Lucky Garden Bazaar
shop — 38 Garden Street
Trap score: 53/100 (orange)
Lucky Garden Bazaar is a Bazaar popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Santorini
Reports (22)
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2026-04: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- overcharge (severity 5/5) — 2026-02: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5) — 2026-01: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2026-01: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2025-11: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2025-10: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-09: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- overcharge (severity 3/5) — 2025-08: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5) — 2025-06: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-06: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2025-06: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-06: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- taxi_meter (severity 3/5) — 2025-05: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- harassment (severity 3/5) — 2025-05: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2025-02: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- other (severity 2/5) — 2024-12: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2025-01: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- bait_switch (severity 1/5) — 2024-12: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- fake_reviews (severity 4/5) — 2024-09: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- other (severity 5/5) — 2024-10: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2024-05: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2024-06: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.