A group of tourists from the US were left stunned and angered after turning up at an Edinburgh restaurant they had booked and paid a £250 deposit to – only to discover it no longer exists.
Michaele DeHart had booked the tables months in advance for her family, at a restaurant called No.1 The Grange in the southside of the city and even paid the hefty deposit to secure it.
Looking to celebrate her son's wedding, the party, of around 30, were shocked to discover when they arrived in the city the night before the date to check it out and found a padlock on the door and a local passing by informed them that the restaurant hadn't been open for 'weeks'.An angry Michaele explained they were forced to then find a last-minute restaurant on the day instead.
She explained that contact with the supposed manager of the restaurant had broken down the closer it got to their booking date and that he had begun to "ghost" them, leaving the family worried.
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