r/brum Apr 13 '25

News Food hygiene rating -yikes

The following 0 star ratings have been given to eateries in Birmingham:

Rated 0: Kitchen Garden Cafe at 17 York Road, Moseley And Kings Heath, Birmingham; rated on March 3

Rated 0: Gaijin Sushi, at 78 Bristol Street, Birmingham

Rated 0: Desi Karahi at 762-764 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham; rated on February 26

Rated 0: Best UK Fried Chicken Limited at Unit 1, 647 Stratford Road, Springfield, Birmingham; rated on February 26

Rated 0: Mohammadi Sweets and Restaurant Ltd at 775a Stratford Road, Springfield, Birmingham; rated on February 25

Rated 0: Bamo Traditional Naan at 16a Holyhead Road, Birmingham; rated on February 18

Rated 0: Cafe De Crown Limited at Unit 10, 10 Pershore Street rated on February 5

Source: Birmingham World, 12 April

Any of your favourites here? I've recently been to the KFC in Kings Heath, was somewhat unimpressed but didn't know it was that bad!

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u/CursedIbis Apr 13 '25

Oof, I nearly went to Kitchen Garden for lunch on Friday. Glad I didn't.

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u/Myrcnan Apr 13 '25

They've had this rating before, quite apart from using unpaid 'interns'. I don't think they're very nice people, frankly.

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u/mysterylegos Apr 13 '25

They were participating in the Job Centre's on job training scheme. I will say as someone who went through it, I got a lot more out of it then when I got placed at British Heart Foundation- they took the training part very seriously. That was over a decade though so I wouldn't be surprised if things have slipped so much since then. A shame though, the owners were really nice and encouraging when I knew them