UDON SOCIAL

Great comments realbigmonkey. We're definitely singing from the same song book. Time will tell.

no way will you get rich....but dont make it look flash, that will keep people from comming in thinking that your expensive
simple comfortable seating,keep the menu simple too, no one is looking for tenderloin beef steaks with blue cheese. burgers fries ect will keep people happy and you wont need to spend a fortune.whatever you do dont put up a flag, that will denote you only want people from a curtain country there.dont pack the place with girls as the wives wont like it either,try to get family to work for you,its a benifit for them and you.as for giving a job to a katoy ,not good idea either, some guys are not keen on them and they don't have the best rep for honesty. try pay as you go system then theres no mistakes will bills .keep your hours resonable, its a village, simple breakfast and close early enough so you still have a life and dont end up as a alchoholic.and close one day a week so your wife can do what thais do :?: .another idea is keeping some extra stock to sell on,sausages,bacon,pies ect if you see john at cherm chim he can help, gives you discount for a bit of bulk buying. saves the guys a trip into town just to get bacon and put a few baht on it. make it a social meeting point not a bar. good luck

Well Roy. You best behave yourself then.:D
This is all hypothetical anyway. The bar trade wouldn't be my first choice were I to move the Thailand permanently. Just weighing up my options. We shall see.

Hmm not sure about that one Mike as I will probably one of the drunks playing up and I am more than happy with the current diameter of my poop shoot. :worried:

[quote="sabaidee_mike"]You see. This is exactly the info I was fishing for. If I make a bar there, the customers will ruin it. Maybe I'll get the Missus' massive Katoey brother to do security then! :D[/quote]

Chai dai loi...he he :muscle: :@ :clap:

If you act up.... he'll shag you!

You see. This is exactly the info I was fishing for. If I make a bar there, the customers will ruin it. Maybe I'll get the Missus' massive Katoey brother to do security then! :D

[quote="sabaidee_mike"]So no one has tried to open a bar there before? What's the story with the Swedish restaurant, did it open and fail or did the owners move on?[/quote]

Hey Mike! The restaurant served mixed menus, Thai and Scandinavian. The owner's wife baked also fantastically good sandwich bread sold for 50 baht kg. The business worked pretty well but unfortunately were dashed by assholes to farrang who came drunk, threatened people and put to much trouble. When the Swedish owner and his wife weighed the problems in relation to the economic benefits, the Swedish owner moved to Baan Phe, where he now runs a restaurant. :!:

I'll tell you what. It ain't warm :) Just getting ready to drive south for an hour for a little Skiing. Someone should open a dry slope in Udon ;)

[quote="sabaidee_mike"]So no one has tried to open a bar there before? What's the story with the Swedish restaurant, did it open and fail or did the owners move on?[/quote]

The Swedish Guy and his wife ran a small coffee shop which basically served a very limited food menu, which consisted of Swedish
food, the guy lived here part time and was quite often closed, his clientele consisted of mainly Scandinavians.

PS Feeling a little chilly Mike :lol: :lol: