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Buffet King Newcastle and Hygiene Standards
Tanky
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After complaints and warnings from health inspector for over a year, was it forced to close and in only 8 days later, does it reopen again.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/owner-laus-buffet-king-newcastle-9776216
I do wonder if these inspectors are doing their jobs, as even before the infestation, the place was not clean and even the judge says so.
Does the sum of a few thousand pounds fine, really affect a millionaire?
I do wonder if this actually affects their business at all, as the place seems just as busy as before.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/owner-laus-buffet-king-newcastle-9776216
I do wonder if these inspectors are doing their jobs, as even before the infestation, the place was not clean and even the judge says so.
Does the sum of a few thousand pounds fine, really affect a millionaire?
I do wonder if this actually affects their business at all, as the place seems just as busy as before.
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The fine wasn't nearly enough IMO.
Not if they are cockroaches-
A lone fly landing on some food for a few seconds is not going to cause you much harm, the level of insect activity in the establishment mentioned is a different kettle of fish and would pose a risk to peoples health but especially the very young , the elderly and those with a weakened immune system
A lot of the score can be in keeping a metric crap ton of paperwork and proof you've done something like inspected the toilets every 15 minutes with a log to prove it.
Probably because of the vast amounts of money they were drawing in, and the councils were probably getting quite a healthy return in taxes. The buffet was also a big draw on tourists too, and it being very popular in town.
There was also the lack of inspections, if you look at the timeline, they were at least 6 months apart and it was only due to a member of the public reporting it, did the inspectors go in. Even now, when you check the date of their last inspection, it was back when the restaurant was closed, on 20 January 2015. It's alarming that they haven't been inspected since and they still have a 1 rating (0 rating being the lowest).
http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/236229/Lau's-Buffet-King-Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Don't worry, as a couple doors down, the Mandrin/ Little Asia has a zero rating, and I assume it's still open for business, as the last inspection for them was 23 June 2015.
http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/236037/Mandarin/Little-Asia-Newcastle-upon-Tyne
I guess all these people care about is money, regardless what happens in their restaurants, and with fines like these, it hardly affects this millionaire. With so much money, they can quite easily hire cleaning services but don't do so. When they do, it's only to reopen the business and serve people like usual.
I agree. I always check somewhere new, and keep an eye on other places too on the Scores On The Doors website
http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/
However, in the case of Buffet King, they had a 4 rating before being downgraded. You don't know how long it's been unhygienic prior to that. The same can be said with the other ratings, when inspections are over 6 months apart, and it's arguable how thorough they are. Just be mindful of that ratings are set in absolute ;-) . Maybe a better system needs to be thought of.
I do agree with that and I do also look at when a place was last checked, and sometimes it can be two or more years ago and a lot can happen in that time,but I'd never go to a place with fewer than three stars.
I also look at the premises from the outside, are the widows clean, is the paintwork up to scratch, etc, if they don't look after the outside, what are the kitchens like. Of course, all of this can paint an inaccurate picture, but if we looked at every single thing and didn't believe anything we read we'd never eat out
Your right a lot of the rating is down to paperwork...it also doesn't help with inspectors who have different opinions, one will say one thing and a different one will say something else.