How To Avoid A Restaurant Scam
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- If you think you're lucky to get the last table at this restaurant, think again. Restaurants near these big tourist attractions will milk you for all you've got because they know you'll never come back anyways. Lesson learned, always ask for a menu.
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- Check the menu and its prices
- If prices aren’t listed, don’t eat there
That’s how you avoid a restaurant scam.
No shit, Sherlock.
They have 2 menus in Italy, one for locals and one for tourists
@@henrywang8139 *They didn't show it in this video you twat.*
@@AnotherRandomFellow they have this structure in most big tourists cities around the Europe. The locals they want back, the tourists they don't.
so....who tf doesn't ask for a menu to see the prices??
+killerhippo10 um EASY.. only reporters wanting to write a story about being scammed! hahah!
+CandyLaStar haaaaa..great response..
Rich people.
+Nissin14
Rich people don't exist. There just a myth.
+chicken The only rich people were the restaurant owners.
*How To Avoid A Restaurant Scam*
Step one: Allow yourself to be scammed.
Step two: Pay for the extremely overpriced food.
Step three: Huh?
Word Unheard step three: Take all the free sweets
Word Unheard step three: make more money with a bait video than the price of meal you bought on holidays
Step three: Run
Step 3 use your brain
You're dumb they did it so you wouldnt.
Actually I don't think I've ever ordered something at a restaurant before finding out what the price is, so I guess I'm safe from this particular scam, but it's nice to see this posted to help those unlike me.
Sooo how to avoid it is tooooo eat half the food and half the drink and pay and leave...?
Great, thanks for tips guys!!!
I'm pleased it's not just me that saw that.
'Smart' is to always, always, always check the price. If it's fair, then they won't mind telling you. Otherwise go to Subway & enjoy a sandwich.
***** The tip is to ask for the menu. :)
connor luttikhuis Sure! Some menus don't include prices.... we must take care!!
***** i was wontyering the same were was the avoiding ?
***** and when they do you ask how much they cost
"how to avoid a scam" take all the free sweets
just run away
+Mike Rourke okay
id take a table chair, thats at least 10 bucks
Ironically I feel scammed for every video in this series I watch.
Sorest lol
Same
hahahahahaha XD!!!!
How To Avoid A Restaurant Scam?
*Don't go to a restaurant*
Thank you, thank you. No need for such a generous applause.
So a film on how to avoid scams doesn't tell you how to avoid scams.
bobbing bob he legit gave a solution at the end. it's called request the menu, as these people won't offer them.
Go to a place that has a clear menu with the prices and if the prices aren't stated on the menu you need to ask for them :)
And take the free sweets :)
Yeah, because usually there's also a menu posted to the wall. But ok, I would expect the waiter to arrive with a menu at a new customer.
bobbing bob ...hahaaa...on point 👍🏽
Siobhan Rose the first thing a waiters supposed to do is bring the menus..
This is 'HOW TO GET SCAMMED' not how NOT to get scammed.
He's basically tell you not to eat places with out a menu.
Anyways, 40 Euros is pretty cheap, for a double lunch+drinks at any place with waiters in Europe.
Yeah, but the lunch is shit. The pasta was crap. In Italy.
Meh, to me it looks like the average shitty street cafe.
They ordered fresh juice and pasta - they received orange flavoured drink with a slice of orange and reheated frozen pasta meal. Price doesn't even come into it - it was a scam.
"How To Avoid A Restaurant Scam"
*Proceeds to get scammed*
He literally says at the start of each episode "I get scammed, so you don't have to"
Ye got a bargain compared to the guy with sandwich..😮
Listen again at 0.40... Swiss guy says 20e, not 40.
Perfect restaurant for Gordon Ramsay to tear down
+ALIEN SCIENTIST Gordon would have an anger induced aneurysm.
ITS RAW!! THE SCAM IS FUCKING RAW!!
