Restaurant Scams in Gran Canaria

Restaurant Cubierto and Cover Charge

Restaurants targeting tourists in Playa del Ingles and Puerto Mogan routinely place unrequested bread, olives, and dips on the table and charge a cubierto per person. The English-language menu displayed outside often does not show these charges, and tourists only discover them when the bill arrives. Some establishments charge 3 to 5 euros per person as a cover charge regardless of what is consumed.