A well-liked Ayrshire buffet restaurant is to shut for good later this week.
Bosses on the Chef's World Buffet in Dundonald introduced the venue would shut on Sunday in a Fb publish this night.
However minutes after the devastating announcement, the publish was pulled from their social media feed, resulting in confusion amongst diners.
Ayrshire Reside understands the venue will nonetheless shut on Sunday, regardless of the publish being eliminated.
Restaurant chiefs took the powerful resolution to shut after seeing the variety of diners tumble and the elevated prices related to meals and power.
The emotional publish mentioned that they'd miss all of their clients very a lot.
The picture posted learn: "We're so sorry to inform you that our enterprise is now not viable and we can't maintain the operating prices due to an enormous enhance in meals, power costs and decreased footfall.
"Please contact us to rearrange Christmas refund deposits.
"We thanks all a lot on your customized and help and we are going to miss you all very a lot."
The publish itself mentioned: "We will probably be closing the buffet for the foreseeable as of this Sunday night (November 6).
"We're very sorry and thank every and everybody on your help; nevertheless we can't maintain the enterprise with rising prices.
"Please contact us to rearrange refunds of Christmas deposits.
"A really unhappy day certainly. Thanks."
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