PattayaPete

I agree that a 90 minute wait in a restaurant is never acceptable and I am embarrassed that it has come to that a few times over the past couple of weeks in the Beer Garden. I will be writing more about the Christmas debacle in my blog once I have all my thoughts and plans straight but for now I'll just say that I called the whole thing completely wrong. It was our first Christmas and I just has no idea what was going to happen or how we would deal with it. Just how wrong I was will all be revealed in due course. New Years Eve was another debacle but for different reasons. I actuall

I am never happy when someone has a bad experience at the Beer Garden and I apologize to those who were unhappy with their experience last night. Having said that I'd like to point out a couple of things that are not clear from the above posts. I decided to abandon the set menu on Wednesday night when many of our customers complained that they did not want to spend 595 baht on an appertiser, main and dessert. I replaced it with individual specials (the exact same food) but ordered individually. I also reduced the cost by 50 baht. In other words ordering the same meal as the set menu bu

Bushcraft The bar can be a little deceiving as to how busy we are. I came in last night at 8 pm and every table was full. Because of the size of the place it may not look overly busy but every table full means over 150 people eating. We get the food out in less than 20 minutes 90% of the time but if we get a lot of people all arrive around the same time as happened last night it does slow down. In such circumstances all we can do is tell customers what the delay is going to be. You asked but if you hadn't they would have told you anyway.

On December 24 and December 25 we will be doing a special Christmas dinner at the Beer Garden. For those two nights we will have a special Set Menu with Thai Treats appertiser, a choice of Traditional Roast Turkey with stuffing, mixed vegetables and Cranberry Sauce OR Roast Lamb, Yorkshire pudding, fresh vegetables, Sauté Potatoes and Mint Sauce OR (for the Thais), King Prawns With Butter Mayonnaise, Fried Rice and Butter Vegetables. Followed of course by Christmas Pudding with Custard or Brandy Sauce and Ice Cream. The price will be 595 baht. I was actually hoping to do it for less th

While it is true that the restaurant side of the business has somewhat exceeded my expectations (to put it very mildly) the freelancer side is certainly still a very important part of the business. The freelancer thing is a long haul operation. I knew that from the get go and I still expect it to be the biggest part of the business. The thing is to get enough business for the girls to make it worth their while hanging about. From about 8:30 pm most nights there is a good selection of girls in the bar. Considerably more than there are takers unfortunately. As has been mentioned bef

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Your special chair is reserved just for you Spring.

I have posted about delays in getting the food out at the Beer Garden a few times now. It really has been our major problem since we started and we really hit a bit of a wall this past fortnight. In my previous posts about this problem I have outlined actions taken to improve the situation and yet it continues to be a problem. You could be forgiven for thinking that previous solutions have failed. While that would appear to be the case the reality is that the restaurant side of the Beer Garden has grown phenomenally in the past few months and the solutions applied have all worked but be

Ordering in extra Bicardi now Spring. See you in December.

I was sitting in the bar on Halloween night (last day of October) and remarked to a friend that as the next day was 1 November officially the end of the rainy season and the start of the high season, we could expect all raining to cease forthwith and hordes of tourists to descend on Pattaya. For those of you who don't know, this has been the rainiest, rainy season in (my) living memory and one of the worst low seasons for bar owners to boot. The good news is that 1 November proved to be our busiest day in the Beer Garden to date and it didn't rain. However as I sit here typing this today

This level of rain in Pattaya is definitely unusual. This is my 11th rainy season here and this year it has been much much wetter than any previous year. A couple of years back Pattaya was suffering from an acute water shortage when all the reservoirs dried up for lack of rain. No chance of that this year. Rainy season finishes at the end of October and usually that would mean virtually no rain again till next June. This year though is anyone’s guess.

Kolah, we do have a wide range of ice cream treats available in the bar. I've never seen the "coldstone" idea but will check it out.

The no shirt guy caused a few negative comments around the internet. I must admit it never occured to me that it would be a problem. Out on the balconys lots of guys expose their manly chests during the day. I've never seen anyone do it at night or in the bar itself. Personally I find it quite acceptable to catch a few rays during the day if your sitting at a table away from anyone else. Remeber Pattaya can be hot. Is there a consensus on this? What do you think? If enough people don't like it I suppose we could put up a sign (topless sunbathing not permitted). On second t

When I had FLB I'd often get a park on Pratamnak Rd opposite the VC hotel. If they were all full then by the Marine 3 Disco between the Arab bars (20 baht). Now with the Beer Garden I still look on Pratamnak near Soi 16. Often a free space there before 7 pm. Failing that its the Wat on Pattaya Tai (10 baht) In the Wat I park right at the back and use the side entrance/exit on to Second Rd, through Mike Department store and on to Beach Rd.

Pap While that is usually not an option on our menu, if you order one while I am in the bar I'll get the cooks to do a special for you. I'll eat one piece and if you finish the rest then there will be no charge. Are you man enough

I've been busy the last couple of weeks making the Pattaya Beer Garden video. It will be appearing on Pattaya People TV channel, six times a day starting Friday. However if you would like a preview you can watch it streamed and if you like download a high definition or DVD quality version. Click here to view or download the Pattaya Beer Garden Video We also featured in the Pattaya People newspaper "Eating In and Eating Out" dining guide this week. You can read their review here. Click here to view Pattaya People Dining Guide We did struggle with the Pizza thing for a while b

Sounds like a good idea stevoman. I appoint you to train the Thai staff how to do it. Haere mai, kia ora tatou.

Hi TF Heinz We already have fried vegetables and rice on the menu. I'll look into adding the chicken/beef option. Cheers Pete

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I've noted the comments in this thread and will be discussing the problems with the cooks and fixing them tonight.

They have not appeared "all of a sudden". We have been working our asses off for five months to make it a place that the girls would like to hang out. Our efforts are paying off with the night time crowd. Still more work to do with the daytimes though.

I have heard many good comments about the food we serve at The Pattaya Beer Garden. The quality is good and the prices very reasonable. Unfortunately our Pizzas have not received universal acclaim. At first I thought it was just different opinions about how a Pizza should be cooked. New York style, Chicago style , European style or even Pizza Hut style. However it became obvious that PBG style was not a style favoured by most. Some research lead me to Slices Pizzas, a franchise Pizza operation in Pattaya that has been getting very good reviews. I had a chat with Bobby the boss there an

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