Couple hit with £710 bill for two drinks and salad at infamous Greek restaurant
A couple claim they were hit with a staggering 800 euro bill (approximately £710) for two drinks, four crab legs and a salad at a notorious Greek restaurant.
Jessica Yarnall, 31, and Adam Hagaun, 30, say they believed cocktails to be 25 euros each when they ordered at DK Oyster bar in Mykonos.
After enjoying two mojitos, four crab legs and a Greek salad, they were handed a bill for a staggering 800 euros, they claim.
When they challenged the bill, they claim staff produced a 'shot glass' drink that they said was an example of the 25 euro mojito and informed them that their mojitos were different ones, at 100 euros per drink, the couple have said.
Hair stylist Jessica says she was left in disbelief at the shocking sum, but said staff insisted that they paid up so they settled the bill in cash and left.
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It is not the first time the restaurant has made headlines, with another couple claiming they were charged £300 for two drinks and a snack when they visited.
Jessica and Adam were shocked by the bill (Kennedy News and Media)Jessica said: "There were waiters outside trying to get people in. They asked if we wanted to eat and we said we'd get one drink.
"I'd asked for a menu with prices to make sure it was in our price range. The menu made it seem like a really affordable place to eat.
"We sat down and talked about whether to eat or not. They were very pushy. We thought maybe that's how it is and we didn't want to be rude.
"We asked what was good and they said crab legs and a Greek salad so we said 'ok let us think about it' then they brought out bread rolls."
Jessica claimed that they told the staff they would think about whether to order any food, but the language barrier meant the staff thought they had said they would.
"When we were trying to work out how much it was going to cost they started bringing out the food and they said we definitely ordered this," she said.
"It was a forceful moment where we didn't want to be weird about it but we were also trying to relax. We didn't want to get into an argument with a server.
Their order from the restaurant (Kennedy News and Media)"When he walked away, I asked my boyfriend if he was alright eating it and he said yes, I told him it would probably be a little bit expensive and he said we should just do it.
"I thought worst case scenario it would be $300. We were expecting it to be a little more expensive but not as much as it was with the quality of the food.
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"Adam got the bill and said 'it's bad'. It was over 800 euros and I thought 'absolutely not' so I went to the manager and said I was really confused and wanted to see an itemised bill."
When discussing the bill, Jessica says she googled their menu and showed it said 25 euros for a mojito, but her bill said 100 euros.
Jessica said: "It looked like 38 euro for a crab leg, it was 38 euro for a gram of crab leg and there's a minimum you have to order.
"He came to the bar and slammed down a shot glass and said 'that's a 25 euro mojito, you ordered a 100 euro mojito' and I told him I did not and that I wasn't given choices.
"They charged 100 euros for the grossest mojito, the mint wasn't nice. It was disgusting.
"He said we were paying the bill. He didn't want to have a conversation. They said we had to pay the bill.
"We were so taken aback that we thought we'd pay the damn bill and get out of there. We were super upset."
On their website, DK Oyster bar - which is beside Platys Gialos beach - is described as the 'destination of luxury and style' in 'one of the world's top destinations'.
Jessica claimed she found a copy of the restaurant's menu online (Kennedy News and Media/Trip advisor/copyright unknown)
The couple said their bill was £710 for the small meal (Kennedy News and Media)Jessica and construction worker Adam had spent two years saving for the trip and travelled to Athens, Mykonos and Santorini in May 2022 before flying home to Montana, USA.
Jessica says while they were at the beach bar they saw other customers 'freaking out' about their own bills and that they had to cut back on spending on the rest of their trip.
She claims that as well as being the most expensive meal out they had, it was also the worst.
Jessica said: "The Greek salad was vegetable and oil so not complicated, but it wasn't the best one we'd had, it got gross really fast.
"I'm no chef but think the crab legs tasted (bad), it wasn't amazing and not even worth 100 euros.
"The vacation was so good apart from this experience, everything else was 11 out of ten. We saved a lot for the trip. We were saving for two years. When we go, we want to have a good experience."
DK Oyster's Tripadvisor page is flooded with one-star reviews from customers who allege that they've experienced similar treatment as Jessica and Alex.
One reviewer wrote: "Don’t get fooled by their free beds by the beach. They recover the cost by charging you over priced drinks and food! Their mojito cost $58 each and it’s not even good."
DK Oyster bar owner Dimitrios Kalamaras said Jessica's account was inaccurate, but refused to state what was inaccurate in it.
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