Reviews are extremely important so we'll be happy if you rate our video! But please, don't rate places you've never been, that would be wrong. Test it for yourself and then you can post a review. So give it a go. I mean... unless you're from Indonesia and don't eat pork. Yeah. The previous video where we showed how they target tourists and give them larger portions is here: th-cam.com/video/mcig6lxjm00/w-d-xo.html
I was in prague and live the city I hate scamers so i had to throw in a dime or two in lowereing that places ratings But i gave a detailed explanation all based on what you said in the previous video
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I'm from Indonesia and fortunate enough to have visited Prague. I'm sorry to see about the fake reviews. Fake reviews services have been around for years in Indonesia but what surprised me the most is that it has gone international with excellent English and long narrative. I hope that this is an isolated case and not happening in other places.
It's actually new for me to see Indonesians are being used for fake reviews especially in International matter.. ngeri ini di masa depan buat opini publik terhadap bangsa.
I would say Fake revieww services came around the same time as sosial media influencer, it is kinda weird seing fake indonesian account do that in another country though. Maybe the agency that do the marketing for the stall just randomized choose indonesian bot to spam the review.
As an Indonesian who's living in Czechia, I am proud to let you know that I HAVE REVIEWED that place as well as the worst one. For their expensive drink that I had to pay. So you see, an Indonesian legit comment here! HAHAHA
Not always. Sometimes you get extremely good service but for whatever reason you don’t want to spend time writing the specifics. Yes, it’s not good , but it happens. Makes sense to analyse other reviews and the profile of the commenter just like the author of the video did
"Fantastic, amazing, perfect", just like my personal write-up on my Tinder profile... At least the girls there can spot a fake when they see it! Sigh, I'm so alone! Lol!
This was very thorough and outlines the common problem of fake reviews where you can pay a service to get multiple 5 star ratings. I'm glad people like the honest guide are around to take time and point out this problem so precisely. Great video 5 stars from someone who was not paid to write this review ;)
@@votown1003 I think they took down their Google My Business pin of their restaurant. Which would be why you can't find them on on Google Maps anymore.
This is hilarious and fantastic. Hilarious because when my husband and I were there in 2011, my first time back since my family left in 1968, we too were completely scammed by a ham vendor. My Czech was rusty and I was not understanding. They sold us a chunk of ham that was the size of my head. They saw us coming! I am still so mad at that vendor - we were eating that ham for 3 days…. I should write a review!
Atleast it is the kind of scam you can laugh about. it doesnt financialy ruin you, it does not give you food poisoning either. And you are sold what you ordered.
Every time I read reviews somewhere I only look for the bad ones. If place have 95% good comments but you can see a pattern in the remaining 5% you get the idea what could go wrong.
I do somthing similiar. Don't look at the rating i'm looking at the comments, people are usally commenting when somthing is bad. So those are the ones that can give you info about the place especially when it's a mix of both bad and good.
Yeah, looking at the comments rather than the stars is always a good idea - also because sometimes people will rate poorly something you actually prefer. (Mind you, that applies more to things like films and books than eateries. But still.)
@@Pidalin I had dinner in smichov and zizkov two weeks ago. A few tram stops from the centre. Both restaurants had traditional czech dishes for around 200. Steaks and other specialities were more expensive that is sure.
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@@ondrejsoroka8170 without soup, just the main dish for 130. It was in U Mariánského obrazu on zizkov near the tv tower. And tankove Pilsner for 52
I went to one of the stands in the old town after a few Svařáky (sp?). I asked them for the smallest sample possible because I just wanted to try it. They gave me a mountain of 300 g. It took me a few seconds to convert the Czech crowns to Canadian dollars and when I realized how much it was as they were handing my change back, I protested, and he said that 300 g was the smallest portion available and it was impossible to refund me because the transaction had been concluded! My wife is Czech and she and her family all had a really good laugh at me when I returned home to tell them the story, still clutching a half eaten plate of sweaty meat because I refused to throw it out after the amount I had spent. Tomorrow I head back to Prague so I will have to visit them again.
@@Kune35 yeah you’re absolutely right. It was either hold up the line yelling at the guy and refuse to leave until I got my refund, or take my lesson in the school of life and make way for the next patsy. I wish I had done the former but I did the lattet
@@jonmilstein373 I guess your mistake was proceeding with the transaction in the first place. I would have just said nah I don't want that much and (at least threatened to) just walk away without handing over cash.
I was writing a review and the place just disappeared from google map! Thank you Honest guide to oblige this "honest" restaurant to deactivate the restaurant from google map 🙏
They reactivated it to catch all the bad reviews coming after this video. In a month they will delete this one again and reinstate the one with the good reviews. Can't say the owner isn't a smart kind of thief.
I visited Prague for the first time last week, instead of going to tourist attractions, I went to scam attractions I found on this channel! Sitting on the bench behind the Old Prague Ham shop was truly amazing, what a view. Thanks for the content mate.
I've seen this a couple of times now: beware if the average rating is exactly 4.6 stars!! For some reason, the bots/AI systems of review sellers seem to have that set as a target value, and will stop buying more 5-star ratings once 4.6 is reached. (Because, 4.7 is too good to be true??). So, if a place, service or product has an average of exactly 4.6 stars, that's kind of a red flag by now! Make sure to go and check the distribution: if it's only 5 stars or 1 star reviews. they most likely bought positive reviews. -- And of course, check if tons of Muslims rate ham/pork stands overnight ;)
It's very rare to see bulk 5-star reviews. If the business is legit, you should also see a good number of 4 and 3 star reviews unless the business is truly exceptional (quite rare)
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We were in Prague in 2019, and ate there. We had heard about their weight system, so we asked for a portion for a specific amount of money. The staff weren’t very happy, but they did prepare portions for the money we offered.
