Unbelievable beer scam in Prague

[@HONESTGUIDE]

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[@weetekxa2868]

Nebyl jste vcera ve Stardance?

[@matthewjamesterriah]

I was just in Prague and you should mention 2 things: 1) Don't take a taxi from the airport. Ripoff and double the price of an Uber 2) Watch receipts because we noticed service charge added without asking

[@MichaelAndersen_DK]

@@matthewjamesterriah Let me guess: You haven't been following this channel for long?

[@FUCKOFUBI]

You should register Honza for 10.000 steps chalenge, you almost killed him with this task:)

[@CartmanBavaria]

Good beer for example Staropramen brewery in Smichov. Forget the brewery tour. The beer is a bit pricy, but the staff is friendly and the beer is good, fresh from Tap. 😉

[@theguynextdoor4978]

The look of the plastic bottle lady was priceless. Busted!

[@jvbargains1]

That is the owner

[@midiausoleilceramicscaroli5224]

Probably pours the dregs from the draught beer

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Actually she thought she was busted then showed the guy directions thinking she'd gotten away with it. It's a tourist place so people will go there once and not go back. The owner will profit from that single visit with cheap beer and wait for the next tourist. The locals are probably used to the "cheap" beer........

[@coveryoureyesmedia]

@@midiausoleilceramicscaroli5224they don’t have draught beer, the only 5hing on tap here is the council pop.😂😂

[@SpaceRanger187]

People in Prague just love becoming famous over fraud

[@bond7459]

No prices on the Menu ? A big red flag.

[@bzum19]

I think its illegal here. I think there must be prices

[@Enkabard]

​@@bzum19 it is, its required by law they must have prices clearly be stated nex to product, and there are many others consumer protecting laws. But reality is, czech republic have non-existent enforcement of these laws. Biggest companies are breaking laws, making price scams, ignoring those laws every single day. They do that because the biggest fine these corporations get is few hundred of few thousand euros at most. So for a single minute of scamming they earn 100x times the value of fine.

[@thoreberlin]

This is actually a scam often normalized in really high end restaurants. If you arent rich and have no prices on the menu in a fancy restaurant you can easily get a 4 figure bill for a family.

[@Thecommentator-hc1fz]

@@thoreberlinThat’s a lie. High end restaurants ALWAYS display prices, always. Liarrrrr You probably have never been to any “high end” restaurant in your whole life. Many stared Michelin restaurants offer degustation menu and not “à la carte”.

[@cristobalbarra583]

@@bzum19 its illegal in most places to offer you to sell foor/drinks without a visible price

[@Areinu]

They don't think pouring cheap beer from a bottle is wrong, but will instantly deny that they are doing that when asked.

[@Mario583a]

"We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[@JICM25]

Yes because they also know that other people think it's wrong. That is not a flawed logic

[@demianschultz3749]

The funny thing is that people that don´t know say the beer was good and that is what matters, the beer is not bad

[@mindooglek3965]

@@demianschultz3749 So they are charging over 10 euros for you to sit there for a bit and a cold glass. Still deceptive no matter how you look at it.

[@MrMcnamex]

immoral will tell you their moral is correct lol

[@GarrettBShaw]

Honestly props to him for actually shutting down the video equipment, having a real conversation with the lady, and even though he obviously disagrees with her and rightfully so, we got to hear her side of things and he was very respectful in how he shared her thoughts on the subject.

[@thefreshgingerTTV]

Real journalism.

[@yikesomg3423]

For anyone wondering, The plastic bottle beer cost $2.82 per 1.5 Liter. A normal Beer mug is like .5 Liter (16 oz). That beer was literally worth $1 dollar and they sold it for almost $13 dollars. That's a 1,200% mark-up.

[@tomhe286]

That sounds pretty fair, it is a bar after all.

[@dankrigby5621]

​@@tomhe286that sounds fair? You're not even getting a fresh beer if you get the last litre of that 2litte bottle lmao. You're getting the rest of a plastic bottle beer^^ and even if they thought if was fair then why lie about it? That's fake advertisement and illegal.

[@freudianslip2192]

I was confused at the point of the video because this is incredibly common in America. Even expected in most major cities.

[@ClusterFugue]

Crooks are everywhere! 😢

[@TheTehcChannel]

Sounds like your average beer prices in Sweden.

[@Skylyned]

THIS is the journalism we need in 2024. Epic stuff, guys.

[@rolfwalterspiegler6423]

This is bad journalism: Beer in Plastic bottles is not a crime, nor is it bad nowadays. It helps saving Transport cost & fuel & pollution. The beer they sell is cheap to buy, very true. But the itself is OK. The place itself is napping tourists, true. Like verywhere on this planet where you have these Mass-Tourism. You know it before you go there. If do that's what you get. Same on all Tourist Hot-spots. Hygiene is a other topic. In general your way to report is on a RT-Level. [Russia-Today]. I don't like this.

[@robertinogochev3682]

@@rolfwalterspiegler6423 So you would be glad to pay 20 euros for 2 liters of plastic bottle beer?

[@huismus111]

@@rolfwalterspiegler6423the plastic bottle wouldnt be a problem if they were transparent about it

[@jazzanon3230]

​Fr they should make it clear from the outset @@huismus111

[@FerreusNRG]

@@huismus111 what sort fcking restaurant says how the beer is stored? :D have you ever seen a menu? :D

[@San-vv9uv]

You are so polite and remarkably gentle during these confrontations. Completely changed my perspective on holding people and places like these fully accountable while doing right by your audience.

[@jakub0008]

So if he was being rude, you'd be against exposing freuds?

[@shaunhendry4967]

No I think he just means that the person doing the exposing of wrongdoing doesn't need to be angry or get worked up which I also think is a real skill that he holds especially when they are lying to his face and he knows 100% that they are.

[@jakub0008]

@@shaunhendry4967 Got it!

[@jasquer]

​​@@jakub0008”exposing freuds” Hah, is that a... fraudian slip?

[@Patrick-np7qq]

He is not emotionaly invested! It's not a surprise like it is for others that someone stole his money or ripped him off. He knows what will happen and searches scammers intentionally. It's no surprise for him and he doesn't lose money.

