Cash and whisky worth nearly £400 were stolen in a smash-and-grab from a Manchester city centre Thai restaurant.
The offender was filmed on CCTV throwing a brick through the side window of MyThai, on John Dalton St, at approximately 11:30pm, says the manager.
She believes the offender, who took £300 cash and £80 worth of whisky, to be male, and has since contacted the police.
The smashed window could be seen from the street on Thursday, with broken glass covering the road.
No restaurant staff were in the building at the time of the robbery. The window has since been boarded up.
The manager, Nitt, explained that a similar incident had happened around two and a half years ago at the Thai restaurant, in which another brick was launched through one of the restaurant’s windows.
Nitt’s reaction to the robbery was surprisingly stoic.
She said: “Can’t do much about it… just have to get on with it.”
Despite the incident, she says managing a restaurant is “not difficult”.
Our work in the Village area of #Manchester city centre has seen robberies drop and stop-searches increase as officers target criminals operating in the community. pic.twitter.com/Y6ok6qS9Qv
— Manchester City Centre Police (GMP) (@GMPCityCentre) September 2, 2024
The day before the robbery took place, Manchester City Centre Police posted on X: “In the first quarter of 2024, 23 offences of robbery were reported, compared to 38 in the first quarter of 2023. In the months that followed in 2024 – April and May –11 offences were reported, as compared to 28 offences in the same period of 2023.”
Nitt is Thai, like all of her staff at MyThai, and her mother runs a restaurant in Thailand. She previously worked as a pot washer for 25 years before becoming manager at MyThai two years ago.
MyThai has five UK locations, including two in Manchester, the other being located in the Northern Quarter.
The restaurant’s website describes it as: “A Thai shack in the heart of Manchester, serving affordable Thai food.”
Feature image: Rob Currell
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