Restaurant scams in Peru

They charged us 20% extra

hflorian 25 Jun 2018 2 0

We once had a pizza, that was terrible btw. and a drink in Aguas for an agreed low price. When we asked for the bill. they charged us 20% extra. One of my fellow travellers looked this up and found out that is common. but illegal practice. He simply asked if he could take the bill with him to show this to the authorities. The waiter went back to the kitchen came back 2 minutes later and apologized for ‘the error in calculations that they made’.

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He pretended I only gave him 101 lz so I got no change

srukshan 31 May 2017 3 0

I got effectively robbed’short-changed at this restaurant near where I’m staying in Arequipa Its one of these local ones where only local ppl go to I had the menu el dia soup and estafado de res and it was 10 soles I paid him 20 soles expecting him to give me 10 soles in return obviously But he cEdn’ti He pretended I only gave him 101 lz So I got no change I saw him as well with a ten sole note in his hand. only to put it back in the till I speak reasonable Spanish so I was like I gave you 20 so I need 10 back But he was insisting I had only paid him 10

Anyway I know its only 10 soles and its virtually nothing but its not so much the money that annoys me just the feeling that this dirty scumbag obviously lied and took advantage of the situation I almost felt like going to the police who were virtually outside this shack but figured over 10 soles it’s more hassle than ifs worth I guess the lesson is when you’re eating in places like these maybe its better to have the correct money/change

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