A Park Royal banqueting hall and its director have been ordered to pay more than £14,000 after admitting serious food hygiene offences, including a mouse infestation.
Shaam Hall Limited, trading as Shaam Hall in Coronation Road, Park Royal, and its director, Yama Folad, of Burnt Oak Broadway in Edgware, each pleaded guilty to 3 offences at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on 8 September.
The offences included failing to put proper pest control measures in place and continuing to trade after the business had been ordered to close because of an imminent risk to public health.
Folad was fined £1,689 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £676 and costs of £3,068.60 – a total of £5,433.60.
Shaam Hall Limited was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay a £1,600 victim surcharge and costs of £3,068.60, bringing its total to £8,668.60.
Mouse infestation found
The court heard that during a routine food hygiene inspection in March 2025, Ealing Council officers found evidence of a mouse infestation. Droppings were found on shelving used to store utensils, near glasses, in glass storage containers, across kitchen floors and shelves, and in storage areas.
Officers concluded that the conditions posed an imminent risk to public health and served the business with a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice, which meant it had to close immediately and stop trading until the health risk had been removed.
However, when officers returned later in March 2025, they found the business was open and trading, with a large number of customers on the premises. A hot buffet including rice and curries was being served and equipment that had been stored inside the kitchen during the earlier inspection was being used. The business was instructed to stop serving food immediately.
In May 2025, Uxbridge Magistrates Court granted a declaration that the health risk condition of the notice had been fulfilled and the business was allowed to reopen.
A second closure
A further inspection in October 2025 uncovered more evidence of mice. Officers discovered droppings throughout the premises, including on flooring and shelving, on trays holding vegetables, on shelves, on food containers, and near equipment used in the kitchen. A second Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice was served because officers again judged there to be an imminent risk to public health.
In November 2025, Uxbridge Magistrates Court again granted a declaration that the health risk condition had been fulfilled, and the business began trading again.
During the recent hearing, the court heard that the business had received food hygiene ratings of 0, meaning ‘urgent improvement necessary’, after each of the inspections in March and October 2025.
Shaam Hall was last inspected in June and currently has a food hygiene score of 3. The top score is 5.
‘Serious consequences’
Councillor Kamaljit Nagpal, the council’s cabinet member for decent living incomes, said: “Food businesses have a responsibility to keep food safe and protect their customers from harm.
“When council officers find conditions that put public health at risk, they will take the strongest action they can. This case shows that businesses which wilfully ignore food safety laws can face serious consequences.
“We encourage anyone eating out to check a business’s food hygiene rating before they visit.”
Get help
If you are planning to eat out, check the business’s hygiene rating first.
To tell the council about a food business that you have concerns about, email foodsafety@ealing.gov.uk
