<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Disturbing video footage has emerged of two large rats eating off the stove in the kitchen of an Adelaide pub.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The vision, obtained by 9News, shows the two rodents nibbling on the grill at the Hotel Metropolitan.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rodents were spotted on Tuesday night by Andrew Antonna, who has worked as a chef at another restaurant for four years.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/geelong-news-man-arrested-after-four-alleged-attempted-carjackings-in-bunnings-norlane-car-park/e2bdb066-cb08-42d4-8401-288ebfd4d4d3"><strong><span>Man arrested after four alleged attempted carjackings in Bunnings car park</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He says he's never seen anything like it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They were just running on the grill, the fryers, on the plates … just having a good time," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I walked past there last night and people were eating there and I just felt disgusted."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/video-footage-rats-adelaide-kitchen/f9cb263f-32c8-480e-8b37-edec7bbb9d60" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Publican Damien Peterson has sought to assure the public that his restaurant is aware and dealing with the problem, and that the kitchen will remain open.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am as disturbed as anybody else watching that vision," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Since we have been aware of this problem, specifically every morning, we deep clean the kitchen just to make sure that if we have any visitors, there's no trace of them."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-boy-gus-lamont-update-search-enters-expected-final-day/fb2b004e-07a7-4959-b142-6376f3bac316"><strong><span>Search for missing boy comes to an end with no new information found</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I eat food out of this kitchen every single day… and some of our customers were actually eating half an hour ago while I was telling them about the problem," he added, pointing to the Metropolitan's five-star health food rating.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Peterson said the hotel has spent close to $10,000 on pest control this year alone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also claims he isn't alone, saying the city of Adelaide is facing a major rodent problem.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have secured any food source that they might be chasing inside of the building, but we have literally at some points had rats chew through the floorboards to get into the building," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Adelaide City Council says it regularly conducts inspections and action varies based on the circumstances.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>