will have more of this except in the day time hours 

15 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

I think you missed it. In the article they clarify that alcohol sales is still forbidden....

 

Oops. Yes I'm sorry I did miss that. I still can't see it even when reading the article again. Would you be kind enough to quote the relevant text for me.

3 hours ago, wimpy said:

Grok:... The ban on alcohol sales in Thailand from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. was introduced in 1972 under a military regime led by Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn. According to sources, the primary intent was to address issues with civil servants engaging in extended lunchtime drinking, leading to hangovers, reduced productivity, or failure to return to work in the afternoons.

Yes you forgot the cops, drinking at lunch time and not getting back to work!

 

Great news civil service dvla,immigration,

Amphur,  will work even better now after 12 o'clock 🤣🤣🤣🤣😮☻

This is old news, this law was passed some months ago so they are just regurgitating an old story!!  

 

It was previously passed & gazetted that licensed restaurants, bars & hotels in tourist related areas were permitted to sell alcohol between these previously restricted hours!

 

This did not include retailers but did include airports. The law was stated to take effect immediately at that time. 

 

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Typicaly Thai's are not affected by these sales times (plenty of places to buy instead of supermarkets and convenience stores) so your anecdote is moot.

 

that's baffles me with Farnags that live here.... and cry about these laws !

Apparently if you're buying 10 litres or more the time rules don't apply. So, that will be 14 bottles of 100 Pipers (750ml each), or 304 cans of beer (330ml each). And 40 LM fah!😁

22 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

Happy days are here again......

All the bars and restaurants around here have been selling alcohol for years during the day except on special holidays, and NO, it will do nothing to the restaurant industry to revive it , jack ##### , another dreamed up article.

Just get into line with civilised countries around the world you halfwits 

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

So I still cannot buy a bottle of voddy to go with my cheese toasty.

Depends on what time you consume your cheese toasty...

1 hour ago, Andrew65 said:

Apparently if you're buying 10 litres or more the time rules don't apply. So, that will be 14 bottles of 100 Pipers (750ml each), or 304 cans of beer (330ml each). And 40 LM fah!😁

I thought that 10lt rule got canned a few years ago.

BTW, I think your math is a bit off with the 304 cans of beer.

Must be a sad life for those of you who applaud the free flow of even more booze when hardly anyone here, whether residents or visitors, seems to be sober at any time of the day.☹️

Felt

 

Thai Alcohol Consumption Surges Amid Worrying Trend of Younger Smokers

 

Alcohol consumption patterns in Thailand and their relationship with non-communicable disease - PMC

 

Substance Abuse Policy in Thailand: Current Challenges and Future Strategies | FSI

 

Drunk Driving In Thailand Still The Main Killer During Songkran

12 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

I thought that 10lt rule got canned a few years ago.

BTW, I think your math is a bit off with the 304 cans of beer.

10 litres = 10,000 ml

10,000/330 =303.03

I would be happier if it was retail stores, especially 7-11. I could care less about restaurants. 

What is this 2-5 sales ban some kind of holy scared thing?....They are desperate beyond understanding to hold on to this retail sales ban as if their life depends on it....This sales ban must absolutely NEVER NEVER NEVER be changed... lol 

 

Why life on planet Earth would End if this 2-5 sales ban was ever lifted....lol

18 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

10 litres = 10,000 ml

10,000/330 =303.03

1000/330 = 3.03.

3.03 x 10 = 30.3.

30 minutes ago, corepuncher said:

I would be happier if it was retail stores, especially 7-11. I could care less about restaurants. 

The proper saying is COULDN'T care less. Think about it!

23 hours ago, impulse said:

On an aside, when I moved to from Yankeeland to Texas in the late '70s, I was gobsmacked that they allowed drivers to drive down the road sipping on a beer.  Something about deserving a cold one after a hard day of crushing bulls or whatnot.

I’de fill up my tank and drive off with a PEARL LIGHT in my hand.  Austin - 1978 

40 minutes ago, Felt 35 said:

Must be a sad life for those of you who applaud the free flow of even more booze when hardly anyone here, whether residents or visitors, seems to be sober at any time of the day.☹️

Felt

 

Thai Alcohol Consumption Surges Amid Worrying Trend of Younger Smokers

 

Alcohol consumption patterns in Thailand and their relationship with non-communicable disease - PMC

 

Substance Abuse Policy in Thailand: Current Challenges and Future Strategies | FSI

 

Drunk Driving In Thailand Still The Main Killer During Songkran

We need more prohibition, it worked in the good ol USA.

