Cooked?Manchester restaurant health inspection downgrades — October 5, 2026
Manchester restaurant inspection changes first received by Cooked during the week ending 2026-10-04: 20 downgrades. Official UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils records.
How to read this brief
20 downgrades
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 📉
Hamiltons
254-258 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester · Bury M45 8QN · Bury (M45)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 9 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Dough Bites Two T/as Proove
160 Burton Road, Manchester · Manchester M20 1LH · Didsbury (M20)
5 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 8 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Special Lahori Ice Bar
84 Wilmslow Road, Manchester · Manchester M14 5AL · Fallowfield / Rusholme (M14)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 29 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Moonlight
71-73 Wilmslow Road, Manchester · Manchester M14 5TB · Ardwick (M13)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 28 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Paradise Kebab House
104 Whitworth Road, Rochdale, Lancashire · Rochdale OL12 0JJ · Rochdale (OL12)
5 → 0 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 26 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Smashy
37 Market Street, Heywood, Lancashire · Rochdale OL10 1HX · Rochdale (OL10)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 24 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Chinese Chef
331 Bury Road, Bolton · Bolton BL2 6BB · Bolton (BL2)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 24 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Simply Fresh
272 Manchester Street, Oldham · Oldham OL9 6HB · Oldham (OL9)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 24 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Milnrow Balti Restaurant
22-24 Dale Street, Milnrow, Lancashire · Rochdale OL16 4HS · Rochdale (OL16)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 21 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Zaytoni
127B Oxford Road, Manchester · Manchester M1 7DY · City Centre / Piccadilly (M1)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 6 August 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Teppanyaki Chinatown
58-60 George Street, Manchester · Manchester M1 4HF · City Centre / St Peter’s Square (M2)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 24 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Wok
118 Mauldeth Road, Manchester · Manchester M14 6SQ · Manchester (M19)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 22 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Ilforno Pizza & Grill
94 Claremont Road, Manchester · Manchester M14 4RR · Fallowfield / Rusholme (M14)
4 → 1 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 15 July 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Bar 256
256 Wilmslow Road, Manchester · Manchester M14 6LB · Fallowfield / Rusholme (M14)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 19 June 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
The Lead Station
99 Beech Road, Manchester · Manchester M21 9EQ · Chorlton (M21)
5 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 18 June 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
B&J Family English And Caribbean Ltd
575-577 Ashton New Road, Manchester · Manchester M11 4EA · Manchester (M11)
4 → 2 (clean → cooked) · inspection dated 17 June 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Cube Desserts
185 Rochdale Road, Pimhole, Bury · Bury BL9 7BB · Bury (BL9)
5 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 10 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Cafe 11
1046 Ashton New Road Manchester M11 4PE, 1046 Ashton New Road, Manchester · Manchester M11 4PE · Manchester (M11)
4 → 3 (clean → mid) · inspection dated 7 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
K's Cafe
1 Greenside Street, Manchester · Manchester M11 2FZ · Manchester (M11)
3 → 2 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 7 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester councils does not publish itemized violations for this feed.
Suja Restaurant
214 Claremont Road, Manchester · Manchester M14 4TS · Fallowfield / Rusholme (M14)
3 → 1 (mid → cooked) · inspection dated 1 September 2026
Status when this brief was published: not listed as closed.
UK Food Standards Agency + Greater Manchester 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.
Fallowfield / Rusholme (M14)
13 changes: 8 setbacks and 5 improvements
0 closures · 8 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 5 recoveries
Bolton (BL4)
4 changes: 3 setbacks and 1 improvement
0 closures · 3 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
City Centre / St Peter’s Square (M2)
4 changes: 3 setbacks and 1 improvement
0 closures · 3 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Manchester (M11)
4 changes: 3 setbacks and 1 improvement
0 closures · 3 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 1 recovery
Chorlton (M21)
4 changes: 2 setbacks and 2 improvements
0 closures · 2 downgrades · 0 reopenings · 2 recoveries
Affected chains and same-name locations 📍
Only name groups with at least three operating Manchester 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.
Cube Desserts
1 clean · 3 mid · 0 cooked across 4 rated locations.
2 qualifying changes this period · 4 operating locations tracked
Dixy Chicken
9 clean · 2 mid · 5 cooked across 16 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 16 operating locations tracked
Chunky Chicken
4 clean · 2 mid · 0 cooked across 6 rated locations.
1 qualifying change this period · 6 operating locations tracked
Moonlight
1 clean · 1 mid · 1 cooked across 3 rated locations, plus 1 not rated.
1 qualifying change this period · 4 operating locations tracked
How Manchester’s rating works
the FSA rates 0–5 (higher is better): clean = 4 or 5, mid = 3, cooked = 2 or below.
Greater Manchester runs the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme: one number from 0 to 5, where higher is better. A 5 is very good, a 3 is generally satisfactory, and a 0 means urgent improvement is necessary. The rating blends three things the inspector judges on the day — hygienic food handling, the state of the building and equipment, and confidence in how the place is managed. The ten Greater Manchester councils each run their own inspection teams against the same national scale. The FSA publishes the rating and the date it was given, but not the specific problems found.
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 + Greater Manchester councils. Cooked preserves the authority’s grade and adds clean / mid / cooked only as a comparison layer. Read the methodology → · Browse explainers and stories →