A popular steak restaurant in Sydney, Australia is going viral after sharing footage of a customer appearing to pluck hair out of his armpit and putting it on his food to get out of a $600 bill.
On February 12, Pony Dining in The Rocks, a high-end steak spot that’s been in Sydney for over 20 years, posted CCTV footage of a diner eating food with a group.
The video showed the man appear to reach under his shirt and pluck hairs from his body several times and put them on his steak.
“We don’t usually share content like this,” the restaurant captioned the clip. “After the meal was served, the guest later raised a complaint regarding a hair in their meal and declined payment.”
According to Pony Dining in The Rocks, that was only the beginning of the trouble.
Customer allegedly skips payment after putting armpit hair on expensive steak
Speaking with news.com.au, the restaurant claimed that the customer was being rude towards staff.
“During the interaction, our team also experienced inappropriate and unacceptable behavior,” they said.
They noted that the man had racked up a $600 bill on steaks and had ordered some of their most expensive food.
“We served them a wonderful dinner. Everything was very clean, they had a beautiful table. We decided to check the CCTV after we noticed they were acting very weird,” the steak restaurant explained.
“They ordered a lot of food including a Tomahawk. We tried to make them pay but he refused. We called the police however at that time we didn’t have the footage so police advised it was a civil problem and nothing they can do at that stage. So they paid for drinks then left.”
In the comments of the video, users shared their disgust, while others accused the man of pulling this stunt at different establishments.
“I’m a restaurant manager just next to you guys, and they did the exact same thing to me,” one alleged.
This isn’t the first dine-and-dash story to go viral lately. In November 2025, a New York City food influencer known as the “dine and dash diva” was arrested after allegedly skipping out on bills at multiple high-end restaurants across the city.
