Restaurant boss slams diners for ‘walking out on £240 bill’ after ordering Prosecco & several vodka Red Bulls
A FUMING restaurant boss has slammed a group of diners who allegedly “walked out on a £240 bill” after ordering Prosecco and several vodka Red Bulls.
The Farm pub and restaurant, based in Eastbourne, Sussex, took to their Facebook page to share images people they say were involved.
According to an online post from restaurant bosses, a group of six people walked out on Sunday after allegedly eating roast dinners and a burger.
They also are accused of downing double Vodka Red Bulls, lager, and bottles of Prosecco.
The group then allegedly fled the gastropub after their bank card declined and even took their unfinished beverages with them.
Speaking to the MailOnline, staff have shared their anger at the “shamelessness” of the group.
The pub’s management wrote online that the group “‘forgot’ to pay (…) How forgetful of them”.
The post, made on Tuesday, has been shared more than 300 times by locals.
One image shows a man wearing a light-coloured polo shirt, dark trousers, and white trainers.
Another man is shown wearing a black t-shirt.
The third “dasher” pictured is a woman wearing a long coat with a pair of white-rimmed sunglasses resting atop her head.
A fourth person is also pictured and is wearing a long-sleeved top.
A member of staff told the MailOnline that “something felt off” from the beginning.
They said: “Two women in the group got up and we looked at them as they were going to walk down the corridor and one of them had a pint of lager in her hand and a glass of prosecco, and she just smiled.”
Staff added that the group had been “unsavoury” and “larger than life” as they ordered several vodka Red Bulls, a bottle of prosecco and pints of lager as they sat down.
They then ordered more of the same as they tucked into Sunday roasts, running up a bill of around £240 in all.
An anonymous staff member added that one of the group’s card declined twice.
The man then allegedly told staff: “Hang on a minute, I’ll just grab another card”.
However, when workers went outside, the group of six “had vanished”.
It knocked my faith in human nature a bit.
Anonymous staff worker
The worker added: “We gave them the benefit of the doubt. We gave them 24 hours to come back, which they didn’t, and that’s when we decided to put them all over social media.
“These people can’t just get away with it. They feel they can – I don’t know what drives them to do this.
“It knocked my faith in human nature a bit – the minority ruins it for the majority. They’re s***bags – they’re just s***bags. It’s a terrible thing to do.”
The Farm has reported the incident to Sussex Police.
The Sun have contacted The Farm for comment.
It comes after a string of “dine-and-dash” occurrences across the country.
Just days ago it was reported that 20 people ran away after racking up a £270 bill at a curry house in Exeter.
Meanwhile, a couple have recently been charged with fraud after fleeing a restaurant to avoid paying a £329 bill.
Restaurant runners are very frequent – the most recent figures from the Home Office for dine-and-dashing reports of 12,610 incidents taking place in 2018.