[@DG-cz3hv]

we waked right by this place and avoided it because of you last week! Thank you honest guide!

[@sbkpilot1]

there is nothing wrong with pouring cheap beer from a plastic bottle if you tell your customers honestly what they are getting and publish the price and then the customers make their decision to buy. The ironic thing is that most customers will not care anyway.

[@ajd8558]

This! It's about transparency.

[@reezevlog]

exactly..n the same the other way.. if its expensive n honest, no one cares…

[@dwaynesykes694]

This. It wouldn't be a scam if they just put "Bratnik" on the menu and the price. It'd still be a tourist trap, but a successful one that'd likely get glowing reviews from all the foreigners that have no idea what Bratnik is.

[@flytrapYTP]

@@dwaynesykes694 It's Braník but Bratnik would've been very successful this summer.

[@rtyughvbn12]

If the customer is happy and does not get sick then what harm is done?

[@starioncostumes]

I just wanted to thank you - i visited Prague two weeks ago. We had an amazing time, avoided all tourist traps and didnt get scammed once. Your channel is a MUST for every visitor!

[@ChrisM541]

"didnt get scammed once" - so the scammers did a good job then ;)

[@starioncostumes]

@@ChrisM541 I would rather doubt that. Only visited places either locals or honest recommended, payed with card only, no taxis, just metro and tram. And I didn't spend much money either. So overall it was a great experience.

[@bambesfresser]

I went to Prague in July for the third time in five years and did the same thing. Staying away from all the restaurants near the Hradshin and ate at places - like Smychov district - away from the tourist places. Been now twice to Old Hanoi and to U Medvicku as well as Naše maso. Also, went to the simplest of pubs where no tourist would ever go. Pint of beer for 1.5 Euro. The Chamber escape room is fabulous. What applies to Prague applies to any city: Stay away from the tourist areas. Take a picture if you must but don't eat there. Just move a few side streets over and you will be fine. In Rome, this way we stumbled upon a fabulous restaurant where we got outstanding food at great prices.

[@mikeymezer]

The thing I thought was the biggest trap turned out to be my favorite thing in Prague. That open fire cooked ham in the town square was 11/10 fire. Didn’t get scammed anywhere and had a great time. Very clan city.

[@samteks125]

Did you find the best traditional Trdelnik booth?

[@Z3dL00per]

Dude... You're not a tour guide, You're a HERO! Our Hero!

[@Zunderfeuer]

At this point Dude is far too famous, it will force him to start wearing make up and fake nose pieces at some point xD

[@jaggy-snake]

A hero for who. The people that want to gentrify every major city and turn it into a Starbucks?

[@ultimatefightingshorts]

10 Euro? Jeez, and I thought 3.80 for a draught in Austria years ago was rough... Crazy.

[@elvy21]

Beer in Czech is not expensive if you don't fall into those tourist traps in Prague.

[@Vandelay666]

Running a good restaurant is hard work. Running a tourist trap is easy. So of course dishonest people will run a tourist trap restaurant

[@wedra973]

and then run away when asked about

[@mik_vill]

It’s not about hard work but how profitable it is to scam tourists. It doesn’t seems their food isn’t eatable but the prices are outrageous is all

[@paulturner9542]

It's not easy. All restaurant work is hard, you can see it on her face, she looks exhausted. People take shortcuts and need some education to see the bigger picture that if they fix things, this channel can help promote them and get more business.

[@flytrapYTP]

@@paulturner9542 everything about the beer scam was 100% intentional. The look of shock on the lady's face. The tap right next to her. Come on now. Even a village idiot knows you get beer from a tap in a pub.

[@AlexejSvirid]

The problem is Devil runs the world. He is liar and murderer. This is the reason why liars and murderers feel good while righteous persons are persecuted. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)

[@Invasionisti]

Hey! I actually went to that place couple of years ago. Back then I didn't know it was famous. :D When ordering I got suspicious of them and luckily we just had a salad and a toast + that enormous beer that I thought would have been 0.5 liters. They tried to recommend us a traditional portion of sausages and meat, that would have cost 70 € or so. When leaving I wanted to pay, the fat guy wasn't there so they made us wait for him to return to process the payment. 1st, they didn't give us the bill and tried over-bill us. When I demanded the bill, they gave it and stamped it with 15 % service fee. I refused to pay that and they go really aggressive. I remained calm and got off by just paying the food disregarding their threats. Lovely bunch.

[@Czechbound]

They are thieves

[@l4rkdono]

Sausages for 10€ would already be robbery, 70€ is insane. Fancy dinners in Prague would cost you like 20€ btw.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Twenty years ago for our silver wedding anniversary and overlooking the Rialto bridge in Venice, we made the mistake of having lunch, a small pizza, salad (some salad leaves) and two white wine. €65........ My wife still talks about it!

[@hundvd_7]

Yeah, €70 would be _easily_ Michelin star range. And something tells me this place does not have one.

[@robertk5441]

The owner of the restaurant has a nice chest.

[@frasermackie19]

Honza's acting is oscar worthy haha

[@AlexsAgriculture]

I roughly decoded the blurred text at 0:20. Here's what it says, "Hi guys, just a little tip. I drive for a wholesaler, so sometimes I see scams not far from Prague. My colleagues go to this bar, but there are a billion stops, and it’s a pain in the ass for my supplier. We take the beer into Prague, the cheapest beer from our country, and I’m 99% sure they sell it as Pilsner, so if you’re super bored, you can stop by there for a “Pilsner". " I honestly have no idea why Honest Guide hid this, I thought it would be something more juicy, but they're just taking cheap beer, labeling it as a more expensive liquor, and selling it at an extreme mark-up. EDIT: 3:15 I just spent an hour trying to decode that for nothing.......

[@hrodebert122]

It took You an entire hour? It's really not that difficult to read it.

