Mykonos: Latest Ripoff Restaurant
 

Here is another of those stories about restaurants ripping off tourists.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-Mykonos.html

"Francisco Tajeda, 38, from Brooklyn, revealed on TripAdvisor how staff at the DK Oyster restaurant in Mykonos refused to give their party a menu or show them prices, before surprising them with the final tab."

I guess the sex was really, REALLY good.

According to Greek law there should be a menu in public view outside of the restaurant and clients should receive a printed menu with detailed description and prices.
Since this is a free economy, there are no limits in prices, it's up to the client to decide whether they want to spend their money for such high prices or not.
Nearby Nammos has even higher prices and is famous for attracting the rich and the famous.
According to the person who complained they were not given a menu even though they asked for it repeatedly, the waitress only told them what is on offer, they never got any information about the prices.
This is the rip off in that case and this is something that i have experienced as a customer a couple of times, but being Greek i always insisted to get a menu and decide then.
The name of the restaurant is DK Oyster, they charged almost 100 Euro for each portion of calamari and ironically the name of the owner is Kalamaras.... ( which derives from Kalamari........)

I do not really understand all this story. According to my opinion whoevet can charge whatever he wants at his restaurant. The fault was from the client.
If they do not provide a menu sth is not ok. Leave.... Why are you staying at a restaurant where they are not ok from the first moment. You also know that the island is extremely expensive. We all have to be careful. Because some business people may want to cheat us that does non mean we need to let them.
Do not eat somewhere with no menue. Would you ever book a hotel room without knowing the price...

Probably for the same reasons people refuse to send food not prepared to their liking back to the kitchen. They'd rather complain about it later to anyone who will listen.

I don't understand this story either, because it sounds so stupid that it is hard to believe. Yes, the prices are certainly high, if true (and the photos do show checks, so I guess so), but it appears to be an expensive resort hotel on an expensive island. So 100 euro for a plate of calamari is a little expensive, or the drink prices, but not unbelievable for real expensive hotels. Good calamari is expensive, actually, there is cheaper calamari in the US but it's not as good. So that price isn't really totally unbelievable for a luxury restaurant.

So why are these idiots going to expensive resort restaurants, asking for menus and being denied to see them, and they stay and order anyway? This does not compute to me. Why would anyone be that stupid or give business to any restaurant that refuses to show you a menu with prices? No where does it say they were actually lied to and told something was a different price than it was, or that they were given a menu and the check came with a different price than the menu. That would be a ripoff to me.

That followup URL says they violated some tax laws and the receipt didn't show taxID or something, but the Dailymail has a knack for finding stupid people.

As a Greek i can only say that 100 Euro for a portion of Calamari is not a little expensive but exorbitant and a total rip off.....
How much would lobster cost in that case ? Of course they have every right to have any prices they like BUT, they are obliged to give customers a printed menu with prices, which they didn't, even thought they were asked a couple of times.
This is a method that i have experienced a few times in Greece... the waiter doesn't bring the menu but insists on telling what they have without any mention of prices...
Why they do it, it is quite obvious ! Being a local i have always refused to order without seeing the menu first and that has saved me from unpleasant situations, where the recommendations of the water, were the most expensive ones....
I can imagine that a tourist after being refused to get a menu, can order in good faith... as nobody would expect a simple plate with calamari to be priced 100 Euros....
There has been a big discussion in Greek Media about that incident which forced the owner of that restaurant to voice his version of the story, which was not plausible.

When a beach bench costs 60eur the kalamari might benok 100. I do not tell that restaurant was ok but we also have to protect ourselves.

I can believe this but for me, no menu or prices then I'm gone. I've even started to look up restaurants before I go to see if it's a place I'd be happy with. I do not eat a lot of food. I am a small person who never wins at a buffet. I also am picky so would be mad to pay a lot for something I didn't like or that was just ok.

I do not send back food but I want to see prices and the type of food if I'm going to stay.

I would never stay if they refused to show a menu or prices, but we have been caught out with a daily suggestion that was mentioned and turned out to be very expensive. Or they suggest we have some local cured ham with our aperitif, and then it's on the bill for 50 euro. We will not go back to these restaurants, and nowadays will post on tripadvisor to warn other people. I now ask the price if the waiter lists the special of the day. You live and learn.

Yes, those are good lessons and I think most people have been caught out at one time or another. Usually it's much less extreme than refusing to show a menu but rather ordering the special with no price indicated or the suggested starter, wine, etc. Often it's something like a 'mixed starter' or some kind of 'sampler' plate. Or they are out of the bottle of wine that you ordered and you wrongly assume that the suggested replacement is the same price.

The waiters and restaurant owners who pull this stuff are often very charming and good at their little tricks. So customers disarm. Many feel uncomfortable asking for prices of specials or that suggested bottle of wine that was described with such passion because they don't want to appear cheap. Most scams exploit a weakness or natural human tendency and I think that peoples' natural desire to be liked, respectful of 'locals', and not paranoid or cheap are pretty easy to exploit.

The result will be fewer people going to Greece, a good decision Mr restaurant owner.

"The wise farmer knows to cut the wool from his sheep, not skin it"