Japanese Tourists Call Police After Being Ripped Off 1145 Euros For Three Steaks In Venice

If you thought Venice was the romantic joint you always dreamed about with fancy gondolas lazily gliding through pretty canals, then think again. Tourists visiting Venice have not exactly enjoyed a good deal where many feel that all Venice cares about is money. As one person commented to an article on social media “The hotels, the shopkeepers, the restaurants, the bars, you name it. And they do try and rip you off no question about it. It’s one price and one menu for the locals and another with at least a 100% markup if not more, for everyone else. I was out there about a year ago and 2 cappuccinos in a bog standard cafe was nearly 30 Euros!!”

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1Japanese tourists ripped off at Venice restaurant

To add this to this reputation was a recent incident of Japanese tourists charged 1145 Euros for a basic meal at a Venice restaurant. The diners even went to the police to claim about the exorbitant rate of a basic meal without alcohol.

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2Students form Bologna University charged exorbitantly for a simple meal

The Japanese tourists were all students from the University of Bologna visited the Osteria da Luca at St Mark’s Square where they ordered only three steaks with a serving of fried fish between the groups of them

They did not drink any alcohol and just had water accompanying the modest meal. When the group received their bill, they were shocked to see the figure of 1145 Euros staring at them.

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3Head of civil rights thought it a shame

The head of the civil rights group Marco Gasparinetti reported that they had made a formal complaint after the students left the restaurant. Visitors who had been to the restaurant in the past mentioned that they had been charged for seafood by weight amounting to 8 Euros for 100 grams.

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