[@robbieburton2450]

Just got back from a week in Prague and you didn’t miss with one recommendation. Made the trip great and found the best places to eat and drink because of you. Thank you

[@zaxmaxlax]

Im glad you liked because his channel made me never wanting to set my foot there

[@Vaminous]

@@zaxmaxlax I've been to Prague as well, beautiful place and didn't have a bad experience there - if you focus too much on the negatives of places you won't go anywhere they all have some level of tourist traps, plenty of positives in every location

[@henrygreene1821]

​@@zaxmaxlaxnot sure if it's gone downhill now but I went with a mate back in 2016-17 and we thought it was amazing. Lovely architecture, was great weather and one place we went to genuinely gave us free beers for a while during the Euros. People very friendly but like most places in Europe...there's always a darker side if you look closely enough. Would definitely recommend!

[@zaxmaxlax]

@@henrygreene1821 I dont know man... what I know is that I can go to every european country west of poland and sit to a café or bar and know for sure I will get draft beer not some plastic bottle bullshit scam for 10 euros. Not even in switzerland beer is 10euros, 10eur is like top premium beer.

[@henrygreene1821]

@@zaxmaxlax yeah you can go to every COUNTRY doesn't mean every BAR in said country is doing the right thing.

[@KarlPridun-o3m]

I have worked one year in Pilsen and I got the impression that the Czech would rather humiliate themselves before they sell you a bad beer. 😅

[@amunak_]

That's only if you're not selling with a 2000% margin to random tourists I guess.

[@Pidalin]

that's why these people use foreigners as workers, Czech waiter would commit a suicide before he would bring that plastic beer to you

[@notmenotme614]

I know breweries with their own bar onsite that would never sell you a cheap beer out of a plastic bottle, as they pride themselves on being high quality. They have a reputation to uphold. I can’t get my head around this restaurant wanting a bad reputation and bad reviews.

[@kurtcsk]

And that's why it's such a scandal. :)

[@ElektronDeForza]

that is only valid to other Czechs, tourists are fair game

[@martinmuller1184]

Pro Tip: if you are actively adressed by the staff to come in for a beer or a Schnitzel, run for your life. That is a trap.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

It's kind of funny though if they lure you in with a free drink. Happened to us like 20ish years ago in Spain, we were celebrating finishing school and had organized an inofficial class-trip. About ten or more of us accepted the offer of a free drink, took that drink and immediately walked out of the bar again. That guy was ... not ammused.

[@bryanhutson6741]

This goes with everything in life. When someone comes around trying to sell you anything, run.

[@Desperoro]

on the coast of mediterranean sea you can see that pretty often. And not all of them are traps

[@martinmuller1184]

@@Desperoro That is absolutely possible. But in Prague it is not very common (not common at all) regarding local pub culture. And if this happen on your tourist way on the small side to the castle. -> Run for your life.

[@frantz4318]

Depends of the culture and place.. in Greece it's pretty common to be called in. And even in France I know a guy who started an amazing chain of crêperies by calling people on the street, in a nice and friendly way

[@Tremens1]

Your channel is great, you're doing an amazing job. For the people who didn't understand: he said "large beer", and everyone normal considers 0.5 litre a large beer. She poured him 1 litre of cheapest beer from plastic bottle, and charged him as 1 litre of good beer. These kind of restaurants and owners are abnoxious!

[@loafheader]

pint is just a standard beer not a large beer.

[@Tremens1]

@@loafheader in Europe not outside the UK. We all use litres and metric system.

[@railmaster.7752]

@@Tremens1 It can still be a good beer even if it's in a plastic bottle!

[@sotonin]

She is absolutely a tourist trap scammer. In every form of it. Thats like getting keystone cans and pouring it and selling it as some sort of artisan beer for a huge profit

[@williamboyle8918]

Happens with liquor bottles everywhere

[@taqial-faris6421]

@@williamboyle8918 Most people can't tell the difference so ye, they will continue doing that.

[@Saitan74]

@@williamboyle8918 That should not be the reason to do it everywhere.

[@guybrushthreepwood7612]

Dont get the scam here? A scam would be if they advertise tap beer but then serve it from a bottle. Also the price in the touristic area seems to be ok (7 Euro per 1 L). This is just sensational journalism he is doing here.

[@kwinzman]

Plus they lied about it multiple times!

[@albertoalmeida3424]

Traveling to Czech Republic and drink plastic bottle beer is a mortal sin.

[@0L1]

You absolutely can drink beer from a plastic bottle. You just buy it at Lidl for 1.50 eur.

[@taktojonotvl]

Braník v PETce is a lifestyle outside of Prague. After Covid, many ppl found drinking at home is more comfortable. There are many many worse beers than Bráník, i heard some ppl drink Gambrinus but i think its a myth.

[@shuzzbot]

Homelessness leads to this beer

[@thor9517]

@@taktojonotvl Not everyone living outside of Prague drinks that pisswater. Go touch some grass.

[@vasekdrtic2760]

Actually is very popular among locals

[@BenGates]

I visited this hole in the wall many years ago. They pulled the scam where they put a very small bowl of potato chips on the table with the beers, and then charged an additional $12 for us having eaten like 6 chips that we never asked for. That said, Prague has many other wholly excellent, well staffed, and also very inexpensive restaurants, pubs, and cafes - highly recommended to visit if you can, just avoid this place.

[@JWSoul]

😂 makes me laugh. No one is forcing Me to pay for anything I don't want to.

[@alextiga8166]

lots of shady restaurants in Prague do this kind of stuff, they put something really cheap(garlic bread, chips) that you didn't ask so you expect it to be free only to be surprised to see the check in the end as the waiter asks for tips lol

[@alistairsmith2396]

I thought this conversation was going a different way when you started with ‘I visited a hole in the wall’

[@BaxsStudios]

I was in Prague with my dad we never eaten and drunk so good and cheap compared to other tourist places. With a good eye for scams its an amazing city

[@jenbervis4352]

Hello I’m a professional bar manager, yes that is normal to have 3 fingers of foam in Prague or middle Europe! The same with the north of England! A lot of places like to have a massive frothy head on the beer. But you are also right that that is CHEAP ASS BEER and the head probably taste like a urinal

[@guytatler9769]

maybe middle Europe but in the North of England about a centimetre is a normal amount of head on an ale.