To be frank, as Indonesian I find its quite expensive for us to go travel to Europe. We had a lot of demographic-economic issues in here, so travelling isnt something that really to be priorities in our daily life. Yes some of Indonesians would be able to afford travelling around the world, but even most of them were really doing careful budgeting in advance, the currency ratios are so high for most of us (1 EUR : 16.000 IDR) so eventhough we are able to travel to europe, Im pretty sure most travellers from Indonesia would kinda be "cheeky and cheap" with travels spendings. Looking how weird all those comments were, thats not real. Its just showcased how fragile our internet reviews service really are.
Love this! You get a gold star. My "favorite" fake review spot is Audible. I often buy some niche-specific literature that has been "contributed to" by some authors whose poorly thought out pen names often combine or loosely mimic names of legit authors in the field. Their works are little more than regurgitations of information easily obtained online or through minimal experience, yet the titles and keywords can garner a look. Reading the reviews is entertaining for its cringiness alone. There will be clusters of glowing (and obviously fake) reviews interspersed with the occasional real one (which either points out that other reviews are fake or how poorly done the "book" really is). Why can't they just put their energy into making a legit profit?
We where there, several times in Prague, smells heavenly, tast well, cost way to much, an sellers are the most chancharine people you'll ever met, once tricked, will never happen again. BUT Prague is a great city, one big museum, worth te visit. This channel will make our next visit even better, great job guys.
I've been noticing a ton of these types of spam reviews not just on google reviews for locations, but also on their playstore for apps that attempt to scam you out of money with false advertising. Been on a personal crusade to report every review for locations/apps. I tend give the apps a chance and then write a review to acknowledge whether or not it's false advertising. It's a huge problem and it warms my heart that you are tackling it locally as well! Keep it up guys!
there are so many groups in indonesia that sell subscriber and review. the price is cheap and they are structured group. its kind of popular side job in indonesia
I saw something like this for a computer shop. I went to fix my sister's computer and the guy was super shady, he kept it for half a day and didn't even open it even when he said it'd be done in 3 hours. Finally I left a bad reviews and some pictures of his dirty and empty shop (that showed in front since he never did put any pictures). And I wasn't the only one that was disappointed with his "services". A couple months later, the Google page had other reviews and pictures. Turns out he changed the address and names of the shop and my comment was now in a non existent record store at the other end of the city. And as Janek said, I didn't want to be dishonest with my review, so I posted it again on the new Google page, linked the "record store" in my review and added the original pictures 😁
- love this and thank you - I could see the dollar signs in theirs eyes as any foreign tourist approached, hey actually your natural acting skills are superb, the chin scratching just brilliant - totally laughing out loud- almost choked on my marmalade toast
I'm going to Prague next week! Im so excited and thanks to your TH-cam channel I now have tons of tips of what to do and not to do and places to eat and see. Thanks :)
Truely impressed by the actions you took to show whether these reviews are genuine or not. Also respect the way you proposed to fight against fake review. Really positive 😂😂
My husband and I were in Praha last year, and first thing we planned was a couple of walking tours with an excellent guide. He mentioned these ham places, and said to make sure we were firm about how much we wanted, since they'll give you a big portion of you don't specify. We didn't get around to it, sadly, maybe next time! One other thing he pointed out was the LARGE number of candy stores... That were always empty. He wondered about how they could possibly stay afloat. We kept our eyes open after that, and he was so right... So many, and right in the old town. A bunch of them Captain Candy, but all looking identical inside, and I think I maybe saw one person in one once? This was early September, so the city was generally busy. Suspicious!
There's definitely something dodgy with Google reviews - seen a number of fake accounts where they have reviews for places all over the world with text which is completely irrelevant to the businesses 🙄
And the honest reviews are deleted by censorship. Since my honest bad reviews got deleted from a few places, I've deleted all reviews and photos from google maps, as I don't want to help a censoring company.
Just checked the reviews on maps, and Their rating is down to 1⭐ Janek and Honza top boys. Can't wait to visit Prague next year. Keep up the good work guys 💪🏼
Love your show. I usually don’t go to places that have lots of positive reviews from people with one review. This is a red flag that those reviews are more than likely fake. We will be in Prague in the next couple of weeks and we will look for you there. Thanks for the great content.
Reviews are a minefield. It's so difficult to find truthful reviews. Whether you're trying to buy something small, big, go somewhere it doesn't matter. The fake reviews are everywhere.
You have a really friendly way of talking about this kind of work. Careful and considerate . Thank you! The way in which you show us the obvious fake is also funny and ironic. It is a pleasure to listen to this detective novel. I saw it on TV once how companies buy these reviews to ameliorate their business. With sport shoes or expensive things it is no more fun.. There is also software you can buy and robots are writing the reviews
I've been to Prague three times and always avoid the restaurants around that square but did try a trdlo ice cream from .U Lužického semináře, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia the filling was ok but the rest was s****. I always find the best places are a few streets from the main drag and if the locals drink and eat there it must be good.
In my opinion, yours is one of the best channels on youtube, I wish there were more like this, keep it up, God bless you and your team and give you health, wealth and help in all you do. Thanks!
I'm Indonesian, I have been eager to come to Prague since 5 years ago... and upon my arrival next year, I wanna say my utmost opologies and thank you for factual information given by Honest Review, it will come in handy. In addition, commenting on those so called fake reviewers, apparently most of them (based on their names) are Balinesse, and fyi the majority are Hindhu, they eat pork. So for those who are ready to type hateful opinions in the comment section about us, please refer to the fact that we're not crooks. Presumably, like what Janek said, those people who are paid to give the reviews unfortunately from my country. We all have our own interest in making bucks, maybe those people just caught up in bad circumstances happened to give biased and fake reviews for a living or maybe wishing to travel to Prague? who knows. Once again I must say sorry, folks. All love and greetings from Indonesia, Rahayu🙏
A Tim Horton’s just opened in Manchester, UK, and was met by 40 5-star reviews on the opening day, all mentioning how friendly “Puneet” was with her service, and within a week the perfect 5.0 came down to a 4.7 as people reviewed their acrual experience or noticed all the fake reviews.
