7 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

I see customers ordering/drinking beers on the beach everyday in Kamala between 2 and 5
so are the police now going to patrol an fine them?

talk about bad press

 

 

Buy a beer in 7/11 at 1.59.....legal.

 

Can you then sit on the beach and drink it at 2.01?

 

Can you sit on a beach deckchair and drink your own beer? How do the police know where you got bought the beer?

 

Go to a restaurant, pay corkage and drink your own wine? Will that be legal?

 

The whole thing is a farce.

Just recently I read that they should abolish the ban to buy alcohol between 14.00-17.00. And now I read that they will make it MORE unlegal to take a drink at that time.🤪🤪🤪

On 11/9/2025 at 7:28 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

This is a genius idea for Thailand. 

 

Have the cops booking all the foreigners drinking beer on the beach, early afternoon (2 to 5pm). 😂

 

The revenue will sky-rocket. 

 

I though it was illegal to drink alcohol on the beach, no matter what time ?

I feel sorry for normal people in Thailand, 

 

There was a young English guy who made a YT video, He was in a taxi in Bangkok and it got stopped at the roadside police and he had a drink with him, so they dragged him out of the taxi and breathalyzed him, and it showed up clear but he doesn't know how that happened he admits to being pi$$ed, They didn't fine him at that time, Im guessing if it had showed him being over the limit he would have got fined, it was in the afternoon it seems, 

Insanity reigns again . Now children, do as your told, you can buy it but you must not open it . and god forbid if you drink it. Who are the morrons who come up with these ideas. Must have imported part of the UK goverment

Only the mind of a Thai

Thai logic: There will be a U-turn on this madness next year.

On 11/9/2025 at 9:26 AM, smedly said:

just more confusion, how are customers supposed to know the licencing laws in force for any particular venue especially tourists on a 2 week holiday, this is insane

This is Thailand.

So it's now a crime to drink after midnight? That's crazy.

14 hours ago, TheAppletons said:

So....went to my local joint today at 4:00 pm, ordered a beer (like everyone else) and encountered no difficulty.

 

I didn't get fined 10K THB, the police didn't ask to see my ID, Big Jok didn't jump out from behind the bushes and shout the Thai language equivalent of "ah ha!"

 

Carry on, much ado about nothing.

 

Edit to add: If you are one of the posters on this thread who wondered if you could legally drink at home during 2:00-5:00 pm - are you joking or just stupid?  As if the Thai police cadre is going to move house to house looking for people drinking.  LMFAO at some of the old geezers who are so befuddled they think their homes are somehow going to be targeted for beer drinking.

 

 

Homes were targeted during Covid for exactly this

25 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

I though it was illegal to drink alcohol on the beach, no matter what time ?

 

 

Regularly sit in a beach deckchair and have a beer.....have done for 30 years......been lucky I guess not to get caught.

32 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

I though it was illegal to drink alcohol on the beach, no matter what time ?

Yes, you can drink alcohol on many beaches in Thailand—but only during legal hours and with local discretion. The new Alcohol Control Act (No. 2) B.E. 2568, effective November 8, 2025, enforces stricter penalties for drinking outside permitted times, even in public or tourist zones.

 

🏖️ Beach drinking: what’s allowed and what’s risky

 

•  Legal drinking hours: You may consume alcohol between:

  ⁠◦  11:00–14:00

  ⁠◦  17:00–24:00 (midnight)

  ⁠◦  Outside these hours, drinking—even quietly on a beach—can result in fines up to 10,000 baht 

 

A1

On 11/9/2025 at 5:26 AM, smedly said:

just more confusion, how are customers supposed to know the licencing laws in force for any particular venue especially tourists on a 2 week holiday, this is insane

'this is insane'

Please remember where you are! 

"Some observers warn that the stricter rules could open the door to misuse by officials seeking to fine customers or businesses for personal gain."
Of course not, all the officials and police here are completely honest. At least that is what my pet unicorn told me.

 

TOTAL DISCRIMINATION! The law should apply to ALL venues, or not at all. These people don't have to prove they are morons, it's plain for all to see.

This is complete bull <deleted>, they already stated back in June that the 2 - 5pm restriction is lifted in tourist areas for bars, restaurants, hotels etc and recently said they were going to lift the 2 - 5pm restriction on retail outlets, this is the usual flip flop BS that Thailand is infamous for and does them no favours!!!!

Everyday we read about the expected numbers of foreign arrives and all the cash they bring with them we take those numbers and half that no wait a minute drop those numbers into the trash can because people come here to relax and enjoy not to be to scared to drink a beer because they might be fined $330 USD completely stupid law and the idiots that came up with it need to be fired. 

1 minute ago, paul1804 said:

This is complete bull <deleted>, they already stated back in June that the 2 - 5pm restriction is lifted in tourist areas for bars, restaurants, hotels etc and recently said they were going to lift the 2 - 5pm restriction on retail outlets, this is the usual flip flop BS that Thailand is infamous for and does them no favours!!!!

 

..................and the 4am for entertainment venues has now been binned.......555

Surely the authorities are not this stupid and just maybe its a Thai reporters confusion? It wouldn't be the first time they have got the story wrong! There has been several media releases from the authorities stating almost the opposite to this story so who knows, it is Thailand!!

2 minutes ago, paul1804 said:

Surely the authorities are not this stupid and just maybe its a Thai reporters confusion? It wouldn't be the first time they have got the story wrong! There has been several media releases from the authorities stating almost the opposite to this story so who knows, it is Thailand!!

 

Nope.

 

Just read up on it all......looks spot on.

 

4am has gone, midnight now.

 

2pm to 5pm extended to all places without an appropriate licence.

 

 

If this BS reaches the international press and is spread by it, the tourism in Thailand will drop by a significant 2-digit percentage.

 

 

We might all have to go back to drinking beer from coffee mugs and cans of coke re: covid lockdowns.

 

 

 

Just thought.....non-alcoholic beers.....that could throw a Spaniard in the works

53 minutes ago, JJ-Thailand said:

Thai logic: There will be a U-turn on this madness next year.

 

I was thinking next week....but you could be right.

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Buy a beer in 7/11 at 1.59.....legal.

 

Can you then sit on the beach and drink it at 2.01?

 

Can you sit on a beach deckchair and drink your own beer? How do the police know where you got bought the beer?

 

Go to a restaurant, pay corkage and drink your own wine? Will that be legal?

 

The whole thing is a farce.

drinking ( beer, wine, cocktails) between 2-5 pm is NOW illegal
does not matter where u brought it>
10,000 baht fine
this will kill tourism faster than Covid did

personally expect it to be reversed ( after all this is Thailand) within a week

First arrived in Thailand in 1962. The stupidity level of government is now higher than I can ever remember.

Nothing but pure greed and more corruption. 

4 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

drinking ( beer, wine, cocktails) between 2-5 pm is NOW illegal
does not matter where u brought it>
10,000 baht fine
this will kill tourism faster than Covid did

personally expect it to be reversed ( after all this is Thailand) within a week

 

 

FM......I didn't appreciate the reach was that draconian.

 

Even at home...in private.....OMG....what total morons.

1 hour ago, Olof Karlsson said:

Just recently I read that they should abolish the ban to buy alcohol between 14.00-17.00. And now I read that they will make it MORE unlegal to take a drink at that time.🤪🤪🤪

I propose a compromise solution to ease the situation: Suspend this foolish law during weekends and public holidays.

Didn't I just read recently that the PM wants to do away with these restricted hours starting in Jan?
Signed, dazed and confused.