Restaurant Scams in Johannesburg

Restaurant Menu Price Switch

In Newtown, the Maboneng Precinct, and some Melville eateries, tourists are handed a menu showing reasonable prices, but the bill presented at the end reflects a different — often verbal-only — price list for foreigners or contains unexplained service charges. Staff may insist a verbal quote was given and become aggressive if challenged. The discrepancy is typically R200–R800 above what was displayed.