The George Hotel and beach club in Yarmouth has been given a 1-star food hygiene rating by the Isle of Wight Council’s inspection team, indicating that major improvement is required.
A recent inspection carried out on 11th September has highlighted 2 areas of concern, including hygienic food handling and management of food safety.
Environmental Health says that major improvement is necessary in regards to the preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage of food at the luxury hotel. Furthermore, major improvement is also required to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat and that staff know about food safety.
The cleanliness and condition of facilities, including pest control and washing facilities, is said to be generally satisfactory – and has saved the hotel from being plunged to a 0 rating.
In February 2017 the hotel was given 0 stars and rated as requiring urgent improvement. A re-inspection in July of that year also resulted in a 0-star rating, which improved to 1 star in February 2018. It was in November 2018 that a 4-star rating was achieved.
At the start of 2019, businessman Howard Spooner took over the hotel in a bid of turning Yarmouth into the UK’s very own St Tropez. He vowed to transform the hotel and town, but less than 3 years after that 4-star food hygiene rating and the £250-a-night hotel finds itself back at the bottom end of the scale.
The George Hotel has been approached for a statement.
Why am I not surprised. I ate there a short while ago and it was appalling. Anything less than 5 stars should, for the publics safety, be closed down until such time as it can meet the 5 star standard. Simples. Regardless, I shall never waste my money there ever again.
Instead of charging £250 a night perhaps they should consider paying customers £250 a night to stay there. The world is full of people who have more money than sense so it wouldn’t surprise me if business was booming.
Why dont the Council have a sliding scale on prices owners can charge for food..0-1 star £10-£15…1-2 stars £15-£20 …and so on !! this could stop outlets charging extortionate prices
for inferior food …!!..You watch them improve then !!
Because quality of food cooked and hygiene are separate issues, that’s why.
True, one can affect the other – however having part of your freezer dirty doesn’t necessarily mean the chicken nuggets and chips won’t be good.
All that glitters is not gold
Although bad hygiene is no excuse,but i have noticed a few places on island losing stars this year,could it be lack off staff in catering and hospitality and very high demand on the island this year