Seafood bill of 42.5 million VND in Nha Trang: Diners are ready to make “corn and potatoes”

Tourist D.XM, who paid a seafood bill of 42.5 million VND in Nha Trang, said he wanted the authorities to step in to clarify the matter and be ready to confront the parties involved.

On the morning of May 3, talking with reporters, Mr. Phan Thanh Liem – Vice Chairman of Nha Trang City People’s Committee, Khanh Hoa province – said that related to the case of 22 people eating 42.5 million VND at a seafood restaurant in Nha Trang, the City People’s Committee has sent interdisciplinary authorities to check. The point of view of Nha Trang City is that wherever it is wrong, it will be handled there.

22 people eat 38 kg of seafood?

“Some websites do not verify information before posting. The posting affects the tourism environment of Nha Trang City and the province. Khanh Hoa. Leaders of Nha Trang City have directed the relevant authorities to check and clarify to have a timely solution, without affecting the tourism environment of the city “- Mr. Liem said.

Before that, on April 28, on social networks, there was information that “said” Co Suong seafood restaurant (Vinh Nguyen ward, Nha Trang city) “hacking” with an invoice of 42.5 million VND for many dishes. fresh. Accordingly, 5.8 kg of wild lobster costs 2.5 million VND/kg; 6.2kg of squid leaves costing 850,000 VND/kg; 8.8 kg of skinned fish with the price of 980,000 VND/kg; 6.1 kg of sea snails cost 620,000 VND/kg; 4.8 kg of snails priced at 1.3 million VND/kg; 6kg Con Dao snails price 480,000 VND/kg…

Seafood bill 42.5 million in Nha Trang with 22 people eating caused a stir on social networks

As soon as information was reflected on social networks, the interdisciplinary inspection team of Nha Trang City went to Co Suong seafood restaurant to work. The camera extract shows that the time to serve the above delegation is about 10 pm on April 27. In the group, a representative chooses the dish and negotiates the price with the restaurant staff. After eating, there is still a lot of leftover processed food on the table, which is packed by staff for guests to take home. The amount of processed food is relatively consistent with the payment amount and there is no basis to determine that this restaurant has raised prices unreasonably.

Comparing the unit price on the retail invoice, the inspection team found that it was consistent with the price listed at the shop. Comparing the buying and selling prices of the items, the inspection team did not find the shop to increase the price unreasonably. Compared with adjacent businesses, the price at this shop is also quite reasonable; The scales also have the stamp of verification and are still valid…

Seafood restaurant wants “peace to do business”

Meanwhile, talking over the phone, Mr. D.XM (a member of the tourist group eating seafood for 42 million VND) said he also wanted the police to intervene to clarify the matter. He is ready to confront the parties involved. According to him, from the taxi driver taking customers to Co Suong himself instead of Thanh Suong 2 as he requested, to ordering, bringing out and paying… there were problems.

According to Mr. M., on the evening of April 27, there were 2 people coming, then the group came sporadically, mainly for exchanges. Mr. M. confirmed that he did not choose such dishes.

“Frankly, we were cheated. We just got back from the party. No one ever ate that much at such a late hour. I asked C. – my friend, who chose the dish – it was actually lobster. I only moved up to 2, so I can’t charge for 5.8 kg. Asked for the price of lobster, the staff reported 1,800,000 VND/2kg, C. also asked clearly that it was only 900,000 VND/kg. plastic bags, not fresh squid. I also asked C. to write a report to make corn and potatoes “- Mr. M. asserted.

Mr. M. said that until 23:30 on the same day, when he waited for a long time, he did not bring the fish to the table, the payment group to return, the restaurant brought out 2 fish. At that time, two men entered. A tattooed man asked: “How do you guys call out without eating?”.

Then, seeing the bill for payment, Mr. M. said he was also startled, but had to transfer the payment to leave the matter alone. When Mr. M. picked up the phone, the man in the mandarin asked “what are you going to do?”. Seeing that, the group got on a taxi to go home, followed by 2 motorbike riders until they reached the hotel.

Authorities check Co Suong customs, related to 42 million VND seafood bill in Nha Trang – Photo: CTV

Regarding the article posted on social networks, Mr. M. said that he was the one who paid 42.5 million dong by transfer. He was not the one who posted this article, but a friend’s wife, when she heard the story, wrote the article in displeasure. Mr. M. said his friend went to Nha Trang to work with the authorities to clarify the story.

Meanwhile, the manager of the seafood restaurant Co Suong thinks that the restaurant does the right thing. Dishes ordered are delivered in a timely manner. However, the time to sit at the restaurant of the group was too short, while the 2 armored cowfish (8.8 kg) took longer to process, the dish was slow to arrive, so the staff wrapped it up for customers to take home. The shop has refunded the customer 12 million dong because it just wants to “be quiet to do business”.