The DK Oyster bar in Mykonos is already notorious for scamming tourists, with plenty of horror stories available online about how they intimidate English-speaking customers into paying extortionate bills while charging Greek-speaking locals a fraction of the cost for the same service.
Here are a few examples:
– American family charged $800 for six plates of calamari, six beers, three chicken Caesar salad starters, two bottles of water and a tomato juice.
– Danish nurses charged €533 for one Mojito, one Red Bull and two plates of moussaka and calamari.
– Group of Americans charged $1,640 for one plate of calamari, one lobster pasta, salad and bread.
– Texas mum and her teenage daughter charged $641 for two crab legs and two mojitos.
– New Jersey couple charged $557 for a dozen oyster and four drinks.
– French couple charged €417 for six oysters each, two margaritas each and bottle of mineral water.
– Canadian newlyweds who stopped for a “quick snack” charged $410 for one beer, one cocktail and a dozen oysters. They charged them $29 (£24) an oyster!
Well a journalist for the Daily Mail went undercover this week to expose these guys on camera (while also blagging a free holiday to Mykonos) and sure enough, they tried to scam him too. The journalist and his team were charged €212.50 for a plate of fried potatoes, two beers, six oysters and bottle of mineral water which they never ordered.
The Mail recruited local shop worker Costas, 32, to see whether locals would be charged the same high prices at the bar when ordering in Greek, and guess what? He was warned away by staff because the ‘prices were very high’. Costas says:
‘They brought me a cocktail after I had ordered in Greek. I had told them that I lived in Mykonos and was a local man like they were. ‘They first said to me that I shouldn’t come into the bar, as the prices were very high and that I might not be able to afford it. As we got talking, they became friendly and served me with a cocktail in a glass which had a rim which was probably the diameter of a football.
One waiter said it was lucky I wasn’t a tourist, as my drink would’ve been three times the price and one of the bar staff laughed loud.’
DK Oyster owner Dimitris Kalamaras blasted people who complain about their bill as ‘wannabe influencers’ trying to gain attention, which is kinda hilarious. He does make one good point though; these wannabe influencers should confirm/ask to see prices before ordering. Obviously this doesn’t make the business practices of DK Oyster any less shady and outrageous, but you’d at least be able to take your hard-earned cash elsewhere.
Their TripAdvisor reviews are about what you’d expect – lol:
Their Google reviews are even worse…
Naturally Mr Kalamaras accuses online reviewers of ‘lying’, which is a pretty amazing lie in itself given literally hundreds of people are all saying the same thing, and even the DailyMail have busted them on camera now.
What else can you say really? If you’ve read the reviews and still decide to visit the DK Oyster bar, at least you now know what you’re in for. Enjoy!
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