Diner finds dead rat under his chair after meal in restaurant

A diner said he was left disgusted after finding a dead rat under his chair after a meal in a restaurant.

Will Robinson, 22, was out with friends at a branch of Brewer’s Fayre in Boston, Lincolnshire, when he found the rodent.

He only spotted the rat because he was looking for a phone that one of his friends had accidentally dropped on the floor.

He took a Snapchat video of the rat, which was caught in a trap, that has been shared more than 15,000 times on Facebook.

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“It was about tea time when we had just finished our food and was about to leave when my mate dropped his phone and couldn’t find it,” he said.

“We put the flash on our phones to light up underneath our sets so he could find the phone and I saw this rat dead in a rat trap.”

“We called the manager over straight away and he told us there were traps because the farmers have been on the fields so the rats had come in.

“I thought the restaurant would have to close if there was a problem with rats.”

Mr Robinson said he and his friends were offered a free meal on their next visit, but they declined.

“We won’t be taking up the offer – none of us want to eat there again,” he said.

“The discovery of the rat has put us off completely.

“Finding the rat was such a big shock. Seeing it made us feel physically sick. It is a popular place and a lot of families go there. It’s not good at all.”

A spokesperson for Brewer’s Fayre said: “We are extremely sorry to learn of this incident and would like to apologise sincerely to these guests.

“We pride ourselves on maintaining exemplary standards of health and safety and this is completely unacceptable.

“We have conducted a thorough inspection and are confident that there is no evidence of current pest activity at the site. We are also looking into how this could have happened as a matter of priority.”