Lacy’s $12,000 Japan dinner bill: viewers hijacked his QR code, and the restaurant disagrees

Twitch streamer Lacy told his audience a viewer prank at a Tokyo restaurant cost him almost $12,000. The restaurant now says it doesn’t charge for food nobody ate, and Lacy has since said he was “dumb” to joke about it. The whole thing played out between Oct 28 and Oct 29.

Lacy (Nicholas Fosco) has more than 3.5 million Twitch followers, according to Tribune. He built his audience on Fortnite and now streams a lot of real-life content.

What happened on stream

On Oct 28, Lacy was streaming from Zauo Shibuya with his girlfriend, Darla Claire. Per Dexerto, he accidentally showed the QR code used to order food at his table. Viewers scanned it and started ordering.

Clips of the stream show a waiter coming over midway through the meal to ask about extra orders. Lacy says he hadn’t requested any, then tells chat, “They might have seen the QR. No more orders,” according to Tribune.

1. Oct 28Lacy streams from Zauo Shibuya and flashes the table’s ordering QR code. Viewers place orders.
2. Oct 28Back on stream, he tells viewers the receipts add up to about 1.5 to 1.6 million yen.
3. Oct 29The restaurant posts a statement on Instagram saying it only charges for food customers actually consumed.
4. Oct 29Lacy posts that he was “dumb” and thought it was funny.

Lacy’s version

Lacy told viewers the restaurant gave him several receipts. Tribune reports he put the total at around 1.5 million yen. Dexerto and IBTimes say he later cited about 1.6 million yen, or almost $12,000.

I just had to pay over $12,000 because you guys thought it’d be funny— Lacy, on stream, Oct 28, as quoted by Tribune

He also said he told staff to hand the extra food to other families. IBTimes reports he claimed staff prepared around 15 plates.

The restaurant’s version

In a statement shared on X from the restaurant’s Instagram, and translated by Dexerto, Zauo Shibuya confirmed that third parties placed unauthorized orders. It said staff check orders with customers and only charge for what they actually eat.

Of course, we don’t charge customers anything for such items— Zauo Shibuya, translated statement, Oct 29, as quoted by Dexerto

The restaurant also said it couldn’t tell at first that the orders were a prank and cooked some of them. It said it discarded other dishes after the customer confirmed they hadn’t ordered them. It added that some of the criticism online was “not true or based on misunderstanding.”

The numbers don’t line up

IBTimes reports the restaurant said it received unauthorized orders worth about 1.96 million yen, roughly $12,050. That is higher than Lacy’s own figure, and IBTimes doesn’t explain the gap. The restaurant didn’t say how much Lacy ultimately paid, and Lacy hasn’t said either.

“I’m dumb and thought it was funny”

Lacy answered on Oct 29. According to IBTimes, he wrote that a language barrier made him think he owed $12,000 at first. He said he told the restaurant he’d cover it and left his assistant to handle things. When he came back to the stream, he said he started “trolling” about the bill.

I’m dumb and thought it was funny— Lacy, in a post, Oct 29, as quoted by IBTimes

IBTimes reports he later learned he only had to pay for the extra food that had already been prepared. His admitted mistake was not correcting the story once he knew. He wrote that he never intended any hate for the restaurant and has contacted the business to make things right.

Where it stands

The restaurant has given its account and Lacy has given his. The final amount he paid isn’t public.