Birmingham teacher orders a £34 curry online - but discovers the takeaway had shut down on collection

Iain Grant was looking forward to a hot spicy treat with his family after placing a £34 curry order on an online platform.

But the teacher from Birmingham got an unpleasant surprise when he travelled to the restaurant to pick up his dinner - and discovered the restaurant had shut down. The 49 year-old dad had paid for the spicy meal from restaurant Curry Baba using website DineOrder while he was on holiday in Falmouth in Cornwall with his daughter.

When he arrived to collect his order he found the windows of the restaurant white-washed out and the lights off. Curry Baba said the restaurant has closed down but there was an error with the website and online orders following the closure.

Iain said: "We had arrived in Falmouth after a long journey. We were all quite hungry, so we took a quick look online and ordered ourselves a chicken korma, lamb saag and another dish. When we got to the restaurant there was clearly no business going on inside. The windows where blocked up and nobody was in.

"I dropped them a call, and weirdly they picked up very quickly. They were very apologetic, but it was just so bizarre. One of their staff who I spoke to said that they would be closed for at least a few weeks - and they promised to repay me.

"Unfortunately I’ve still not been paid several weeks later. I’ve had a few calls from them since saying that the money is coming, but I’ve not seen any yet. I also spoke to Dine Order, who were also very apologetic and said that it should not be possible - and promised to repay me too.

"I just find the whole thing quite funny. If you can’t laugh at these things, what else can you do." He says he was assured that he would be repaid but says he has still not received his cash over two weeks later.

A spokesman for Curry Baba apologised and said if orders are accepted by mistake to contact them for a refund. DineOrder has been contacted for comment.