If you regularly eat out, or you're a big fan of takeaways, you might want to check just how clean the place you're ordering from is.

You'd be surprised to know that there are many restaurants, takeaways and shops in west London that have scored ZERO out of five in the food hygiene ratings.

With a whopping 41 establishments with a zero rating in Ealing alone, 14 in Harrow, 37 in Westminster, and more across Hillingdon, Hounslow and Hammersmith, it pays to check before you eat.

And with poor hygiene being the number one reason diners will boycott a place to eat, we think it's best to be informed about where your meal is being made.

So use the widget below to scope out restaurants, cafés and pubs near you and check the scores on the doors before you eat.

This Hayes takeaway scored a zero in March after rat droppings were found in the kitchen and flies on food surfaces

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How do you get a zero?

A zero is scored if inspectors observe failures including an infestation of vermin, or serious amounts of rubbish and filth.

According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), businesses that score zero tend to have a history of serious problems and are likely to be performing poorly in the three areas food safety officers inspect, which are:

  • How hygienically food is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.
  • The cleanliness, layout, lighting and ventilation of the building.
  • The systems in place to make sure food is safe for consumption.

Use the searchable tool below to see which food premises have a zero rating for hygiene from the FSA:

Some of the eateries on the zero list:

Hammersmith & Fulham

Blanche Eatery
13 Beadon Road, Hammersmith, W6 0EA
Date of last inspection: August 18, 2015

Rimal Stores
118 Galloway Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12 0PJ
Date of last inspection: April 16, 2015

Rostomina
40 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12 8DH
Date of last inspection: June 15, 2015

Best Grill
34 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12 8DH
Date of last inspection: January 26, 2016

Nepalese Tandoori Restaurant
121 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12 8NL
Date of last inspection: March 14, 2016

Vivin Patisserie
62 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12 8HA
Date of last inspection: February 1, 2016

Hounslow

Bombay Bawarche
The Duke Of Cambridge, 1-3 Kingsley Road, Hounslow, TW3 1PA
Date of last inspection: October 16, 2015

Red Chili Pizza Ltd
150 Staines Road, Bedfont, TW14 9ED
Date of last inspection: October 14, 2015

Station Café
337 Bath Road, Hounslow, TW4 7HW
Date of last inspection: October 19, 2015

A1 Express Foods Ltd
31 High Street, Hounslow, TW3 1RH
Date of last inspection: February 5, 2016

Hillingdon

The Yellow Chilli
The Crane, Watersplash Lane, Hayes, UB3 4QS
Date of last inspection: April 30, 2015

Usmania Halal Meat
18 Botwell Lane, Hayes, UB3 2AA
Date of last inspection: September 30, 2015

Haji Baba Butcher
Asda Stores Ltd, Millington Road, Hayes, UB3 4AZ
Date of last inspection: October 2, 2015

Mehak Spice
882 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, UB4 0RR
Date of last inspection: November 10, 2015

Shiraz
128 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, UB4 0JH
Date of last inspection: August 5, 2015

Sun Sun
4 Gloucester Parade, Bourne Avenue, Hayes, UB3 1PR
Date of last inspection: June 19, 2015

The Crown
High Street, Harmondsworth, UB7 0AJ
Date of last inspection: January 11, 2016

The Load Of Hay P H
33 Villier Street, Uxbridge, UB8 2PU
Date of last inspection: October 1, 2015

Catering SGA Hayes Limited
Fourth Floor Enterprise House, 133 Blyth Road, Hayes, UB3 1DD
Date of last inspection: March 18, 2016

Chicken Ranch
742 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, UB4 0RU
Date of last inspection: March 23, 2016

Yeading Fish & Chips
250 Yeading Lane, Hayes, UB4 9AX
Date of last inspection: February 26, 2016

All ratings were correct as of Thursday May 12, 2016.

Ratings may change following further inspections. For more information or to check up on restaurants that were previously rated zero, head to the FSA website.