Wow, your video seemed to have an impact again like with those toll booths. I just tried to find it in Google maps but the place has been deleted. Good job 👍
My wife and I have a Penzion in the Beskyds. We have a 9.2 rating. I swear it would be 9.8 if we disallowed Germans. Most common complaint, the beer - not enough selection. We serve Pilsen and Radegast. Really? Different problem, but you are right in that the ratings matter. However, I don’t think we will turn to Indonesia for help. Thanks for what you guys do. I am a big fan.
That's actually quite funny to hear from Germans, considering that if you visit the beer capital Bavaria, they will serve either weissbier or standart helles, which might come from 2-3 breweries, but the taste is nearly identical lol. If you go to some exotic place, the might even have dunkle, if you're lucky. Belgian beer > Czech beer > German beer anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Worth noting that although you asked people not to review these stands without going there something people can do is flag those dodgy reviews. More flags, more likely they get removed.
Just wanted to leave a review of this stand, as I indeed visited it with my ex-girlfriend already a while ago. So I indeed could leave a review. It seems like, they took down any information on google, so leaving a review is not possible anymore. Back then I saw that 100g are quite expensive already, but as she wanted to have Prague ham, we decided to buy one portion for the taste and eat something normal somewhere else. I thought one portion would be 100g, so I ordered one, and got a huge portion and it was expensive. Luckily I was not alone, so we could finish it, but yeah, I felt scammed. It tasted okay but was definitely not worth the money. For less, I could have eaten the best steak in town and been full.
I went to one of those ham stands years ago and got a LOT of ham. I'm a big guy so I ate it, but for people under 100kg it might have been a little overboard. Statistically, those reviews are quite unlikely. Heaven on Earth is a bit hyperbolic but it was tasty enough
Having been to Prague a lot of times I can tell you this: A LOT of stands and stores in your city is there to scam tourists! Now I know this is not due to people in the city being bad people - however there are some of you who make a whole lot of money doing this! The first time we were there we seriously got scammed several times - including one of these crap places. We did however see through the currency exchange scams which happened ALL the time in the mid 90's when we were first there. These days it's rarer - but still happens WAAAAYYYYY to much! These days the biggest issue is that you have to be skeptical about everything when visiting Prague and ask questions confirming the price of stuff. There is so many people trying to trick you instead of doing honest trading, and apparently the government does nothing to stop it. It's kinda sad because I love 98% of what Prague has to offer - it's just the last 2% that ruins it the experience and makes you paranoid about constantly checking if you are getting scammed.
I would take those reviews on the internet with a very large grain of salt. When I go to another city, Rome for example, I never base my choices according to reviews because they are fake and unreliable.
I usually watch the bad reviews, they're more interesting than the 5 stars. Once I saw most of the negative reviews on a pub because the waiter didn't came at their table. When there litterally little plaques everywhere with "counter service only". I did try there and wasn't disappointed 😃
I've watched over twenty of your documentaries, I feel like I have to insert a comment; Accurate findings and your work will certainly help internationally. Good job 👍🏽
I have worked in a really terrible Hostel in Prague during my first year here when I was a student. It was so bad and the owners were thieves and I could see them writing fake reviews all the time. Even time to time people from Hostelworld and Booking and other platform were calling them cause of the amount of complains, but to not get kicked of such platforms they had to always put 5 stars and to us it as a fake argument "Well we had happy people staying in". They have changed their Hostel name and made the new one sounds like a new Hostel and yet the reviews are still going down and yet there are new fake reviews.
I remember once when i went to Prague and i saw so many "excellent" reviews, i specifically remember one review on some small café in Prague's old town where about 60 out of the 65 or so reviews were rated 5 star and all were phrased very very similarly. When i came to Prague in the summer of 2019 out of pure curiosity i wanted to go to that café and when i went out of my hotel and searched it up on google maps to find my way there it was nowhere to be seen, simply bizarre...
This video is an absolutely ridiculous scam! our, I mean the Prague hams food is absolutely perfection, you can get the portion size you want, if you ask for it. I told my friend about this place and now he goes there everyday!! Me and my friend will always visit the hague pram from Indonesia.
If ur honest ..then I am sorry your taste buds like old dry overpriced meat. When u could get the same thing better cheaper, one block away! So yeah. .seems like a lie
Hi, I'm intrigued on visiting Prague and experiencing the ham stand. But unfortunately I'm Muslim and I can't consume pork. But I'll make sure to visit the other tourist attractions in Prague and hopefully not break any laws while visiting 😜
It's interesting how this varies from country to country. I spent two weeks in Greece 4 years ago and the biggest problem there was also getting too much food but it was always my fault because I assumed that if a meal was cheap there would be small portions. So the first few times I got portions that were too big until I recalibrated my expectations of Euros to portion size (yes you can get a good tasting Gyro that will fill you up for less than €3). I've not been to Prauge since 15 years ago so I can't say much about the food there beyond saying that the one bad experience I had on that 19 day trip to Eastern Europe was with a Prague restaurant that had high prices and bad service despite supposed good reviews.
Before this stand I was a simple person existing in bliss towards by own life… however this retched stand has brought my hate towards ham to unfathomable heights. My soul yearns for the memory of this terrible stand to be erased, to return me to my hamless bliss. Why, I ask. Why? Was 100g not enough to satisfy their hunger? Or was it the disgusting greed that drove to such a low and pitiful state? I pray for your soul 🙏 The kebab looks good tho!
Indonesian here! There are plenty of Indonesians who go there and we usually use the tour company either local from eu (went there on last may with go eu go) . Much easier to travel since the language barriers and most of us usually fly to amsterdam/ germany / paris. In this case i agree with you those probably fake review since there are rumors that some school ask student to create review for like english assignment (not sure if they get paid or not) and we actually facing the same problem back home, a lot random reviews even on closed business 😂. But weirdly those review names are common for non muslim Indonesian.
