Hi Bangkok people. I started tracking Guinness prices, happy hours and pub locations across Bangkok after realizing a few lovely pints can quickly empty the wallet. Someone had to do it, so I built a small tracker for anyone hunting for a decent-value Guinness: guinnessthailand.com

Hopefully others find it useful. Let me know if places are missing, prices have changed, or where you’ve had an absolute creamer!

Edited May 9May 9 by Pints of Bangkok
fix typo

Paddy Reillys 650 baht free flow Guinness for 2 hours (if you buy a roast dinner).

Can't beat it. Best pint of Guinness I have had in Bangkok too

Why is it so expensive?

290BT for a Pint?

Should be about Bt.60 per Pint.

Why the huge markup?

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Why is it so expensive?

290BT for a Pint?

Should be about Bt.60 per Pint.

Why the huge markup?

Why should it be 60 baht a pint ?

8 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Why is it so expensive?

290BT for a Pint?

Should be about Bt.60 per Pint.

Why the huge markup?

This week’s most feeble attempt to incite discussion goes to ……..

2 hours ago, NewGuy87 said:

Paddy Reillys 650 baht free flow Guinness for 2 hours (if you buy a roast dinner).

Can't beat it. Best pint of Guinness I have had in Bangkok too

That is 1000 baht all up. 4 beers from 7/11 is 200 baht plus 50 baht meal. Save 750 baht!

A pint of Guinness in Dublin is around 650 Euros. That's a about 250THB.

In Englands cheaper pubs it's possible to find 3.50 to 5.00 quid a pint (180 - 240 THB) so I can't say that Guinness is overpriced here.

But, draught Guinness in cans (very drinkable) can be found in UK supermarkets at about 1GBP per 440ml can. No such value here in Thailand.

15 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

A pint of Guinness in Dublin is around 650 Euros. That's a about 250THB.

In Englands cheaper pubs it's possible to find 3.50 to 5.00 quid a pint (180 - 240 THB) so I can't say that Guinness is overpriced here.

But, draught Guinness in cans (very drinkable) can be found in UK supermarkets at about 1GBP per 440ml can. No such value here in Thailand.

650 euros is a lot more than 250 baht

22 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

A pint of Guinness in Dublin is around 650 Euros. That's a about 250THB.

In Englands cheaper pubs it's possible to find 3.50 to 5.00 quid a pint (180 - 240 THB) so I can't say that Guinness is overpriced here.

But, draught Guinness in cans (very drinkable) can be found in UK supermarkets at about 1GBP per 440ml can. No such value here in Thailand.

As I just said, approx Bt.60 per pint of canned Guiness.

Decent quality at the right price.

I would like to have a draught Guiness, but I probably will not pay Bt.290.

Instead, if I could get a pint for Bt.100, at some pub, and if the quality was miraculous, then I would compromise, and buy three pints.

Don't they have Happy Guiness Hour, or something?

Also, I would not go to BKK for that.

I would prefer to have three in Chiang Mai, instead, at Bt100 per pint.

7 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

650 euros is a lot more than 250 baht

Haha. Oops. 6.5 Euros. But I'm sure you guessed that I got decimal point wrong.

7 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

That is 1000 baht all up. 4 beers from 7/11 is 200 baht plus 50 baht meal. Save 750 baht!

Pointless post, obviously never heard of the concept of comparing apples with apples.

How can you compare Thai beers with Guinness and a Thai soi food meal with a roast dinner, or going out for a meal and a drink instead of sitting at home.

For some reason I thought he'd improved recently, but seems not.

Post count still comfortably over 30 a day though.

Edited May 9May 9 by saintdomingo

The lowest priced Guinness in Bangkok I have had is Buddy's Bar (there's a few along Sukhumvit) 270 a pint.

12 minutes ago, saintdomingo said:

Pointless post, obviously never heard of the concept of comparing apples with apples.

How can you compare Thai beers with Guinness and a Thai soi food meal with a roast dinner, or going out to eat and drink instead of sitting at home.

For some reason I thought he'd improved recently, but seems not.

I prefer Asahi or Beerlao. Guiness is too heavy to really enjoy and 300 baht is a lot. These fake Irish bars are not Thai culture or Asian culture. The food is slop and the beers all overpriced. English brown ales are better if you want a UK beer. More drinkable.

Fun fact. Every single Thai women that likes to drink a bit finds Guinness truly revolting. I was lucky to get laid after such dates. Most prefer Thai beers, some even like Budweiser.

But not the black slop.

2 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Fun fact. Every single Thai women that likes to drink a bit finds Guinness truly revolting. I was lucky to get laid after such dates. Most prefer Thai beers, some even like Budweiser.

But not the black slop.

Or Heineken they like that.

4 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Fun fact. Every single Thai women that likes to drink a bit finds Guinness truly revolting. I was lucky to get laid after such dates. Most prefer Thai beers, some even like Budweiser.

But not the black slop.