[@scottybottybanana]

Nonsense- the north of england would never let anyone get away with under filling by even a shot

[@PaTrick-cf6ev]

Maybe if Mr. Pro Bar Manager watched the video, they would realize it is not about the foam.

[@Denkmaldrubernacht]

​@@guytatler9769worked at a bar for a few months, having any much of a head above an index fingers width unless asked is pretty much not allowed.

[@jenbervis4352]

@@scottybottybanana if you're ordering bitter or any ale tbh up north, you're getting a 2cm froth or you're getting the fock out pal

[@bennnyg..]

The look of horror and embarrassment on her face when she got caught by your undercover agent pouring beer from the bottle says it all. Shameful behavior, and a kick in the face to Prague's amazing beer tradition

[@SwissMarksman]

"amazing beer tradition" Bruh. The vast majority of people who "care" about Beer "tradition" wouldn't find it out anyway if it came out of a Plastic Bottle or from a Bottle.

[@bennnyg..]

@@SwissMarksman lol sounds like you should apply for a job at that "restaurant"

[@tomasprochazka6198]

Prague has no beer tradition, not anyhow exceptional to the rest of the country. Pilsen (Plzeň) is the city of magic. Prague has disgusting Staropramen.

[@MartinusvanTeelivecaricatures]

I'm a caricature artist, and another scam all over Europe is sketch artists who will have a stand in a busy tourist area of a city (think Leicester Sq in London) they will often have artworks up as examples of their work, and it's almost always prints of other better artists. They then produce a mediocre or sometimes downright terrible drawing of a tourist who then has to pay for an artwork that was not close to the standard of the work advertised.

[@lukascph]

You're describing Charles Bridge in Prague.

[@alainportant6412]

I mean, can't you just tell what the guy is drawing ? In Paris they're pretty much always busy so you can just watch them work on other tourists before you order. Just don't go to a guy that's not busy 😂😂

[@Halfbittenjalapeno]

I don't understand how people "force" you to pay. Here in America that crap wouldn't fly. People would serve the justice you guys are not able to.

[@alainportant6412]

@@Halfbittenjalapeno Don't you kids have anti-hate laws, laws that protects gypsies, blacks and other scammers ?

[@strickostricko]

Don’t talk nonsense. You lot pay tips for everything, coffee…beer..food. Even if the service is shite/non-existent.

[@igerce]

Honza, we ❤ you! Thank you very much!

[@HONESTGUIDE]

You're so kind, thank you 💛

[@zipzapdk]

I love how polite and kind you are, even though some people may not deserve it.

[@OlDirtNasty]

I cannot believe you are still making videos! I watched this channel before I went to Prague in 2017 and it helped me so much. You just randomly showed back up in my algorithm. Keep up the good work!

[@user-ov9dc6co8s]

Me too❤ May God bless him

[@ruzziasht349]

@OlDirtNasty If you knew what a algorithm was, you'd know it wasn't random.

[@kalebarancelovic]

Same. I watched his videos before I went to Prague in 2018. His channel has grown a lot. So glad, too. He out there protecting us.

[@ps2narr]

maybe it's a sign to visit prague again :)

[@guardian100]

Bob Marley singing get up stand up,stand for your rights in the background is hilarious.

[@Trainbrat]

yeeeah for real

[@ray-conemod8271]

Very surreal

[@guardian100]

@@ray-conemod8271 For real lol

[@notmenotme614]

I think his politeness is amazing journalism, his passive-aggressiveness doubles down on how bad these restaurants are. For example, when he says “I find it fair to talk about it together. The last thing I want is to accuse you of something that’s not true”…. When the owner doesn’t say a word in response, walks off and hides in another room, we know the restaurant owner has something to hide. I’d expect a good honest restaurant would be more friendly, engaging and want to advertise themselves.

[@danman2070]

Well done! I was there in the early 2000's and it was full of scams then. Love the fact that you guys are out there warning people. Loved Prague though!

[@jakubrydlo6612]

That big beer absolutely isn't normal beer here in Czechia. Normal is 0.5l which we call big. 0.3l beer is small and it's perfect for dinner. What they served to Honza is here called "tuplák". We can translate that as double beer or something like that. And in most of Czech pubs they don't even have this big glass. It's mostly tourists traps privilege. Not only, but mostly. Because we prefer to drink freshly served beer, so we rather order beer more often then drink stale pee. 😄

[@richymoto]

We have that size mainly on beer festivals and some times in beer gardens. But normally nobody orders that size in a normal restaurant. Wether it gets stale depends on you drinking habits ... when i'm on a beer festival, one of those takes me as long as half the size on a normal day. After all i'm on a beer festival 🙂 And i guess, it's easier to serve 1l to people on busy festivals and the steins are more durable. In a beer garden we sometimes have self service for the drinks ... when i'm there on a hot summer day i like to get the 1l of Radler/Shanty, because half of the stein is empty within minutes and i would not want to queue again for a refill.

I hope you mean than* drink stale pee, not then 🤣

[@jakubrydlo6612]

Ehm of course. 😄 I can't remember what is what. 😄

[@SkyBlueDesign1]

​@@jakubrydlo6612Já na to mám následující pomůcku - třeba se Vám bude hodit - pamatuji si tuhle čtveřici slov: thAn - nEž thEn - pAk - Když je v angličtině A, tak v češtině je E a naopak.

[@Jackson_2329]

6:17 for all of you saying it’s not a big deal. This timestamp explains how it’s not about it being in a plastic bottle. It’s about how they’re claiming that it’s on tap.

[@adsyuk1991]

Not at the time of the transaction of sale. Looks like they just say "beer" and omit if its draught. Wanting to avoid the customers finding out (which is what the panicked waitress who probably doesn't know wtf to do because a weird youtuber is outside and shes not the boss) is different to an active lie to a purchasing customer, or if someone says "draught beer please" and they said "coming right up". They likely just say "bottle" if it ever comes up. Obviously its slimy but yeh..."scam" is a strong word.

