Pepe's Piri Piri

77 London Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0BH

Restaurant / Café / Canteen

Last inspected 16 September 2026 (2 months ago)

Food Hygiene Rating: 2 out of 5

Improvement necessary

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40 points in total. The overall rating follows from that total, with no single area bad enough to pull it down further.

Hygienic food handling
Improvement necessary
15 of 25 points
Preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage
Cleanliness and condition
Improvement necessary
15 of 25 points
Layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control
Management of food safety
Generally satisfactory
10 of 30 points
Checks in place, staff knowledge, and confidence standards will be kept up
Read the business's full statement, 231 words
I agree with the inspection results but have since carried out the following improvements. The establishment has been thoroughly cleaned and procedures are in place to ensure that cleanliness is maintained.  The establishment has been or will shortly be fully renovated.  There is now a new manager and/or new staff.  The staff have been trained/re-trained/given instruction/are under revised supervisory arrangements.  The conditions identified at the time of the inspection were not representative of our standards typically maintained and as evidenced by our historic ratings of 5. Following this inspection, we took immediate remedial measures, as evidenced by the report sent to the officer on 18/9/2026. The premises was deep cleaned, staff were retrained, management team was reinforced and all equipment and fixtures were replaced, cleaned or fixed. We had already asked for an increase in our waste collection a couple of weeks prior to this inspection and are still awaiting the extra lifts. We are still chasing this and hopeful that it will be in place [by the end of September]. We take the findings of this inspection very seriously and have corrected most, if not all, of the points mentioned. We have provided photographic evidence of the corrective actions and have also requested for a revisit so that our improvements can be assessed and a new score be given which is more in line with our usual and historic standards.

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Down from 5 to 2 at the most recent inspection.

  1. 2
    Improvement necessaryCurrent · 16 September 2026
  2. 5
    Very good20 August 2024
Scheme
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme · England
Local authority
Portsmouth
Town/city
Portsmouth
County
Hampshire
Business type
Restaurant / Café / Canteen
FHRS ID
1486059

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