Food hygiene ratings handed to two Tower Hamlets restaurants

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter

Published 22nd Feb 2024, 09:57 GMT

New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to two of Tower Hamlets’s restaurants, cafes or canteens, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows.

New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to two of Tower Hamlets’s restaurants, cafes or canteens, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows.

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

placeholder image — A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Kolapata Bangladeshi Restaurant, at 222 Whitechapel Road, London was handed a three-out-of-five rating after assessment on January 31.

And Sheba, at 136 Brick Lane, London was given a score of one on January 31.

It means that of Tower Hamlets's 1,054 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 743 (70%) have ratings of five and just six have zero ratings.

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