The Book House Coffee Shop & Restaurant

in between customers checking in and out i managed to get snappy happy
heres a few pictures of our ground floor room for rent -
charged at 380 per night including computer in the room !! - its great value for money and its not surprising we have plenty of advance bookings .

dont forget its our Traditional Sunday Roast Dinner today

served all day for just 195baht !

see you soon
Librarian

we broke a new Sunday record today for the most meals served in a short space AND never had across word with Mrs L ( probably cos shes not talking to me at the mo )

thanks everyone for all the custom today and apologies for any delay in service .. sorry for the people who had to standing wait for a table to become vacant .

note to self .. must try harder

a hungover Librarian

we are currently looking for some help to assist us with our ever busy restaurant .

waitress with English language skills would be perfect . or at least enough English to take / understand an order

if you know anyone who may be interested , PM me , or call into the Bookhouse for a chat with Mrs L.

thanks

Librarian

fredwilliams wrote:They've even got Dungeons & Dragons and chess clubs there!

And it was all looking so positive up to that point as well fred.

I will agree with nearly everything you said about it though. As I prefer to sit outside rather than in, so the courtyard is just such a great idea I think. I had the breakfast (small) there today, cracking value & well cooked & filling.

petemcc wrote:Being purely objective here, are the food prices not a bit on the steep side?

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Hi Petemcc

i see on your other thread you were looking for advice , i will try to be objective and helpful also

you said - Being purely objective here, are the prices not a bit on the steep side? , indicating from your own words you were asking a question .

when someone replied saying our prices were not steep at all , you replied -
Thanks, so people are prepared to pay western prices in UT, that's all I wanted to know.

i thought you asked the question because on another thread you said -
Gentlemen, any ideas on the viability of a farang food cafe in Nong Sam Rong?--
and you also said - my idea would be to establish a farang food cafe, you know Sunday roast, burgers, toasted sandwiches, fish and chips, pies, mash ( great menu ideas btw )
and - Any thoughts on the viability? -

then you said re, The Bookhouse- I am a keen price watcher and I think the prices charged are expensive,

so , my advice is - as you appear to be looking into opening a cafe with basically the same menu as mine ( i,ll take that as a compliment thanks our business model works on lower than industry standard margins on many lines - volume sales as opposed to a big hit every now and again - .. dont compromise on lower quality products and be prepared to lose money for the 1st nine months of business ( minimum !! ) . The whole point of being self employed in business , is everyone feels satisfied with the outcome of the transaction . by that i mean the customer feels he has gotten for his money , good food , good service and a pleasant enviroment and we feel as the business owner we have been moderately rewarded for our efforts .

we also like to offer genuine freebies , like free computer usage and daily newspapers and ample supplies of the expensive western condiments , like hp sauce , mustard etc etc - which all must be paid for from the margins in the food and drink .

if you feel that a Beef / Turkey/ Pork Roast Dinner -195baht with a beer included ( upto heineken @ 65baht = meal @130baht is expensive ) then i look forward to visiting your cafe if / when it opens and see how your value for money compares with ours

good luck in any venture you try in Udon - its not easy !

Family Librarian

i try not to get drawn in to personally answering everyone posts regarding our small business , here at the Bookhouse . - although i will always defend my business by putting forward my point of view if i feel it is necessary .

what i Do want to say though , is a really big thankyou from all of Family Librarian for all the warm , positive , encouraging posts AND all the custom that you guys give us here .

Thankyou

Librarian