[@pederpedersson8951]

he asked do you serve draft beer and they said no. whats ur point?

[@zombieoutbreakprod]

​@@pederpedersson8951 5:04 ?

[@TheTuttle99]

​@@adsyuk1991found a bar owner 😂

[@SpinningGecko]

​@@pederpedersson8951 I kind of agree. I mean the concept is a bit slimey, however the first guy accepts "a large beer". Yes it may have been undercut a little bit considering a regular beer looked the same, maybe slightly less, but there's nothing stopping them from asking for a top up. When the waitress was asked for a draught beer she DID hesitate and after a while said no. The whole thing is set up to serve cheap beer at high prices, but this is no different to massive companies like McDonald's that buy cheap food and sell for 70% higher than what they paid. At the end of the day it's their place, their prices. If they want to charge 10 for a bottle then they can, and it's up to the customer to ask and refuse the price. I agree that selling bottles as Draught is wrong, but the first guy didn't ask for a draught, and then they said no the second time. Now given that they didn't know who he was may have been a different story, but it wasn't, so as much as I agree the beer may not have been a large to some people (to me that was a large), and the prices are high, there's nothing stopping the customer is refusing or asking for a different beer. Poorly Ran business? Yes, Scam? No.

[@MysterySushi]

If she really thought there was nothing wrong about pouring beer from plastic bottles, she would not have denied it several times and instructed her staff to deny it as well. Great video, was fun to watch, as always! 😄

[@trn8061]

As a Czech, I have to say, we value draught beer more than any other nation. The beer quality and standards are highly revered and valued in Czech. A lot of tourists couldn't give a shite. But the prices are not as bad as beer prices in sports stadiums in Sydney. Up to $18 for 330ml.

[@pascalf9602]

I'm German and have never seen staff from a restaurant staying outside and ask people that pass by if they want anything. Huge red flag right there

[@siggyincr7447]

Typical of a lot of places where tourism is the main source of money.

[@j88-e7q]

It's quite typical in many countries in tourist places.

[@manuelp7472]

Deutsche Touristen sind die schlimmsten, aber Tourismus in Deutschland geht klar

[@flafyjunikorn9078]

​@@j88-e7qDefinitely not in Czech.

[@k.s.7814]

hmmm, not in front of restaurants. But go to the Reeperbahn and be surprised, how offensive certain "establishements" "advertise" to go inside. "Gucken kost' nix!" 😄

[@ericscott3997]

Having recently returned from a one week beer tour in Prague, it's unfortunate there are still those out there willing to scam folks in this manner. We had a very knowledgeable guide with extensive beer knowledge & experience & I can honestly say I loved every moment I spent in the Czech Republic/Prague. I look forward to returning some day to enjoy more of the charm, beauty & history of Prague.

[@guillaumejeremia8779]

You know I was shocked when I saw in a bar in Brussels packed with tourists they were served, instead of cherry beer (kriek), regular blond beer with cherry syrup. In small plastic cups. At the same price. What a shame...

[@davidpelc]

In beer nations like belgic, czech or german you can always find somebody who is working against national interests and ruining beer.😉

[@RinceCochon]

Same as the 8€ pint of mixed 1664 (or Kronenbourg) and water they served you at mainstream festivals in France

[@SuperOtter]

They were selling it as kriek?? Because in French you have a Radler version that is with red syrup instead of lemonsyrup, could it have been that?

[@TheChainStay]

I live in Belgium, but not Brussels and the only place I've seen plastic cups is a festival or maybe a very busy bar during a major football match where the glasses will be hard to keep up during the match. If I ever went into a bar and they gave me a plastic cup I'd just walk out, but I'm sure there are tourist traps in Brussels that could do it, I've just never been to them. There are great beer bars there, just need to search them out.

[@willkrummeck]

Whwn we first got craft beer there was plastic bottled beer sold at the midlands. It taste like not right i dunno, just didnt get into it didnt finish some beers. But some bad beers in glass someone ok, it get hot and cold too fast in the plastic and thats when it gets weird. In a plastic cup is fine.

[@mattd6931]

You missed the opportunity when the kitchen was abandoned to just 'bump' the beer tap to see if anything actually came out.

[@austinlogan4247]

i think they serve draught to locals.

[@OCinneide]

@@austinlogan4247 Place was dead, those taps are defo manky as hell. Wouldn't want to drink from that, you'd be better off with the bottled shite.

[@Crazy_Borg]

3:42 that deer in the headlights look....

[@MotorsportCreative]

Looks like she got caught wiping her ahhh 😂

[@jakecrawford3106]

*beer

[@leonhenry4861]

Dave Chapelle voice, “Gotcha Bitch”

[@rzero21]

3:38 her "caught red handed" face is hilarious!!

[@timothydraper3687]

yup

[@alinpd]

I've been to Prague once and watching your videos before made it a great experience. We never paid more than 2€ for a beer near the center. In the center, the most expensive one was 4€. 10€ for a beer is a scam anywhere. Thank you for your honest guide! I really apreciate it.

[@guybrushthreepwood7612]

Did you check the receipt. Dont want to defend the place but they paid for the ONE Liter of Beer 7 Euro, so 3,50 Euro for Half a liter.

[@luka9529]

This guy singlehandedly droped Prague tourist revenue for 15% in 2024! Love the vids!

[@hamiltonb1159]

We need more people like you guys around the world!

[@samuraidoggy]

Why? We need less people, not more. Too many people in the world!

[@stevo728822]

Draft or not, I wouldn't pay 10 euros for a beer.

[@pittbier7597]

especially in prague, there are so many cheaper options there in much nicer restaurants

[@biro1280]

​@@pittbier7597i agree for a country that has some of the best beers on the planet thats just criminal

[@andyptv1996]

Never go to Scandinavia

[@stevo728822]

@@andyptv1996 I paid 7 euros for a beer on the Nyhaven in Copenhagen.

[@bambesfresser]

In Seattle, $10 for a beer is becoming common. $7-8 is the norm.

