Restaurant shames dine and dashers who got through nearly £500 in food and drink
A group of greedy diners have been publicly shamed by a restaurant after they racked up a bill worth nearly £500-and left without paying.
Stubbs Restaurant in Ashford, Kent, served the party of seven lobster, crab, and shrimp cocktails worth £60 apiece before they drove off ‘as fast as they could’.
The staggering receipt saw the diners buy four lobster Thermidors, worth £216 in total, as well as steak and skate for nearly £60.
Taking to Facebook, Stubbs said: ‘Please come back and pay your bill! We are a private restaurant and will not survive with you doing this to us.
‘You ate all of your meal and we gave you fabulous service… yet you drove off, as fast as you could, without paying.’
The dine and dashers also enjoyed two plates of crispy brie, worth £34, pints of Thatchers, Post, and glasses of pinot and Malbec.
Facebook users were outraged at the diners’ lack of manners – which the eatery is unfortunately familiar with.
Earlier this year, Stubb’s dealt with a similar situation, when two other diners drove off without paying.
A patron commented on the Facebook post: ‘So sorry they have done this. We were eating just around the corner from them.
‘Wondered why the waitress was looking at us, was probably afraid we would leave too.’
One woman suggested: ‘Put up a sign saying due to these circumstances, payment will be taken when ordering.
‘Honest people will totally understand, and not mind one bit.’
Metro has reached out to Stubbs for comment on the runners.
Earlier this month, a pair of newlyweds pulled off the most lavish dine and dash every after not paying their £7,000 wedding bill.
Restaurant owner Enzo Fabrizi had taken care of everything for Moreno Priorietti, Andrae Svenja and their party of 80 guests.
It’s now been more than a year since the couple pulled off the most audacious dine and dash imaginable but the restaurateur has not given up on recouping the hefty sum of cash.
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