{"id":686446,"date":"2026-07-11T19:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/686446\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:07:09","slug":"chinese-restaurant-near-swindon-targeted-by-dine-and-dash-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/686446\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese restaurant near Swindon targeted by &#8216;dine and dash&#8217; incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Oriental Aroma at 50 High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, has taken to social media to share a notice to customers informing them that the restaurant and takeaway will now be asking for upfront payment, following multiple &#8216;dine and dash&#8217; incidents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The post stated: &#8220;Due to some recent incidents of diners leaving without paying, the management reserves the right to charge for food and drinks upfront.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your understanding.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Locals have expressed their support for the business and shock that Oriental Aroma has been targeted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Oriental Aroma in Royal Wootton Bassett (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One commenter said: &#8220;Wow that\u2019s bloody despicable. Times are hard enough for the hospitality industry so you need to do what is best for you. Most customers should be happy with it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While another added: &#8220;Great idea, you have staff and bills to pay&#8230;I would be more then happy to order and pay beforehand to help support a local business.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Lots of pubs do it for food now and I don\u2019t blame them it\u2019s because of the people that fill their bellies then disappear without paying&#8221;, said another.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The High Street business will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk\/news\/26256504.chinese-takeaway-near-swindon-announces-temporary-closure\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">closing temporarily<\/a> from Monday, July 20 for &#8216;exciting renovations.&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The owner has thanked customers for their support and it has been announced that Oriental Aroma will be closed for nearly seven weeks, with a reopening date set for Wednesday, September 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A post earlier this week said: &#8220;Dear Customers,\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;To help us keep Oriental Aroma looking its best and ensure we continue providing you with the highest standards of food and service, we will be closed from Monday 20th July while we carry out essential maintenance, servicing, and some exciting renovations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We will reopen on Wednesday 2nd September, refreshed and ready to welcome you back!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;d like to thank all of our wonderful customers for your continued support, patience, and loyalty. We can&#8217;t wait to show you the improvements and serve you again very soon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We hope you all have a fantastic summer, and we&#8217;ll see you in September!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Chinese restaurant has an overall average Google Review rating of 4.2 out of five and has been praised by locals for its vegans options.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their website states: &#8220;Oriental Aroma in Royal Wootton Bassett is much loved by both the local community and those further afield for its excellent quality food &#8211; available to eat in, takeaway, or delivered to your door.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We offer Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Western cuisines and cater for all, including our popular Vegan menus and (NGCI) no gluten containing ingredients menus.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oriental Aroma at 50 High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, has taken to social media to share a notice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-686446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}