Paradise Lantern Bazaar
shop — 50 Anchor Street
Trap score: 53/100 (orange)
Paradise Lantern Bazaar is a Bazaar popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Reports (14)
- taxi_meter (severity 3/5): Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5): The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- harassment (severity 1/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- overcharge (severity 3/5): Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5): Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5): What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5): Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- overcharge (severity 3/5): Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- overcharge (severity 2/5): Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- overcharge (severity 5/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5): Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- unsafe (severity 5/5): They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- overcharge (severity 4/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- overcharge (severity 4/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.