[@NetworkingTwo]

Keep up the great work, expose these scammers so we don't get ripped off. Much appreciated

[@meghanaanupam5372]

The world really needs people like you and Honza. We were so lucky to bump into both of you thrice😊

[@adriana2567]

5:55 It was at this moment that she knew she f***ed up🤣🤣🤣

[@jimmarshall5453]

It's nice to hear a few notes of Bob Marley singing "Get up, stand up for your rights" at the 5:30 mark. How appropriate! You have a right to draft beer if that is what they say they serve.

[@RaulRG4L]

I think u meant 5:05

[@jimmarshall5453]

@@RaulRG4L Yes, it did start that early and continued over 30 seconds. A treat!

[@RaulRG4L]

@ at 5:30 mark its anotha song…

[@Matt.Willoughby]

Could you be loved

[@andriesscheper2022]

I hear the restaurant singing: 'Come on, baby, light my fire!' 😊

[@ShadyNetworker]

This is some mighty fine investigative journalism! Keep it up!

[@tylerschroeder3722]

It's really not

And no mention of those prices? They're insane. 😶😶

[@kayallen5420]

The logic is as follows: "Those foreigners, what is 100 crowns to them? Peanuts! Nothing wrong with charging that much, if that's what those rich marks are willing to pay!"

@@kayallen5420 I understand, but not every tourist is from rich Western Europe and not every tourist from Western Europe is necessarily a rich person. This is rather exploiting the ignorance of tourists.

[@zdenekjirasek8899]

​@@kayallen5420 I would say that this may have been true in the past, when you could get Pilsen for 1 euro. Not anymore and I would say that for a normal tourist a drink for 10 euros is a significant price for his wallet - it's not one drink a day..

[@kvetadaigneault7037]

if there is no price keep walking, and go where there are prices included on the menu, I would do that no matter where I am

[@000michal1111]

​@@VideoViewer33512 I'd say by and large anywhere from 45 to 80 Kč (2 - 3.5 USD) depending on the place. If you have some real specialty beers they can go up to 100 Kč or a bit more but I wouldn't really buy higher than 100 and even then it has to be something special

[@derekmahon1652]

I love seeing your videos and efforts to help people honestly and safely enjoy Prague. I went 15 years ago with my family and people were very kind. We stayed in a room in a family's home and they made us feel so welcome. It's sad to see that opportunism and greed have entered into the business life there.

[@scepticalchymist]

It only entered into the business life there in the tourist areas. It is the same everywhere. Or do you think an Espresso bought in a Venice coffee should cost more than 10 Euros? They scam tourists EVERYWHERE in the world, when they find someone stupid enough to pay the prize.

[@TheDreamsCo]

"Get up, stand up" playing while Janek confronts the waitress is comedy gold

[@SeizingSheldon]

I love how scammers always say the whistleblower is “distorting” what’s going on when Janek literally is giving her the open opportunity to set the record straight 😂

[@blinddarm8478]

Petition to make Janek and Honza start a honest guide themed bar/restaurant in the city center. It would be first stop for every tourist. Good beer from keg, recommendations for establishments and spots to visit, information about things to avoid, where to save a buck, for example on those ship rides etc. Maybe even a map with the "good" ATM's? It would be pretty awesome and probably could run very well. Other youtubers did the same, for example "abroad in japan" just recently opened a bar in japan. I for sure would visit every time i visit prague.

[@JonZiegler6]

Running a yt channel is much easier than running a restaurant. Just use Google if you want to know where to go....

[@thomashamilton564]

Channels like this putting pressure on restaurants to up their game. I like it.

[@joemarshallamp]

These people are straight up, ripping people off, they deserve to go under.

[@bugrakaya8355]

1:55 nice Rolex bro

[@CutzMcOnions]

4:35 i think the couple doesn't understand what that means. they just assumed they got scammed for a few pennies.

[@willemkauffeld7679]

I mean they seem to have enjoyed the beer, which could be because it is very cold (they pour it in a frozen glass). If you enjoyed the beer, sure you overpayed but they don't really seem to care about that.

[@fanlbc]

I mean they got a beer for 10 bucks. Here in America that's like the normal rate for shit beer anyways. So yes she literally got scammed for pennies unless you're so poor and broke that you think $10 bucks is allot 😂

[@willemkauffeld7679]

@@fanlbc For Europe that feels kinda expensive but not completely overboard. I live in Paris, the bars I go to don't serve liter glasses like here, but a pint (half liter) is around 4€, so a liter would be around 8€. So 13€ is a bit expensive, but isn't too bad since this would be at a very touristic place.

[@rupturedinpurulence4]

@fanlbc so you would go to a country with notoriously cheap beer and still choose to pay triple the normal amount for a low quality beer. American tourists that aren't the brightest are probably the reason places like this stay open lol

[@inthenightsideeclipse4677]

​@fanlbc going to a low quality restaurant and paying more than what it's worth in that country isn't a flex. Not sure how prices being different in other countries is a hard thing for you to wrap your head around

[@NuSpirit_]

Time to involve also ČOI (Czech inspection) :)

[@robinsebelova7103]

I think SZPI (food inspection) would have a field day too.

[@petrmalik1700]

ČOI is the Czech Trade Authority overseeing law no. 634/1992 Sb. which this restaurant violated several times in this video. To present (market) a service/product in a fake way (fake marketing) in this case leads to scamming the customers of the restaurant. This is a punishable violation of the above mentioned law and can lead to the business receiving a fine between 50'000 CZK to 500'000 CZK. SZPI (Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority) will find several violations as well. Just looking at the video, I can easily spot several major ones.

[@Pidalin]

they don't care, everything is bribed here or they will tell you that this is not their bussines and you have to call other authorities

[@Ilikebeatzzz]

@@Pidalin If enough people notice the'll need to cave in anyway. Doesn't matter if they are bribed or not.

[@Czechbound]

YES !

[@originalotrex]

That's the thing about scammers - in their mind they are NEVER wrong for what they are doing. A pickpocket defends their crimes as being "their job" and a scamming restaurant thinks it's okay to sell fake draft beer to tourists because "it's not wrong if you do it to a tourist". It's all part of the same reason: Immoral people can sleep at night if they can twist their logic far enough. Their lies aren't for you... they're for them. Otherwise they'd have to face up to the fact that they're human garbage.

