A CHINESE restaurant has released CCTV of a couple who 'walked out without paying for their meal' after giving them a week to settle their bill.

Tsu Law, bar manager at Chung Ying Garden in Friar Street, Worcester gave the young couple over a week to settle the bill after the pair 'walked out without paying'.

Patience finally ran out on Sunday and a report has also been filed with West Mercia Police.

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On Sunday, a week after the incident, Miss Law filed an online report to West Mercia Police and also published these photos, taken from the Cantonese and Vietnamese restaurant's CCTV cameras.

Miss Law said:"I submitted a report online to West Mercia Police yesterday (Sunday). I have given them a chance to settle the bill. They have had over one week now. I have a couple of good, clear images from the CCTV."

The restaurant published photos of the couple on their Facebook page and shared the following message with customers: "As previously reported about the young couple who left without paying......unfortunately the bill still remains unsettled, even after speaking to the young lady in question and letting her know that we would be releasing her image on our social media.

"Now we feel we have been more than fair in giving them plenty of time, and even put out a plea to them.....so maybe they just didn't see our post.

"So here is their picture and maybe someone will recognise them and remind them to come and settle their bill.

We would also like to add that the incident has now been reported to the police."

Miss Law did not let it slide when a couple left the restaurant without paying for their meal on Sunday, November 13.

However, she also said the business was 'trying to be fair' by giving the young couple until the end of the week to settle the bill.

Miss Law, the bar manager, said she called the young woman on the phone number she left when she reserved the table for the couple.

She told her that she expected one or both of them to come in and settle their bill or they would be reporting the matter to West Mercia Police and publishing CCTV images of the pair, who she described as 'a young couple in their 20s'.

Miss Law rang the customer at 4pm last Tuesday, introduced herself and said the woman answered to the name she had reserved the table under.

However, when challenged about the unpaid bill the young woman was said to have responded 'errrrrrr....' before denying she had been to the restaurant.

"She said 'I didn't go anywhere on Sunday'. The table was booked under her name and she answered to that name. She kept denying it, saying she didn't go anywhere on Sunday evening.

"She didn't know what to say. The CCTV images are very, very clear. It's not so much the amount they haven't paid - it's the principle.

"If we let this slide, someone else will think this is okay. We also don't want it to happen to other people," said Miss Law.

Miss Law told the woman on the phone that she 'did not want to enter into an argument with yourself or your partner' but that the matter would be reported to West Mercia Police unless the bill was paid.

In a post shared on the restaurant's Facebook page, a manager wrote: "This message goes out to the young couple who left the restaurant Sunday evening (13.11.2022) without paying their bill.

"Although the amount left unpaid was relatively small, it's still disappointing that this has happened.

"If there was a reason why you decided that you didn't want to pay, you should of discussed it with us.

"On Sunday evening we only had one member of staff working front of house due to it being our quietest evening of the week, and unfortunately she felt she been taken advantage of when she went out the back to get food for the other customers dining that evening.

"As a small independent business we cannot afford to lose money this way."