hi guys,

I have a plan to setup a restaurant/cafe (something like overtime) type of business which provides foods, beverages and alcohol of all types (beer, whisky etc..)

may I know what kind of licenses I need to start operating? like SSM, Majlis etc..
and I understand that bottle/can beer doesn't need any special licenses.. but what about hard liquor?

thanks alot for the help..

Depending on which local authority you fall under and your business specifics, you will want to apply for a liquor license with the authorities for alcohol sales. As you are a restaurant/cafe selling and serving alcohol, you will be looking at a Public House license. For the Google fanatics, "Excise Act 1976" and "Section 35".

Since you are serving alcohol, it does not matter whether it's beer or otherwise, you still fall under the jurisdiction. The hours will determine what class, and extensions can be made if your operating hours exceed the classes set forth by your town council. You will go through the district office, police, fire brigade and customs as part of certification procedure.

You will also need to apply for a premise license, signboard license (plus another license for outdoor signboard if you are opting for highway billboards), and various other town council approvals for building CF, conversion for land/residential, promotional permits.

Business/company registration will apply and trademark registration for logo may apply.

Look into the entertainment license. In the area of music, if you are playing sound recordings and music videos, you will be looking at MACP, PRISM, PPM, and RDM licenses.

As you are in the food and beverage industry, there will also be a service tax license if your annual turnover exceeds 3m.

This post has been edited by gomadas: Jun 28 2012, 08:40 AM

Hi bro,

thanks for ur help..
if I open exactly like overtime.. what licenses do I need? premise license, signboard license and approvals for all related departments..
what about entertainment license? and music? do I really need them?

so, for the liqour liscense I will need to go to my town council, police station, fire bridage, custom, hospital etc.. for all the approvals?

Thanks lot!

If you are opening a pub/cafe, you will need an entertainment license. Otherwise you will be liable for a minimum fine of 10k up to 50k. What happens is when you apply for the entertainment and liquor license, your local municipal officers will come for annual evaluations and conduct an inspection of your premises prior to issuance/renewal so the process is same either way.

Starting from the simplest proposition, if the nature of business is a wine shop and the shareholders are Malaysians, then licensing compliance would not have to deal with entertainment or music and the rest of the license procedure is similar to above post. For instance, Overtime has instrumental music and live band performances so again this comes under jurisdiction of entertainment license, even if one is not opening a pub. Added to that are the usual royalties and licenses required for music-related live performance and broadcast. An illegal song played will be liable for a minimum fine of 2k up to 20k so multiply that by the number of illegal songs played at a public premise.

The licenses aren't the most challenging part of the process. Making profit is naturally your primary concern. If you're starting from the drawing board, your ROI period will extend longer on the basis of a 3/5th gross profit margin, after subtracting costs and wages, we are typically looking at 10-20% annualised returns. So, going in for the long haul would necessitate full and proper compliance to avoid premature losses.

For the liquor application, you would need to advertise in two Malay and English newspapers for two days after which you will go through procedural matters among which would include an interview with the police and customs.

The composite or premise and signboard license will entail the CF, fire brigade which incidentally you will have to apply for a Fire Certificate for compliance with fire fighting requirements. The devil is in the details. For instance DBKL (if you fall under this jurisdiction) requires that wifi be compulsorily served for restaurants larger than 120 sqm two months earlier this year.

Liquor license under business license & got a couples of category..

1) Restaurant - Cafe, Bar & etc
2) Entertainment - Club, Disco & etc (some place has been freeze for long time edi)
3) Trading - Retail Shop, Supplier & etc..

There are few licenses you will need to appy to open an establishments like overtime:

First of all, you will need to form a company. Get a company secretary for this. After that you should go to SSM to register your business. After you obtain those documents, you can proceed in applying:

1. business license : you should apply to the local municipal office like DBKL or MPPJ
to get the business license you will need to have your employees (or yourself) vaccinated with Thypoid injection, rental agreements, etc

2. Signboard license
Provide the dimension and pictures of your signboard

3. Music License
This establishments will definitely play music in its premise. You need to get license from MACP and PPM to be able to play music in your premise.

