A new restaurant in Oxfordshire has been handed a low food hygiene rating.

Banana Tree Henley on Hart Street in Henley-On-Thames was visited by the South Oxfordshire District Council's Environmental Health team on Wednesday, January 17.

The restaurant, which opened last December,  was given a two-out-of-five rating after the assessment meaning improvement is deemed to be "necessary".

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It means that of South Oxfordshire's 281 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 147 (52 per cent) have ratings of five and just two have zero ratings.

The inspectors judged the restaurant with regard to hygienic food handling, cleanliness and the condition of facilities and management of food safety.

The cleanliness and condition of facilities and buildings were the contributing factors to the low rating.

The council's environmental health team is in charge of inspecting and rating hospitality venues on a zero to five scale with zero being the lowest score and five the highest.