Evidently they are notorious for screwing tourists based on the reviews at their site.
Here's detailed one:
Aussie tourist
11 months ago on Restaurant Guru
THIS IS A TOURIST SCAM...98 euro for a single shrimp...Australians, Americans stay away!!!!!! Tell other people so that your friends/relatives do not get robbed in the same way I did. I was a solo diner and they gave me a 150 euro bill - for 4 dinners, they might charge you 600 euro for a small meal!
It is not merely a matter of exorbitant prices at this place, they try to actively trap/trick tourists and slap you with a ridiculous bill that has no basis in reality. I ordered one glass of house white wine...no price list.
When the bill came...20 euro! The seafood only has prices 'per hundred grams'. They recommended the jump shrimp, which was 17 euro per hundred grams - they told me it would be 200 grams, but then brought over a bill for 150 euro, including 98 euro for a SINGLE shrimp!!! It tasted fine, but you would have to have a mental condition to willingly pay $130 AUD + for a single prawn.
I obviously argued with them and said I was not paying that. Eventually they said the shrimp was only 400 grams, so 68 euro. SO THEY WERE LITERALLY TRYING TO ROB ME BY CHARGING ME 96 EURO - THEY JUST CHARGED ME WHAT THEY DECIDED TO CHARGE ME, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT I ACTUALLY GOT...INSANITY.
It is easy to forget that Greece is a third world country - but the proprietors at DK Oyster Bar are there to remind us of that!! The bread, which I thought was complimentary turned out to be 7 euro for three dinner rolls; a bottle of water was 8.50 euro; the oysters were shrivelled and barely edible at 6.60 euro (more than 10 AUD) a pop.
Worst meal experience ever...I feel shaken and upset. Please avoid this place at all costs, especially if you are a lone or female traveller. Some female US tourists seemed to be getting similar treatment..so mine is not a one off case.
Best of luck - Platis Yialos is beautiful aside from this terrible (and in my view criminal) establishment. If I could give it a sub zero rating / claim victims compensation I would...
Reminds me of a few years ago when hubby took me out for Mother’s Day. He splurged on steak and shrimp. Well, that’s exactly what was on the plate a steak and a little bitty frozen Gorton’s shrimp.