AIBU to think that if a restaurant has rats in kitchen and a zero (0) rating it shouldn't be open?!

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Went out in London's Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year.

As hadn't booked anywhere we just wandered around looking for a restaurant. A place where my friend had eaten and said was good a few years ago was touted as a good choice, however once we got to the door we saw a 0 (zero) hygiene rating and the guy in reception there actually told us it was zero rated... but sort of stating the obvious no?!

Anyway my friend queried this saying it was very good a few years ago, she wondered why it'd got so bad so then he said with a perfectly straight face "there were/are rats in the kitchen". Yes you read that right, rats...

Strangely enough I didn't feel like Sweet and Sour Rat so I just yelped in shock, "no, let's go!" And we left.

AIBU to think that this restaurant should not even be open with a 0 (zero) rating especially with rats there in the kitchens? What are environmental health thinking?! . Also the man in reception didn't say the rats had been dealt with...

I have never purchased food from anywhere with less than a 4 rating, and even then I have to watch my food being prepared

So you only eat in restaurants with an open plan kitchen arrangement?

That could be a bit restrictive round my way.

No harder, I think it's law in Wales and ni but in England you're just "encouraged" to show it

I had family who got a 0 rating once so know you need to use your common sense when visiting - at my uncle's restaurant everything was clean, food stored in sealed containers, but there was building work going on next door and at the time of the inspection, a rat was spotted. Food was still brilliant. Hygiene was still brilliant. Just bad luck.