An Esher tapas bar and a Weybridge curry house were rated 0. 29 of 30 October ratings scored 5, and four low-rated premises have climbed after re-inspection.
Two Elmbridge food businesses have been given the lowest food hygiene rating of 0 since our last roundup. A 0 means “urgent improvement is necessary”.
They are:
- Pikoteo Tapas Bar, 10 High Street, Esher, inspected on 11 September 2026
- Sizzling / Golden Curry, 132 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, inspected on 1 October 2026
Both are on the Food Standards Agency register for Elmbridge, which we downloaded this morning.
The rest of October looks very different. Of the 30 ratings dated October so far, 29 scored the top mark of 5. The latest is dated 20 October, so more October inspections will still be added.
What the inspectors found at the two zeros
Each inspection scores three areas. The Weybridge register entry, listed as “other catering premises”, records the worst result available in two of them:
- Hygienic food handling: urgent improvement necessary
- Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building: urgent improvement necessary
- Management of food safety: major improvement necessary
The Esher register entry records:
- Hygienic food handling: major improvement necessary
- Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building: improvement necessary
- Management of food safety: improvement necessary
Neither business had posted a reply on the register on 2 November, and neither shows a new rating as pending.
Four premises have climbed off the low list
Four businesses that were rated 2 or below in our October roundup have since been re-inspected and moved up:
- The Cavan Bakery, 83 Walton Road, East Molesey: from 2 to 5, on 29 September
- The Plough, Plough Lane, Downside: from 2 to 5, on 29 September
- China Chef, 29 Molesey Road, Hersham: from 0 to 3, on 8 September
- Fireaway Designer Pizza, 107 Walton Road, East Molesey: from 0 to 3, on 20 September
China Chef and Fireaway were two of the three Elmbridge premises rated 0 a month ago. A 3 means “generally satisfactory”.
Two more have dropped off the list for now. Walton BBQ on Hersham Road shows a new rating awaiting publication, and Waffles on The Parade in Claygate is awaiting inspection.
September was rougher than it first looked
In our October roundup we reported that 24 of the 25 September ratings then on the register scored 5. That figure no longer stands. Inspections from September kept arriving on the register through October, and 54 premises now have a rating dated September.
Thirty-six of the 54 scored 5. Seven scored 2 or below. Besides the Esher zero and Sii Shells in Weybridge, which we reported last month, they are:
- Daytona Sandown Park Mobile Caterer, More Lane, Esher: 1, on 5 September
- Daily Fresh Molesey, Central Parade, West Molesey: 1, on 21 September
- The Souvlaki Franchise Walton, 36 Church Street, Walton-on-Thames: 1, on 22 September
- Khao Sarn Thai Restaurant, 26 Bridge Street, Walton-on-Thames: 2, on 8 September
- Whiteley Village Community Cafe, Whiteley Village, Hersham: 2, on 14 September, with a new rating pending
The register does not publish the area scores for Khao Sarn’s latest inspection. The register keeps only each business’s latest rating, so a premises inspected again later drops out of its earlier month.
October: schools, nurseries and community cafes
Most of the October inspections were of places that feed children or older people. All scored 5, including:
- school kitchens at Claygate Primary, Rowan Brae Prep in Claygate, Grovelands Primary and Hopescourt School in Walton-on-Thames
- Little Heroes Nursery in Thames Ditton, Little Sparrows Nursery in Esher and Nikki’s Nurseries on Monument Green, Weybridge
- the council’s Claygate and Hersham Centres for the Community, and the Lower Green Community Centre cafe in Esher
Jane’s Preserves was marked “very good” in all three areas, the best possible result. Several restaurants also scored 5, including The Good Earth in Esher, Pepe’s Piri Piri in Walton-on-Thames, DawgHouse Pizza Co. on Cobham High Street and the Weybridge Junction cafe at Weybridge Community Centre.
The borough as a whole
Across Elmbridge, 985 premises now hold a rating, and 748 of them are rated 5. That is 76%, the same share as a month ago.
45 registrations are rated 2 or below, the same number as in October, though six names on the list have changed. Three are rated 0, 21 are rated 1 and 21 are rated 2.
What it means for you
- Check before you order. Every rating is on the Food Standards Agency site, searchable by name or postcode. Businesses in England do not have to display their sticker.
- A 0 means urgent improvement is necessary, a 1 major improvement and a 2 some improvement. A 3 is generally satisfactory.
- Ratings are a snapshot of what the officer found on the day. They say nothing about the quality of the food.
- Businesses can answer back. Any business can appeal within 21 days, publish a right to reply on its register page, or ask for a re-inspection once it has made improvements, as the four above did.
- To report a concern about a food business in the borough, email Elmbridge Borough Council’s environmental health team at envhealth@elmbridge.gov.uk.
The ratings are reported exactly as the register recorded them on 2 November 2026. Any of these businesses may have improved since its inspection.
Sources
- Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating register, Elmbridge local authority, downloaded 2 November 2026 through the agency’s open data API, for every rating, inspection date and area score above, and the borough totals.
- Register entries for Sizzling / Golden Curry, Pikoteo Tapas Bar, The Cavan Bakery, The Plough, China Chef and Fireaway Designer Pizza.
- Our October roundup, for the ratings these businesses held on 2 October.
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