Harrow Food Hygiene Ratings: 4 of 8 Zeros in Wealdstone

Half of the food businesses in Harrow with a zero hygiene rating trade on one street. Four of the borough’s eight zero ratings are on Wealdstone High Street, according to the Food Standards Agency register on 7 October.

The newest was given to Baharistan ice cream at 111A High Street, Wealdstone, after an inspection on 8 September. It was the only zero from Harrow Council’s September inspections. The other 48 businesses inspected that month scored 4 or 5.

A zero means “urgent improvement necessary”. It is the lowest of the six ratings on the scheme.

The eight zero ratings in Harrow

These are every Harrow business rated 0 on the FSA register on 7 October 2026, newest first. Each name links to its own record.

Two of them, Awadh and Elvaquero, are registered at the same address on St Anns Road in the town centre. Both were inspected on the same day, nearly 11 months ago, and neither has been re-rated since.

What the inspectors found

The register breaks each rating into three scores. They cover how food is handled, the state of the building and facilities, and how well the business manages food safety. On the FSA’s scale, lower scores are better.

At Baharistan ice cream, the September inspection recorded:

• food handling: major improvement necessary
• cleanliness and condition of the building: urgent improvement necessary
• management of food safety: generally satisfactory

That last score is unusual among the eight. The other seven all scored “major improvement necessary” for management. Sunshine and Naseberry vibes kitchen, both on the High Street, were also marked “urgent improvement necessary” for the condition of their premises.

The register does not say what inspectors saw. Anyone can ask Harrow Council for the officer’s report. The FSA’s record for each business says the council may send it or explain why it cannot.

September’s inspections: mostly 5s

Harrow’s inspectors rated 49 businesses with inspection dates in September.

• 44 rated 5, “very good”
• 4 rated 4, “good”
• 1 rated 0, “urgent improvement necessary”

Several of the 5s were kitchens feeding children. They include the school caterers at St Anselm’s, St Joseph’s and St George’s Catholic primary schools, Welldon Park, Camrose Primary, Whitchurch First School and St John’s Church of England School in Stanmore, plus Buckingham First Nursery and Belmont Montessori Nursery.

High street names rated 5 in September include George’s Plaice on Northolt Road, Zaza on Love Lane in Pinner, V’ra in Hatch End and Serenity Restaurant on Station Road.

The four rated 4 were:

• Stanmore Place Food Market, Howard Road, Stanmore (2 Sep)
• Harrow Bowls Club, Harrow Recreation Ground (7 Sep)
• Cooper Thai Restaurant, Masons Avenue (8 Sep)
• The Cardamom Club, at the Spanish Arch, Belmont Circle (8 Sep)

Ratings reach the register some days after the visit. A few more September inspections may still appear.

How Harrow compares overall

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The register lists 1,921 Harrow food businesses. Of the 1,572 with a rating, 976 are rated 5. That is about 62 per cent.

At the other end, 90 businesses are rated 2 or lower. That is about 6 per cent of those rated. A further 295 businesses are awaiting a first inspection, and 54 are exempt from the scheme. All figures come from the FSA’s open data for Harrow, downloaded on 7 October.

What it means for you

• Check before you order. Search any business on the FSA ratings site, which carries the latest rating and its date.
• The sticker is not compulsory in England. A business does not have to put its rating in the window, so a missing sticker tells you nothing.
• Report a problem with a food business to Harrow Council’s food safety team, through the FSA’s reporting service.

Every business named here has rights under the scheme. It can appeal a rating, publish a reply on its FSA record, or ask the council for a re-inspection once it has made improvements, as the FSA’s safeguards guidance sets out. A rating describes conditions on the day of inspection, and some of these businesses may have improved since. None of them had a reply published on the register on 7 October. If any business named here sends us a response, we will add it.