Hot recommendation: Slim club at RCA ~ LB-69

It is opposite soi 6-8 accross the street.

Ladyboy Newbie Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 4 Points: 20

The guys that know SLIM in BKK - is this the same SLIM that opened in November in Pattaya? It is between 2nd Road and Beach Road near Soi 6 (I think - I will check)

I went there opening week and the place was empty - lots of staff good decor and loud music (techno) with a stage for bands/groups.

The beer was over 100 baht and service was poor as just opened. If the same group as BKK I hope it gets the same following from Pattaya LB's etc - the price of drinks may put them off. The bar has three bars in fact - one is a cigar bar - maybe encourage more smoking! Looks very up market.

For some odd reason the LB's in Pattaya seem to prefer a Kareoke session after work with a bottle of whisky - Thai style. Maybe BKK LB's are like all big city folk and different to the provincial ones.

Obviously never studied business. When In London I pay London prices, when in Las Vegas I pay Vegas prices and when I am Mumbai I pay Mumbai prices.

My comment is that 100 Baht a beer is RELATIVELY expensive for Pattaya.

You obviously do not understand basic Market Pricing

- price is based on what the market will bear

not some exchange rate converting your local price into another country. Take Gas for a car - here 24 baht a Litre - according to you it should be the same price as in Cyprus converted into Baht. Based on that I should pay over 100 baht a litre using UK prices as a base.

That should see most Thai's go out of business.

It is relative pricing to suit a market. In London I pay 4 quid (300 baht) for a beer and the local teacher earns 25K per annum (1,750,000 Baht) - unfortunately a teacher here earns 180,000 Baht per annum - a division factor of 10.

So if I was really not thinking I could say "Ah salary 1/10th so beer 1/10th so I will pay 30 Baht in Thailand".

Not so - as an educated man I state the relative price of what the market will bear (read Galbraith, Keynes).

So my statement stands - 100 Baht is expensive for a bar in Pattaya where competition is fierce and local spending power (LB's and GG's alike) is limited.

Costas
Rossco lives in Thailand Laughing

I have never been to Slim in Pattaya although twice I have visited the venue in RCA Bangkok but I would suggest it is the same firm because the Pattaya location was getting heavily advertised when I was last in town around late Feb.
Actually for a dance club 100 Baht is probably on the low side if you were to comapre it to Lucifers, X-Zyte and Marine etc. However, first it needs to establish it's self but I bet it's not 100 baht per beer in 12 months time.

Lack of basic business principles is one thing but illiterate!

I LIVE in Thailand as opposed to just vacationing here. Add to that that my illustration was in UK Sterling and Baht not Cypriot pounds (I only mentioned Cyprus in passing).

You seem unable to grasp basic relative earning/pricing
(restated in local currency Baht for simplicity)

UK Thailand % Thai/UK
Salary 1,750,000 180,000 10%
Beer 300 100 33%
Gas 100 24 24%

So beer at SLIM is relatively expensive compared to other items and that may put off local Thai LB's and GG's going there.

The point was that if prices are high we do not see the locals at play which is what I thought we all wanted. It was not intended to launch a debate on Macro Economics and International Pricing.

On principle I do not like bars that get greedy - the retail cost of the beer is 18 baht so a mark up of 6 times is above average.

To even simplify it further there is the MacDonalds theory - take Big Mac price in each country - the relative proportion of prices to each other reflects the real exchange rate in terms of earning/spending.

If you not understand never mind - just come spend your money as you like - I enjoy watching others spend in short time what we residents enjoy long time. I must have done something right to afford to retire here - must have been my business acumen!

See you on your next visit - I am always here...

You soon get around to knocking those who operate on a tighter budget.
Lucky for you that you have the disposable income Costas...Just a bloody shame that I shall not be there to help you spend it next month.
Laughing

Anyway, I shall have a few beers with Billy in June.

Ladyboy Hunter Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 108 Points: 140

Won't touch this thread....

That's an expensive looking LB in your Avatar Kahuna Shocked

Ladyboy Hunter Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 447 Points: 769

If i recall correctly from a GG forum on Pattaya, when Slim opened - it was only selling Corona beer and the price was well in excess of 200 baht a pop, maybe 250b - however dont forget, most Thai hi-so's dont drink beer. So the club was focusing on premium Whisky sales with bottles of Black Label etc going out at circa 2,500-3000 baht by all accounts.

Slim in Pattaya is something to do with the lady who owns a bar called supermodels or something similar in the same area. basically it caters to Chinese and Korean tour groups with couple sexy shows, expensive beer and well actually thats about it. Not a recomended venue for anybody IMHO.

So it would appear that Slim have found it harder to get the Thai market to leave 3rd enclaves where they congregate currently and venture onto 2nd road. So probably they have widened the drink market, started trying to appeal to farang and lowered a lot of the prices. Dont forget the average Thai approach, is that if somethings expensive it MUST be worth it (Think Mercedes, BMW, Rolex etc), so the original strategy was probably sound enough - except maybe they mis-judged just how many wealthy Thai's come down to Pattaya.

If they are selling beer at 100b a bottle, that is very cheap for the quality (perceived or otherwise) of the venue. Lets face it - a beer in JSB is a 100b and thats not even air conditioned. Once you add in the costs of DJ's, lighting, sound, the copious sized car park (on land that would sell for about 100,000b per SQ M) then the pricing is not at all out of sync and infact strikes me as very cheap. Thats not to say everyone will pay it, but then again, thats the choice of the customer. Today I had a breakfast in gregs kitchen and paid 195b for it. I could get something similar in Soi Bukaeu for 100b, but I know which one I prefer.

Cheers
Mardhi

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