Elif Liverpool: Popular restaurant hit with one star food hygiene rating - ‘major improvement’ needed

The Elif restaurant brand has several sites around Liverpool, with the Lark Lane restaurant awarded the top score of five.

Its Bold Street venue is highly-rated by customers with a 4.5 out of five star Google Review rating, however, it failed to impress hygiene inspectors during a visit on September 19. It received a rating of just one star, meaning ‘major improvement’ is necessary.

The restaurant was rated as ‘improvement necessary’ on both hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities, but was told ‘major improvement’ was required in regard to management of food safety.

According to the Food Standards Agency, this category looks at ‘system or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future’.

The full inspectors’ report has not yet been revealed but Elif Bold Street can now appeal against the rating given or request a reinspection. Elif has been contacted for a comment.

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