You're doing a great service with exposing these scams. I don't eat pork so I'll of course avoid it. :) But you're doing an incredibly important job, and for that I thank you!
I hear you loud and clear boss. In fact I was just in Prague and happened to snag some of this stand's ham. Gonna write a review about how shite it was. Good thing I was there!
Agree with most things said here as well as in almost all of yours posts, however eventhough everytime I come to Czech republic I am aware it's a rip off to taste a Prague ham, but no matter how much it costs I'd pay for a taste of it, and this is coming from a guy raised up in Serbia not from Indonesia. What i I'd like to find out from our video is where could people find a true Prague ham apart from city centre?
Lmao I looked the place up, and a review from a week ago called it a tourist trap and a scam. The owner replied: "Dear Sir. Please refrain from this false review and abuse. Compared to the nearby establishments, our ham is considerably cheap in spite of its high quality. In one of the unnamed businesses nearby, which often gets promoted by a youtuber that you may know well, 100 g of ham costs CZK 145, here it is CZK 119. So, please do not engage in unfair practices and lies."
Love the talk at the end. If a restaurant deserve one star, give them one star, as you do not work for the restaurant but the restaurant work for you. But do not give them hell if you never been there.
What a coincidence. Last week we were in Prague and I told our friends about the portion-scams. We passed by and I still saw the big portions but not many people buying anything. So yes, I could confirm this scam is still going on.
Reviews are extremely important so we'll be happy if you rate our video! But please, don't rate places you've never been, that would be wrong. Test it for yourself and then you can post a review. So give it a go. I mean... unless you're from Indonesia and don't eat pork. Yeah.
The previous video where we showed how they target tourists and give them larger portions is here: th-cam.com/video/mcig6lxjm00/w-d-xo.html
I was in prague and live the city
I hate scamers so i had to throw in a dime or two in lowereing that places ratings
But i gave a detailed explanation all based on what you said in the previous video
600 Reviews and it get's more and more...
Love your videos! Doing a school project on The Czech Republic, and these really help. Thank you 👍
It looks like they have disabled reviews.
I won’t even go to the Prague ham stand on the old when I visit Prague 4 years ago and Visiting in June
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A friend recommended this channel and I couldn't believe it. Their reviews are so delicious! Like heaven on Earth! I always stop by when I visit TH-cam.
Agree, the videos are very affordable too! Depends on how long you watch it for.
LOL
Well done! :D
I couldn't resist the smell of great content.
They review by weight. They will slice a review to the size of your liking.
I could smell this video all across the square. So delicious. Mastery of content. Five stars. Hello from Indonesia.
And you can choose how much of it you want to watch. Very friendly host.
@Tyler i get half a kilo of pisgcalf with sauerkraut and potatosalad for 12€ in vienna, overpriced is an understatement
Yes this vid is very good its like so good but haram but IDC i still want to watch this vid and hello from bandung,indonesia
@Tyler I agree, that ham looks tasty. But you probably wouldn't get much for a reasonable price.
Indonesian taste is higher than just a slice of ham & bread.
I'm from Indonesia and fortunate enough to have visited Prague. I'm sorry to see about the fake reviews. Fake reviews services have been around for years in Indonesia but what surprised me the most is that it has gone international with excellent English and long narrative. I hope that this is an isolated case and not happening in other places.
It's actually new for me to see Indonesians are being used for fake reviews especially in International matter.. ngeri ini di masa depan buat opini publik terhadap bangsa.
I would say Fake revieww services came around the same time as sosial media influencer, it is kinda weird seing fake indonesian account do that in another country though.
Maybe the agency that do the marketing for the stall just randomized choose indonesian bot to spam the review.
If Indonesian people are Muslims and Muslims dont eat pork, how are they eating the ham???
@@sameermohammed2630 that's the point of the video, we don't.
but i personally do tho.
Harry from indonesia.. doubt X
As an Indonesian who's living in Czechia, I am proud to let you know that I HAVE REVIEWED that place as well as the worst one. For their expensive drink that I had to pay. So you see, an Indonesian legit comment here! HAHAHA
You look cute
@@randomworld4662 come on bro
Have you tried "DA HAM", though?
@@randomworld4662 Down bad smh
@@apinkshrimp you look beautiful
Next time I visit Prague, I will definitively visit this place. Seems they are famous for their unique Hallal Pork🙈
you killed itbro..... "Hallal Pork" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Uncle Roger approved
Make sure to ask if it is halal pork.
Do they offer kosher ham, too? 🤣🤣🤣
If a review is long while full of non specific “review” words like: fantastic, amazing, perfect etc. = its obviously fake
Yeh but most of the time are people just looking for ratings and not really reading reviews
Not always. Sometimes you get extremely good service but for whatever reason you don’t want to spend time writing the specifics. Yes, it’s not good , but it happens. Makes sense to analyse other reviews and the profile of the commenter just like the author of the video did
"Fantastic, amazing, perfect", just like my personal write-up on my Tinder profile... At least the girls there can spot a fake when they see it! Sigh, I'm so alone! Lol!
This was very thorough and outlines the common problem of fake reviews where you can pay a service to get multiple 5 star ratings. I'm glad people like the honest guide are around to take time and point out this problem so precisely. Great video 5 stars from someone who was not paid to write this review ;)
Their rating dropped down from 3.3 to 2.6 within 15 minutes. I love the strength of your channel 😄🙈
Actually you won't find them on google anymore.
@@raftinthomas what happen?
@@votown1003 I think they took down their Google My Business pin of their restaurant. Which would be why you can't find them on on Google Maps anymore.
