Crime & Safety
Oxford falafel kiosk handed one star food hygiene rating
Najar’s Place, in St Giles’ in Oxford, was given a one star rating by Oxford City Council environmental health officers following a routine visit.
Stating that ‘major improvement’ was necessary, inspectors handed the eatery a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating.
One key issue identified in the latest inspection was the management of food safety, meaning the systems in place to ensure food served is safe to eat, which were deemed to require ‘major improvement’.
READ MORE: Major grant launched to support ambulance staff across four counties
But inspectors said the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building, as well as the food handling was ‘generally satisfactory’.
This comes after the eatery was handed a one-star food hygiene rating in 2017 when it was blasted for its ‘curtain for a toilet door’ and ‘thick accumulations of dirt and food debris’.
The Lebanese and Mediterranean themed kiosk serves falafels, falafel wraps and halloumi.