Jerusalem (TAN): A tourist was charged NIS 10,100 (USD 2,800) for a plate of shawarma in the Old City here, Times of Israel reported.
It took the eatery three weeks to refund the money to Laura Ziff, according to her social media post.
Though the owners of the eatery insisted it was a mistake, a former employee told Channel 12 it was a scam to defraud tourists.
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“This is one of the reasons I left the place,” said the former employee, who was not named. “They started playing with the prices, it’s terrible. Police came three times with tourists.”
“It works like this: They don’t have a menu. They request like [NIS] 80 for a shawarma plate and charge them in euro or dollars. Sometimes the customer notices and sees and sometimes he just gives his card and signs… It’s crazy. ”
