Cooked?Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — September 21, 2026
Birmingham restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-09-20: 17 downgrades, 3 recoverys. Official UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils records.
How to read this brief
17 downgrades · 3 recoverys
These are meaningful inspection records Cooked first received between 14 September 2026 and 20 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 📉
KS Shawarma
619 Foleshill Road, Coventry · Coventry CV6 5JR · Coventry (CV6)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 19 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.
Chai Green
199 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B8 1NJ · Birmingham (B8)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 14 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 Pilgrims
Mk 8, Grand Central, Stephenson Place, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 4BQ · Colmore Row (B3)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 13 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 Rose And Crown
294 Gravelly Lane, Erdington, Birmingham · Birmingham B23 5SB · Birmingham (B23)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 11 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.
Soho Tavern
Soho Tavern, 407 Park Road, Soho, Birmingham · Birmingham B18 5SR · Jewellery Quarter (B18)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 11 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 Fold Fish Bar
1 The Fold, Birmingham · Birmingham B38 9BL · Birmingham (B38)
4 → 2 (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.
Pizza Millenio
303 Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham · Birmingham B27 7PS · Birmingham (B27)
4 → 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.
Delta Grills
25 Bishop Street, Coventry · Coventry CV1 1HU · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 18 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.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong House 35 Clay Lane, Coventry · Coventry CV2 4LJ · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 18 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.
UK Fried Chicken
232 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B8 3DH · Birmingham (B8)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 14 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.
Poke Grill Ltd
31A High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham · Birmingham B14 7BB · Moseley (B13)
3 → 0 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 14 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.
Chandni Chowk
125 Soho Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B21 9ST · Birmingham (B21)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 14 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 Bull
The Bull Public House, 1 Price Street, Birmingham · Birmingham B4 6JU · City Centre / New Street (B2)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 13 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.
Subway
476-478 Tyburn Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B24 8DY · Birmingham (B24)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · 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.
Burger & Dough
76 Digbeth, Birmingham · Birmingham B5 6DY · Digbeth (B5)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 11 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.
My Grill
290 Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham · Birmingham B27 7PT · Birmingham (B27)
4 → 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.
Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel
Chester Road, Solihull · Solihull B36 9DE · Solihull (B36)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 9 July 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 📈
Foleshill Chip Shop
Foleshill Chip Shop 553 Foleshill Road, Coventry · Coventry CV6 5JW · Coventry (CV6)
1 → 4 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 14 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.
Budgens
54 Sherlock Street, Birmingham · Birmingham B5 6EJ · Digbeth (B5)
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 11 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.
McDonald's
McDonald's, Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham · Birmingham B9 5RT · Birmingham (B8)
2 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 10 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.
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.
Birmingham (B8)
4 changes: 2 setbacks and 2 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
Birmingham (B27)
3 changes: 2 setbacks and 1 improvement
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Coventry City Centre (CV1)
2 changes: 2 setbacks and 0 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 0 recoveries
Colmore Row (B3)
3 changes: 1 setback and 2 improvements
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
Coventry (CV6)
3 changes: 1 setback and 2 improvements
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
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
85 clean · 3 mid · 2 cooked across 90 rated locations, plus 2 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 92 operating locations tracked
Uk Fried Chicken
3 clean · 4 mid · 3 cooked across 10 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 11 operating locations tracked
The Rose and Crown
1 clean · 0 mid · 1 cooked across 2 rated locations, plus 2 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 4 operating locations tracked
Chai Green
1 clean · 0 mid · 1 cooked across 2 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 3 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 →