Városközpont (accessible by outside elevator) Scam Bar Budapest by: Anonymous
while I was walking on Vaci Ut two Croatian girls with Italian accent approached me asking for a street, I didn?t know and they said they were on vacations and looking for a place to have drinks, if i want to join them, we walked few blocks to the Latin Bar with access thru elevator, we had a few drinks and chat for an 1 hr, they were great actress, asking where are the toilets, never been in Budapest, etc, etc. When the bill came it was 215,000 Forint (1,100 usd) for 3 rounds of drinks, the waitress brought me the cheque and asked how I would like to pay, I told her by credit card and she said they dont accept it, but I can withdraw money from the ATM beside, then I saw the amount and need to take money from 3 different cards to get the total bill. I was confused with the exchange rate and realized that it was very expensive and asked the girls for the prices, they said they didn?t have money and didn't knew the prices were expensive as that was their first time there? My vacation trip got ruined with this fraud and left me a very bad taste of Budapest. Be careful with this scam bar
Oct 21, 2009 Rating
AVOID everywhere and in general! by: Aristotle from Athens HELAS
Dear Travellers!
Avoid in general and everywhere places such "GALAXIA" or any similar "bar" or "club" where any illegal treatment is expected!
Avoid it in Budapest, in Athens, in New York or in London, simply everywhere!
Try to enjoy Civilization and not "mala vita" and keep yourselves happy travelling not in "dark" places than in luminous and civilized!