{"id":174982,"date":"2025-06-11T06:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174982\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T06:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T06:47:12","slug":"indian-takeaway-slapped-with-zero-food-hygiene-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174982\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian takeaway slapped with zero food hygiene rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The restaurant was told major improvement was needed in three areas<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_The-Indian-Hive-in-Wallasey.jpg\" alt=\"The Indian Hive in Wallasey\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The Indian Hive in Wallasey(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Wirral Indian restaurant has been slapped with a zero food hygiene rating after being told \u201cmajor improvement\u201d is needed in three areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Indian Hive based on Poulton Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/wallasey\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wallasey<\/a> in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/wirral\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wirral<\/a> was given the worst possible rating by food hygiene inspectors on April 24 this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The takeaway is the latest zero rating given out by Wirral Council&#8217;s environment health officers after <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/photos-reveal-truth-behind-zero-31806558\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">four other businesses received poor ratings earlier this year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At the time of the inspection, the council said major improvements were needed in three areas. These were hygienic food handling, the cleanliness and condition of the kitchen, and the management of food safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On Google, the business currently has a rating of 4.9 based on 47 Google reviews and a rating of 5 stars on Tripadvisor. The Indian Hive did not provide a response at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749624432_529_0_The-Indian-Hive-in-Wallasey.jpg\" alt=\"The Indian Hive's website said it was committed to providing high quality food for its customers\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The Indian Hive&#8217;s website said it was committed to providing high quality food for its customers(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On the restaurant\u2019s website, the business said its goal \u201cis to stand out as a unique dining destination where South meets North Indian cuisine. We are committed to serving high-quality, flavourful food without compromise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOur dedication to authenticity and excellence drives us to continuously innovate and refine our offerings, ensuring every guest enjoys a true taste of India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We aim to be the go-to place for those seeking a genuine Kerala dining experience in Wirral and the surrounding areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It added: \u201cBecause India is so diverse and each community has its own style of recipes and cooking patterns. We would love our consumers to discover India in what we offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cPutting together exquisite Malabar cuisines, traditional gourmets and confectionaries, and a fusion we are delighted to cater food with fresh, high grade produce with no artificial flavouring or stabilizers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;As we all know food is the best way to a person&#8217;s heart. We strongly believe in fulfilling in catering the best food and service.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The restaurant was told major improvement was needed in three areasThe Indian Hive in Wallasey(Image: Liverpool Echo) A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,786,55397,4884,179,285,16,15,13736,8881,9313],"class_list":{"0":"post-174982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-food-and-drink","11":"tag-food-hygiene","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wallasey","18":"tag-wirral","19":"tag-wirral-council"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114663394249065545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}