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The restaurant is reluctant to be too honest and open about the prices of its meals, and does not wish to risk falling foul of the law by publicly displaying prices it does not intend to charge.
Pass the place by, and look for a restaurant that publicly displays its prices - and moreover has a bi-lingual menu in which the local and English language versions appear the same, or at least appear to correspond (more later).

The dishes do not have a fixed price, and the restaurant is tacitly acknowledging that it is more of a case of what can be exacted from the customer.
It may be difficult to pass the place by because the dishes look so tempting in the photos! That is the intention, but you should avoid the restaurant.

Again the restaurant does not like to be too overt or public with its menu or pricing policy. The menu is instead kept strictly between the waiter and the ignorant or unwary tourist, without the corroboration of public or open display, or availability for reference later. The customer is not allowed more time to study the menu carefully or the opportunity to refer to it later; given the opportunity the 'penny would drop' with the customer that a rip-off is intended if not forestalled already by the customer.

Try to ensure, if possible, that a menu is kept on the table or that there is one nearby for reference as the meal proceeds, especially if the waiter asks you any questions on your order.

The printed 'menu' is really only at best a 'token gesture' at which the customer is permitted only a fleeting glimpse (as is shown in the next section) is in any case only less than truthful fudge or rehash of the proper or native language menu.

Ideally the restaurant would like you to order everything verbally, or give positive answers to the waiter's questions or suggestions, without you being too aware of what the meal is or costs and with the waiter able to charge what he likes.

The restaurant catches a lot of customers with its impressive choice of menu as displayed on this board - but most likely the dishes will not be available that day - and are probably never available any day! This is obviously a bait to catch customers, because when you go in and sit down you will be told that your first choice is 'off' - and in some cases you may have to settle for what is your third or fourth choice!

This restaurant has its parallel in the tombola stall at many garden parties. Here you may be spending money like a drunken sailor on the stall because there are still so many bottles of spirits and wines or other expensive prizes, apparently waiting to be won. But really you cannot win any better prize than a tin of baked beans, because all those bottles have already been won. They remain on the stall because the prizewinner does not want to carry them around the garden party all afternoon, but will collect them when he leaves. And this suits the stallholder, as he wishes to attract customers who would not purchase any tickets if they had a true idea of what was waiting to be won!

In the restaurant described here, do not end up ordering something you do not want because you do not wish to seem uncivil or disagreeable to the waitress, or do not wish to make a spectacle of yourself if you get up and leave when told your choice is 'off'. By all means leave if they cannot serve what they prominently display what should be available in their establishment.