You still can find it. It's on 4*
@@hasyidanparamananda Back to 1* now buahahaha
This is hilarious and fantastic. Hilarious because when my husband and I were there in 2011, my first time back since my family left in 1968, we too were completely scammed by a ham vendor. My Czech was rusty and I was not understanding. They sold us a chunk of ham that was the size of my head. They saw us coming! I am still so mad at that vendor - we were eating that ham for 3 days…. I should write a review!
"Amazing perfect ham, fed a whole family for three days, 5/5"
Atleast it is the kind of scam you can laugh about. it doesnt financialy ruin you, it does not give you food poisoning either. And you are sold what you ordered.
You cant't hate them....they'll never let you starve to death.
Who can be stupid enough to accept such bs?
@@Pyrochemik007 Except they didn’t ordered that.
Every time I read reviews somewhere I only look for the bad ones. If place have 95% good comments but you can see a pattern in the remaining 5% you get the idea what could go wrong.
I do somthing similiar. Don't look at the rating i'm looking at the comments, people are usally commenting when somthing is bad. So those are the ones that can give you info about the place especially when it's a mix of both bad and good.
@@bigstu4700 Yes and if they all are differnt you don't need to care. But if there is a trend there is somthing to look at
Yeah, looking at the comments rather than the stars is always a good idea - also because sometimes people will rate poorly something you actually prefer. (Mind you, that applies more to things like films and books than eateries. But still.)
yeah same, look at the 1 to 3 star reviews. if it has none of them, very suspicious
You can buy daily midday menu for around 130CZK almost everywhere in Prague. And a dinner dish for around 200CZK. Be aware!
that would be really cheap today, when I was in restaurant for the last time (it was mexican restaurant) I had a steak for like 400 CZK 🙂
midday menu for 130CZK? maybe 5 years ago
@@Pidalin I had dinner in smichov and zizkov two weeks ago. A few tram stops from the centre.
Both restaurants had traditional czech dishes for around 200. Steaks and other specialities were more expensive that is sure.
@@ondrejsoroka8170 without soup, just the main dish for 130. It was in U Mariánského obrazu on zizkov near the tv tower.
And tankove Pilsner for 52
@ so in the end it is cca 220 for lunch:o)
I went to one of the stands in the old town after a few Svařáky (sp?). I asked them for the smallest sample possible because I just wanted to try it. They gave me a mountain of 300 g. It took me a few seconds to convert the Czech crowns to Canadian dollars and when I realized how much it was as they were handing my change back, I protested, and he said that 300 g was the smallest portion available and it was impossible to refund me because the transaction had been concluded!
My wife is Czech and she and her family all had a really good laugh at me when I returned home to tell them the story, still clutching a half eaten plate of sweaty meat because I refused to throw it out after the amount I had spent.
Tomorrow I head back to Prague so I will have to visit them again.
Impossible to refund because the transaction had concluded? Call me crazy but a refund, by definition, is done after the conclusion of a transaction.
@@Kune35 yeah you’re absolutely right. It was either hold up the line yelling at the guy and refuse to leave until I got my refund, or take my lesson in the school of life and make way for the next patsy. I wish I had done the former but I did the lattet
@@jonmilstein373 I guess your mistake was proceeding with the transaction in the first place. I would have just said nah I don't want that much and (at least threatened to) just walk away without handing over cash.
@@Kune35 alcohol was a factor. I was slow on the draw
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I was writing a review and the place just disappeared from google map! Thank you Honest guide to oblige this "honest" restaurant to deactivate the restaurant from google map 🙏
They reactivated it to catch all the bad reviews coming after this video. In a month they will delete this one again and reinstate the one with the good reviews. Can't say the owner isn't a smart kind of thief.
I visited Prague for the first time last week, instead of going to tourist attractions, I went to scam attractions I found on this channel! Sitting on the bench behind the Old Prague Ham shop was truly amazing, what a view. Thanks for the content mate.
I've seen this a couple of times now: beware if the average rating is exactly 4.6 stars!!
For some reason, the bots/AI systems of review sellers seem to have that set as a target value, and will stop buying more 5-star ratings once 4.6 is reached. (Because, 4.7 is too good to be true??).
So, if a place, service or product has an average of exactly 4.6 stars, that's kind of a red flag by now! Make sure to go and check the distribution: if it's only 5 stars or 1 star reviews. they most likely bought positive reviews. -- And of course, check if tons of Muslims rate ham/pork stands overnight ;)
It's very rare to see bulk 5-star reviews. If the business is legit, you should also see a good number of 4 and 3 star reviews unless the business is truly exceptional (quite rare)
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I do not frequently leave reviews but simply I had to for this TH-cam channel. I was struck by how amazing this channel is. *I love* the way HONEST GUIDE do their videos. It is so authentic. The production, the presentation, the smell of the presenter, watching his videos is like heaven on earth. No matter how bad the weather is, he is very kind and friendly and in my opinions his prices are cheap, solely up to you how much you want to watch. You will pay equally to the watch time. *My friend* recommend me this channel and it was the best thing to happen to my life. It is a mastery. Well done. I will come again in the future. Thank you.
Thankfully Honest guide doesn't need fake reviews. They prevented me from getting scammed many times.
Plus the host is good eye candy.
5/5
We were in Prague in 2019, and ate there. We had heard about their weight system, so we asked for a portion for a specific amount of money.
The staff weren’t very happy, but they did prepare portions for the money we offered.
Even if you do that, 90 CZK for 100 g of ham is ridiculously expensive.
Also, why support such a scam business?
To be frank, as Indonesian I find its quite expensive for us to go travel to Europe.
We had a lot of demographic-economic issues in here, so travelling isnt something that really to be priorities in our daily life. Yes some of Indonesians would be able to afford travelling around the world, but even most of them were really doing careful budgeting in advance, the currency ratios are so high for most of us (1 EUR : 16.000 IDR) so eventhough we are able to travel to europe, Im pretty sure most travellers from Indonesia would kinda be "cheeky and cheap" with travels spendings.
