How to Avoid Restaurant Scams in India

Have you ever been ripped off at a tourist restaurant? I'll tell you about the tricks I've seen while travelling in India.

00:00 Tricks restaurants use to scam you
01:59 Restaurant scams in India
04:03 How to deal with scammers

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[Chumblybum]

I couldn't imagine visiting a country where you have to be constantly on guard as virtually everyone is out to screw you over

[markjenkins]

If you order bottled water. Tell them to leave the top on. Used to be a scam that places including restaurants would keep discarded water bottles and fill them with local water. They don't care if it makes you ill

[donsab-xzso]

Boy, that miserable looking beach, the filthy stalls, 😄 and all the scams they are ready to hit you with really make me want to fly right over there.

[Honda_Hooligan]

My then fiancee (now wife) visited Kerala back in 2007. We stayed in a really nice hotel near Kovalam beach. Even back then we were prepared for the touts and scammers. Being fair skinned English people we were constantly accosted down at the beach, but a firm "no" usually did the trick. We found a couple of restaurants that didn't employ touts so made a bee-line for them regularly. Best food ever! It was so cheap, too!
If you can see past the people trying to rip you off, India is an amazing country, with amazing people and amazing things to see.

[thunchan]

Also Karl, in fancy restaurants they charge "Service Charge" under the bill, which is illegal by law. You can deny paying that and the restaurant can't do anything about it. The service charge amounts to always the price of one whole dish or two.

[HairyMalik]

All Indian scamsters recognise you now bro 😅 😜 0:26 The photo guy was excited🤩 to see a foreign tourist but his smile turned to frown when he noticed that you were filming📸 hence he couldn't scam you 😅

[kvom]

I've avoided street food during my India trips. One thing I was told by natives is that when you order a bottled drink (e.g., water, beer), have the waiter bring it with the cap still on and have it opened at the table. If it's supposed to be cold, touch the bottle before it's opened.

[ashleymulvey]

So the short version of this story is don't go to India for a holiday because you will get scammed or robbed

[memehub_official]

Even indian tourist get scammed by this tricks. Greatly explained.

[HeisenbergFam]

Indian scammers must be shaking this mad lad giving a guide on how to avoid scams

[CrackingCritic]

Honestly, I’m so sick of always being scammed because you’re a foreigner. I’d rather not eat out, buy anything from anyone and just go to a supermarket, cook and eat my own food.

I’ve always said, if you were actually honest, you’d have more customers instead of ripping off one person for the short term gain and ruin your reputation.

But recently I’m Africa I didn’t check my docket at a small supermarket and walked out… When I realised the check out lady scanned the most expensive item twice. Might have been a simple mistake but now I always double check the receipt. Your tips are useful for tourists in more places than just India.

[VanillaGorilla]

I don’t care about avoiding scams, I care about avoiding dysentery

[johnny]

I used to think these videos of “how to avoid scams in India” were a “just in case” scenarios to be aware of; about any country in fact. Until I visited India last month for the first time. I’ve been to numerous countries, but sadly India is the only country (I’ve visited so far) you have to be on guard as soon as you step into to the country. The harassing and overcharging is real and constant. Don’t believe the “that’s in any country” comments lol.

[lobsangdekey]

Thank you Karl for advising people how to be smart in Restuarant and in eatery in India. I was once scammed like this in a restuarant of my home town in India. I was billed an extra of Rs. 350.00 of one dish that we didn't order at all. I just checked bill while waiting for waiter to come back with change. I read all dishes names and suddenly noticed uneaten dish name. Then went to waiter to talk about it but he mentioned other worker who managed accounts and bills so, I told him that not to repeat this again to anyone and forgave him as he said it was a mistake. I don't think it was a mistake but it is there tips of money making way. Need to stop these people. I will try that same restuarant again and will see. That next time will be not a mistake but a problem. It is very bad and sad.

[kerryabruzzo]

Traveled throughout India in 1979, nice to see that nothing has changed 😂

[jacquesmertens]

The best way to avoid scams in India is : not travelling to India.

[Kaprwithos]

Heh the photog guy got a little worried when he saw Karl's GoPro, so they had to give the legit price 😆

[galebourn]

4:27 Wait, wait, I didn't have the time to put my finger on your food

[Yamezzzz]

Could do with a few more public bins around there to dramatically improve the local environment.

[travellingyoginikas]

Great vid Karl. I did solo travel in India for 3 whole years. It was AMAZING at times but I had difficulties too esp with money and police. Re a landlord got all weird with me and I moved out. He wanted rent money for 7 extra days despite me moving out. (No contract) I didn't pay for those extra days so he kidnapped me and took me to several ATMs to try and get the money from me. All my money was in my savings account so I couldn't access money from any ATM at that point. To cut a long story short I got home and my current landord dealt with the fiasco. But my former landlord spent several months paying off the police to harass me. It was a big game and a big fight that he was having with my current landlord as they were relatives and I was being used in their fight. It was lockdown time so I couldnt move on. Many people in the community were corrupting lockdown tourists in those days. Since then iv travelled on 40hr trains and had the time of my life in India. There have been other issues along the way but I was relatively safe and I would return to India. I dream about meeting you Karl and discussing my crazy stories of India with you as a Solo female traveler. The wonderful thing is that a lot of people in India are very nice. And it's always good to avoid places of mass tourism. I think I will always be traumatized by what happened to me on lockdown as a foreign woman but I have the power to not allow it to affect me and my enjoyment of India ❤
Namaste and Blessings
Kas