW. How do get the ice in the can?

 

[NoshowJones]

No you are not wrong. How much would it be for a can of coke id 7-11? About 15Bt?

The owner of the cafe was taking the pi$$.

[NoshowJones]

On 7/20/2022 at 5:16 PM, proton said:

Maybe double charging for foreigner? 

Double charging?? A but more than that I think.

[2long]

113 replies to a thread about a 55B Cola!

Go to NEP and they're about 150B there!

Come on guys, get a grip! If the place charge that, they either have a good reason or don't care what a load of sad buggers think.

[NoshowJones]

23 hours ago, MJCM said:

Trying drinking Coke with Ice in a GoGo beer it's approx the same price in there as a Lady Drink.

 

If you drink Beer it's a lot cheaper ????

These bars are at it as well. As a non drinker. I am fed up of places charging rip off prices for non alcoholic drinks, and not just in Thailand.

[NoshowJones]

23 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

War in Ukraine

High fuel prices

Murders

Corruption

Car accidents

Cancer

Heart disease

 

You worried about 55 baht coke?

 

 

 

It's the principle.

[NoshowJones]

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What price do you expect?

 

I am sure many people, especially tourists, think 55B is very reasonable.

I guess they are more interested to sell to tourists and make money compared to selling to locals who want everything cheap. It's a business...

Just because something is a business there is no excuse for ripping people off, tourists or not.

[LukKrueng]

23 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

15 baht at 7-11

 

They overcharged you. Last time I paid 11 BAHT!!!

And at a local shop 5 BAHT for a big bag of ice!!!

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Nursing one drink is a myth people keep repeating. When did you last see it? and for how long?

I though Pattaya was full of Indians at the moment. If there are 3 or less, then they probably won't be bothering too much about straws.

[daveAustin]

Sadly typical in threads like these, as with the guy getting overcharged at Makro then shot down for pointing it out. Many of you sound like you’ve just stepped off the boat. A can of coke in a glass of ice at a typically ordinary, non touristy restaurant in a somewhat backward area of a rough part of Thailand is not 55 baht. They were taking the P and have likely lost a customer. The op was merely pointing it out and hadn’t made a big deal. Some of the reactions are priceless. 

[Sparktrader]

31 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Just because something is a business there is no excuse for ripping people off, tourists or not.

Scale of 0 to 10 rip offs rates a 0.25.

[EVENKEEL]

5 pages now from folks who I'd guess haven't been to Pattaya in years. If I was a non drinker and a beer bar charged me 55thb I'd be fine with it, no big deal or a tourist trap. But, at a so so eatery on Soi Buakhao I'd think 30thb would be the price.