Man gets restaurant reservation by pretending to be Moroccan PM

The proud chef shakes hands with who he thinks is the Prime Minister of Morocco. Photo / Twitter, Ihab8knicks

A desperate man secured a reservation at an in-demand restaurant - by pretending to be the Moroccan prime minister.

The unidentified diner was left disappointed after being told there was not enough room at the eatery for him and his family.

But refusing to be beaten, he called back minutes later and claimed to be the 62-year-old leader of Morocco, Saadeddine Othmani, The Daily Mail reported.

Duped into believing a VIP was coming to eat at the restaurant, believed to be in Russia, staff immediately booked him in.

Staff were so convinced that the diner was Prime Minister Othmani, that they even asked him to sign one of their plates.

Footage online shows the man shaking hands with a proud-looking chef.

The clip was shared online by Twitter user @Ihab8knicks, who claimed the man was their father.

My dad wanted to make a reservation at a restaurant and they told him that they were completely booked, minutes later he called back claiming to be the prime minister of Morocco..... we got the best table in the place and the chef answer him to sign a plate and take a pic w him😭 pic.twitter.com/Yx2hdlK5Zf

— Ihab. (@Ihab8knicks) June 19, 2018

The Twitter user said: "My dad wanted to make a reservation at a restaurant and they told him that they were completely booked, minutes later he called back claiming to be the prime minister of Morocco.

"We got the best table in the place and the chef answer him to sign a plate and take a pic (with) him."

The clip has been retweeted tens of thousands of times and attracted more than 150,000 likes on Twitter.