Melbourne TikTok: Eshay dine and dash gang run off after $500 meal at Old School Pizza in Coburg
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Shocking moment as Eshay Dine and Dash gang go for a run after a lavish $500 meal – as devastated restaurateur reveals how heartless teens disappeared one by one
- Melbourne eshays caught at CCTV dinners and dashing on a $500 note
- Old School Pizza & Stone Grill in Coburg shared video on TikTok account
- Police told owner group they did a runner from several restaurants
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A group of Melbourne eshays have been caught on CCTV footage dining and eating a $500 order.
Old School Pizza & Stone Grill in Coburg posted the video to TikTok — which has since gone viral — showing 12 teens eating a huge order in the outdoor dining room earlier this month.
The clip shows the twelve boys ordering and eating their meals on October 8 just after 8:30 p.m. and then slipping out through the scaffolding gate one by one – before the last eshay runs away.
The restaurant’s owner, Kamal Soueid, said none of them paid for their food, which cost him about $500.
“In the seven years we’ve been here, nothing like this has ever happened,” said Mr Soueid.
The group of 12 Melbourne eshays were caught on CCTV walking through the gate of the jetty, ordering food and food worth $500 and then putting a runner on the bill
Old School Pizza & Stone Grill in Coburg posted the video to TikTok – which has since gone viral with over 1.5 million views
The restaurant Coburg, which has more than 120,000 followers on TikTok, posted the video to its account which has since gone viral with more than 1.5 million views.
Mr Soueid said the family business does not charge people until they have finished eating to ensure they are “happy and satisfied”.
“They had come in and although we were fully booked, we made room for them. We served them and they ordered what they wanted,” he said.
“It was a target and a total disregard for something or someone.”
You can see the eshays eating in the dining room outside of the restaurant, with a bill of $500
The owner has since reported the group to the police, who informed him that they are known for eating and running out of other restaurants.
“When the first boy got up, he looked around as if to get something from the shop across the street,” Mr. Soueid said.
“I think he was testing us to see if we were watching.
“Looks like some guys were planning to run away and it seemed like the other guys were thinking, ‘Sh*t I better run too, I don’t want to be left alone.’
One by one, the group begins to sneak out through the dining hall gate – some pretending to take a phone call
Comments on the video denounce the teens’ behaviour, with one parent saying they would bring their son back if he did the same.
“Sorry you had to go through this. By trusting people and doing good and not taking money in advance, people took advantage of that. Scums,” commented one TikTok user.
‘Good luck catching them. Hopefully someone recognizes them and informs the police,” another replied.