Public type toilets in Pattaya

[benny27 3]

Hi Folks, thought I'd start a thread to make a list of toilets where you don't have to go and buy a drink, or pay 5 baht, in Pattaya. I don't mind the 5 baht, but often these bar complexes are only oep in the evening, what if you want to go at 9 in the morning?

So far:

Royal Plaza

Big C complex N Pattaya

Mike Shopping

 

some of these don't open until later in the morning either.

 

Virtually impossible to sneak into a bar or hotel lobby and go for free

[ServiceMan78 0]

Hi Folks, thought I'd start a thread to make a list of toilets where you don't have to go and buy a drink, or pay 5 baht, in Pattaya. I don't mind the 5 baht, but often these bar complexes are only oep in the evening, what if you want to go at 9 in the morning?

So far:

Royal Plaza

Big C complex N Pattaya

Mike Shopping

 

some of these don't open until later in the morning either.

 

Virtually impossible to sneak into a bar or hotel lobby and go for free

 

Try the Lek Hotel. They have a back entrance away from the buffet and front desk. Matter of fact, the toilet is virtually a few feet from the entrance. Should be no problem sneaking in and out.

[joekicker 53]

Virtually impossible to sneak into a bar or hotel lobby and go for free

 

Nah. By law, all public businesses must allow all the public to use their toilets - definitely including bars and hotel-lobby toilets. I don't doubt a couple of farang managers might try to get shirty about it, but they have no choice if you simply insist - and the entire Thai staff knows that and most certainly will never make a fuss so long as you don't actually escalate any dispute.

 

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[lovedog100 1,372]

Your hotel doesn't have a toilet? Why do you need a public toilet in the morning before shops open? Never mind, don't answer. All the malls or big markets such as tukcom have toilets.

[MM 6,562]

Nah. By law, all public businesses must allow all the public to use their toilets - definitely including bars and hotel-lobby toilets. I don't doubt a couple of farang managers might try to get shirty about it, but they have no choice if you simply insist - and the entire Thai staff knows that and most certainly will never make a fuss so long as you don't actually escalate any dispute.

 

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As you know, the law and the reality on the ground are somewhat different.

 

If the existence of this law is true, then why do you have to pay 5b to use a toilet in a bar area?

 

Just go in and say it's free to the public....right.

[dontcha 53]

As you know, the law and the reality on the ground are somewhat different.

 

If the existence of this law is true, then why do you have to pay 5b to use a toilet in a bar area?

 

Just go in and say it's free to the public....right.

 

There is one place that has a sign up saying that non customers will be charged 50 baht to use the toilet .... that's what I call a piss take

[joekicker 53]

As you know, the law and the reality on the ground are somewhat different.

 

If the existence of this law is true, then why do you have to pay 5b to use a toilet in a bar area?

 

Just go in and say it's free to the public....right.

 

Not what I wrote, and not what the law is. The law doesn't say you (at FLB) have to provide free toilet use. It says you have to allow the public to use your toilets - that is, any tom, dick or somchai can walk into the bar, use the toilet and walk out. Free access.

 

Of course you can charge for any service your bar offers. If you charge your customers 100 baht to use the toilet, then tom, dick and somchai will have to fork over 100 baht too. If you charge nothing, you can't charge them. And so on.

 

This is a very common law, that "just is" in Thailand, all Thais are raised with this, and there's never a dispute when Thais are involved. It's very ingrained and I don't even think that most Thais realise it's an actual law - it's just the way things are done. But there is a law.

 

There is one place that has a sign up saying that non customers will be charged 50 baht to use the toilet whistling .... that's what I call a piss take

 

Heh.

 

It you're really bored some day, make a big deal about it, call the cops, etc. Could be fun.

 

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Edited March 26, 2011 by joekicker

[MM 6,562]

There is one place that has a sign up saying that non customers will be charged 50 baht to use the toilet .... that's what I call a piss take

 

I really love that place , and if you're not a customer, why should you be allowed to use the toilets in a bar or restaurant without paying?

 

Not what I wrote, and not what the law is. The law doesn't say you (at FLB) have to provide free toilet use. It says you have to allow the public to use your toilets - that is, any tom, dick or somchai can walk into the bar, use the toilet and walk out. Free access.

 

Of course you can charge for any service your bar offers. If you charge your customers 100 baht to use the toilet, then tom, dick and somchai will have to fork over 100 baht too. If you charge nothing, you can't charge them. And so on.

 

This is a very common law, that "just is" in Thailand, all Thais are raised with this, and there's never a dispute when Thais are involved. It's very ingrained and I don't even think that most Thais realise it's an actual law - it's just the way things are done. But there is a law.

