Italy Venice restaurant that hit tourists with £1,000 bill faces £17,000 fines Official checks find Osteria da Luca breached safety and food description rules, reports say The Osteria da Luca in Venice, where four visitors received a bill for €1,143 for four steaks, grilled fish, two glasses of wine and mineral water. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoA restaurant in Venice that charged a group of Japanese tourists €1,143 (£994) for four steaks Florentine, a plate of mixed grilled fish, two glasses of wine and mineral water faces fines totalling at least €20,000 (£17,400), according to local media. We are for justice, always!”A spokesman for the restaurant reportedly told journalists he had “no recollection of any problems with Japanese customers”. The residents’ action group Gruppo 25 Aprile saw the most recent case as yet further evidence of the risk tourists run of being ripped off in Venice and took the Japanese tourists’ complaint to the police. “We defend local residents, and whoever puts the good name of Venice at risk harms all Venetians,” it said.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2018 13:24 UTC