Italian diners leave scathing reviews after ice cream parlor charged them €1 for an extra SPOON to share their dessert, in latest row over 'ripoff' restaurants in country

Italian diners are leaving scathing reviews after an ice cream parlor charged them €1 for an extra SPOON to share their dessert in the latest row over "rip-off" restaurants in the country. A customer wanted to share an ice cream at Gelateria Serafini in Lavis, northern Italy

By Miriam Kuepper

Published: 12:36 BST, September 25, 2023 | Updated: 12:43 BST, 25 September 2023

Italian diners left scathing review after ice cream parlor charged them €1 for a extra spoon to share. their dessert in the latest row over restaurants nationwide ripping people off.

One ​​customer said she asked for a second spoon to share his tub of ice cream. with her husband at Gelateria Serafini in the northern Italian town of Lavis.

The wife wrote in her TripAdvisor review: ' I shared an €8 cup of ice cream, but paid €9: I was charged €1 extra as a service for asking for a second scoop.

'I won't come but if you pass by, bring one from home.'

This happens after 'a couple were charged €2 for an empty plate so their daughter could try pasta at an Italian restaurant last month.

Italians made fun of the restaurant for its unusual price and even the regional price. go...