+ALIEN SCIENTIST ITS FAWKIN RRRAWWWWWWWWWWW
ug0ts3rvd **slams salmon**
ALIEN SCIENTIST Ramsay is a conn too
You guys aren't very good at your job if you got scammed on a how to not get scammed tutorial.
The guy in the black jacket actually gets scammed to show us how it works. He's on a show called Scam City I think where he travels the world and reveals the typical scams in countries, states, towns.
tanker9987 wel it's very easy how not to get scammed in this situation, YOU ASK FOR A MENU!!!
I think we got scammed into watching this video.
they show how it works, but they never show how to avoid it.
they just tell you how to avoid it, not showing any of how it's done...
Redy Yuniarto r u dumb
The irony is..... If you clicked on this video, you've already fell for the scam
No. Dont try to be smart.
Moral of the story: always look at the menu before ordering and make a note if exactly what the total price should be for the items you're ordering. Good video - a lot of scammers out there targeting travellers.
I've never heard of someone not asking to to see the menu. If the prices aren't listed I would just walk away.
i got a tea in rome the other day, i didn't need to see the menu because i assumed a tea would be like two euro like everywhere. It was five euro
you're a dumbass then. You can see the cultural difference. You're probably from some western European country or from the US. I am from Romania and I have an advantage because of that: I'm as open minded as any western European, but I grew in in post-communist Romania, filled with thieves, scammers, and I grew up in poverty. :) I never buy anything, not even a water, without asking the price or looking on the menu. Every penny counts. If you don't have that in your blood you deserve to be scammed big time.
mypassion Space so, people are dumbasses because they expect others to be reasonable?
Jam Ham Time damn right. Most people who don’t list prices do so intentionally to deceive.
There is no scam here...only people not asking to see a menu with prices.
vidyaWolf Shitty food for WHAT price??? Did you see a price? No they didn't. If people are stupid enough to order food without seeing prices first...then there is no scam at a sleazy place like this. Only stupid stupid patrons. And as long as there as stupid people that can be taken advantage of...it will keep on going. When was the last time you ordered food without seeing prices first? Would you stay in a hotel without knowing the price? would you get your car repaired without knowing the price? Would you get work done at a dentist without knowing a price? If you answer yes to any of these...you have as much of a problem as the people that were taken advantage of in this video. Yes, the business is wrong for doing this...but if stupid people are willing to fall for it...it will continue to happen.
vidyaWolf There are laws against price gouging here in the States too but who in their right mind would order food without seeing prices first. I would never do anything like that.
vidyaWolf Exactly. I am always mindful of prices as well.
vidyaWolf LOL!!!!!
mykylc i agree. if you're well off financially to the point where prices don't matter to you before you make an order or buy something, then good for you. Pay and then move on.
"How to avoid a restaurant scam"
Turns into
"Don't check the menu to look at the prices and then be shocked that the food was expensive"
I was scammed in a NYC restaurant. The bill added a $5 surcharge for two of us sharing a plate (even though it was huge and cost $25) plus charges for glasses of water, and a $5 a person surcharge for sitting on the patio. Then they added the mandatory 18% gratuity based on that. So in the end, a bill that should've been $55 was over $100. I said to them "bring me back the bill, minus the surcharges, and minus the mandatory gratuity, or I will make sure you can never take credit cards ever again."
This isn’t a scam. It is like this in my Canadian city too. Heck, good luck finding a martini less than $25 here. A share charge is super common and a patio charge is also common in the summer when the patios are hot. Charging for a glass of water has also become super common. The world is expensive how did no one notice until now? I live in a tourist city and I pay out the ass for everything but it’s so worth it to not have to live in the boring suburbs and need a car.
The Swiss guy just told them he had been ripped off. Why didn't they take that as their cue as leave before the food arrived?
+Peter Piper so that they could make money of this vid
+Peter Piper because they want to show us what a rip off the place is...leaving wont do that really.
Because anyone who doesn't have the same opinion as I do must be a moron, right?
Hoghs This should be inscribed as the official slogan of the RUclips comments section, "Anyone who thinks differently from me must be an idiot".
