Waste water leaking onto the kitchen floor, mouldy cutting boards and a lack of hot water and soap were just some of the issues uncovered by health inspectors in the kitchen of a Hilton Indian restaurant.

The City of Fremantle has released details of the breaches that health inspectors observed when visiting Curry Club Indian Restaurant in December last year.

Those breaches ended up costing the venue more than $25,000 in fines and costs.

A spokesman for the City of Fremantle said inspectors found a raft of breaches, including an open spoon drain that had been cut across the floor and was “covered in mould and slime”.

“Waste water was also observed leaking directly onto the floor in the main kitchen from drainage pipes located under the sink,” he said.

“Waste water appeared to spill from the wash sink, drains and bucket trap and flow around into the cool room, posing a further risk of cross contamination.

Camera Icon The Curry Club kitchen during the inspection. Credit: City of Fremantle.

“A number of chopping boards used for food preparation were warped and mouldy.”

The spokesman said a chest freezer was observed to be “rusty, mouldy and full of old food scraps”, while the cool room door was “covered in a build-up of dirt, mould and grease”.

Drainage pipes under the sink were “mouldy and slimy”, while there was no available hot water, hand soap or hand towels.

There was also no chemical sanitiser used to clean food contact surfaces, the dishwasher was not working and several dirty and mouldy dishwashing racks were found.

“A manhole cover in the ceiling was missing, leaving a large opening directly into the ceiling space,” the spokesman said.

Owner Nilish Dokhe said he was not on site during the inspection but ensured the kitchen was cleaned to the proper standard the next day.

Other issues identified in an improvement notice issued by the city’s health officers, such as cracked tiles, were fixed in the following weeks.

Camera Icon The Curry Club kitchen during the inspection. Credit: City of Fremantle.

Mr Dokhe admitted it wasn’t the first time the restaurant had run afoul of the Food Act, having been fined around three years ago for poor cleaning standards.

It’s the fourth business to be named and shamed on the Health Department’s list of premises convicted of Food Act offences this year.

Krusty Kob bakery in Thornlie was fined more than $10,000 for selling a mouldy birthday cake last month and in February the IGA in Rockingham copped a $45,000 fine for selling food after its used-by date.

An “underground” barbecue business Big Don’s Smoked Meats was convicted of Food Act breaches in January and fined $30,000.