A Rome restaurant has attracted a wave of complaints over the alleged over-charging of tourists after two Japanese diners claimed they had been slapped with a bill for €430 ($470) for two plates of spaghetti and fish, and water.
A picture of the hefty bill by Antico Caffè di Marte restaurant, near Castel Sant'Angelo, made the rounds on social media after it was posted on Facebook earlier in September.Related contentA number of other diners have also come forward to claim that they too have been ripped off by the restaurant.
Along with three other friends, Minh was having lunch at Antico Caffè on August 27 when the waiter suggested the"seafood -- mixed fish" dish from the menu, with a price of €6.5 per 100 grams, she told CNN."We agreed because It would be not a big deal to pay €6.5 extra to try a recommendation dish," Minh said."But they brought us only one plate of mixed fish around 2 kg.
But when one of her friends asked for the bill, he was asked to pay for 4.8 kg of mixed fish at a cost of €315, Minh said.Tourist complaints over rip-off Rome restaurant mount after viral $500 bill"He complained that this could not be this much and he doesn't agree to pay this much for the service and tip, they did not announce clearly about this rule on the menu. But they told him that the service and tip were the rules and we really ate that much," the woman said.
"When we returned, I asked the man who served us to put 4.8 kg of mixed seafood on that plate. Because I firmly believe that it is impossible and they cannot do it. And just like I thought, they couldn't do it and refused to do it with the excuse that they didn't have time," she said.They tried to report the restaurant to police, but authorities told them they should have called before the payment, Minh said.
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