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22.04.2024 - 00:14 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A new restaurant is appealing to a family of eight to come forward after they left without paying for a £329 bill.
Staff at Bella Ciao Swansea have reported the incident to police and posted a picture of the group on Facebook. The family-run businesses opened earlier this month and have been left devastated by the incident.
As reported in Wales Online, a group of four adults and four children reportedly left without paying their bill just days after opening.
The business alleges that a woman had tried to pay with a savings account card which got declined twice, and that her son would wait inside while she went out to get her 'other card'.
However, the restaurant said she did not return and claimed the son did a "runner". Bosses say they have no way of contacting the customers and claim the number made to make the reservation was fake.
The post said: "To do this to anyone is disgusting but to do this to a newly open restaurant is even worse!"
Manager Tyrone Reese told The Mirror his wife had an odd feeling when the family started sending back plates with meals left half-eaten. "They were ordering the most expensive things on the menu, like T-bone steaks and the like," he said. "My wife said 'Something's not right.' They went full-on with their order but they were also sending plates back half empty."
A statement from South Wales Police reads: "Police were called just before 9.40pm on April, Friday 19, with a report of making off without payment from a business premises on Castle Street, Swansea. Investigations are ongoing to establish the full circumstances behind the incident and to identify those involved."
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