Looking how weird all those comments were, thats not real.
Its just showcased how fragile our internet reviews service really are.
Yea we all know you cant afford it
@@ktc3733 ew, rude poor bashing trash
Love this! You get a gold star. My "favorite" fake review spot is Audible. I often buy some niche-specific literature that has been "contributed to" by some authors whose poorly thought out pen names often combine or loosely mimic names of legit authors in the field. Their works are little more than regurgitations of information easily obtained online or through minimal experience, yet the titles and keywords can garner a look. Reading the reviews is entertaining for its cringiness alone. There will be clusters of glowing (and obviously fake) reviews interspersed with the occasional real one (which either points out that other reviews are fake or how poorly done the "book" really is). Why can't they just put their energy into making a legit profit?
Absolutely awesome work man, I support your work towards a more HONEST prague.
We where there, several times in Prague, smells heavenly, tast well, cost way to much, an sellers are the most chancharine people you'll ever met, once tricked, will never happen again. BUT Prague is a great city, one big museum, worth te visit. This channel will make our next visit even better, great job guys.
I've been noticing a ton of these types of spam reviews not just on google reviews for locations, but also on their playstore for apps that attempt to scam you out of money with false advertising. Been on a personal crusade to report every review for locations/apps. I tend give the apps a chance and then write a review to acknowledge whether or not it's false advertising. It's a huge problem and it warms my heart that you are tackling it locally as well! Keep it up guys!
there are so many groups in indonesia that sell subscriber and review. the price is cheap and they are structured group. its kind of popular side job in indonesia
wow.. Could the world become any more fake?? Now I can't even trust reviews and I'll never even bother with them from now on. Seems quite worthless..
I was waiting for you to talk about the online sites that sell google reviews, where a business like the ham stand can buy fake reviews.
Paying for those obviously fake reviews....lol wow
I saw something like this for a computer shop. I went to fix my sister's computer and the guy was super shady, he kept it for half a day and didn't even open it even when he said it'd be done in 3 hours. Finally I left a bad reviews and some pictures of his dirty and empty shop (that showed in front since he never did put any pictures). And I wasn't the only one that was disappointed with his "services".
A couple months later, the Google page had other reviews and pictures. Turns out he changed the address and names of the shop and my comment was now in a non existent record store at the other end of the city.
And as Janek said, I didn't want to be dishonest with my review, so I posted it again on the new Google page, linked the "record store" in my review and added the original pictures 😁
- love this and thank you - I could see the dollar signs in theirs eyes as any foreign tourist approached, hey actually your natural acting skills are superb, the chin scratching just brilliant - totally laughing out loud- almost choked on my marmalade toast
"Very friendly staff, amazing smell, in payment for the ham they accepted my stack of invalid belarussian rubles in 1:1 weight ratio!"
fantastic detective work sir. keep up the good work. by the way loved prague when visited, beautiful city
Interesting you mentioned the cafe that has the same owner. I was in Prague earlier this year and visited that cafe. Honestly it was a great place.
Perhaps the café is for providing service and the ham stand is for making money.
This is one of your greatest videos ever made. Keep up the good work guys, love your channel.
I'm going to Prague next week! Im so excited and thanks to your TH-cam channel I now have tons of tips of what to do and not to do and places to eat and see. Thanks :)
Brother destroys the ham stand frauds and then tells everyone to come buy their hams anyway. Classy touch! 😆
Probably the ham stand reached out and made a lucrative, irrefusable offer 😆
Truely impressed by the actions you took to show whether these reviews are genuine or not.
Also respect the way you proposed to fight against fake review. Really positive 😂😂
Very amusing, love your sarcasm! I'll avoid them in May when I visit.
My husband and I were in Praha last year, and first thing we planned was a couple of walking tours with an excellent guide. He mentioned these ham places, and said to make sure we were firm about how much we wanted, since they'll give you a big portion of you don't specify. We didn't get around to it, sadly, maybe next time!
One other thing he pointed out was the LARGE number of candy stores... That were always empty. He wondered about how they could possibly stay afloat. We kept our eyes open after that, and he was so right... So many, and right in the old town. A bunch of them Captain Candy, but all looking identical inside, and I think I maybe saw one person in one once? This was early September, so the city was generally busy. Suspicious!
There's definitely something dodgy with Google reviews - seen a number of fake accounts where they have reviews for places all over the world with text which is completely irrelevant to the businesses 🙄
And the honest reviews are deleted by censorship. Since my honest bad reviews got deleted from a few places, I've deleted all reviews and photos from google maps, as I don't want to help a censoring company.
Just checked the reviews on maps, and Their rating is down to 1⭐ Janek and Honza top boys.
Can't wait to visit Prague next year.
Keep up the good work guys 💪🏼
This video was very hammy, it was like Heaven on Earth. You can determine just how long you want to watch, it was great 5 stars.
Love your show. I usually don’t go to places that have lots of positive reviews from people with one review. This is a red flag that those reviews are more than likely fake. We will be in Prague in the next couple of weeks and we will look for you there. Thanks for the great content.
Reviews are a minefield. It's so difficult to find truthful reviews. Whether you're trying to buy something small, big, go somewhere it doesn't matter. The fake reviews are everywhere.
I'm orering them by lowest rating and read two of them, to see what the problems are.
You have a really friendly way of talking about this kind of work. Careful and considerate . Thank you! The way in which you show us the obvious fake is also funny and ironic. It is a pleasure to listen to this detective novel.
I saw it on TV once how companies buy these reviews to ameliorate their business. With sport shoes or expensive things it is no more fun..
There is also software you can buy and robots are writing the reviews
I've been to Prague three times and always avoid the restaurants around that square but did try a trdlo ice cream from .U Lužického semináře, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia the filling was ok but the rest was s****. I always find the best places are a few streets from the main drag and if the locals drink and eat there it must be good.
Well done Sir! You are becoming my favourite travel advice guy!
