Guide (anti-scam) to restaurants in Italy
Guide (anti-scam) to restaurants in Italy

Video: Guide (anti-scam) to restaurants in Italy

Video: Guide (anti-scam) to restaurants in Italy
Video: HOW TO AVOID A RESTAURANT SCAM IN ITALY 2024, March
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Guide (anti-scam) of restaurants in Italy
Guide (anti-scam) of restaurants in Italy

After the 695 euros paid by the Japanese couple for a lunch at the Passetto in Rome, not the only scam of the restaurant, everyone wants to protect tourists in Italy. But the Italians in Italy who protects them? Well, if they ask us for tips of 115 euros before the brigade we call the neuro, however, against the rule of "Hit it now, you won't see it again" an anti-scam guide to restaurants in Italy can be useful. No sooner said than done! Consult it point by point with the help of the IDP. (Hazard index).

1- The tourist-catcher waiter. IdP: Bubonic.

Picturesque figure in constant ambush outside the restaurant, speaking your language will lure you with promises of Lucullian banquets. Actually frozen lasagna and overcooked spaghetti.

2 - The "Voice" menu. IdP: High. Cases of credit cards passed out from exertion have been reported.

Don't trust it. Demand the printed menu, among other things made mandatory by a specific law, and with the prices in full view. A trained restaurateur just needs a glance to understand your income and behave accordingly.

3 - The "Tourist menu at a fixed price". IdP: High. Like the risk of a fight with the waiter.

Your gaze will remain dazed by the receipt which in the item extra lists coffee and limoncello. Did you think they were offered? Not at all, but it still went well for you. Someone paid 10 euros for the bread and 15 for the TABLECLOTH!

4 - The “Trevi Fountain” Menu (quoted by Totò Truffa 1962). IdP: Lethal, especially for the Japanese. Probably the harakiri.

In many restaurants there are different versions of the same menu. To understand, the 10 euros of cacio e pepe served to Italians become 30 for gullible Americans and 40 in the almond-shaped version. Possible solution: ask for the menu in Italian, say you need it to learn the language.

5 - The rest tip. IdP: Lehman Brothers. With three tips a waiter buys a bank.

In Italy, tipping is not nearly as mandatory as in the United States or other countries around the world. But since foreign tourists don't know this, the unfaithful host behaves as if. Example: the staff of the Passetto di Roma has agreed 4-5% of the bill with Japanese tourists. Result: € 115 tip.

6 – Bread and cover. IdP: Moderate. Provided you know the price of the loaf by heart.

In the Lazio Region (read: Rome), covered bread has been illegal for a long time. Not in the rest of Italy, but be aware that tables, tablecloths, chairs and cutlery are included in the price, for everything else there is Mastercard. The hateful bread and cover charge is at the beginning of the menu and does not include other taxes.

7 – Il NonSoloRistoPizzaBarLounge. IdP: From hunger. The supplì is hot outside, frozen inside.

The incidence of former slackers among the owners of premises with an uncertain identity, a bit this and a bit that, is frightening. With worrying results for the unfortunate customer. A few examples? They struggle to fill a glass of water, the coffee tastes burnt and the pizza is frozen. The "On" button of the microwave oven is the only thing they can use.

8 – Fresh fish. IdP: from a stranger, in the sense of a loan shark.

Chapter, it goes without saying, thorny. The fish is almost always frozen, for the frying of paranza remove the almost. If it's fresh you pay per kilo and not per portion, which means 50 euros for a pale sea bream. Does your wife crave lobsters? Instead, give her the attic opposite: it costs less. Ah! She is not your wife …

9 - The bill. IdP: Critical. How do you cope with the interrogations of Constable Stramaglia?

Ok, the bill is on the table, you are almost safe. Read it paying attention to any oversights. It has happened that the water has been transformed into Brunello di Montalcino, but you are not at the wedding at Cana! If the bill seems fraudulent to you, calmly take out your cell phone and call the police, you will see the restaurateur take on that shade of color known in Rome as Verde Passetto.

Well, you are out and, amazingly, you have even eaten well: what else? Ah, yes, thank the (anti-scam) guide to restaurants in Italy.

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