Lacy Faces ¥1.6 Million Food Bill In Japan After Viewers Allegedly Exploit His Restaurant QR Code

A restaurant QR code reportedly allowed viewers to place food orders during Lacy’s stream.© NDTV Library

Twitch streamer Nick “Lacy” says viewers allegedly ran up almost $12,000 in food orders through a restaurant's ordering system during his October 28, 2026, livestream in Japan. The bill reportedly reached ¥1.6 million, and he put it on his audience, pointing to a QR code visible during the broadcast as the way viewers could place orders. He said he was “really upset” once he found out what had happened. But reports differ on whether he ended up paying the whole amount and whether all the extra food was even made. Either way, the story is a pretty clear example of the risks when livestream viewers can reach real businesses.

Lacy was upset after viewers ordered him $12,000 dollars (1.6M yen) worth of food in Japan via QR code "They come out with 15 plates..you guys thought it would be funny..I said I'll pay for it, sry about that, you can hand out the food to all the families here..I'm really upset" https://t.co/RgM75tIksL

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How viewers allegedly used Lacy's restaurant QR code to place orders worth ¥1.6 million

Lacy was eating at Japanese restaurant on stream when it all started. An ordering QR code was reportedly visible on camera, so viewers could open the restaurant's digital ordering system and send orders straight to his table.

Around the five-hour, 19-minute mark of the broadcast, a restaurant employee came over and asked if he knew what he had ordered. The employee reportedly said the bill had already crossed ¥500,000. Then more receipts showed up, two more, and the reported total landed at ¥1.6 million.

“So he comes over with one receipt - ¥500,000 - I thought I was done. Comes over with two more; turned out it was ¥1.6 million that you guys ordered in food,” he said.

He blamed viewers who thought placing a large number of orders would be funny. Lacy also claimed the restaurant owner did not understand English, which made it hard to stop the orders from continuing.

Lacy says he wanted the extra food handed to families as reports dispute the final bill

Lacy said he offered to pay and asked staff to give the food to families at the restaurant instead of letting it go to waste.

“I literally told them in the restaurant, I said, ‘I'll pay for it. Sorry about that. You can hand out the food to all the families here,'” he explained.

He later called the whole thing “weird” and aimed his frustration at the viewers who had allegedly placed the orders.

However, viewers claimed staff stopped the additional orders and that Lacy paid only for his own food. Reports also said the final amount charged and what happened to the extra food had not been confirmed.