And everyone who doesn't think exactly the same way as Mr. Hoghs must be a complete fool. I mean, imagine someone having a slightly different opinion!
Don't pay the bill and run
+SilverDragon893 Or look him in the eye and walk
+SilverDragon893 Ask for police.
how to avoid paying too much? ask the price before ordering. as a former server nothing would piss me off.more than someone ordering and then complain about the price. we have menus! they're there for a reason! some will.point right at the item then when the bill comes they can't believe the price! (and it wasn't even bad prices)
Yeah I am a server and people be like wow it's so expensive trying to be slick or something idk as if i would say oh sorry let me sut that in half for you since you said it in passing idiots
You servers should hand the goddamn menu to your customers yeah
“Next time, I’ll ask for a menu”. That’s the answer to the title of the video 😂
Soooooo how do you avoid restaurant scams?
Literally never walked into a restaurant I don't know and randomly ordered something. I have a glance at the menu before I sit down.
I usually go into the bathroom and study the menu for an hour
When I com ebakc the girl is gone 😢
The guy at :37 is trying to do the right thing by sharing his story with the newly seated crew. Good on him!
Where we live, there was a big Italian guy who had a sub shop and your food would come out to literally double the price of the menu on his wall. If you asked him about it when you went up to the cash register, he would say “what are you talking about?! Those are 1970s prices.” 🤣 R.I.P. BIG Joe’s Subs, Wilmington Massachusetts.
02:11 “they count on you never coming back, they don’t need your return business”
..guess they be needing the return business now.
My way of "How To Avoid A Restaurant Scam" Since youre touring and youre only gonna be there a couple days. You eat and then you leave and say fuck that shit Im not paying $60 for some frozen food.
You will get beat up by the cook, the dishwasher and the waiter and then thrown in jail . . no?? just pay and write a Yelp review . . it will be cheaper.
Daniel Surian Or, when they arent looking, you walk away.
Daniel Surian lol, you probably get worked like a little bitch. letting people walk over you.
I have seen a waiter trying his best to brain his guest with a full bottle of wine after they started the douchy shouting and pushing contest.
So my tip: put money on the table and leave before he notices that its only what its worth....
You may get away with walking out in civilized parts of Europe. I suspect it's a formula for a rather severe beating-up in some other parts of the world.
$68 CANADIAN DOLLARS!?!? WTF!?! FOR JUICE AND A SNACK!?!? YOU CAN FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR IN CANADA FOR HAT PRICE!!! ¡
Wtf exactly
$52 US dollars
+mason methot You could feed a family of 8 if you do it with poutine. ;)
TheGreatMoonFrog tru
+mason methot $72 CAD today. Our dollar just keeps getting worse.
Watch out in Salzburg, in Austria too. There is at least one Japanese restaurant that lures you in with advertising outside (with pictures of the food) with cheap prices. When you go to pay, you realise you have been ripped off, as the extra's they give you, like soup starter that they say are part of the meal are charged for and you end up paying probably 6 times more than you expected. When you complain, they bring out the indoor menu and it is confirmed then that they have indeed ripped you off!!
Another tip, whatever country you are in, if they bring only english menus, ask for a menu in local language as well, even better if you get one yourself from a close table, sometimes the prices are different
The Swiss guy warned them.
To be fair, they did not get scammed. They never asked for a menu, nor asked how much since there were no menus. They never showed how the restaurant would react, had they asked for menus or pricing.
They paid a high price for cheap food. Over priced is not a scam. Is a $10 hot dog at Yankee Stadium a scam? No.
Tourist areas, sports venues.....you're gonna PAY.
If you cannot afford the high price food, don't take an expensive European trip.
Those things need to be factored into your budget.
Bottom line-- There was no scam, and this is why they did not show how to 'avoid' a scam in this video.
I'd still consider it a scam. No menu offered? What places don't offer a menu.
Possibly frozen food and un-fresh orange juice (as quoted). A scam.