Lets make guns legal too.

54 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

1000/330 = 3.03.

3.03 x 10 = 30.3.

1,000 ml = 1 litre

I'm talking about 10 litres, which I thought was pretty clear.

And someone has 👍 your comment.

I'll drink to this. That was such a silly rule.

13 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

1,000 ml = 1 litre

I'm talking about 10 litres, which I thought was pretty clear.

And someone has 👍 your comment.

Yeah 1lt (1000ml) = 3.03 cans.

3.03 cans x 10(Lt) = 30.3 cans.

 

Can you show your math again to get 303 cans.

On 9/11/2025 at 3:35 PM, josephbloggs said:

Good news, but wonder whether this includes retail too?

The way I read it , it only applies to restaurants. Supermarkets and shops will still be unable to sell alcohol between 2 - 5 pm, which  is another antiquated law which needs the boot asap.

 

Nearly everyone knows that alcohol is  available at your local Mom & Pop Shop so why not stop  pussyfooting around, bite the bullet, and apply the same law to retail outlets (Tesco Lotus, Macro, 711 etc)

 

If they're worried about the effect on "youth", perhaps in doubt, they could be asked to show their ID Card? Doh! However, I read the other day that less kids are joining the drink culture these days (maybe yabba is more their thing?)  If kids want drink, I know from experience - they will get it one way or another - family, friends etc, so why doesn't Thailand fall in with the rest of the developed world, and make the same law apply to supermarkets  as hotels, restaurants, etc.?

1 hour ago, corepuncher said:

I would be happier if it was retail stores, especially 7-11. I could care less about restaurants. 

 

That's a blinkered attitude - why not apply the law equally to cover restaurants AND shops/supermarkets? (And I think you mean "couldn't care less"?)

54 minutes ago, Suetape said:

I’de fill up my tank and drive off with a PEARL LIGHT in my hand.  Austin - 1978 

 

You get it... 

 

Back then, all you had to worry about was your BAC.  They'd come down hard if you were actually over the limit.

 

Nowadays, it's illegal to have a half finished bottle of dinner wine in the car with you.  Unless you keep it in the trunk.  And I last drove an MPV with no trunk.

 

2 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

I thought that 10lt rule got canned a few years ago.

 

You're correct, it was changed at least ten years ago. 

 

https://huahintoday.com/sports/restricted-alcohol-sale-times-throughout-thailand/

Sanity prevails. No more wasted trips to 7/11

4 hours ago, JayClay said:

 

Oops. Yes I'm sorry I did miss that. I still can't see it even when reading the article again. Would you be kind enough to quote the relevant text for me.

 

53 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

 

You're correct, it was changed at least ten years ago. 

 

https://huahintoday.com/sports/restricted-alcohol-sale-times-throughout-thailand/

wow 10 yrs ago, how time flies !

Why couldn't they include supermarkets and 7-11's?  Merely allowing restaurant sales is not enough.

On 9/11/2025 at 4:43 PM, bkk6060 said:

Seems very stupid to think serving booze in that time frame is some great break through that is going to help tourism

Agree. But it probably was an annoyance to many tourists - and hence many restaurants and bars sold booze anyway during that period in tourist zones - they just paid tea money to avoid getting busted or shut down. I think the intitial restrictions of 2-5 were to thwart all day drinking by Thais, who'd then get in their pickups or motorcycles and drive home dangrously drunk and be obnoxious upon arrival.

 

But, yes it's also stupid on another level. Because the Thai guys and others would just buy enough cheap beer or rice whiskey before 2 pm to get them through the dry spell. I know some who made their own rice whiskey.

 

The UK had a similar afternoon law banning booze sales. Started from WW1 (to get the workers out of the pub and back to making munitions in the afternoon). But it stuck around into the early 1990s I think, before finally being repealed.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

legally compliant entertainment venues

means they paid up a brown envelope to be "legally" compliant 🤣