He didn’t stick around for dessert, but the owners of a high-end Calgary restaurant say the dapper diner who allegedly dashed out on a bill has got his just desserts.

Daniel Soch, 24, has been charged with meal fraud for allegedly dining and dashing from Muse in November.

On Nov. 7 staff said a well-dressed customer strolled in and enjoyed cocktails, a half bottle of wine and a three-course dinner, and after ordering dessert left a wallet on the table and told a server he was going to the washroom.

When dessert arrived and he hadn’t come back, Muse says the server checked the wallet and found magazine clippings inside. He also left behind a bill for $156.19.

A photo of a suspect snapped on a security camera went viral after Muse posted it to Twitter.

Staff Sgt. Darren Cave said Soch was arrested and charged Nov. 28. “His parents were very cooperative in taking him to eight district office where he was arrested,” he said.

One of Muse’s owners identified the suspect through a photo line-up, Cave said.

Muse co-owner Heather Wighton thanked the public for their help and said staff are relieved a suspect has been charged.

“In my restaurant career, I have only ever dealt with one other dine and dash but it wasn’t to this extent where it was so smooth, planned out, fake wallet, three course meal, and it put my servers on edge for sure,” she said.

Soch works as a bartender at La Piccola Napoli.

Soch was given a court date of Jan. 2, but police say he failed to appear and have issued a warrant for his arrest.

Cave said the charge of meal fraud is common and serious as it hurts the bottom line of small businesses.

“They are the type of crime that perhaps happens in more of a fast food establishment or a lower-end establishment where it’s almost like a spur of the moment thing by the suspect to go in and maybe they are motivated by hunger — they haven’t had a meal for awhile,” he said.

“But certainly say even ones in more of a high-end restaurant like in Kensington doesn’t happen very often.”

Anyone who knows his whereabouts is asked to call police at 403-266-1234.