They did give a sort of advice with the 'get a menu next time'.
That's not advice. That's common sense.
Obviously.
agreed, definitely NOT advice against a scam. just common sense really.
So there was no how to avoid. There was just how to walk into the eye of the storm...even after you've been forewarned...
How to avoid... you ask for a menu. Actually no one should have to tell you that anyway, it's just common sense to always ask a menu in a restaurant. In fact you normally don't even have to ask, they just give it to you right away. And what if they don't have one? Then what the hell are you still doing there, what restaurant doesn't have a frickking menu, thats just a huge sign to just get the hell out of there. This video is more about "how to get scammed" instead of "how to avoid getting "scammed"
Haha yea. should be titled how to volunteer for a scam. also of course you should want a menu right off the bat unless you frequent the place. dumb, but this guy's videos are still interesting.
Din v
How to avoid: Walk away from the tourist areas and walk toward the alleys and residential areas. In places like Rome that's only going to be a block or two away from any major tourist site.
Those are the places that the locals go to that will be authentic and reasonably priced.
Unfortunately many of the restaurants closest to the tourist spots get so many tourists each and every day that they don't have to have good service or good food. There will be tourists today and tomorrow and the day after that, so they will charge you more for mediocre food and mediocre service.
In American cities, you kind of have a similar thing. Take Times Square in New York City. Virtually all the restaurants actually on Times Square are chain restaurants that you can find in virtually every city in the US. The only difference is the McDonalds or Dennys on Times Square is going to charge you a lot more money for the same food that you'd get in Springfield, Illinois. But it is Times Square. There are tourists today and there will be tourists tomorrow. But a couple blocks or so in any direction you can find reasonably priced local restaurants.
Forget the scam for a moment. Here the main issue is yourself drinking orange juice with cannelloni 😁
First rule of any restaurant/bar is to check first the menu and order what it is written in the menu. Also check the "coperto" charges (cover charges) for seating at the table.
I just got scammed by the 2 reporters by watching this video. You check the menu first before you order
In Rome (or Florence or Venice or any major Italian tourist city)
1) Never ever stop at a restaurant on one of the main streets. (eg Via Veneto). Walking 50 meters to a restaurant on a side street will automatically save you 40% or more.
2) Always check the menu _before you sit down_ (there is usually one posted by the entrance.)
3) Always check the bill.
4) Never show your wallet.
5) Never encourange the street musicians.
48 euros is cheap compared to the prices in California..!!!!!!!
A glass of wine ( roughly) $ 9 - 12 )
Or a small bottle of beer (roughly $ 9 - 11) And..... in California
service costs and tips (20% ) .... any further questions ... ???
I learned not to be like you guys and always ask for a menu...
It's not being scammed if you don't ask for the prices or a menu before ordering. How do u even know what they have?
48 Euros sound cheap - come to Denmark and you'll have a heart attack when you see how much restaurants charge here! And that's not even in tourist traps!!
Thomas H ok cool cool but its really not that expensive, it would probaly cost around 20 euros here
How do people afford to eat?
Adam Irvold Well yes but not in a restaurant, though.
Jim Big Usually we cook the food ourselves, and then go out for dinner once in a while. Dinner for 2 would easily set you back €100 here, in a mid-class restaurant.
no still its really not that expensive, i dont know where you live but its really not that expensive anywhere i''ve ever been. you have to be over exaggerating.
who sits and orders without looking at the menu first. wow
Did you know in some parts of the world, in my situations (3 trips to vietnam) plenty of restaurants will have 2 different menus? One for the natives and one for tourist? Both look identical but with different prices. Last time I went back there was more than 10 years ago so I'm unsure if they still do that.
Best thing to do is ask the natives for their menu after they're ordered their food .
+danny ho wow. never thought about that one
+danny ho thats some pretty legit advice buddy
+danny ho I was taught that in those countries, every price is negotiable and only a sucker pays anything more than 50% off the sticker price. EVERYTHING is negotiable. Clothes, meals, cab fare (pay first... if you trust the cabbie), whatever you want.
