No cash so robber bashes restaurant owner

A NSW restaurant owner has been repeatedly struck with a weapon when a would-be robber discovered there wasn't any cash on the premises.

The incident occurred about 7.45pm on Sunday when the 63-year-old man closed his business on Tongarra Road, Albion Park.

He was approached by a man who demanded cash. When told there wasn't any, the man struck the restaurateur a number of times across the head with a weapon.

The victim was taken to Wollongong Hospital where he was treated for deep lacerations on his head.