Indonesia - The Nigeria of Asia!
As indo, i disagree
In my opinion, yours is one of the best channels on youtube, I wish there were more like this, keep it up, God bless you and your team and give you health, wealth and help in all you do. Thanks!
I'm Indonesian, I have been eager to come to Prague since 5 years ago... and upon my arrival next year, I wanna say my utmost opologies and thank you for factual information given by Honest Review, it will come in handy. In addition, commenting on those so called fake reviewers, apparently most of them (based on their names) are Balinesse, and fyi the majority are Hindhu, they eat pork. So for those who are ready to type hateful opinions in the comment section about us, please refer to the fact that we're not crooks. Presumably, like what Janek said, those people who are paid to give the reviews unfortunately from my country. We all have our own interest in making bucks, maybe those people just caught up in bad circumstances happened to give biased and fake reviews for a living or maybe wishing to travel to Prague? who knows. Once again I must say sorry, folks.
All love and greetings from Indonesia, Rahayu🙏
We need commenters like you! I can’t wait to visit Indonesia myself too 🇮🇩
Everything has a price......
Fake followers
Fake reviews
Fake accounts
Thank you for your view. I personally think and hope no one is hateful towards Indonesians. Scammers are from all over the world.
@@PATISLAV why
I fake review for less than a dollar
Hate it love it but profit for sure
What angers me most about the manipulated feedback on Google is the fact that they managed to get at least 70 of the real reviews deleted.
I actually was in Prague last week and even saw you! But when i wanted to leave a review i couldn’t, it seems like he deleted his location
No joke this is the best video I have watched all week, love your content
Tourist be aware and thanks again for your useful research against dishonest vendors.
A Tim Horton’s just opened in Manchester, UK, and was met by 40 5-star reviews on the opening day, all mentioning how friendly “Puneet” was with her service, and within a week the perfect 5.0 came down to a 4.7 as people reviewed their acrual experience or noticed all the fake reviews.
There’s no way any Tim Hortons on the planet can get 5 stars 😂
Wow, your video seemed to have an impact again like with those toll booths. I just tried to find it in Google maps but the place has been deleted. Good job 👍
My wife and I have a Penzion in the Beskyds. We have a 9.2 rating. I swear it would be 9.8 if we disallowed Germans. Most common complaint, the beer - not enough selection. We serve Pilsen and Radegast. Really? Different problem, but you are right in that the ratings matter. However, I don’t think we will turn to Indonesia for help. Thanks for what you guys do. I am a big fan.
That's actually quite funny to hear from Germans, considering that if you visit the beer capital Bavaria, they will serve either weissbier or standart helles, which might come from 2-3 breweries, but the taste is nearly identical lol. If you go to some exotic place, the might even have dunkle, if you're lucky.
Belgian beer > Czech beer > German beer anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Is pork halal?"
Uncle Roger : *"YES!"*
Worth noting that although you asked people not to review these stands without going there something people can do is flag those dodgy reviews. More flags, more likely they get removed.
I'm Indonesian, and we all Indonesian very proud of our country, so you can spot fake reviews that doesn't say anything "Indonesian'
This investigative journalism is better than the big new companies. Thanks for the entertainment and useful information
Just wanted to leave a review of this stand, as I indeed visited it with my ex-girlfriend already a while ago. So I indeed could leave a review. It seems like, they took down any information on google, so leaving a review is not possible anymore.
Back then I saw that 100g are quite expensive already, but as she wanted to have Prague ham, we decided to buy one portion for the taste and eat something normal somewhere else.
I thought one portion would be 100g, so I ordered one, and got a huge portion and it was expensive. Luckily I was not alone, so we could finish it, but yeah, I felt scammed.
It tasted okay but was definitely not worth the money. For less, I could have eaten the best steak in town and been full.
I'm Indonesian born & raised. I can tell u the most unbelievable part of those reviews from "Indonesians", is how perfect their english were 😂
I went to one of those ham stands years ago and got a LOT of ham. I'm a big guy so I ate it, but for people under 100kg it might have been a little overboard. Statistically, those reviews are quite unlikely. Heaven on Earth is a bit hyperbolic but it was tasty enough
I would like to thank you for your honest , sincere and friendly videos . I just subscribed to your channel. Greetings from Montreal Canada.
Having been to Prague a lot of times I can tell you this: A LOT of stands and stores in your city is there to scam tourists! Now I know this is not due to people in the city being bad people - however there are some of you who make a whole lot of money doing this! The first time we were there we seriously got scammed several times - including one of these crap places. We did however see through the currency exchange scams which happened ALL the time in the mid 90's when we were first there. These days it's rarer - but still happens WAAAAYYYYY to much! These days the biggest issue is that you have to be skeptical about everything when visiting Prague and ask questions confirming the price of stuff. There is so many people trying to trick you instead of doing honest trading, and apparently the government does nothing to stop it. It's kinda sad because I love 98% of what Prague has to offer - it's just the last 2% that ruins it the experience and makes you paranoid about constantly checking if you are getting scammed.
Smart move to make us finally go to the ham stand. You teamed up obviously!
I miss the fact that you didn't think about travelrestrictions due to the pandemic at the time the reviews were written.
you should see the reviews to this day, every one star they reply to say that they are wrong and partly calls out Honest Guide for the 1 stars
I would take those reviews on the internet with a very large grain of salt. When I go to another city, Rome for example, I never base my choices according to reviews because they are fake and unreliable.
I find that people only write reviews when they have something to complain about.
I usually watch the bad reviews, they're more interesting than the 5 stars. Once I saw most of the negative reviews on a pub because the waiter didn't came at their table. When there litterally little plaques everywhere with "counter service only". I did try there and wasn't disappointed 😃
I've watched over twenty of your documentaries, I feel like I have to insert a comment; Accurate findings and your work will certainly help internationally. Good job 👍🏽
God I love your pettiness 🙌👏👏👏
I have worked in a really terrible Hostel in Prague during my first year here when I was a student. It was so bad and the owners were thieves and I could see them writing fake reviews all the time. Even time to time people from Hostelworld and Booking and other platform were calling them cause of the amount of complains, but to not get kicked of such platforms they had to always put 5 stars and to us it as a fake argument "Well we had happy people staying in".
