Wetherspoons customers were left “disgusted” after a rodent was spotted scurrying around the floor and picking up scraps.

Diners at the Muggleton Inn, Maidstone, watched on in shock as the grey rodent scampered across the high street venue’s floor.

One woman who shared the video said: “Why would you want to eat here when the mice nick your chips? Disgusting.”

Another said: “Oh my goodness, that’s horrible.” While a third person commented: “That’s a rat tail – looks too long to be a mouse.”

The nearly two-minute long video shows a large grey mouse springing around the floor picking up scraps from under the table and eating them.

Wetherspoons spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “We are aware of the recent mice sighting at the pub. We have implemented a comprehensive range of actions which have been discussed with Maidstone Borough Council, who are content with the steps being taken.

“The pub maintains high standards of cleanliness, and was recently awarded the maximum food hygiene rating of 5 [out of 5] by the council under the national Scores on the Doors food hygiene scheme.”

In May, pest control company Rentokill equipment was spotted inside the pub and a van parked outside.

At the time, a Wetherspoon spokesman said: “Measures to control pest activity are commonly used in food premises and Wetherspoon uses Rentokil for that purpose in its pubs. Traps are a standard part of the pest control process.”

The Muggleton Inn is currently covered in scaffolding after submitting £1.2million revamp plans earlier this month.

It means the site could close while it looks to completely transform the venue and give it a “new lease of life” as part of the pub’s biggest ever refurbishment.

It is one of two Wetherspoons in the town, alongside the Society Rooms at the top of Week Street, near the railway station.

Planning documents sent to the local authority outline aspirations for a full internal decoration and a change of the seating layout.

The development would see new roofs, carpet, heating and cooling, and an improved beer garden installed.

The Grade-II listed building was originally built in 1827 as the new offices of the Kent Fire Insurance Company, before later being converted to the Muggleton Inn 168 years later in 1995.

It takes its name from Medway’s Charles Dickens who affectionately dubbed the county town “Muggleton” in his famous novel, The Pickwick Papers, published in the 1830s.

The public house was taken over by national chain JD Wetherspoon in 2014 which carried out a two-week refit costing £445,000.