Velvet Star Restaurant

Reports (13)

• taxi_meter (severity 3/5): Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
• harassment (severity 5/5): They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
• unsafe (severity 4/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
• other (severity 2/5): Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
• unsafe (severity 1/5): Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
• taxi_meter (severity 5/5): Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
• other (severity 3/5): Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
• overcharge (severity 4/5): Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
• taxi_meter (severity 3/5): Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
• overcharge (severity 5/5): Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.
• other (severity 5/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
• theft (severity 4/5): Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
• taxi_meter (severity 2/5): The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.