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Spider hotel/bar/restaurant at mid station warning.
My husband and I have just returned from a great hol in Pamporovo where we have an apartment. Our son is currently there with 3 friends and enjoying the great skiing. However I have justs spoken to him and he said that on the first night they where in the Spider bar below the hotel at the mid station for a few hours. They were charged the equivelent of £180 for the pleasure of drinking there. I know they should have checked the price of each round before ordering but this does appear excessive by Bulgarian standards and given what they drank would have been a lot by London standards. They spoke to the manager before paying the bill but could not get this reduced. I would say that on a previous trip we lunched at the Spider restaurant and after leaving realised we had been overcharged. The moral of the tale is check prices very carefully and don't use this particular restaurant/bar! We have never encountered this type of overcharging in any other restaurant/bar and have always found the owners to be honest and hard working. We will certainly never return to the Spider/restaurant/bar, and we do go to Pamps frequently, nor recommend this to any of our guests or friends. What a shame that it takes only one greedy establishment to make a bad impression!