Cooked?Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — October 5, 2026
Birmingham restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-10-04: 10 downgrades, 10 recoverys. Official UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils records.
How to read this brief
10 downgrades · 10 recoverys
These are meaningful inspection records Cooked first received between 28 September 2026 and 4 October 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 📉
Salaam Cafe
200 Broad Street, Coventry · Coventry CV6 5BG · Coventry (CV6)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 28 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.
TK Parantha Corner / Parantha corner
125 Boulton Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B21 0RG · Birmingham (B21)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 26 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.
Coffee break
Level L2, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham · Birmingham B4 7XG · Eastside (B4)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 26 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.
Milan Sweet Centre
238 Soho Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B21 9LR · Birmingham (B21)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 26 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.
Poncho Khana Ltd
502 Coventry Road, Nechells, Birmingham · Birmingham B10 0UN · Birmingham (B10)
5 → 2 (clean → 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.
Jamz kitchen
101A Oxhill Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B21 8HB · Birmingham (B21)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 16 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.
Starbucks
4 New Street Station Forecourt, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 4ND · City Centre / Brindleyplace (B1)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 4 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.
Kafenion
35 Sycamore Road, Bournville, Birmingham · Birmingham B30 2AA · Bournville (B30)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 26 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.
3 in 1 burger
314 Ladypool Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B12 8JY · Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · 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.
Kabul Darbar
912 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B8 2LU · Birmingham (B8)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 28 May 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 📈
Poncho Khana Ltd
502 Coventry Road, Nechells, Birmingham · Birmingham B10 0UN · Birmingham (B10)
2 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 30 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.
Pizza Pilgrims
Mk 8, Grand Central, Stephenson Place, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 4BQ · Colmore Row (B3)
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 29 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.
Yaadgaar
198-200 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B8 3DH · Birmingham (B8)
2 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 28 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.
Saver Hot and Cold / Bordesley Hot and Cold
127-131 Bordesley Green, Nechells, Birmingham · Birmingham B9 5EG · Birmingham (B9)
0 → 4 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 24 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.
The Wellington
Wellington, 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 5SN · Colmore Row (B3)
2 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 23 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.
Bubbleology
Level 1, Bull Ring, Birmingham · Birmingham B5 4BU · Eastside (B4)
2 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 17 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.
Its Lahore
44 Station Road, Solihull · Solihull B91 3RX
1 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 9 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.
Chaaye Paani - Birmingham
878-880 Kingsbury Road, Tyburn, Birmingham · Birmingham B24 9PY · Birmingham (B35)
0 → 4 (cooked → clean) · 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.
Bijou
352 Ladypool Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B12 8JY · Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
2 → 4 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 7 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 Ivy
67-71 Temple Row, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 5LS · Colmore Row (B3)
3 → 5 (mid → clean) · inspection dated 2 October 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 (B21)
3 changes: 3 setbacks and 0 improvements
0 closures · 3 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 0 recoveries
Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Birmingham (B10)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Birmingham (B8)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
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.
Starbucks
15 clean · 1 mid · 0 cooked across 16 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 17 operating locations tracked
Yaadgaar
3 clean · 1 mid · 0 cooked across 4 rated locations.
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 →