What does it take to run a diner?

[georgegeorgia]

I was in a restaurant/ diner yesterday in Soi Bukhao 

I looked to see a farang couple running it 

I looked around and imagined I could own this and imagined the sign out the front changing to George's 24 hr Diner 

I often imagined when I was a kid watching that TV comedy show "Alice ' where she was the waitress in Mels Diner and I was Mel the angry owner

 

I couldn't move here to Pattaya and do nothing ,it's morning here I think 5am  now and I was in bed last night at 7pm

Im looking for ideas on what makes a good diner 

I want to run one in Soi Bukhao and make it 24 hours with News TV screens 

 

I found the diner I went to yesterday a bit expensive but then again I heard their breakfasts are 99 baht ...how would they make a profit on that ?

Can anyone tell me ?

Maybe coffee is not included?

 

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[SAFETY FIRST]

4 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I was in a restaurant/ diner yesterday in Soi Bukhao 

I looked to see a farang couple running it 

I looked around and imagined I could own this and imagined the sign out the front changing to George's 24 hr Diner 

I often imagined when I was a kid watching that TV comedy show "Alice ' where she was the waitress in Mels Diner and I was Mel the angry owner

 

I couldn't move here to Pattaya and do nothing ,it's morning here I think 5am  now and I was in bed last night at 7pm

Im looking for ideas on what makes a good diner 

I want to run one in Soi Bukhao 

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Nicky's on Soi Buakhou since 2004, is popular, foreign owners. 

 

It'd be heart breaking at times, putting up with the many moaning, miserable foreigners. 

 

 

Lots of hard work, I think you are too lazy.

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

3 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Lots of hard work, I think you are too lazy

Yes your right ,that's why I work a government job , I don't like to work hard , 

 

 

[jacko45k]

6 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Maybe coffee is not included?

I believe tea or coffee is included. 

[blaze master]

3 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes your right ,that's why I work a government job , I don't like to work hard , 

 

 

 

If you don't like hard work then I highly suggest you take a serious look into this great idea.

 

You would be really good at it I think. You being the face and general attitude the place would put out. .....

 

Money baby. 💰 

[georgegeorgia]

4 minutes ago, blaze master said:

You would be really good at it I think. You being the face and general attitude the place would

Yes thanks 

I watched the farang couple sitting outside the diner I was at yesterday 

They didn't seem to be working too hard 

Im sure I can do better and change it up George's 24 hours diner 

Do you think I should have news tv screens in there ?

[blaze master]

22 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes thanks 

I watched the farang couple sitting outside the diner I was at yesterday 

They didn't seem to be working too hard 

Im sure I can do better and change it up George's 24 hours diner 

Do you think I should have news tv screens in there ?

 

Yes. Make sure its always tuned into American politics.

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

 

Yes. Make sure its always tuned into American politics.

 

 

I'm not really into that 

Do you think the customers will be ?

 

[Olmate]

Make em an offer on Cheap Charlies..... "Grungey Georgies" suits you! 

[Halfaboy]

Some time ago the Hungry Hippo was for sale.

[cdemundo]

The overwhelming majority of restaurants fail in the first year.

In Midnight Run, DeNiro and Charles Grodin, "If I were your accountant I would discourage you from investing in a restaurant...".  Hilarious exchange.

[Gsxrnz]

I'm going to a foreign country to open a restaurant. 

 

I mean, I can't speak or read the language, have never owned or managed a business before in my country. In fact I've always been an employee and never had to worry about budgets, cashflow forecasts, working capital, tax regulations, local authority regulations, business licences, property leases, lazy and light-fingered employees, inventory management, unreliable suppliers, accounts payable, quality control etc..

 

Actually, beyond bacon and eggs standard, cooking is somewhat of a mystery to me.

 

It should be a breeze.

 

Signed by 129,423 former foreign Pattaya restaurant and bar owners.