Must be really annoying for the people living there, but hey, maybe they like it? Beats me!
+danny ho They do something similar in Cuba, but with their currency. There are two types of Peso, one that has actual value in the world economy, and another that's worthless and only used on the island. You'll sometimes pay in the one that has value, and they'll try to give you your change in the currency that's worthless.
You sound a bit derogatory by saying "in those countries". I live in Greece which is near Italy. You can't negotiate food prices in restaurants. As for clothes, noone will accept a 50% price reduction, even if you buy many clothes from the shop. Chill out...
Moral to the story: ask to see the menu...if there aren’t any prices, leave
the only people getting scammed are us viewers thinking that this video contains some valuable scam-avoidance info
How to avoid a restaurant scam
Step 1) Order something.
Step 2) Get scammed.
That's how you avoid a scam.
I just disliked this video. I should flagg it aswell.
Some bs here
what happen to the How to avoid it part?
thats what i was thinking
How to avoid it?
Never go into a restaurant without learning the *prices* *beforehand* or without having a look at the menu. In fact, never make *any* *purchase* without having at least a rough estimate of the cost of it. (Rough estimate means a inaccuracy not exceeding *10%* give or take at the utmost.)
Boom. ;)
PS: You should also avoid restaurants (or any business) with headhunters. Headhunters are people addressing passers-by.
Thumbs up 👍 (on mobile so can't thumbs up)
I'm on mobile and I can
+Janet Allsopp: On comments?
They got 2 drinks, an appetizer, and two entrees? Sounds about right to me??
As a chef i see this a lot. If the food from the supermarket is cheaper then go there and buy the food, take it home and cook it yourself. You pay for the nice setting and having food and drinks brought to you by waiting staff and not having to clean up after you finish dinner. Restaurant dining is more than just about buying food.
They were not scammed. They ordered the food without looking at the prices. They willingly bought and payed for the food. They did so *without* knowing the prices. You cannot claim to have been scammed if you go into a situation completely ignorant of the prices. They should have asked for a menu, and then this wouldn't have happened. It's a terrible business practice, but the prices are something they agreed to as soon as they ordered and started eating.
It's still dishonest because the customer should've known the prices before they ordered the food.
You're a dumb scunt. They know what they're doing and charge a million times what they should be charging knowing people aren't expecting it. It's not the fault of a normal person for not expecting that.
Sadly this dosn't happen only in europe, here in my country(in east asia) ive been to a middle eastern hookah place, even when we have a menu n price for the food we ordered, we still get a big price then we calculated. When i asked for a break down on why its so much more expensive, the waiter brought in a paper where he scribbled items we've ordered and there was a few stuff we obviously did not order. We refused to pay till he minus from our bill. The same thing happen when i went to a indian restaurant, ordered, ate and end bill was bigger then expected. when asked for a price break down, the waiter could not explain the additional charges explaining that he must have made a calculation "mistake" I then found out from my other friends that they too have experienced same thing from other indian restaurants. So tip is to be smart and always ask for a menu or price of ur food before you order and to be double sure, check ur bill breakdown BEFORE you pay.U will never know what kinda of additional items they have charged u for :D i rather look like a cheapskate then lose my money haha
Nothing about that is being a cheapskate. The server/restaurant should feel like a pile of garbage for scamming someone by putting additional items on a bill, ESPECIALLY when confronted about it. Sadly, though, I'm sure they don't feel a thing and will continue their scam as long as they can, even scamming the next people immediately after being caught.
It happens a lot of places, you just always have to be aware and there's nothing wrong with double-checking a receipt. It's similar to signing a contract. Do you really want to sign a contract that you haven't read? People do it all the time, and then are surprised by the outcome.
Id call the cops and have them charged with fraud. This way there will be a record so if it happens again it will be documented.
fai365day and let me ask where you are from? Unless you are from Iceland we are more peaceful than you and honestly don't care what you say about us, so thanks for wasting your time on disrespecting a large nation that odds are, has peace with the country you live in.... Bye and have a nice day! Also sorry.
