Restaurant Customers Witness Rats Eating off Self-Service Buffet

When you’re eating at a self-service buffet, you really only want humans collecting their meals from under the hot lamps.

For customers at a ‘Fish and Chips’ styled restaurant in city of Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia - they got a nasty surprise when they saw rats eating from the buffet.

A customer at ‘London Fish & Chips’ witnessing this grim food hygiene violation took out her camera and recorded it on video.

She posted the images online which quickly went viral, and prompted Saudi health authorities to move in to shut down the establishment.

Not a pretty sight (Picture: CEN)

The film was republished in local media showing the rodent apparently undisturbed and taking its time gnawing at the food prepared for the customers.

A Saudi health service official confirmed: ‘Authorities decided to shut down the restaurant after seeing the film. Inspectors also found other health offences, including poor levels of cleanliness.’