Foreigners beware. Sadly we got scammed here, because the place is nice.
We got our coffees and ginger bread men. The man behind the bar was chatty from the beginning and frequently interrupted us to try and sell us fresh bread/croissant sandwiches (we had eaten prior to arriving and didnt want more) and ask us where we were from, how was our coffee etc.
At one point his made some house ice teas and came over to us, interrupted us and said "for you". We were obviously surprised as we hadn't asked for them (there were only two other girls in the cafe), and assumed the were on the house. Of course, we should have clarified but it was so obviously not what we ordered, it seemed more strange to ask.
When we took the bill, the iced tea was added (and almost doubled the bill). When I pointed this out our hosts English disappeared suspiciously quickly. He asked if we wanted to add a tip and I clearly said "no propina" and explained this was because we didn't order the iced teas (but we drank them so we will pay for them). He then cancelled the transaction and reset it with 10% propina again.. as if I wouldn't check.. "no propina" is pretty unambiguous.
This sounds like it might have been a miscommunication. It was absolutely not, it was barefaced dishonesty for a few dollars. I have travelled the world and this was a straight forward scam (ambiguously give customers something and then charge them for it).
Sadly, it leaves the bad taste in the mouth. Otherwise the place was very pleasant.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Other
Price per person
$5,000–10,000
Food: 5
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 2
