just FYI whilst driving home last night I'm sure I heard an ad for Happy Place on Pattaya People radio, and similar to the ad for BBB it doesn't give a hint of being a gay venue ... assuming that is what they are promoting it as?
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just FYI whilst driving home last night I'm sure I heard an ad for Happy Place on Pattaya People radio, and similar to the ad for BBB it doesn't give a hint of being a gay venue ... assuming that is what they are promoting it as?
My friend and drinking partner here at home emailed to say that Happyplace was packed at 10.30 friday night and as he is short did not stay for the show. Plans to get there early tonight when there is another show.
Seems to be the success story of 2010 and a week to go before boybingo.
Packed? the place is tiny, put a dozen people in there, and sure it's packed, and at 100 baht a drink, they will never make a profit, particularly with the rents in that area, another rich Farang subsidising their "hobby"
Another reply from someone who has never run a bar and has no idea how to run one.
Happy Place holds considerably more then 12 people and at a 100 baht there is plenty of money to be made. Most people order, juice, water, soda where the profit is more then 90 baht on every sale. Also it is much more likely that the customer will buy the boys a drink at these prices so double the profit.
The key to a successful bar is volume , which translates into excitement and offs and happy employees etc. Amazing how none of the Lady Bars in that area have trouble making money at those prices in this supposedly High Rent District(ridiculous)
Someone who is not interested in ripping off the Gay Customer should be applauded and supported.
Walk into many Bars in Pattayaland Soi 1-3 at 10 pm and there are no customers or maybe 2 or 3. If Happy Place has 12 customers or a packed house at the same time, it doesn't take a genius to figure out who is making money.
Finally some Gay Bars in Pattaya that don't think the Gay customer is someone to be ripped off. Corner Bar in Sunee is the first Gay Bar I know of selling Heiniken Draught beer for 50 baht.. The lady bars have been doing it for 40 years.
I would hope we can have more owners who treat the Gay Customer with respect instead of someone to rip off!!!
Obviously you have never run a bar before either, a Heineken costs 45 baht to buy, and, no, most people do not buy soda's or coke's, quite how you worked that one out, oh, and try buying a Bacardi Breezer for less than 70 baht? dimwit! as for lady bars in walking st, sure the drinks are cheaper, but an off will cost minimum 800 baht, so who is ripping who off?
What's the matter, LMTU*? Did they reject your offer for dodgy PR services?Quote:
Originally Posted by i dont believe it
Looks like your brain is bloating up. You ought to get it checked out.
*AKA "i don't believe it"
Interesting to get email from friend who has been in Pattaya for 3 weeks and says he has visited every bar.
"Happyplacebar is working on high turnover low markup ATM. Prices of drinks go up on 1 Nov from 100 b to 120 baht. My own rule of thumb as to how well a bar is doing, is to watch the number of drinks served in peak periods. On friday night between 10.30 and midnight they were serving about 60 drinks an hour and that in a tiny bar. I was most impressed and although I stopped counting it would not surprise to hear they had done close to 100 drinks in that 90 minutes.My conservative estimate is even at 100 b per drink for the night excluding offs, takings would have been around 15,000 b.There are many bigger bars that are not getting half that."
Later in the email he stated he watched as he had dinner at the restaurant opposite earlier in the week, and called in for only a short time. He estimated that the earlier night had about one third the bar trade.
He concluded that
"if saturday was as good as friday the the weekly drinks served would exceed 500. So much for low season. But the expats trying out a new bar is the factor that cannot be measured. How many will return, how many were tourists."
Call me old fashioned but I usually go to a bar to enjoy myself rather than to sit surruptitiously scrutinising the productivity of the bar staff armed with a stopwatch and calculator. Then, not being content with that, to go home and send emails of the results.
Your "friend" must be a laugh riot.
What does he do for kicks? Count the bricks in the walls?
Fucksake.
:occasion9:
"Obviously you have never run a bar before either, a Heineken costs 45 baht to buy, and, no, most people do not buy soda's or coke's, quite how you worked that one out, oh, and try buying a Bacardi Breezer for less than 70 baht? dimwit! as for lady bars in walking st, sure the drinks are cheaper, but an off will cost minimum 800 baht, so who is ripping who off?"
Unlike you Moron I owned and ran a bar that did $3,000,000 a year in business. You show what a dope you are by quoting me a price of Heiniken as 45 baht.
Try reading the posts . I was referring to Draught Beer. Do you know what that is or are you just stupid.. That beer costs at most 15 baht to pour.
As you can see from many posts since this bar is doing the right things and will continue to make money. Next time you go into Happy Place which I am sure you have never been in under this ownership then we might be interested in hearing your opinions.
By the way the last time I was in there there were 18 customers , 12 of which had soda, water or juice . Unlike you I know what I am talking about!!!
He works as an auditor for a large hotel group, looking out for fraudelent bar staff in the main.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish-guy
He can keep a conversation going and have a good time and not miss a trick. Usually he sent in where there is a drop in takings or in percentages.