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A disgruntled diner who made a complaint on Facebook was stunned when the restaurant told her to "f**k off".

Jennifer Bennett, 31, had booked dinner for her and husband Dave at Lusitano - but when she turned up the Manchester eatery was shut.

Understandably miffed, she took to Lusitano's Facebook page to complain - but the restaurant's reply was: "just f**k off lady", reports the Manchester Evening News.

Jennifer wrote: “Had a table booked for Friday at 7:30, turned up and you were closed?! I’ve emailed you about it and still awaiting a response and there’s no answer when I call.

“After spending £6.50 on a taxi to Chorlton we ended up having to eat elsewhere so it was not the cheap night out we had hoped for!

“And having read some recent reviews on here I’m not even sure if I actually want to redeem my Groupon voucher now ... Although Hotspot Ess Paradies round the corner was a good find so not a completely wasted evening.”

But her disappointment turned to utter disbelief when the restaurant’s angry four-letter response popped up on Facebook a couple of days later.

She said: “You just don’t expect it, especially when I was going to be a paying customer.

“I was really shocked to be spoken to like that.

“I thought their Facebook account might have been hacked so I tried to call the restaurant again but there was no answer.”

Jennifer, from Urmston, bought a voucher from Groupon entitling her to a discount at the restaurant - which serves a range of tapas and Spanish and Portuguese dishes.

She called the restaurant last Wednesday and booked a table for two for Friday night.

But when Jennifer and Dave arrived at the restaurant on Friday evening they found the place closed.

Copywriter Jennifer said: “It looked like it was locked up.

"The sign on the door said something about being closed for repairs, but we had called up two days previously and they had made no mention of it or called to tell us.

“We were hungry so we found a little German restaurant around the corner.

"It turned out okay in the end but it was not the cheap night we had hoped for.

“Later on that night I dropped Lusitano a quick friendly email just asking when it would re-open so we can use this voucher.

“A couple of days later I found them on Facebook and thought I would post on there.

"I posted on August 30 and just yesterday they replied with that comment.”

The restaurant has been bombarded with comments on Facebook after Jennifer shared the post on the social media site.

She has also reported the matter to Groupon.

She said: “I have lost out on £12 because I’ve wasted this Groupon voucher but we would have spent double that on the night.

“I’m not annoyed because they were closed. I’m sorry if they’ve gone out of business.

"If they had just replied to my original email asking when they were reopening it would have been fine.

“I don’t expect an apology - I just can’t tolerate bad customer service.”

The restaurant has been contacted but there is nobody at the venue.

There is a sign saying it is closed for repairs.