[@xybersurfer]

well said and very insightful

[@fanlbc]

What's the scam? Beer for $10 is as harmless of a scam as they get lol

[@salvadorsarpi9634]

@@fanlbc they lie claiming its tap beer when its from a plastic bottle, then deny pouring from a bottle when its already on tape... scam by definition.

[@charlesna5359]

This is the future of journalism. Thank you.

[@timmiaushamburg]

Uncovered the terrible scam of a beer from a plastic bottle. The foundations of the world have been shaken

[@charlesna5359]

​@@timmiaushamburg Are you a scammer? Why does this trigger you?

[@timmiaushamburg]

@@charlesna5359 YES HELLO MAM SEND THE CODE THIS IS MICROSOFT OF THE PHONE

[@gjhslibraryrocks]

The video of her pouring was just too perfect. Label pointed out, directly into the frosted giant glass, the look of being caught 😂

[@TheHulioG]

I am off to Prague this weekend and I can't wait to take a picture outside this famous cafe!

[@МихаилоМитић]

have a nice time, and normal price for beer in prague is somewhere around 70czk not 250

[@definitelyhexed]

Keep walking up the steps until you get to the Black Ox, a real pub!

[@jryan9547]

lol. I’ll have to take a pic of this famous landmark as well.

[@MartinPirko]

You also got cool places, even in city center, for example "Restaurant U Glaubiců" where you will get 0,5L on draft Pilsen beer for just 49czk or in "Lokál U Bílé kuželky" where they got many good Czech beers, for any other tips I would also visited website of "Prague City Tourism" (Official tourist portal made by city) :)

[@2xth]

good luck overpaying

[@HankD13]

I spent a few days in Prague this summer - and you advice and information was my guide. Thank you - and I really think you are doing a brilliant job of promoting one very beautiful and interesting city. Keep up the good work - and I fully intend to be back next year!

[@Sharrendan]

Hello guys from Prague, I appreciate your work. ✌🏼😉

[@lolita19711]

that beer is cheap beer for homeless ppl

[@irondasgr]

The tourists interviewed said that it was nice though.

[@lolita19711]

@@irondasgr noooo

[@Tomas.P]

Thats a stereotype. Yep, it's very lowcost and not considered as "one of the best" Czech beer brands, but even Braník can taste ok, in proper places, like Branická Formanka.

[@mytearsricochvt]

yes in czechia the one thing homeless ppl have is good beer compared to other countries. when it used to be socialist they had homes instead but they love capitalism now so too bad

[@rundaneperu9334]

@@Tomas.P No, no, no. Even as teenagers, we bought at least Kozel in plastic bottles; even then, with pocket money, we wouldn't drink Branik.

[@titodenino]

im NEVER going to Prague without watching these videos 😂

[@tomasprochazka6198]

Go to Prague, but don't limit yourself to Prague only.

[@poorfactorygirl]

I have been to Prague a month ago and I drank a beer in that restaurant. Can't believe I got scammed, I thought I'm well trained, as I watch your videos since years 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

[@zdenekjirasek8899]

If you're passing by and an employee of that business is trying to lure you in then you can be sure it really isn't a good pub/restaurant. Also all signs Janek always mentions in his videos about those kind of "pubs". Hope you find a better place next time you visit Prague!

[@8Junio76]

I bet you said to yourself it was a tasty good beer 😂

[@samuraidoggy]

I dont like your profile picture. Please change it.

[@krispynachos9980]

Just found this channel. You're a legend dude.

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

It’s good there are people like you posting these videos now.

[@marcoroams]

Good stuff guys! Can’t stand these kinds of businesses who rip off tourists ✊🏽

[@hobomalobo]

This video is fascinating. I am grateful to you guys doing this work; keep it up.

[@Oponu-Ayirada]

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[@MossJr-m2w]

I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him, $230k every 4weeks! I now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God’s work and the church.

[@MossJr-m2w]

Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!

[@AngelaKennedy-zt9ic]

Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?

[@AngelaKennedy-zt9ic]

I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@MossJr-m2w]

It's Ms. Evelyn Vera doing, she's changed my life.

[@MossJr-m2w]

I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.

[@1loFanPage]

Best KZbinr ❤

[@mannye]

"We have different views of the world." LOL That's the most diplomatic way of saying, "She has no shame and lies."

[@vasilivanov1690]

Thanks for video mate. This weekend gonna be my third time in Prague. All your tips are the best. 😎

[@shermanpeh21]

Appreciate you guys doing this. Visited Prague 5 years ago and your videos helped a lot.

[@DouglasKubler]

When I heard "Did he drink from the mug?" I thought the scam was that the beer would be poured into plastic bottles for serving to another customer.

[@Mildly_Irreverant]

Ha! Me too! Thought I was the only one

[@goldeneddie]

As a Brit, the second biggest crime here is that the HEAD of the beer is almost as big as the beer!!

[@flytrapYTP]

In fairness that's pretty normal here.

[@Veaseify]

Yes, but like any beer if you wait for it to settle the foam gets less. It is just traditional in Czechia to drink the foam

[@Deckzwabber]

As someone from a bit further east than the UK: serving flat beer would have been the real crime.

[@Norwoodg00ner]

You wankers drink carling and fosters I don’t think your opinion really matters when it comes to beer

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

Long ago a phone book company sales agent said to me," if you don't put prices on your products you don't want to sell them "

[@n7eet]

could you investigate hotels that cancel on NYE booking just to resell the rooms at a much higher last minute rate? this happen to us last year in Prague, booked 3 nights (nye + before + after) and we were surprised by the manager saying that our Agoda booking is fake.

[@tony42898]

Funnily enough, a Czech man I work with in NL told me that last Spring because he had his friends book hotels in NYE 2021 and 2022, but were cancelled. I was going to book for NYE 2023, but after telling me that, I shifted my Czechia trip up to November.

