Comments on: Trader Vic’s opening in Kuwait

By: Addy

Addy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:40:32 +0000

Where is this Trader’s Vic located in Kuwait ???

By: luke

luke — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:12:58 +0000

i dont know about any of u guys but i personly have a drink every weekend and to tell u the truth if T.G.Is and their other franchise brethren started sellin booze i would more than likley still be in friends houses, at friends bars rather than sat down in a shit american version of a pub.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:58:00 +0000

ALL:

Prostitution is alive and well all over the Arab world. Gay prostitutes as well. Rich Arabs get whatever they want from hookers, alcohol, drugs, etc. To those of you that believe that its not alive and well even in Kuwait, then you are fooling yourself. If you need to drink, go to Dubai. I see Kuwait allowing alcohol sooner or later, but of course like Qatar and UAE, it will be offlimits for Muslims (though they still drink). For those of you scared of the opposite sex, there is nothing in the world that causes prostitution other than the desire of people to have sex. Its biological. BTW, the most expensive hookers? Those wearing abayas! Take care. Everyone get over it and grow up! Any addiction in life, including religion, is bad for you!

By: The Screwdriver

The Screwdriver — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:24:40 +0000

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander and why should it be any differently for lads and ladettes in Kuwait who are out on the town Wednesday nights and who like letting down their hair and shaking a leg or two(provided they are not already on the flight to Beirut or Dubai)?
Trader’s Vic is just the thing for them.
It won’t be very long before Cheers, the Black Widow, Rat & Parrot, Slug & Lettuce, Shelleys’ of Mayfair and the Mad Bishop have opened shop in Kuwait and started to woo people over with their non-alcoholic mocktails - now, that will be a true mockery of cocktails, don’t you think?

Will there be separate enclosures for families and supposedly deviant bachelors at the Trader’s Vic in Kuwait?

By: crazy

crazy — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:25:58 +0000

Guys come onâ€¦

We are living in the 21st century, itâ€™s not only about economic development and tourism, which by the way, definetely need alochol to be legalized, but, itâ€™s about the educated and civilized times we are living in. Maybe you donâ€™t want this to apply to Kuwait?

There should be freedom of expression, action, speech, thought, and, if that means I want to consume alcohol, then I should be allowed to. If you think you shouldnâ€™t drink because it goes agaisnt youâ€™re religion, then its entirely youâ€™re choice, Iâ€™m not going to force you, just like you shouldnâ€™t be forcing me.

As for its implications on traffic, underage drinking, well the govt. can make plenty of money from taxing alcohol, it can put effort into devising measures of solving these alcohol related problems, and implement them FORCEFULLY. with sufficient funding and effort, everything can be acheived.

There are plenty of other Islamic values and principles, for instance, that women should wear headscarves, and, like denying the Christian beleif that Jesus/Esa is god or son of god. How about we force everyone to wear headscarves, fall deeper into the shadows of saudia, and ban the christian beleif of jesus and all that?

This is just like what happened in france with women not being allowed to wear headscarves, which is wrong, just as it is wrong when someone wants to wear a bikini or consume alcohol, is stopped from doing so by the law.

As for islam, there are plenty of worse things that go on in our society, such as the open human rights abuses, the corruption, the discrimination, the racism, the violation of womens rights. kuwait is in clear voilation of many human rights treaties that it signed, and there are several treaties that the world signed upto 20 years ago, and we still haventâ€¦

i read this article on the kuwait times website like 2 days ago. check it out. its so terribly sad. and you talk about islam?

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/localnews.asp?dismode=article&artid=212911162

By: anon

anon — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:42:07 +0000

your?? i assume you ment YOU’RE such a kid?!!? :)

By: mike

mike — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:31:14 +0000

haha get lost, your such a kid.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:44:55 +0000

OK, I WAS EXPECTING A BETTER COME-BACK FROM YOU THAN JUST “AFTER MY ASS YOUR MOUTH..HAHA” KINDA RUBBISH, DONT YA THINK?
HOW DISSAPOINTING. :) WELL THANKS FOR TRYING, AND THANKS FOR YOUR INTELIGENT COME-BACKS AND POST, I THINK THE WHOLE BLOG HAS REALLY BEEN SHOWN WHAT KINDA VULGAR PERSON YOU ARE.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:53:34 +0000

lol.. after i shove it up mine, ill make sure it goes in that dirty mouth of yours. haha :)

Who said that i was better than anyone else? I think you’ve taken too much of that chill pill ;). Anyways, Good luck with that idiot.. because your sources are bullcrap.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:11:15 +0000

DEAR MIKE,
FIRST OF ALL. TAKE THAT CHILL PILL OF YOURS AND SHOVE IT RIGHT UP YOUR ARSE.
YOUVE BEEN TO GREECE, ITALY AND ALL OVER AMERICA.. WOW YOU ARE REALLY WELL TRAVELLED (THATS SARCASM), SHIT, THANKS FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
TRUST ME YOU, YOU AREN’T BETTER THAN ANYBODY HERE ON THIS BLOG JUST BECAUSE YOU’VE VISITED THE US OR GREECE WITH A CHEAP ASS PACKAGE HOLIDAY. THAT DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING.
THE FACT REMAINS THAT ALCOHOL WILL BE ALLOWED VERY SHORTLY… AND THATS COMING FROM VERY GOOD SOURCES. SO I SAY, IF YOU WANNA STAY IN A COUNTRY THAT IS BACKWARDS, I SUGGEST YOU PACK YOUR BAGS AND LEAVE TO SAUDI ARABIA…
MEAN WHILE, I WIIL BE SITTING IN A CAFE ON THE BEACH SOON, PUFFING ON A COHIBA CIGAR, WHILE SIPPING AWAY AN ENCHANTING GLASS OF RED WINE, OR EVEN AN APARETIF OF GRAND MARNIER LIQUOR. :)

By: EC7

EC7 — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:03:45 +0000

Enough about the alcohol, the food there is..well…not so great

By: Toxy

Toxy — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:04:38 +0000

Simple Solution:

Drink Drivers (even a shot) = 30 days minimum sentence. No Wasta, no excuses.

Drink Drivers injuring someone = very heavy sentance and loss of driving license for X amount of years…No Wasta, no excuses.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:45:34 +0000

Drunk drivers would be a problem yes but the solution isn’t to ban alcohol its to rule out corruption in the police department and get them to do their job. Drunk driving is a problem in all the European and US countries and the solution is heavy punishment for driving under the influence. No one banned alcohol to solve drunk driving.

If bored teens start abusing alcohol instead of drugs I would count that as progress.

Finally i do not think you have been to a club or a pub if you count eating at TGIF the same experience. its not, trust me.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:36:32 +0000

I hope kuwait stays the WAY it is, Clean. And if you dont like it, simply leave :)

By: mike

mike — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:28:50 +0000

First of all take a chill pill. Second of all YES i’ve been to more country’s than you, italy, greece, all over america, dubai and lived in canada. So I KNOW exactly what It’s like and in KUWAIT it’s a different issue, your not in europe. Alcohol is just gonna cause a lot of problems. Bored teens would undoubtedly abuse it, and it’s going to result in more deaths on our highways..
Ok yeah maybe clubs in america or europe is different but your not gonna have the same atmosphere here, its just gonna be another version of Bahrain. And you know what, you dont have to have a club and a drink in your hand to sit down and socialize and have a good time with your friends, you can do that in any restaurant or cafe in Kuwait. i dont get this mentality of yours…. Okay it might have a positive affect on the tourist industry but also think about the disadvantages.