A woman has been left stunned after being forced to pay $1,640 for two dishes, salad and bread at a Greek restaurant.
Cheryl Lamphere, 43, was on holiday in Mykonos when she claimed her group of friends were mislead, intimated, and scammed into paying the extortionate amount.
She was with her girlfriends on the Greek island when she said they were left with no option but to pay the staggering price at DK Oyster restaurant.
On May 3, the group strolled around the beach at around 7.30pm to look for somewhere new to eat but quickly they were hurried inside the seafood restaurant DK Oyster by a waiter.
Cheryl claims they were briefly showed the menu before a waiter rushed the group in and forced them to order as soon as they sat down.
The group ordered one plate of calamari, one order of lobster pasta, a salad, and bread at the restaurant.
The mum-of-two from Seattle told the Mail : "Every man in the restaurant got up and surrounded us, there were at least five of them, almost blocking us in.
"It was a very, very scary situation because we were six women being surrounded by five men... I must add, they were all dressed in black, it was sort of gangsterish.
'You know, they pride themselves in using [select ingredients], but the lobster was awful.
"Everything else was okay, but the lobster was possibly the worst I've ever had. Honestly, it was barely edible."
"We are strong, professional women, we keep wondering how did this happen to us?"
The menu's prices averaged around $32 and therefore they decided to order just three dishes as they were not particularly hungry.
They pointed and told the staff they only wanted one order of each.
Lamphere said: "We were like, 'hang on,' we need to decide on what we want to order.
A group member demanded they were shown the menu which they did but didn't let the woman hold the menu - and she was pressured into making a quick decision.
Lamphere said: "He held it, just long enough to see what we wanted.
"We were not super hungry, so we agreed on ordering just a few different things to share."
'It was a massive platter. And we looked at it. There are six of us, we are all women.
"They knew they were screwing us over, it was all huge amounts of all food."
The group believe the staff had used the language barrier as an excuse to overcharge them for food they were never going to finish.
And the restaurant's TripAdvisor is full of customers who say they were forced into the restaurant with the same tactics.
The owner responded to a negative review on the website writing: "There is not free country in the western world that would force us to explain to each customer why we charge the way we do."
DK Oyster have been approached for comment.