[@dobersziel2044]

This happens in lots of places

[@FurbleFawks]

Never book through a travel agent. Go to the hotel chain directly. And pick a good one or a very highly recommended local hotel company directly. That is surprisingly commonplace now, not just in Czechia, but also NL, UK and Spain that I've seen personally.

[@marksaar9698]

Unbelievable scam! Thx Janek! ❤

[@edalamay]

Selling a dirt cheap beer at an insane markup is pretty gross

[@THEFlea1991]

You’d be surprised how many bars here in the States do that.

[@josefcajthaml2753]

Tohle je úžasný i pro nás co pocházíme z České Republiky, vědět kam nechodit. Skvělý!!

[@anuragmarola4257]

8:14, she starts to record you, nobody holds phone like that when they call someone, holding from the right hand, and keeping it on the left ear, suspicious

[@THEFlea1991]

…he was also already recording them the entire time? Are you stupid?

[@fatfurie]

@8:58 this dishonest store owner wouldnt be LYING would she? do my honest boys twist their words?!? edit: FINISH THE VIDEO YALL

[@tiloalo]

Drinking a beer on those stairs you kind of know you're gonna get scammed... scams are everywhere in Prague so this super touristic hot-spot couldn't possibly be a good place to have a beer. In the end the only person you asked even found the beer nice... the issue is more that they lie about it and hide the price, not so much that it's from a plastic bottle.

[@n1troni]

Lool. So because its a normal place for scams its okay to get scammed? Never heard a more dumb thing in my life. Either you are also a scammer or dont have a good grasp with reality. Scamming is never okay.

[@tiloalo]

@n1troni it's not, but the price alone is not a scam, you expect to pay a much higher price in a super touristic hot-spot. If you don't you're either naive or ignorant.

[@n1troni]

@@tiloalo dude its not about the price. Its "draft" beer from a plastic bottle

[@tiloalo]

@n1troni what a shoker, I'm sure all their food is also handmade by a grandma like in 90% of tourist restaurants...

[@MarvinCZ]

The people are being told they are getting a great beer, instead they are being lied to and given a subpar (even if okay-ish) beer in a worse way. Of course the beer isn't horrible, it's still Czech beer and it will beat what people drink as beer in many other places around the world. But for Czech beer, they're giving you one of the most basic beers instead of the premium brand they advertise, and they are giving it in a worse way than advertised. It's not okay.

[@mannycamacho3892]

I was going to say you will be missed, you were arguably one of the best aspects of the DDE channel for the past two years but I think I'll be watching you on your new channel and enjoy watching your families adventures. However, you will be missed on DDE. I'm curious which Sailing Cat you'll be grabbing?

[@burkeiowa]

I kept waiting for this week's video and almost thought there wouldn't be one. Then I remembered that with the US having shifted their Daylight Saving Time change to the first Sunday of November, and Europe uses the last Sunday of October like the US used to use, there is this one week where the two will be out of sync by an hour. Next week, it will align again (until March).

[@superslash7254]

We should all just get rid of it entirely.

[@WelsyCZ]

It makes me angry. Today is the first day of the "winter" time and it was completely dark at 5PM already. It enrages me.

[@paradoxparade1]

First time I've ever been early for work-- except for all those daylight savings days. Lousy farmers.

[@pakan357]

@@superslash7254 If we get rid of it, we will have 3 AM sunrises and 7 PM sunsets during summer while still having all disadvantages of the winter time, which is the default one.

[@FremontMetalHead]

@@pakan357 most of the world doesn't do DST and they do not have 3am sunrises and 7pm sunsets in the summer. what in the fuck are you talking about lmao

[@quixoticfiend9274]

Someone in Gordon Ramsay's team should show this to him.

[@rickandy1215]

if you serve lager beer freezing cold, it freezes your taste buds,so you can't taste what you're actually drinking. Americans love ice-cold beer, but it's tasteless. the British serve ales at around room temperature,so you can actually taste what you're drinking.😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@galexeqe]

3:37 If you go into a restaurant and the "bar" looks like Mum's kitchen, then you're pretty naive if you're expecting the beer to be on tap

[@MaitKa]

I was visiting Prague at the end of september for work. In the evenings I chose random place to sit down and have a beer. Always from tap, perfect temperature and reasonable price. And price was available before purchase. I was away from city square and most tourist places but still. I had a good time and city welcomed me well. Would like to come back as a tourist one day.

[@scepticalchymist]

Exactly. One should never eat or drink in a restaurant around Charles Bridge, Castle, Old Town Square. Almost every other place in Prague is fine.

[@Deckzwabber]

This is how I like Prague and the rest of the country. There are so many things to see and do. Service is good and prices are very reasonable. Personally I like most of the local food, especially after a long day of hiking. But it's heavily starch and pork based, maybe not for everyone. No problem in Prague though, there are good restaurants serving every style of cooking you can wish for.

[@tinyrick4832]

If they scam me as a tourist i will just steal something in return.

[@LoneWolfFromEast]

Eastern Europe? Yes you should definitely try that and see what happens.

[@peterkratoska4524]

@@LoneWolfFromEast Central Europe! To Czechs, eastern Europeans are the cabbage heads.

[@tinyrick4832]

@@LoneWolfFromEast Everything besides North and central europe is, or will be 3rd world soon.

[@LoneWolfFromEast]

@@tinyrick4832 Are you from USA mate? Obviously, because your school system is a complete failure, did you ever heard about the Berlin wall? Open the world map, see where Berlin is, than see which countries are West from Germany and East from it. There, easy lesson for you 👍

[@UhideNcryWhileIseek]

10:40 are you being held at gunpoint or have you gone completely nuts.

[@bigpapi6843]

The city should really just hire you at this point

[@Okurka.]

The city doesn't care.

[@lucastoft4948]

Hire for what exactly?

[@simonspacek3670]

@@lucastoft4948 For making things better. I think they made video with Adam Gebrian (or was it his own? I don't remember) where they talked about special position with huge decision power and no money, just making things slightly better for general public.

[@bigpapi6843]

@@lucastoft4948 Are you new here?