A PLYMOUTH business owner who has been running restaurants for over 20 years has slammed the hygiene rating system in the city, after receiving a one-star rating.
Mediterraneo restaurant, at 72 Mutley Plain, closed down in April 2024, but his other restaurant in Truro also called Mediterraneo - is still open and thriving.
The Truro venue received a fiverating from Cornwall Council food hygiene inspectors on April 25.
Owner Andreas Drosiadis has said that receiving a one-hygiene rating weeks before for the Plymouth Mediterraneo was "offensive" and "embarrassing"
Andreas said low ratings have a "huge impact" on restaurants and slammed the one-hygiene rating on his Plymouth restaurant, Mediterraneo (on March 22) as "utterly ridiculous" The Mutley-based eatery has now closed down and become a members-only LGBT "swingers" venue, also owned by Andreas.
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