Police arrived at the restaurant where Chinese customers accused them of "overcharging", the sign was removed.

(Dan Tri) - After more than 30 minutes of working with the restaurant owner accused of "ripping off" Chinese tourists, including 2 portions of grilled eggplant with scallion oil for nearly 4 million VND in Nha Trang, the police invited this person to the headquarters for questioning.

On the morning of February 5, a working group from Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, including two police officers and a market management officer, went to Aroma Beach restaurant to work with Mr. T., the restaurant owner, to verify information about the restaurant being accused of "ripping off" Chinese tourists.

After more than 30 minutes of discussion, the inspection team left the restaurant. Mr. T. locked the door and went with two police officers to the headquarters to continue working.

Police and market management forces were present and worked with the restaurant owner accused of "ripping off" a group of Chinese customers (Photo: Trung Thi).

Mr. T. confirmed that he had negotiated carefully with the group of customers, about 20 people, before letting the kitchen prepare the dish. He said that the group of customers agreed that "money was not an issue".

The restaurant owner said that despite having agreed in advance, when they saw the bill, the group still refused to pay. After some negotiation, the group only had to pay more than 12 million VND instead of more than 20 million VND as the bill shared online.

Dan Tri reporter noted that Aroma Beach restaurant is located on the ground floor of a 4-storey house on Nguyen Thien Thuat street, Nha Trang city center.

After being accused of "overcharging", many of the restaurant's signs were taken down. Some information on the sign shows that this is a restaurant specializing in serving Chinese customers with a variety of dishes and a promotion of "Free unlimited draft beer".

The signs of Aroma Beach restaurant were removed from the ground (Photo: Trung Thi).

Earlier, on the afternoon of February 4, a bill of more than VND20 million was circulated on social media, with content accusing a restaurant in Nha Trang of charging "sky-high" prices to foreign tourists. The bill was issued at nearly 8:00 p.m. on February 3, with Vietnamese and Chinese writing.

A bill for 2 servings of eggplant worth nearly 4 million VND was spread on social networks (Photo: Tran Minh).

The bill listed dishes with "sky-high" prices, such as 2 servings of grilled eggplant with scallion oil for nearly 3.8 million VND, 2 plates of stir-fried water spinach with garlic for 1 million VND, 2 servings of white rice for 500,000 VND, beer and soft drinks both cost 100,000 VND/can.

The total cost of the meal was 15,724,000 VND, but the restaurant still charged an additional 4,717,200 VND for Tet, for a total of 20,441,200 VND.

Mr. Tran Minh Chien, Chairman of Nha Trang City People's Committee, said that he has directed relevant agencies to urgently inspect and handle the case in accordance with legal regulations.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/du-lich/cong-an-den-quan-bi-khach-trung-quoc-to-chat-chem-bien-hieu-duoc-go-ra-20250205103735404.htm