What do you expect? Have you seen an Indian gas station/convenience store?
Asotlover ii
"I'm not really enjoying my cantaloni" LMAO
we went to a cafe in Monte Carlo, it cost £5 for a single orange juice
back in 1981, after seeing the prices, we ordered 1 orange juice and 3 straws....lol
Thumb down for not showing the restaurant's name and location.
SO how did they avoid? they still had to pay lmao
They didn't lol. That was the point...to fully show the scam
+David Llano they did lmao
Next time you see that or similar ask for a menu
Maybe we were the ones scammed!
Yh
Always ask for a menu. 4 students were charged $1000 for a "cheap" meal in Venice.
Always say what bill you are giving in a bar, so they agree you are giving whatever it is or they can say it was lower and nothing you can do. Always check your change. I've been all over Asia and to every E.U. country and the USA is the worst for getting shortchanged in bars.
If a cab doesn't have a meter agree on the fare in advance and if they have a meter show you have a map on your phone and say the way you want to go. In the USA they will take you a long way to run up the meter.
Apart from asking for a menu, question the cost of any special dish, and ask the cost of the bread and olives on the table.
ALWAYS ask the prices of everything you order, they love to fuck with people who have lots of cash.
***** Haha true that. You will definitely look like a cheap ass but go ahead n make a acception if your with a babe.
who goes to a restaurant and doesn't ask for a menu?
Scammed, and only drinks half of their freshly squeezed orange juice? I've got your freshly squeezed right here, grandma!
well, that's Italy - probably Milano or Roma - where they take advantage of tourists. Being Italian I know them and how they do and my advice is to ask for the menu list first, checking the prices and everything before you order. It is your right and is the only way to avoid any surprise when you get the bill cos if you are not happy with the prices you simply stand up and find another place.
give em $ 4.80 euros and get away fast!
How to scam the restaurants:
1. order food
2. Eat food
3. Run away
4. Profit
Important Tipp : in some countries the prices in the menu are not correct. A barely seen line at the bottom says: 20% sales taxes will be added.
Disney World should be in this channel. I took a trip with a few buddies and we ate at The Japan restaurant in Epcot. I had the same reaction as these guys. It’s so funny because “tourists” or people visiting a park can’t do a thing about it.
This is why "Dine and Dash" is a thing.
No it is because bums like you go to a real restaurant not some shitty McDonalds then get upset its not 1 dollars for food gtfo here (not literal bums just trying to make a point)
why because people order food wihtout asking for a price or menu?
Is dine and dash worth “fine and more cash”? I’ve called cops before and they found them in less than an hour. They came back and paid and we decided not to press charges because they apologized. But if we had they would have had to pay their bill + court fees + the judges decision ($100s or jail time). It’s a crime and some restaurants make the servers foot the bill. And it was easy to find the woman on Facebook, yes, this was a grown woman with kids in high school. Her friends paid with credit cards so I looked them up on Facebook and looked through a dozen or so pictures before I found her. Believe me. I was not paying for her bill.
And FYI, you would be amazed at how many cameras restaurants have. 15-20 years ago you could have gotten away with it but not anymore, thanks technology!
"Avoid" ? You got ripped off.. LOL
"How we got scammed" is an apt title for this video!
I didn't even knew some people would order something without even seeing the price. This blowed my mind.
You could just put 20 euros on the table and walk away. What is the police going to do?
That was in Italy. The police are as corrupt as the restaurant people.
20 euros?Are you a rich guy?with 20 euros I can buy that mean 3 or 4times
+powerspiros have you noticed that they charged 40 euros in the video? -.-
yes 2 juices and the other thing whatever it is are not worth 20
+powerspiros That depends on the country your in and whether you are in a touristic city or not. I have seen hamburgers being sold for 9 euros at airports. So 20 euros in an touristic hot spot seems reasonable.
