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The original was posted on /r/japantravel by /u/bdguy355 on 2024-05-15 20:59:16+00:00.
My family and I were walking around the Gilco sign, looking for a place to eat. We saw this guy holding a sign in the street for a restaurant with food that looked pretty good.
It was pretty late, we were all tired, and we just wanted to some place to eat. So we asked the guy about the restaurant, and we ushered us into a building where my family of 6 squeezed into a tiny elevator into a dingy little restaurant.
We were sat down and they asked if we wanted Japanese or English menus. I asked for English, which looking back was a huge mistake. We ordered just a couple of items, but solely through a QR code on the table, no servers came to us. When we just asked for water, they told us to order through the QR code, where were charged ¥200 for each water. We assumed it was gonna be bottled water for that price, but it wasn’t.
We finish up our meal, and I calculated it to be around ¥6,000. When we went up to pay, they charged us ¥10,580. I was confused because that’s not what the prices were based off the menu. The guy goes on about “taxes” and says we need to pay the ¥10,580. I’m tired, confused, and just end up paying the guy the money, and we leave. On our way out, my dad makes a joke to the guy, and he laughs, then says in perfect English “I don’t speak any English.”
I know it’s kinda my fault for being a tourist, but I’m just annoyed at how we got scammed an extra ¥4,580.