Detectives are investigating after a restaurant was robbed in Carseldine overnight.

Initial information suggests that a man entered a Thai restaurant on Beams Road at 8.15pm and approached the front count8r.

The man produced a large metal pole and made demands for cash from a woman working at the business.

Following a verbal altercation with a man who was eating at the restaurant, the man then fled the scene empty handed and was last seen on foot on Beams Road.

No one was physically injured as a result of the incident.

The man is described as Pacific Islander in appearance, around 178cms tall and was last seen wearing a grey hooded jumper and had a black piece of cloth over his face.

Investigations are continuing.