Popular YouTuber PEACHII has explained in further detail how she was billed 4,000 baht for a crab omelette priced at 1,500 baht on the menu at a famous Michelin-starred restaurant in Bangkok.
The incident was investigated by the Department of Internal Trade and the restaurant was fined 2,000 baht.
PEACHII said on her X account on Tuesday that she had dined at the restaurant, Raan Jay Fai, with two companions, one an older friend who regularly ate there and placed all the orders. Staff had asked only about meat preferences - pork, chicken or seafood - for the other dishes - but made no mention of any special menu or premium crabmeat omelette.
While waiting, the group discussed the price of the crab omelette, recalling how it had risen from a few hundred baht some years ago to the current 1,500 baht shown on the menu. When the bill arrived, they found to their astonishment they were charged 4,000 baht for the omelette.
When questioned, a staffer explained the omelette contained crab meat from a “better source” than the standard 1,500 baht version.
When asked why the dish had been prepared as a “special”, she was told to ask chef Jay Fai herself. PEACHII added that the conversation was polite and not argumentative.
She said this practice was unfair to customers who should have the right to choose for themselves whether to order the standard or special version, with prices clearly stated.
Later, her senior friend asked Jay Fai directly and was told the 4,000 baht charge reflected a “VVIP” dish prepared especially for loyal customers, with no intent to deceive or inflate the price.
She stressed that she would have been happy to pay for either version had she been informed of the price in advance. Her post, she added, was simply to share her experience and not to demand compensation.