For the love of god at least finish the Orange Juice if you paid that much lol
There is always at least something one can do to cause some real damage: Don't be a 'civilised, understanding' victim.
Not really a scam. Restaurants can price their food however much they want and you didn’t even ask for a menu?
Also beware of additional fees:
small bread on table costs extra
cheap food and F-ing expenisve drinks
some tables more expensive due to music
Worst thing I have seen: in Rome on the path from Vatican to Castel Sant Angelo: every stand sells a small bottle of water for 10 €, but if you go around the corner into the supermarket, you get it for 50c...
If you didn't ask what the prices were, before ordering, there was no scam. The restaurant simply offers poor value for money.
It's like if I walked into a dealership and just pointed at a car and told them to charge my card. "OH MY GOSH I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS $50,000 I'VE BEEN SCAMMED!"
Its a tourist trap, not a scam. There is a big difference.
Always, always, always ask for a menu and listen to any customers who tell you if they've been ripped off. Problem solved.
I see no scam, only dumb tourists.
is not dumb to think the restaurant is honest, but after this video the dumb people are the owners, people will never go back there
Surely this should be called 'How To Fall For A Restaurant Scam'?
Always check menu prices. Ask if the extras are included.
WHO THE FUCK WASTES A FULL GLASS OF ORANGE JUICE.
reporters who complain about the prices
+LastbutNotFirst Is is just concentrate with bits added to it.
This video is a scam
Reminds me of a packaged bus tour I took from Frankfurt to Paris with about 30 others. First Continental Breakfast - a hard biscuit and cup bad coffee -cost way too much and all thought it would be included until we were handed a bill. Next in tourist area Paris. They line us up like cattle to go into a buffet-like restaurant. Matre D waving us in with huge smile. Myself and 2 others (didn't hurt that one was a very pretty petite blonde female) decide NO! not again! we found a little place that served wine Steak etc and were extremely pleased with the food, service and price. After meeting back up with the cattle, we found they had been robbed and served gruel. We had a good laugh but the cattle just moaned and mooed. Since we spoke no French and the French refused to hear any other language, we three were extremely lucky to be sitting near a gentlemen that spoke English and French and was so kind to interpret for us. The waiter and all had a great laugh when I ordered a coke. (Hey! I was all of 19 YO and an American GI!) He called it American burgundy! He brought out a really old dusty glass bottle of coke. What a great time. Yes be careful in food service places. If it looks like a great deal - you may not get anything as what you pay for.
In any unclear situation, whether you are in another city or even in another country, go to MacDonalds or KFC or something like that. You'll get a food of a predictable quality and the price will be affordable as well. Later on someone will recommend you a decent place but until that just stick to some fast food chains.
I would of took plates and glasses maybe even the chairs if they did that to me
😂😂😂🤣
Why didn't you check the price before you ordered. This should be re-labled 'how to get get scammed'!
Easy to avoid a restaurant scam:
1) Check online the average cost for a meal in that country
2) Always ask for a menu and take pic (it happened to me that they gave me a different menu when I've asked to double checked the prices!)
3) Always refuse "complementary" things (they might charge you a lot)
4) If you travel in a country where English is really poor, don't trust an English menu (normally made for tourists with different prices. Or ask also for the local language menu and see the prices).
I was in this country in Asia (don't want to say where, not respectful for good people there) and in a restaurant full of locals they gave me an English menu with all meals over $20-$25. How can locals afford these prices?
Travelling is not for everyone. Use your common sense.
You see the prices, you don't like the prices, you leave. No one's forcing you to sit there
watch out for 16$ glasses of coke in the restaurants outside The Vatican. ask me how I know
+64maxpower how do you know?
+64maxpower How do you know?
$16 for a glass of coke, that better come with a tuggie from the pope
+64maxpower It's typical in southern European cities, especially on main streets or squares. The food is reasonably priced to lure tourists, but the drinks - not on the menu, what did you think? - are almost as expensive as an average lunch.
