Greek bar taken to court over £500 bill for two drinks and a ‘snack’ – Panorama

Two American vacationers are taking authorized motion towards a Greek seaside bar after it charged them greater than £500 for 2 drinks and a plate of crab legs, The Impartial studies.

Brenda Moulton and her 19-year-old daughter Kaylea have been visiting the Platis Gialos seaside in Mykonos once they declare the DK Oyster Bar lured them in and – they really feel – grossly overcharged them.

“An worker of one of many eating places in Platis Gialos jumped in entrance of us and began saying persistently: “Sit right here! Sit right here!” Ms Moulton instructed the Greek newspaper θEMA.

The pair say they loved a mojito every and one plate of crab legs between them earlier than being offered with a invoice for €520.80 – with a “obligatory” €80 tip added on, making the value €600 (£511) in whole.

Ms Moulton mentioned she refused to pay the invoice, telling workers, “two mojitos and two crab legs can’t make €600”. She claims an worker of the restaurant then started to threaten her, saying she wouldn’t have the ability to fly again to the US if she refused to pay.

“He then instructed me, verbatim: ‘I’ll name the police. They are going to hold you right here and you’ll not return to your homeland. We will simply discover the place you reside’,” she mentioned.

Beneath duress, the holidaymakers paid the invoice and left the restaurant – however say they lingered outdoors for a while, warning different guests to the seaside of the “rip-off” that they had skilled.

Ultimately Ms Moulton says “the ‘boss’ of the shop got here out livid and approached us in a threatening temper”.

Now the pair is taking authorized motion towards DK Oyster Bar. Brenda Moulton’s lawyer, Marizanna Kikiri, says that her shoppers suffered threats and unfair therapy from the restaurant.

In 2019, one other American vacationer was left shocked after being offered with an €836 (£738) invoice for some calamari and beers on the identical restaurant.