They have changed their Hostel name and made the new one sounds like a new Hostel and yet the reviews are still going down and yet there are new fake reviews.
I remember once when i went to Prague and i saw so many "excellent" reviews, i specifically remember one review on some small café in Prague's old town where about 60 out of the 65 or so reviews were rated 5 star and all were phrased very very similarly. When i came to Prague in the summer of 2019 out of pure curiosity i wanted to go to that café and when i went out of my hotel and searched it up on google maps to find my way there it was nowhere to be seen, simply bizarre...
My gf and I got scammed on that. Was told I had to pay $35 by surprise, and I had no choice but to pay $35 for a slice of ham. F that place.
That's why I always read mostly the negative ones first. If they are always about the same problem or just random problems by Karen's
You should also definitely not report the fake reviews 😉
Wow! Such a great investigation! Thank you guys for putting so much time and effort to expose the SCAM!
I would like to condemn people who do this tourists in eternal torture in which they are forced to get scammed for the rest of eternity.
Haha damn this made me rethink about google reviews and stuff I usually check there first almost always
This video is an absolutely ridiculous scam! our, I mean the Prague hams food is absolutely perfection, you can get the portion size you want, if you ask for it. I told my friend about this place and now he goes there everyday!! Me and my friend will always visit the hague pram from Indonesia.
If ur honest ..then I am sorry your taste buds like old dry overpriced meat. When u could get the same thing better cheaper, one block away! So yeah. .seems like a lie
Hi,
I'm intrigued on visiting Prague and experiencing the ham stand.
But unfortunately I'm Muslim and I can't consume pork.
But I'll make sure to visit the other tourist attractions in Prague and hopefully not break any laws while visiting 😜
Lol, I think Google should update their reviewing system first; Google knows where you went or not!
It's interesting how this varies from country to country. I spent two weeks in Greece 4 years ago and the biggest problem there was also getting too much food but it was always my fault because I assumed that if a meal was cheap there would be small portions. So the first few times I got portions that were too big until I recalibrated my expectations of Euros to portion size (yes you can get a good tasting Gyro that will fill you up for less than €3). I've not been to Prauge since 15 years ago so I can't say much about the food there beyond saying that the one bad experience I had on that 19 day trip to Eastern Europe was with a Prague restaurant that had high prices and bad service despite supposed good reviews.
Before this stand I was a simple person existing in bliss towards by own life… however this retched stand has brought my hate towards ham to unfathomable heights. My soul yearns for the memory of this terrible stand to be erased, to return me to my hamless bliss.
Why, I ask.
Why?
Was 100g not enough to satisfy their hunger? Or was it the disgusting greed that drove to such a low and pitiful state? I pray for your soul 🙏
The kebab looks good tho!
Indonesian here! There are plenty of Indonesians who go there and we usually use the tour company either local from eu (went there on last may with go eu go) . Much easier to travel since the language barriers and most of us usually fly to amsterdam/ germany / paris. In this case i agree with you those probably fake review since there are rumors that some school ask student to create review for like english assignment (not sure if they get paid or not) and we actually facing the same problem back home, a lot random reviews even on closed business 😂. But weirdly those review names are common for non muslim Indonesian.
I have to say… the ham MUST be crazy good if it can get Muslims to eat it 😂🤣
Just went on google maps. 31 reviews, 1-stars. I guess your video worked :) Well done!
You Should meet up with Bald and Bankrupt to do a video walk about ;)
That would be awesome!
Děkuju! Milujete Prahu jako já👍 Great journalism
First
Tohle mě dostalo ještě víc než celé video a to je co říct :)
That's great. Thanks for the laugh. And another great video.
I love this video! By far your best work on my opinion! Also very clever and entertaining to watch.
I am from Prague, but even that doesn't stop me from watching this channel all the time. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
You're doing a great service with exposing these scams. I don't eat pork so I'll of course avoid it. :) But you're doing an incredibly important job, and for that I thank you!
I hear you loud and clear boss. In fact I was just in Prague and happened to snag some of this stand's ham. Gonna write a review about how shite it was. Good thing I was there!
Agree with most things said here as well as in almost all of yours posts, however eventhough everytime I come to Czech republic I am aware it's a rip off to taste a Prague ham, but no matter how much it costs I'd pay for a taste of it, and this is coming from a guy raised up in Serbia not from Indonesia. What i I'd like to find out from our video is where could people find a true Prague ham apart from city centre?
I agree !! I always get some with a beer, and just enjoy it 🤷♂️
Yes he has videos on restaurants serving this for half price and twice as much just close by
Underrated and under appreciated channel
Lmao I looked the place up, and a review from a week ago called it a tourist trap and a scam. The owner replied:
"Dear Sir. Please refrain from this false review and abuse. Compared to the nearby establishments, our ham is considerably cheap in spite of its high quality. In one of the unnamed businesses nearby, which often gets promoted by a youtuber that you may know well, 100 g of ham costs CZK 145, here it is CZK 119. So, please do not engage in unfair practices and lies."
Love the talk at the end. If a restaurant deserve one star, give them one star, as you do not work for the restaurant but the restaurant work for you. But do not give them hell if you never been there.
I love this channel. The name suits it. Keep it up guys!
What a coincidence. Last week we were in Prague and I told our friends about the portion-scams. We passed by and I still saw the big portions but not many people buying anything.
So yes, I could confirm this scam is still going on.
You should review that, and ask some photograph from some buyer and make the review about fake review and scam. It won't be deleted.
On my way to the ham stand, cant wait to leave a review