We have been charged £106 for FIVE prawns at ‘rip-off’ vacation restaurant
- Dean Cadywould stated he felt ‘conned’ after his spouse noticed the invoice whole
- Their measly major course value the couple greater than £20 per prawn
A horrified British couple declare their ‘excellent day’ in Lanzarote was ruined after they have been charged £106 at a restaurant for simply 5 prawns.
Dean Cadywould, 55, and his spouse Kerry Cadywould, 47, have been going to Playa Blanca in Lanzarote for ten years and determined to enterprise to sea entrance eatery Casa Pedro.
Dean and Kerry had loved a leisurely day of driving across the island when Dean requested the waiter if the seafront restaurant had any prawns on the menu as they’re his ‘spouse’s favorite’.
The couple stated they have been served a bread basket, 5 king prawns accompanied by simply eight Canarian potatoes, and two drinks.
Dean says they already felt disenchanted by this as there was solely ‘hardly any meat’ on them as soon as they’d been de-shelled.
However the dad-of-two was left feeling ‘conned’ after his spouse noticed that the invoice got here to a whopping whole of €137 (£116).
Dean Cadywould, 55, and his spouse Kerry Cadywould, 47, have been going to Playa Blanca in Lanzarote for ten years and determined to enterprise to sea entrance eatery Casa Pedro
The couple stated they have been served a bread basket, 5 king prawns accompanied by simply eight Canarian potatoes, and two drinks
Their measly major course of 5 prawns final Saturday got here to €125 (£106) – that means it value the couple greater than £20 per prawn.
Despite paying the invoice, the magician was so ‘incensed’ he returned to Casa Pedro to complain and was supplied a €40 (£35) refund.
However, he nonetheless would not suppose that is sufficient and believes the restaurant to be profiting from unassuming vacationers.
But the restaurant defined that the couple loved Carabineros prawns, a prized and costlier kind of prawn with flavours extra akin to lobster.
Dean, from Leigh-on-sea, Essex, stated: ‘We requested for the invoice, they introduced it over and it is for €137. My spouse’s face dropped.
‘I stated “what’s wrong?” She stated, “it’s €137”. The prawns weren’t value €25, nevermind €125.
‘[The owner] came visiting and stated, “Yes, I know, sorry they’re expensive”.
‘We acquired house, I put it on Facebook and somebody stated the worth needs to be displayed.
‘I went marching again there. I used to be that incensed. I used to be livid. I simply felt cheated, he knew precisely what he was doing.
‘It simply takes benefit of vacationers. We’d had a tremendous day, a tremendous vacation, and it 100% ruined our night time.’
The bread and butter value the pair €4, their drinks totted as much as €8, and the prawns €125, which Dean claims he and Kerry have been completely unaware of.
An picture of a prawn dish, as displayed on the restaurant’s social media account. The couple stated they have been served a bread basket, 5 king prawns accompanied by simply eight Canarian potatoes, and two drinks
The couple’s measly major course of 5 prawns final Saturday got here to €125 (£106) – that means it value the couple greater than £20 per prawn
Dean posted a livid message concerning the meal on social media, noting that his day was ‘utterly ruined’
Dean stated: ‘My spouse loves prawns, so I simply talked about king prawns. They went “oh hang on, let me go to the kitchen and see if we have any”.
‘They got here out with these prawns and we checked out them and thought “lovely”.
‘So they carry it out [the prawns] on a silver tray, 5 king prawns all of their shell, about eight Canarian potatoes and some slices of tomato and lettuce. That is it.
‘My spouse and me, we did not wish to trigger a scene however we simply type of checked out one another with an inquisitive smile, considering “how does this work?”
‘[We got] two and half king prawns as our major [course] which we needed to shell. There’s hardly any meat.
‘That’s earlier than I knew I used to be being ripped off.
‘The complete factor was so weird.’
Dean and his spouse, who owns a balloon store, have been going to Lanzarote for years and hope to maneuver on the market in the future collectively.
However, the couple have now vowed to keep away from Casa Pedro without end and hope to warn different holidaymakers about being conned by the restaurant.
Dean stated: ‘We love Lanzarote, Playa Blanca. We find it irresistible and we have been there many occasions over the previous couple of years.
‘We all the time rent a automobile so we might been driving around the island and had a stunning day. We have been wanting ahead to a pleasant dinner.
‘It was a brilliant day and it simply actually bugged me. They have been simply taking the mickey.
The couple have now vowed to keep away from Casa Pedro without end and hope to warn different holidaymakers about being conned by the restaurant
‘It wound me up. I simply do not like being conned.
‘[The next] morning we form of smiled about it and put it behind us. It does rile you up although.
‘My spouse and I wish to transfer on the market finally however we might by no means return there. It was so unhealthy.’
The restaurant has a ranking of three.7 stars on Google, with quite a few one-star opinions complaining concerning the value and particularly the prawns.
When contacted for remark, Restaurant Casa Pedro claimed that the couple have been served Carabineros pink prawns, which they claimed are usually not like abnormal shrimp or prawns however are extra like pink lobster.
Carabineros are kind of deep-sea prawn coveted for his or her dimension and flavour, and are recognized for being costlier than common shrimp.
