Cooked?Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades — September 28, 2026
Birmingham restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-09-27: 20 downgrades. Official UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils records.
How to read this brief
20 downgrades
These are meaningful inspection records Cooked first received between 21 September 2026 and 27 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 📉
Surf & Slice
Surf & Slice 42 Earlsdon Street, Coventry · Coventry CV5 6EJ · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 27 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.
Hisham Kurdish Restaurant
22 Victoria Street, Coventry · Coventry CV1 5NA · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 24 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 Walsall Arms
17 Bank Street, Walsall, West Midlands · Walsall WS1 2EP · Walsall (WS1)
4 → 0 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Jade Garden
120 Beverley Road, West Bromwich · Sandwell B71 2LS · Sandwell (B71)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Jerky John Caribbean takeaway
6 Deykin Avenue, Birmingham · Birmingham B6 7BY · Birmingham (B6)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Big Saj
85 The Uplands, Smethwick · Sandwell B67 6BL · Sandwell (B67)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Kabanyoro's Kitchen
Unit 3, 5 - 15 Broad Street, City Centre, Wolverhampton · Wolverhampton WV1 1JA · Wolverhampton (WV1)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Chilli Spice
200 Streetly Road, Stockland Green, Birmingham · Birmingham B23 7AL · Birmingham (B23)
5 → 2 (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.
Khyber Pass Restaurant
104 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B8 1HU · Birmingham (B8)
4 → 1 (clean → 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.
Paradise Banqueting Hall
231 Montgomery Street, Birmingham · Birmingham B11 1DS · Birmingham (B10)
5 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 17 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.
Afripot Restaurant
8a Hales Street, Coventry · Coventry CV1 1JD · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 25 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.
Sovrano Caffe
Sovrano Caffe 8 Smithford Way, Coventry · Coventry CV1 1FX · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 25 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.
Darya Restaurant and Coffee Shop
Darya Restaurant and Coffee Shop 2-4 Adelaide Street, Coventry · Coventry CV1 5GT · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 24 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.
Pollers Cafe and Sandwich Bar
42A High Street, Sutton Trinity, Birmingham, Birmingham · Birmingham B72 1UJ · Birmingham (B75)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 21 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.
Karwan Restaurant Birmingham
759-761 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B8 3PX · Birmingham (B8)
3 → 2 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 21 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.
Fan's House Chinese
351 Haslucks Green Road, Shirley, Solihull · Solihull B90 2NG · Solihull (B90)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 20 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.
Sea City
203 Stourbridge Road, Halesowen · Dudley B63 3QX · Dudley (B63)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 20 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.
One Stop Solihull
61 Hobs Moat Road, Elmdon, Solihull · Solihull B92 8JJ · Solihull (B92)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Yardstyle Jerk Centre
433-435 Dudley Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B18 4HD · Sandwell (B66)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 20 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.
Bennie's
Bennies, 1D Clark Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands · Wolverhampton WV3 9NW · Wolverhampton (WV3)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · 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.
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.
Coventry City Centre (CV1)
7 changes: 5 setbacks and 2 improvements
0 closures · 5 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
Birmingham (B8)
4 changes: 2 setbacks and 2 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
Birmingham (B11)
2 changes: 2 setbacks and 0 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 0 recoveries
Birmingham (B23)
3 changes: 1 setback and 2 improvements
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
Sandwell (B66)
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.
Jade Garden
9 clean · 0 mid · 2 cooked across 11 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 11 operating locations tracked
Subway
86 clean · 3 mid · 1 cooked across 90 rated locations, plus 2 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 92 operating locations tracked
Caspian pizza
16 clean · 7 mid · 2 cooked across 25 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 26 operating locations tracked
Chai green
2 clean · 0 mid · 0 cooked across 2 rated locations, plus 2 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 4 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 →