Cooked?Birmingham restaurant health inspection downgrades and recoveries — October 12, 2026
Birmingham restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-10-11: 6 downgrades, 13 recoverys. Official UK Food Standards Agency + West Midlands councils records.
How to read this brief
6 downgrades · 13 recoverys
These are meaningful inspection records Cooked first received between 5 October 2026 and 11 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 📉
Chai haute
685 Stratford Road, Springfield, Birmingham · Birmingham B11 4DX · Birmingham (B11)
5 → 0 (clean → cooked) · 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.
Toronto Crispy
813 Stratford Road, Springfield, Birmingham · Birmingham B11 4DA · Birmingham (B11)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · 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.
Amritsari Tarka
121 Soho Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B21 9ST · Birmingham (B21)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 1 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.
Md’z pizza
205 Walsgrave Road, Coventry · Coventry CV2 4HH · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 6 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.
Al Yemen Al Saeed
92 Stratford Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham · Birmingham B11 1AN · Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 3 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.
Oricha
10 Corporation Street, Ladywood, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 4RN · Colmore Row (B3)
3 → 2 (mid → cooked) · 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.
Ratings recovered 📈
Yo! Sushi
Selfridges, Lower Mall Bullring, Birmingham · Birmingham B5 4BU · Eastside (B4)
2 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 7 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.
Surf & Slice
Surf & Slice 42 Earlsdon Street, Coventry · Coventry CV5 6EJ · Coventry City Centre (CV1)
1 → 5 (cooked → 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.
Best Chicken
32 Market Place, Tipton · Sandwell DY4 7EJ · Sandwell (DY4)
0 → 5 (cooked → 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.
Ali's Kitchen
24 Market Place, Tipton · Sandwell DY4 7EL · Sandwell (DY4)
0 → 5 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 1 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.
K's Caribbean Taste
35-37 Birchfield Road, Birmingham · Birmingham B19 1SU · Birmingham (B19)
2 → 4 (cooked → clean) · inspection dated 22 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.
Mode Restaurant and Bar
163 Hagley Road, Ladywood, Birmingham · Birmingham B16 8UQ · Ladywood (B16)
1 → 4 (cooked → clean) · 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.
West Warwickshire Sports Complex
West Warwickshire Club Ltd, Grange Road, Olton, Solihull · Solihull B91 1DA · Birmingham (B27)
3 → 5 (mid → clean) · inspection dated 1 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.
Fan's House Chinese
351 Haslucks Green Road, Shirley, Solihull · Solihull B90 2NG · Solihull (B90)
3 → 5 (mid → 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.
Amalfi Blu Italian Restaurant
14 New Square, West Bromwich · Sandwell B70 7PP · West Bromwich (B70)
3 → 5 (mid → 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.
Subway
306 Stratford Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham · Birmingham B11 1AA · Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
0 → 3 (cooked → mid) · 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.
Fuel Juice Bars
Unit 38, Grand Central, Stephenson Place, Birmingham · Birmingham B2 4BF · Colmore Row (B3)
3 → 4 (mid → clean) · 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.
Village Kebab House
8 St Marys Row, Birmingham · Birmingham B13 8JG · Moseley (B13)
2 → 3 (cooked → mid) · inspection dated 1 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.
Happy Heart Cafe
26 Richmond Road, Olton, Solihull · Solihull B92 7RP · Birmingham (B27)
3 → 4 (mid → clean) · inspection dated 30 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.
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 (B11)
2 changes: 2 setbacks and 0 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 0 recoveries
Balsall Heath / Sparkbrook (B12)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Colmore Row (B3)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Coventry City Centre (CV1)
2 changes: 1 setback and 1 improvement
0 closures · 1 downgrade · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Birmingham (B27)
2 changes: 0 setbacks and 2 improvements
0 closures · 0 downgrades · 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.
Amritsari Tarka
1 clean · 1 mid · 1 cooked across 3 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 3 operating locations tracked
Toronto Crispy
1 clean · 1 mid · 1 cooked across 3 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 3 operating locations tracked
Subway
87 clean · 4 mid · 0 cooked across 91 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 92 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 →