Cooked?Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 14, 2026
Birmingham restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-09-13: 12 downgrades, 7 recoverys. Official UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils records.
How to read this brief
12 downgrades · 7 recoverys
These are meaningful inspection records Cooked first received between 7 September 2026 and 13 September 2026. The authority may have performed an inspection earlier and published it later, so every restaurant below carries the inspection’s actual date.
An inspection is a dated official record, not a guarantee about every meal before or after it.
Ratings moved down 📉
Subway
Kiosk 4 Terrace Food Court West Orchards Shopping Centre Smithford Way, Coventry · Coventry CV1 1QX · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
5 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 12 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Appachy Food Ltd - T/A Annai Express
Appachy Fast Foods 378-386 Foleshill Road, Coventry · Coventry CV6 5AN · Coventry (CV6)
5 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 10 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Old Bush
Old Bush Inn, Cross Street, Bradley, Wolverhampton · Wolverhampton WV14 8DL · Wolverhampton (WV14)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 6 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
McDonald's
McDonald's, Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham · Birmingham B9 5RT · Birmingham (B8)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 6 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Sly Old Fox
54-56 Hurst Street, Birmingham · Birmingham B5 4TD · Digbeth (B5)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 6 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Chef
266 Chester Road, Birmingham · Solihull B36 0LB · Solihull (B36)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 5 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Teddy Bear Bubble Tea
40 Birmingham Road, Sutton Trinity, Birmingham, Birmingham · Birmingham B72 1QQ · Birmingham (B72)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 4 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Peach brunch and desserts ltd
560 Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham · Birmingham B42 1LR · Birmingham (B42)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 4 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Indigo Xpress
360 Gospel Lane, Olton, Solihull · Solihull B27 7AJ · Birmingham (B27)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 5 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Chaiiwala
410 Ladypool Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B12 8JZ · Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 5 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Charlie's 2 Kebab House
62 Robert Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B20 3RU · Birmingham (B20)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 4 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Al Arabi Grill House
30 Martineau Place, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 4UH · Eastside (B4)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 3 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Ratings recovered 📈
Hen k.o!
1545 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham · Birmingham B28 9JA · Birmingham (B28)
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 2 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Subway
2 Market Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands · Wolverhampton WV1 3AE · Wolverhampton (WV1)
3 → 5 (mid → clean) · inspection dated 8 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Italiano Pizzeria Kebab and Pasta
74 Dudley Road West, Tividale, Oldbury · Sandwell B69 2HR · Sandwell (B69)
1 → 3 (cooked → mid) · inspection dated 2 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Lucky House
33 Pelsall Lane, Rushall, Walsall, West Midlands · Walsall WS4 1NA · Walsall (WS4)
3 → 4 (mid → clean) · inspection dated 6 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Pizza pepper
766 Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham · Birmingham B29 6NA · Selly Oak (B29)
3 → 4 (mid → clean) · inspection dated 5 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Dolce Desserts Selly Oak
608 Pershore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham · Birmingham B29 7HQ · Edgbaston (B15)
2 → 3 (cooked → mid) · inspection dated 4 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Wok & Go
66 Aston Street, Birmingham · Birmingham B4 7DA · Eastside (B4)
2 → 3 (cooked → mid) · inspection dated 3 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Neighborhood and local-area movement 🗺️
These are places with at least two qualifying changes in the reporting period—not a claim that every restaurant in the area moved the same way.
Eastside (B4)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Affected chains and same-name locations 📍
Only name groups with at least three operating Birmingham locations and a qualifying change this period appear here. Counts describe each group’s current citywide record at publication; shared names do not always prove shared ownership.
Subway
86 clean · 2 mid · 2 cooked across 90 rated locations, plus 2 not rated.
2 qualifying changes this period · 92 operating locations tracked
Mcdonalds
33 clean · 0 mid · 1 cooked across 34 rated locations, plus 3 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 37 operating locations tracked
Chaiiwala
8 clean · 1 mid · 0 cooked across 9 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 10 operating locations tracked
Lucky House
3 clean · 2 mid · 0 cooked across 5 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 5 operating locations tracked
How Birmingham’s rating works
the FSA rates 0–5 (higher is better): clean = 4 or 5, mid = 3, cooked = 2 or below.
Birmingham and the wider West Midlands run the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme: a single 0 to 5 rating where higher is better. A 5 is very good, a 3 is generally satisfactory, and a 0 means urgent improvement is necessary. The number combines hygienic food handling, the physical condition of the premises, and the inspector’s confidence in management. Each West Midlands council inspects its own patch against the same national standard, so a 4 in Solihull means what a 4 means in Birmingham. The FSA publishes the rating and its date, but never the itemized findings.
Corrections and updates
No corrections recorded. The facts above are the frozen publication snapshot; restaurant links show the current record.
Source: UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils. Cooked preserves the authority’s grade and adds clean / mid / cooked only as a comparison layer. Read the methodology → · Browse explainers and stories →