Prettys cafe not so pretty 1 star hygiene rating!!

[Grainne17]

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.

[Giacomelli]

Loads of places in Ed have 1 or 2 stars sadly. I knew about prettys but now that homemade is closed it has become a regular breakfast haunt. I have never been ill.

[Roundabout]

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.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

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 !

[unlurked]

I would never eat in there as have seen v poor hygiene practices in the past.

Saying "I have never been ill" is like saying I've never been run over when crossing the road in the wrong place-only a matter of time.

Well done OP.

[spider69]

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?

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

If I eat in restaurant I don't expect my food to be from Iceland .

[spider69]

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote:

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> If I eat in restaurant I don't expect my food to

> be from Iceland .

Have you asked said restaurant where their food comes from?

Might be Hobnobs to take home.

[Callie]

I guess there wouldn't be a problem if it was a Waitrose bag ;)

[Callie]

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[Grainne17]

The place is stinking, Iceland bag regardless!

[dharamsala]

I've going there for years and have never got ill.

Actually I think the food is delicious

[NewWave]

always seems busy when I pass, and I ate there once and had a really good salad,didn't look dirty to me.

Only reason I've only eaten there once is purely because the service was very very slow and there were a lot of noisy kids in there.

[Mustard]

Stinking of what?

[Grainne17]

Stinking as in filthy! Dirty!

[dharamsala]

To me It doesn't look dirty at all !

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Me neither. Always enjoyed a big, and it's huge, fry up in there

dharamsala Wrote:

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> To me It doesn't look dirty at all !

[Grainne17]

It got 1 star out of 5 in hygiene rating

[DulwichFox]

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

[Help-Ma-Boab]

I must just have a high filth threshold.

Grainne17 Wrote:

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> It got 1 star out of 5 in hygiene rating

[unlurked]

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.

[numbers]

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

[DulwichFox]

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

[Grainne17]

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!

[*Bob*]

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