THE exclusive Bermondsey Square Hotel in South London has been taken over by a Middle Eastern businessman who intends to run it ‘in accordance with Sharia law’.

Hours after he assumed ownership, guests were shocked to find all alcohol and dishes containing pork were banned, including beer-battered onion rings, drunken cherries and rum-flavoured ice cream.

“A group of us were meant to be meeting in the bar and they said: ‘We can’t serve alcohol any more’,” one customer told the Daily Mail.

“When I contacted the manager to ask why, he told me that the new owner wanted it to be a Sharia law hotel. Under Sharia law, you can’t make a profit from alcohol.”

Facebook users are already expressing their disappointment on the hotel’s Facebook page.

“No bacon and no alcohol? Thanks, but no thanks. My advice, stay away from this hotel,” wrote one user.

“Apparently, the Bermondsay no longer offers alcoholic beverages to restaurant patrons. The general manager, Robert Holland, may want to look at the looping images on the hotel’s home page as one image shows a young couple in a hot tub sipping what appears to be Champagne,” wrote another.

It wasn’t long before comments relating to religion started to flow in, too.

“No bacon, No Booze ... This is South East London not Syria. Take you sharia law and poke it up your Richard Harris,” wrote one user.

“This isn’t the Middle East it’s The UK, your laws mean nothing here, they are illegal, I hope you go bust,” wrote another.

The International Business Times reports that Bespoke Hotels, who run the Bermondsey, will still allow guests to bring in their own alcohol.

No word on whether they’ll have to pay corkage.

— with Daily Mail Syndication