+Pieter-Jan. I take it as a valuable lesson. If a price isn't on the menus then don't order it. I was naive but I never expected to be scammed for 12 glasses of coke. The joke is on them. I clogged tbier toilet with paper towels and the previous nights meal
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Ive figured out how to NOT get electrocuted. Ive stopped dipping my fingers in water and inserting them into the plug socket. Hope that helps.
If you sit in a random place in center of one of the most touristic cities in Europe, you ask for a random dish and don't even ask for the menu ("just because you are on holiday and you don't what to stress yourself"), this is what you deserve.
It was expensive, but not outrageous. 48 euro is $60 in US dollars. When you consider that they went to an Italian restaurant in Rome, the price is comparable to what you would find in any touristy area of California. The pizzeria next door has lasagna for $24. If you ordered 2 of those at $24 and 2 sodas, your bill at Pizzeria Mozza in Newport Beach would be around $70 after tip.
So.. how to *avoid*??????????????????????????
+Jay Shenton Ask to see the menu, simple.
+Nunya Bidness Then change the name of the video
Oh my gosh, I recently went on a three week trip to Europe and I witnessed this scam firsthand. I was with a friend in Paris and we had just finished visiting the Sacre Coeur Basilica and, since it was lunch time, we decided to grab something to eat in the quaint tourist-y shopping area that surrounds the church. She was craving some ice cream so we stopped at an ice cream vendor and she ordered an ice cream cone and a water bottle. Now, I don't remember the exact prices of the ice cream and the water bottle but I do remember that according to the menu that was posted on a wall next to the vendor the total price came out to be 6€. But when she gave the vendor 6€, he demanded 60€!! At first we thought he'd made a mistake so we were like, "Oh, you mean 6€?" And he was like, "No! 60€! 60€!" Since it was WAY too expensive she gave him back the ice cream cone and the water bottle. I mean, come on, 60€ for an ice cream cone and a water bottle?! SCAM!
for all of you complaining about the "how to" part; pay closer attention one of them says some says something like this: "should've asked for a menu"
Anyone else read the title as "How to Avoid a Restuarant" LMFAO.
Here's an idea, why not take advantage of a market that has clients who trust them? I would expect the sheer number of people you could serve would be tremendously higher if you ran a restaurant that had fair, and honest prices.
In a tourist area, you don't have that opportunity. Most tourists only visit a particular place once or twice ever, and when most of your clients are tourists, why bother generate repeat business among people who won't ever be coming back? It's shameful, but it's true.
Did you listen to what they said? The whole point of the video addresses your comment.
Rent for those prime places can also be crazy expensive. You say it's a scam but you have to factor that in. In Milan I once payed €23 for an iced coffee, granted it was a phenomenal iced coffee in one of the most beautiful renaissance shopping areas with painting ceilings and marble floors. We talked to the owners and you would not believe how much rent costs in those places. Yes, tourist areas have inflated prices but it's not a scam if you sit down and order before seeing a menu. It's so ignorant just to blame the server when you could of avoided the problem if you were bothered
did you have a menu letting you know the price of the coffee being 23 euros before you ordered?
48 euros is cheap compared to the prices in California..!!!!!!!
A glass of wine ( roughly) $ 9 - 12 )
Or a small bottle of beer (roughly $ 9 - 11) And..... in California
service costs and tips (20% ) .... any further questions ... ???
SoWhatJoshua yes. Maybe it's a hint that tourists do the first time they go out of their country? I can see that a lot of Americans that go outside of their country for the first time expect cheap food and good service but that isn't the rest of the world. It baffles me that people would go to a non-chain restaurant in a tourist area and not check prices - let the buyer beware!
(not being rude to USA they just have a big country so are often unintentionally ignorant about travel)
Even if you go to food chains, you should check the prices. Not every McDonald's has the same price list, not even within one country.
The title is meant to be ironic, people. They're not showing you how, they're showing you so you don't repeat their mistake.
These prices aren’t that outrageous anymore.