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Prettys cafe not so pretty 1 star hygiene rating!!


Grainne17

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Went into prettys this morning as my boyfriend wanted a cooked breakfast, the place looked stinking so I checked out the hygiene score as it wasn't on the door, which I thought was illegal... Anyway when

I checked it had 1 star which is dreadful and I immediately left before I ordered.

Food Standard Agency - WEB site ---- In England and Northern Ireland, when you eat out or shop for food, you might see a sticker in the window or on the door, or a certificate on display, showing you the hygiene rating for that business. Businesses are encouraged to display these stickers and certificates at their premises in a place where you can easily see them when you visit. In Wales, from 28 November 2013, those businesses who receive a new FHRS sticker that includes the Welsh Government logo will have to display it in a prominent place ? such as the front door, entrance or window and provide information on their rating verbally, if asked.

Not sure why people are surprised that there are a lot of low ratings within Dulwich when chefs from various eateries here are outside smoking and sitting on the ground/steps with their aprons/uniforms still on , or the ones walking into their businesses with Iceland shopping bags or the unmarked non-refrigerated vans that deliver their meats.

If that is acceptable to them then I dread to see their kitchens.


Thankfully not all of them adopt these practises but there is a fair few which I won't name but its evident by their low ratings !

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote:

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> Not sure why people are surprised that there are a

> lot of low ratings within Dulwich when chefs from

> various eateries here are outside smoking and

> sitting on the ground/steps with their

> aprons/uniforms still on , or the ones walking

> into their businesses with Iceland shopping bags

> or the unmarked non-refrigerated vans that

> deliver their meats.

> If that is acceptable to them then I dread to see

> their kitchens.

>

> Thankfully not all of them adopt these practises

> but there is a fair few which I won't name but its

> evident by their low ratings !



What has Iceland shopping bags got to do with anything?

The Criteria for Hygiene Ratings:--




How hygienically the food is handled ?

how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.


The condition of the structure of the buildings ?

the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities.


How the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe


So some of these are incidental to actual Food Hygiene

Perhaps a place has no disabled facilities/ access.

Perhaps the building is old. The lighting is poor.


I would tend to ignore these ratings and judge by my own experience.


Full Article :- http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/hygiene-rating-schemes/ratings-find-out-more-en/



DulwichFox

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> The Criteria for Hygiene Ratings:--

>

>

>

> How hygienically the food is handled ?

> how it is prepared,

> cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.

>

> The condition of the structure of the

> buildings ?

> the cleanliness,

> layout, lighting, ventilation and other

> facilities.

>

> How the business manages and records what

> it does to make sure food is safe

>

> So some of these are incidental to actual Food

> Hygiene

> Perhaps a place has no disabled facilities/

> access.

> Perhaps the building is old. The lighting is

> poor.

>

> I would tend to ignore these ratings and judge

> by my own experience.

>

> Full Article :-

> http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/hygiene-rating-s

> chemes/ratings-find-out-more-en/

>

>

> DulwichFox


Oh yeah, like you get to look behind the scenes like the inspectors do! They don't just hand out these ratings willy nilly. I suggest you watch exactly what the staff do next time you're in there. Keep running across the road, it won't be long.

PMSL


Who gives a shit about the so-called Hygiene ratings, even those in the industry scorn them.


Pretty's has always been fine in my book. Makes me wonder why the OP and their partner bothered going in the door if the "place looked stinking" as they claim. If I thought a place looked rank, I wouldn't bother going in. Not as if there's a paucity of other places to choose from either.



edit: 1)grammar 2)brevity

unlurked Wrote:

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>

> Oh yeah, like you get to look behind the scenes

> like the inspectors do! They don't just hand out

> these ratings willy nilly. I suggest you watch

> exactly what the staff do next time you're in

> there. Keep running across the road, it won't be

> long.


I have never been in the place.. I rarely use cafes. But having said that, I would be

more concerned about the so called 'Top' restaurants and Hotels when it comes to hygiene.


Could not even begin the understand exactly what you were trying to say..


Nothing new there then....


DulwichFox

OP? Actually I didn't realise what it was like until I entered the premises, someone elses baked beans caked onto the menu rang alarm bells and that's when I checked out the score before swiftly exiting. Yes there are other places and I went somewhere else with higher cleanliness standards!

Where to next?




Re: East Dulwich Deli

Posted by Grainne17 23 December, 2013 11:04


I stopped going due to the poor hygeine rating, put me right off!




Re: Christmas Dinner and all the Trimmings

Posted by Grainne17 02 December, 2013 20:03


The herne has a terrible hygeine rating of 1 star!!

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