A lesbian couple have been left 'humiliated' after being allegedly 'jeered at' by the staff of a local takeaway restaurant on their way home from a night out.

Alice Bowerman, 31, and her partner Terri-Ann Metcalfe, 34, stopped at a takeaway restaurant after 3am in their local area of Nottingham, UK.

When the couple shared a brief kiss on the lips while waiting for their food, they say the restaurant staff began to jeer at them, saying they "didn't want to see that."

"It was nothing outrageous, just a normal kiss - like any couple would do on a night out," Metcalfe told the BBC.

Alice Bowerman and her partner Terri-Ann Metcalfe were allegedly 'jeered at' by restaurant staff. (Facebook)

According to the pair, staff members told the couple they wouldn't jeer at a man and woman kissing because "that's normal."

No other customers spoke up or intervened, said Metcalfe and Bowerman, leaving the couple feeling "disgusted" by the staff's jeering and the indifference of the other patrons.

"You get lots of people asking why we need Pride nowadays but these kind of things reiterate why it's so important," Bowerman said.

The couple have been dating for two years, but Metcalfe has been in same sex relationships for 15 years and says she has "never experienced anything like this before."

Earlier this year, a same-sex couple was attacked on a London bus on their way home for a night out, after refusing to kiss when a group of teenage boys demanded they do so.

The women were on a London bus on their way home from a night out when they were attacked. (Melania Geymonat)

Though the two incidents had very different outcomes, LGBTQ activists insist they both demonstrate "same-sex couples can't win" when it comes to homophobia and discrimination.

Nottinghamshire Police are currently investigating the "hate incident" and have thanked Metcalfe and Bowerman for reporting it, adding they will be providing "appropriate support" to the couple.