What is acceptable price for a steam rice in a holiday inn in Thailand?
May 8, 2018, 5:54 am
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Maybe OP needs to order F&B in order to achieve accelerate and considering ordering a bowl of rice to complete the mission.
Probably it's cheaper to eat a buffet lunch at the hotel restaurant and tap into the bill.
Probably it's cheaper to eat a buffet lunch at the hotel restaurant and tap into the bill.
May 8, 2018, 6:23 am
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Hey the IC Bali tweaked room menu prices and a humble nasi goreng (fried rice) Is now 180,000 IDR plus 21% so about 15USD. That's like 5 times the cost od eating outside at a restaurant (not street stall). Hotel prices can be insane.
May 8, 2018, 7:05 am
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Personally, I would prefer walking out and eating out at a restaurant nearby lol.
May 8, 2018, 7:41 am
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May 8, 2018, 12:57 pm
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with 300 to 500 Baths you can eat at few Michelin Stars restaurants in Bangkok, e.g. the Local, Err, Taste ( one of my favorite restaurants in Bangkok). so a 300 Baht for a fried rice is way too expensive for Bangkok
May 8, 2018, 4:51 pm
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THB 10-20 (depending on your nationality) from a street cart and take to your room for kin khao!
At buffet breakfast, it is included.
At buffet breakfast, it is included.
May 9, 2018, 1:35 am
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May 9, 2018, 1:51 am
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May 9, 2018, 3:23 am
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Room service at hotels is always over priced I guess, cause we pay for convenience too. Since there is no competition (I doubt we could order pizza delivered to the room lol), hotels would not care and they could charge premium, we either take it or walk out else where. I agreed that 300THB for a fried rice is way too much, considering it's such a simple dish, and average price at a normal restaurant would not be more than 100THB. Also, that costs about the same as daily minimum wage in Thailand
IMO there is no reason to pay more than 70 thb for a bawl of steam rice at the hotel.
May 9, 2018, 3:39 am
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I would expect to pay a couple hundred baht minimum for ANY menu item at any international chain hotel. It has nothing to do with the local price level. It’s about the cost of doing business, staff salaries, EVERYTHING involved in the cost of hotel operation folded in to the menu price.
May 9, 2018, 6:42 am
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I would expect to pay a couple hundred baht minimum for ANY menu item at any international chain hotel. It has nothing to do with the local price level. It’s about the cost of doing business, staff salaries, EVERYTHING involved in the cost of hotel operation folded in to the menu price.
We have quite a conversation in this thread and we dont even know why the question was asked!