A host of Kingston bars, restaurants, food shops and cafés have been told to urgently improve their hygiene standards.

Click above and scroll through the pictures to see each establishment and its rating

Five of the borough’s food establishments, including a wedding cake shop, a gastro pub and a Chinese restaurant, are running under a zero star food hygiene rating, known as the ‘scores on the doors’, according to the Food Standards Agency website.

A further 36 places where food is served received one-star ratings when health inspectors last visited.

That means owners were told to immediately improve their cleanliness standards or face closure.

But many are not inspected again by Kingston and Sutton’s shared environment services for a year after the bad rating.

Carmella Patisserie, in Ewell Road, Red Planet Pizza, in London Road, the Oak pub in Richmond Road and Tasty Fried Chicken and Seven Stars Chinese, both in Tolworth Broadway, all received zero-star ratings when inspected between March and December last year.

Cake shop Carmella Patisserie was given the bottom rating in November despite glowing five-star reviews from customers online.

Owner Amir Ebrahami, 36, said: “At the time the council inspected us we were carrying out some electric works.

“Some of the cables were behind the shop and they found this very dangerous for anyone who visited the shop.

“I worked on the advice they gave me and I want them to come back and inspect us to see the improvements we have made.”

The Oak, which was refurbished just over a year ago, was the only pub on the ‘zero’ list.

The manager of the pub was not available for comment. 

A spokesman for Kingston’s environment services team said inspectors look at how hygienically food is prepared, cooked and stored, the cleanliness and condition of the building and whether they are confident standards will be maintained in the future.

He said: “If the top rating is not given, the officer will explain to the person who owns or manages the business what improvements need to be made and what action they can take to improve their hygiene rating.

“We operate a graduated response and take formal action only as a last resort.”