I used to see a Thai lady in Buddy's drinking pints of the Black Protestant Porter (as it was originally known), paying for it herself too.

16 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Why should it be 60 baht a pint ?

Yes.

This is my question.

I think it's way overpriced.

A bottle of LEO costs about Bt.55

And, a drought beer does not even require a bottle.

I would like to try a Guiness, but I want to pay a fair price, about Bt.60 per pint.

15 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

This is my question.

I think it's way overpriced.

A bottle of LEO costs about Bt.55

And, a drought beer does not even require a bottle.

I would like to try a Guiness, but I want to pay a fair price, about Bt.60 per pint.

Are you really struggling to identify the difference between a heavily imported premium product with a mass-produced local lager like Leo ?

• Guinness either travels from Ireland or regional breweries (Malaysia through importers, distributors, refrigerated logistics, taxes, and pub markups. Every layer adds cost.

• Thailand has high alcohol import taxes so guiness etc get hit hard with import duty, excise tax, VAT, and distributor margins. The tax structure strongly favours local beer.

• Leo is locally brewed at huge scale made domestically by Boon Rawd Brewery, so production and transport costs are far lower. It’s also positioned as an everyday working/middle-class beer.

• Guinness is a niche product in Thailand with fewer people drink stout in Thailand’s climate. Lower demand means bars move fewer kegs, which increases cost per serving and risk of waste.

• Draft systems are expensive and Guinness requires specialised gas blends and proper draft handling. Bars are partly covering the slower turnover and maintenance.

• There is also Positioning and branding - Guinness is marketed globally as a premium imported beer.

A mate in the UK likes a shot of Port or Cointreau in his Guiness...

I think the Port version is known as a 'poor mans black-velvet' - whereas a real 'black-velvet' is Guiness mixed with Champagne.

So GG... before splitting the G - consider the additional cost of 'going posh'....

16 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Why is it so expensive?

290BT for a Pint?

Should be about Bt.60 per Pint.

Why the huge markup?

Wow this is just idiocy. Let me guess you're old and don't drink at all.

You can't get a pint of chang or tiger for less than 90b unless it's bottom keg swill

I suspect that the entire keg is imported. Not only is that a hassle, but there are taxes. In addition to that I'm guessing that there is additional gear that goes with that particular keg setup so I was too assure you get a proper pint.

I wouldn't pay it but my guess is about 275 baht wouldn't be out of line.

Me... I'm perfectly firing with singha bottles and scotch at home

4 minutes ago, StarOfLight said:

Wow this is just idiocy. Let me guess you're old and don't drink at all.

You can't get a pint of chang or tiger for less than 90b unless it's bottom keg swill

I suspect that the entire keg is imported. Not only is that a hassle, but there are taxes. In addition to that I'm guessing that there is additional gear that goes with that particular keg setup so I was too assure you get a proper pint.

I wouldn't pay it but my guess is about 275 baht wouldn't be out of line.

Me... I'm perfectly firing with singha bottles and scotch at home

So, as you say, you would not pay such a high price.

Maybe the price is far lower in Malaysia.

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

So, as you say, you would not pay such a high price.

Maybe the price is far lower in Malaysia.

You're a laff. I've got to check the exchange rate but that looks to me well over b60 a pint. Closer to my guestimate.

35RM does not equal 35B genius 😆🤣😭

11 minutes ago, StarOfLight said:

Me... I'm perfectly firing with singha bottles and scotch at home

And I am sure many are happy with that situation. 555

Quite a good start to your AN posting life. Cheers.

1 minute ago, StarOfLight said:

You're a laff. I've got to check the exchange rate but that looks to me well over b60 a pint. Closer to my guestimate.

35RM does not equal 35B genius 😆🤣😭

Exchange rates are so confusing.

Far better if we didn't need to always be calculating exchange rates.

This way, we could do price comparisons far more easily.

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

Exchange rates are so confusing.

Far better if we didn't need to always be calculating exchange rates.

This way, we could do price comparisons far more easily.

All you have to break out the union jack on that one wave it about mate.

Sun never sets on the British empire

I guess by not acknowledging how wrong you are we'll just let that slip by eh?

4 minutes ago, wil iam not said:

And I am sure many are happy with that situation. 555

Singha is a solid beer without question.

I'm guessing you're more of a chang or Leo guy

Just now, StarOfLight said:

Singha is a solid beer without question.

I'm guessing you're more of a chang or Leo guy

Here you go, guessing things about other members. FFS you've only been here, as StarofLight since Monday, so unless you have read ALL mine, and others' posts, what do you know about our beer preferences, or anything for that matter.

Edited May 10May 10 by wil iam not
I put the apostrophe after 'others'.

24 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

So, as you say, you would not pay such a high price. Maybe the price is far lower in Malaysia.

Give me Guinness for free, and I still wouldn't drink it. Not a fan. Does make a decent Black & Tan, and use to sip them, w/ Kilkenny mix.

15 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

650 euros is a lot more than 250 baht

555 I thought that