Opening an establishment like cafe will require more efforts and considerations than just licenses.

In F&B industry, finding and retaining good employees are one of the most challenging parts. Most of restaurants hire foreign workers at the end. Foreign workers are easier to retain but will add to costlier staff expenses because of the levies paid to immigration.

For more information on opening a restaurant in malaysia, you can visit www.startmyrestaurant.com.my

Good Luck..

How to apply license for liquor trading?

dont need to apply... go buy over any overtime business now...

Is it difficult to apply retail liqour license? Can buy over from someone who has already have a retail liqour license.

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This post has been edited by fracturelx: Sep 15 2019, 01:37 PM

Since when issuing New liqour licences got frozen?

oops. i meant duty free license. sorry.

This post has been edited by fracturelx: Jul 21 2014, 06:01 PM

can i have ur contact details. pls mail me at a.run.jdi@gmail.com

Hi there,
Before applying all these license, do I need to rent the shop 1st? What if I rented the shop and the license do not approve?

Which department I need to go to? For questions like these, will they answer me if I directly go there to ask?

Thanks

Hi, Fracturelx,

Can you email me your contact, i need to apply a liquor license.

eeson2323@gmail.com

Thanks.

Hi, kindly contact me for your licence services
rickychchan@yahoo.com
Tks.

Hi would appreciate your advise. I want to apply for tobacco and liquor license but when i go to customs page there are 3 different types of lampiran which are for cigarettes, tobacco and liquor and it says capital amount of rm350,000.00 for cigarettes. What if i do not want to import cigarettes, how much for the license then or is it consider the whole package?

Guys,

Question: Do i need to own liquor license so that i can charge corkage fee if clients wanted to bring in their own liquor

Hi there, I am in the planning stage of my first music cafe (or maybe a bistro with even more licenses), can someone enlighten me? There is one potential partner telling me all licenses required for a bistro can be settled by a runner for 30k... I think this is a bit exorbitant.

What are the actual licenses required? Can help list down for my reference? My bistro will b having liveband, alcohol sales, dart, photo corner... Music playing of course.. Many thanks for you all in advance!

Hi bro, im intrested to get liquor license, can u help me in it?

out of topic, how to know production year of liquor - hennessy VSOP?

and how much market value to sell it?

got 1 bottle stored many years no open

Follow and wish to know more on liquor retail license.

parking for more info

For those who are interested to get liquor n entertainment licensed i can assist. Pls pm

This post has been edited by 4lenAngel: Aug 30 2017, 02:23 PM

legally?

Pm

I wonder if they is any website or book can educate us what license are required for different types of business?

I am also interested in applying trading liquor license.
PM pls thanks!

PM pls!

Hmm still have new liquor license giving out???

No more new pub, supermarket?

This post has been edited by icemanfx: Jul 7 2017, 03:17 AM

Yes, there's is..
But my question is does local PBT give out anymore??
I know only change owner name is possible

Hi guys,

My company is looking into operating a microbrewery. Kindly contact me at below email if you can provide assistance on licensing aspect.

Hi guys, I'm also exploring setting up a microbrewery. Anyone knows what to do? On the licensing part I mean

This post has been edited by Anslemlim: Nov 6 2017, 11:23 PM

Yes. We still apply for PJ area recently

Oh really..
Glad to know..
How about others area in Selangor?? U got any info

For Selangor is the same procedure.

they will call for interview

and then come for inspection

and it involve few departments and procedures

Im interested in getting an entertainment license, please inbox me, my email is xinzee1996@gmail.com. Thank you

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This post has been edited by WhyMeLol: Jul 3 2018, 10:27 AM

HI I am looking for liquor license connections or cable that can help me to get through this. I want it for selangor. Pls contact me at 01116693939 if you happen to know anyone. Thanks

read back 1 or 2 post back?

btw,...beware after paying for the said connection service, for the problem as highlighted in this link may still be there
http://www.malaysianchinesenews.com/2016/0...ng-for-license/

Can I know who I can contact for the liquor license?