 

Free access then doesn't mean free cost to use. Gotcha.

[dontcha 53]

Heh.

 

It you're really bored some day, make a big deal about it, call the cops, etc. Could be fun.

 

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Whooooooooooosssssssssssssh

[LocalYokul 214]

I just wear swimming trunks all day.

 

So, if I need to piss, I just walk into the ocean for a bit.

[lovedog100 1,372]

There is one place that has a sign up saying that non customers will be charged 50 baht to use the toilet .... that's what I call a piss take

That sign is a bit nasty sounding. But, what is really bad is, it's not in the language of those that come in and use it, and then walk right back out.

[rightsaid 44]

There is one place that has a sign up saying that non customers will be charged 50 baht to use the toilet .... that's what I call a piss take

 

 

Great bar, and since they introduced that rule no more foot prints on the toilet rim.

[jacko 8,813]

As you know, the law and the reality on the ground are somewhat different.

 

If the existence of this law is true, then why do you have to pay 5b to use a toilet in a bar area?

 

Just go in and say it's free to the public....right.

Perhaps as a farang one would not regarded as 'the public'......

[jacko 8,813]

Heh.

 

It you're really bored some day, make a big deal about it, call the cops, etc. Could be fun.

 

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Was that a whoosh over Joe?

Edited March 26, 2011 by jacko

[MM 6,562]

That sign is a bit nasty sounding. But, what is really bad is, it's not in the language of those that come in and use it, and then walk right back out.

True. Arabic, Russian, and Hindi might be more effective.

 

Btw, all proceeds go into the staff tip jar, not the bar income.

[jaxxon55 252]

There is one place that has a sign up saying that non customers will be charged 50 baht to use the toilet .... that's what I call a piss take

 

Would you let non-guests take a crap in your house? Why shouldn't businesses be able to determine who uses their toilet? I can understand public areas but a bar does not have to provide toilet access to non-customers.

Jack

[mmaaarrrkkk 41]

Hi Folks, thought I'd start a thread to make a list of toilets where you don't have to go and buy a drink, or pay 5 baht, in Pattaya. I don't mind the 5 baht, but often these bar complexes are only oep in the evening, what if you want to go at 9 in the morning?

So far:

Royal Plaza

Big C complex N Pattaya

Mike Shopping

 

some of these don't open until later in the morning either.

 

Virtually impossible to sneak into a bar or hotel lobby and go for free

 

 

 

is this what the western xchange rates has come to? Where even 5b is too much to pay for a leak? Some other post even suggest bringing old shoes to a massage and stealing other's newer ones!

 

 

Anyway , who says you cant sneak into hotels for the toilet. I've done it many times when nature called. I even once asked the room rate at the Marriot just to cut across from Beach road to 2nd road

Edited March 27, 2011 by mmaaarrrkkk

[dontcha 53]

Now that some places are charging the price of 2 whiskeys in New Plaza to use the jacks to strain the spuds there are still places where value can be found.

Anyone that dines regularly or makes purchases at bhuakow market (clothes or women) will know about this facility at the rear of the market. ... no wellies or facemask required.

The doors are distant enough from the comode that fat people can get inside.

I dont mind paying the 3 baht.

[joekicker 53]

but a bar does not have to provide toilet access to non-customers.

 

But actually it does.

 

It helps to read the thread, keeps you up.

 

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[papillon 695]

FFS it's only 5 Baht

[TheFiend 1,181]

FFS it's only 5 Baht

 

And no doubt the same people whinging about having to pay for toilets are the same guys who whinge about the price of beer and the cost of barfines, despite being willing to pay hundreds of pounds/dollars to fly half way round the world to have some fun!!!

[jaxxon55 252]

But actually it does.

 

It helps to read the thread, keeps you up.

 

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Just because you said it doesn't make it so. I don't want to keep up using you for a reference point.

Jack

[joekicker 53]

Just because you said it doesn't make it so. I don't want to keep up using you for a reference point.

 

Gee Zeus wept!

 

The law (and common practice) in Thailand is that the bar must provide PUBLIC access to the toilets.

 

Now.

 

You either can disprove that simple, positive statement and be right, or you're wrong. I don't mind being wrong, go ahead and show I am.

 

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[samfreeland 64]

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[jaxxon55 252]

Gee Zeus wept!

 

The law (and common practice) in Thailand is that the bar must provide PUBLIC access to the toilets.

 

Now.

 

You either can disprove that simple, positive statement and be right, or you're wrong. I don't mind being wrong, go ahead and show I am.

 

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I don't mind being wrong either and I don't plan on going to a Thai lawyer to prove you wrong. Maybe if you posted the thai law people would believe you. But it still isn't true just because you say it is.

Jack