A HIGH street Arabic and Kurdish restaurant in Bournemouth has been handed a low food hygiene rating and told it must make improvements.

BCP Council awarded the restaurant, Baghdad, a one out of five food hygiene rating.

Located on Old Christchurch Road, the eatery was given the result on September 5.

In a hygiene review, the following conclusions were made.

  • Improvement is necessary in food hygiene and safety.

  • Improvement is necessary in structural compliance.

  • Major improvement is necessary for confidence in management.

This means that of Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole's 900 restaurants, cafes, and canteens with ratings, 772 (86%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.

What each hygiene rating means:  

0 - Urgent improvement necessary    

1 - Major improvement necessary    

2 - Some improvement necessary    

3 - Hygiene standards are generally satisfactory      

4 - Hygiene standards good   

5 - Hygiene standards are very good