How Clean is Your Curry-House?

After reading a few health inspectors ‘curry house horror stories’ recently, we decided to look into the food hygiene records of local Indian restaurants. 

High Standards: Aspara in India

 

 

Having checked data from the Food Standards Agency’s ratings for Bromley,  we were able to obtain the scores for 60 curry houses in the borough.

The results were surprising and to be honest, disappointing.  Over half of the restaurants we checked were ‘unsatisfactory’.  More than 40% were adjudged to require ‘major improvement’.

It was also a lesson in not judging a book by its cover.  Old-school curry houses,  Belash in Penge  and  Taste of India in Elmers End pulled off impressive 5 out of 5 scores,  while modern, smart looking restaurants Spice Fusion in Biggin Hill  and  Shampan 2 in Bromley fared badly.  They, along with a number of the club’s favourites, scored a meagre 1 out of 5.

Bottom of the class is Spice Garden on Burnt Ash Lane, which score a horrifying zero.  Their ratings in the sub-categories don’t look pretty;   Food Hygiene and Safety – ‘Bad’,   Structural Compliance – ‘Poor’   Confidence in Management – ‘Little’    

I think we’ll be crossing that one off the to-do-list.

 
See how your favourite restaurant was rated on the full listing below;

 

5 - Very Good

Belash, Penge
Cinnamon Culture, Plaistow Lane
Kosturi, Hayes
Royal Gurkha, Bromley
Taste of India, Elmers End

 

4 – Good
Asha
Little India, Petts Wood
Village Cuisine

 

3 - Generally Satisfactory
Adibs, Beckenham
Amber Fort, Beckenham
Anis Indian Cuisine, Chislehurst
Bengal Lancer, Chislehurst
Bombay Hut, West Wickham
Bromley Masala
Curry Corner, West Wickham
Flavour of India, Orpington
Ginger, Hayes
Gurkha Square, Chislehurst
Mahuwan, Bromley
New India Restaurant, Bromley
Palace Spice, Westow Hill
Raj Moni, Bromley
Rajdoot, Downe
Rajdoot Tandoori, Petts Wood
Shaon, Chislehurst
Sonargaon, West Wickham
Spice Kitchen 2, Sydenham
Spice Society, Beckenham
The Bombay, Orpington

 

2 - Improvement Necessary
Barabar, Petts Wood
Blue Bengal, West Wickham
Homesdale Tandoori, Bromley
Indian Ocean, Bromley
Tamasha of Bromley
Zeera Spice, West Wickham

 

1 - Major Improvement Necessary
Beckenham Curry Club
Bengal Butler, Biggin Hill
Bengali Kitchen, Beckenham
Diwana Tandoori, West Wickham
Café Royal, Beckenham
Curry Cottage, West Wickham
Curry House, West Wickham
I Naga, West Wickham
Indigo, Orpington
Javentri, Biggin Hill
Kathmandu Masala, Beckenham
Mountain View, Chislehurst
Papadam, Bromley
Raj of India, Orpington
Raj Palace, Bromley
Sabiha, Orpington
Saffron, Orpington
Shampan 2, Bromley
Shimla Pink, Orpington
Spice Fusion, Biggin Hill
Spice Lounge, Orpington
Tiranga Tandoori, Bromley
Yak & Yeti, Orpington
Yasmin, Bromley

 

0 - Urgent Improvement Necessary
Spice Garden, Bromley

 

Source: Food Standards Agency London Borough of Bromley

Data correct as of 6^th February 2013.
http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/council/london-borough-of-bromley