Ripping off tourists is a common practice in the Old City of Jerusalem

A US tourist was charged over £2,000 for a single plate of meat at a restaurant in Jerusalem
https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/9870941/tourist-charged-2000-kebab-jerusalem

Ripping off tourists is a common practice in the Old City of Jerusalem – our own sad experience in the Restaurant Shawish at the Old City of Jerusalem corroborates the story above.