This post has been edited by Chuah mr: Jan 25 2018, 04:07 PM

Can I call u for more detail

guys can contact me for liquor license for KL area only

Hi, I have a shop lot currently vacant. Area is Kepong. KL Can I know the process of opening shop selling alcohol ( no drinking ) purely selling

& I also wish to import and export acohol in future.

Thank you

Hi, kindly send me the details at my e-mail address t.l.s._95@hotmail.com

Thanks.

Pm me please, i wanna know more on liquor license as well as supplier for it. Thanks

Hi, Fracturelx,

Hello good day, please can you email me your contact, i need to apply a liquor license.

cttkshop@gmail.com

Thanks
Miki

Hi, Fracturelx,

Hello good day, please can you email me your contact, i need to apply a liquor license.

cttkshop@gmail.com

Thanks
Miki

Hi,

Anyone contacts for applying liquor license in Seremban. I am looking into opening a bar.
my email is cshaopin@yahoo.com

Thanks
Chong

Parking
For entertainment and liquor license in klang Valley

I'm also looking for advice to open a self-service beer house

My mum family has been running an old Chinese liquor store in KL since her father, business been slow but ok, mainly regulars. Not sure what to do to further expand the business or leverage on the license on selling liquor, any advice?

Introduce more variety of liquor? Increase marketing activities?

If the business is ok & has regulars, that means there is a market for it. The main challenge is to reach out to your target markets.

Hi.. i need a runner to help my company apply for liquor license. We currently have 4 retail shops across Malaysia. Would appreciate if anybody who can provide such service to contact me @ sootling@gmail.com

Thank you.

What is the latest operating hours for DBKL? 3 am?

Hey guys, I'm from Sarawak. So here's my problem regarding to alcohol/liquor license. So last year, my company applied for alcohol distribution license (my company is the importer and distributor of f&b in East Malaysia). And our permohonan is approved but the license will only be released on August 2019.

Here's the issue, before we start ordering or import anything, we need samples right? To taste it. So, we requested samples from the factory overseas and they sent us the samples (arrived in Malaysia on April 2019). The samples are not for sell, only for us to taste. But its stuck at the custom in KL. What should we do now?

Option 1
Start sampling & decide what to import in once you get the license in August.

Option 2
Fly over to your manufacturer & have a week long tasting session to make the decision then & there.

Option 3
Get another licensed company to bring your samples in for you.

Last Resort
Kautim sama itu Kastam Officer

pay import duties?

Pls contact me @ janejanelove99@gmail.com

I need runner to apply license for pun & restaurant in KL.
Pm me if any.

Sold

This post has been edited by Limsiching: Nov 24 2020, 12:00 AM

for the benefits of those interested,...mind sharing the area or the state of validity of your liquor license?
or this license can be used anywhere in Malaysia also?

Transferable within DBKL area.

Simple question such as: I want to open a beach side cafe that serves alcohol, how to apply license for it?

Whats the SOP to apply for it? or need to use runner???? its 2021 alredi..... sadly Malaysia is still soo backwards....

From this forum this questions seems unanswered..... many says use runner, buy over another company that alredi has the license....???!!

So what the easiest method? anyone can advise? dont so kedekut ilmu lar to those who managed to open a cafe that serves alcohol....

Some youtuber need to come out to share the procedures.... im sure u will get a huge fan base very quickly.

This era, in Malaysia still need to feed the whites and also the black..... proper licensing to the whites..... meanwhile how much to pay to the blacks? (mafia, syndiket, gangster)

This needs to be revealed openly.... its 2021 alredi....anyone can share their experience....?

This post has been edited by Afterburner1.0: Sep 5 2021, 02:09 PM

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Could you help see the above picture, proof of debt, how to fill in?

Find a qualified accountants and tax specialist to help you fill in

i am accountant but i also do not know how to fill in.

Is it winding up purposes? If yes creditors will usually filed in it to claims against the receipants so you need to get the creditors after winding up has been approved

This usually an old method which has been replaced with insolvency rules

do u know how to fill in as creditor?

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