I was in Beijing last week at the Forbidden City entrance. Two women approached me and said they wanted to practice their English. Their English names, allegedly, are Sofia and Shirley. They suggested we get a cup of coffee to talk. I was led to the Dashaqing Tea House. Once we entered we were immediately led to a private room. The ladies ordered two pots of tea which cost around $80. It was really crappy tea--no way it could cost that much. Watch out for Sofia and Shirley.
I was scammed at this tea house for $253 USD. We ordered 2 cups of Coffee, 2 glasses of Tea, and 2 Glasses of Wine. It appears they scam a lot of people with their prices. I am working with the Credit card company to dispute. They can understand a lot of the English up until the point the bill comes then they bring out the strong men and We don't know English starts.
My girlfriend and I were scammed here for $250 US in Febuary 2015. An employee at the Hutong Inn hostel introduced the scammer that took us here.
This teahouse's employees are very aggressive. They basically were grabbing at my girlfriend's purse to see how much money she really had in it. We just wanted out of here.
Calling the police is not always an effective solution. The beijing police did nothing for us. They could not recover any of our money. The reason - we signed the credit card reciepts and agreed to pay. This was also the reason our bank was unable to help us recover the money we lost.
An expensive lesson learnt.
We talked to beijing police officers (stationed around Tiananmen square) after this fraud was pulled on us.
They said the people who run the Dashanqing teahouse here "have a lot of friends" and they have a "friends network" apparently streching from China, Henan province all the way to Shanghai.
Which might explain why this scam is not only in beijing, but also in other places.
Avoid this teahouse at all costs. You will lose a lot of money.
This fake "tea house" is one of 3 in the local area where friendly, smiling girls and guys take unsuspecting tourists to rob them.
They steal credit card information as well as charge ridiculous prices for tea and other drinks and manipulate foreign tourists as well as domestic Chinese into paying for these inflated prices for others.
Do not go here - and don't be tempted inside by all of those friendly faces who are just trying to rob you!!
Shekhar Pradhan
::I was in Beijing last week at the Forbidden City entrance. Two women approached me and said they wanted to practice their English. Their English names, allegedly, are Sofia and Shirley. They suggested we get a cup of coffee to talk. I was led to the Dashaqing Tea House. Once we entered we were immediately led to a private room. The ladies ordered two pots of tea which cost around $80. It was really crappy tea--no way it could cost that much. Watch out for Sofia and Shirley.
Eric Harness
::I was scammed at this tea house for $253 USD. We ordered 2 cups of Coffee, 2 glasses of Tea, and 2 Glasses of Wine. It appears they scam a lot of people with their prices. I am working with the Credit card company to dispute. They can understand a lot of the English up until the point the bill comes then they bring out the strong men and We don't know English starts.
Ben and Sarah B
::My girlfriend and I were scammed here for $250 US in Febuary 2015. An employee at the Hutong Inn hostel introduced the scammer that took us here. This teahouse's employees are very aggressive. They basically were grabbing at my girlfriend's purse to see how much money she really had in it. We just wanted out of here. Calling the police is not always an effective solution. The beijing police did nothing for us. They could not recover any of our money. The reason - we signed the credit card reciepts and agreed to pay. This was also the reason our bank was unable to help us recover the money we lost. An expensive lesson learnt. We talked to beijing police officers (stationed around Tiananmen square) after this fraud was pulled on us. They said the people who run the Dashanqing teahouse here "have a lot of friends" and they have a "friends network" apparently streching from China, Henan province all the way to Shanghai. Which might explain why this scam is not only in beijing, but also in other places. Avoid this teahouse at all costs. You will lose a lot of money.
Ashton Giese
::This fake "tea house" is one of 3 in the local area where friendly, smiling girls and guys take unsuspecting tourists to rob them. They steal credit card information as well as charge ridiculous prices for tea and other drinks and manipulate foreign tourists as well as domestic Chinese into paying for these inflated prices for others. Do not go here - and don't be tempted inside by all of those friendly faces who are just trying to rob you!!