Japanese Tourists Shocked To Receive Almost $500 Bill For Two Plates Of Spaghetti, Fish, And Water In A Restaurant In Rome

As an Italian i want to warn any tourist that ventures here without a local guide, and by local guide i mean an Italian friend not someone you pay to show you around, those are colluded too. Famous cities especially Rome and Venice are full of turist traps, avoid restaurants with Italian flags, menus on the street or view on a monument, their prices are easily three times the standard and you will eat frozen food more often than not. Also we don't tip, you are already paying for the service, it's called "coperto" if you get charged for the tip ask to remove the charge, they cannot refuse.

In Kenya, that is the Average Salary for Teachers, Nurses, Government employees and people working in some parastatals. That is also a high school student's fee for a whole year.

This prices are an awesome tribute to the former italian currency

It's not tourist's fault for being ripped off and scammed while trying to enjoy a vacation. "In Africa, we ask before eating or buying." Sorry, but it's sad people have to worry about local restaurants/cafes trying to rip them off. They're taking advantage of them and if it happened to you in any sort of way, you'd be pissed as well.

In my country, you can eat solely restaurant food for six months with so much money.

Meanwhile in Japan, tourists are safe, the food are not overrated, it is clean, fresh, very unique and taste so good. People are very polite. Places are clean. Want to go back in Japan.

Last summer in Florence I thought I'd buy 4 ice cream cones for the whole family, thought it would cost me around 20 Euros, guess what - paid 55 Euros!! My bad - I didn't check the price before but it was just a regular ice cream shop, not a 5 star restaurant, so it hadn't even occurred to me that it could be so freaking overpriced!

I've been told by people, who frequently visit Italy, that in case of obvious scam (e.g. 50 euro for coffee cup because you sat outside etc.) by caffe/restaurant one should nor get into arguments and immediately call the police. They are well aware of this and deal with these situations swiftly.

It's not just Italy. When I visited Greece, a man persuaded me to visit his bar for a drink. He had a drink with me, then a lady came out from behind the bar and sat next to me and asked if she could join me for a drink. I told her, "No thank you," but the bartender served both of us. I had two drinks. When I asked to settle up, instead of telling me how much it was, she wrote "20,000" -- in Drachmas that's around $50–60. I asked why and she said, "Drink for you and drink for George, then two more drinks and company of pretty lady." I only had 2000 Drachmas on me and left my cards in the hotel safe. A couple of guys came out from behind the liquor display and I bolted for the door. Fortunately there were police not too far away and they saw the guys chasing me. I gave them my info and by the time I walked a few blocks to my hotel, the man at the register gave me a message asking me to contact police about filing charges. Apparently it's a common scam: rip off the drunk American.

My husband ans I went to Italy on a cruise and as you only get one day in port we decided to split up and each would take a different city take photo's to share with each other, he went to Rome I went to Florence, as I am Catholic he went to the Vatican City and bought me a Gold cross and chain, he believed the guff about it being blessed by the Pope himself. I bought an ice cream which cost £8. tow scoops, I didn't work out the price in advance. Delicious, anyway I thought I'm only here once . After wearing the cross for a couple of weeks (GOLD... blessed by the Pope don't forget ) it went black and then turned my neck green.

ok look if you dont know the country or it's ways OPEN YOUR EYES not your wallet , just because you would not do the same, there ARE always scammers you just happen to be in their neighborhood remember that

First time ive ever heard of a restaurant charging per weight? One could easily mistranslaste the menu as a 100g something and then later get trapped with the bill

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I don't understand.... What price did the menu say? Whatever the menu price says, they have to honor that! There is no way that I would have paid a dime until they changed the tab. Speaking to the first story, why did your friend even pay for it!? That was a dumb movie on his/her part! Next time, CALL THE POLICE and video the whole thing and take them to the local news!

I'm so surprised to hear this . Rome is one of my favorite places. The people in general are so friendly and fun loving. The worst thing that happened was when a waiter thought my sister and I were hookers hired for a threesome with our father ! Lol

Italy would screw people. That country sucks and yes I've lived there

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As long as there is a menu with prices, there is no misunderstanding, is there? And they knew the fish were fresh. There is a high cost to fresh fish in all cosmopolitan cities & islands, so you have to know what you are doing when you order it . If you can't afford it, you can always find something cheaper like sandwiches or fast-food burgers . PS : ... If you read in a menu" 100gr of fish costs 6.5 €" , do you really expect the restaurant to bring you 100gr of fish in a plate? What are you, a cat? Please...

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Well, prices of fish and meat on the menu is often per 100 grams in Italy, so if you order 4.2 kg of that, you know it is going to be expensive. And (the touristy pasrt of) Rome is already not very cheap.

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I can´t decide, which group I hate most - restaurants that rob people, or tourists - original nasty mold of our planet...