A Stirling Highway Vietnamese restaurant with an “extensive history” of food safety complaints has been forced to pay more than $25,000 after inspectors found a filthy kitchen and cockroach droppings.

TQR Restaurant in Nedlands received the fine after inspections in February and March this year found multiple breaches of the Food Act 2008.

City of Nedlands chief executive Mark Goodlet said the breaches included a build-up of oil and matter on the floor and underneath the gas hot plate fixture, and inadequate storage of cooking equipment.

Inspectors also found a build-up of cockroach faeces on the window sill in the dry store area.

Camera Icon Build-up on the gas pipes in the kitchen at TQR Nedlands. Credit: City of Nedlands

He said this had not been the first time the restaurant had been warned.

“TQR has an extensive history of non-compliances and these issues have regularly been brought to the attention of the proprietor throughout the previous three years, spanning back to 2016,” Mr Goodlet said.

“Numerous compliance and enforcement initiatives have been required to address these recurring issues, including the issuing of several improvement notices, warning letters and infringement notices.”

A spokesman for the restaurant declined to address questions about the history of warnings, saying the business had “rectified everything” and was “good to go”.

“All the boxes that needed to be ticked have been ticked,” he said.

Camera Icon Cockroach droppings on the window sill of the dry storage area at TQR Nedlands. Credit: City of Nedlands

Meanwhile, the City of Gosnells, has issued a Canning Vale restaurant with fines worth $25,000 for breaches relating to cleanliness.

Gosnells chief executive Ian Cowie said the offences were identified as part of a routine food premises inspection at Delhi 6 Authentic Indian Restaurant earlier this year.

“The City’s officers considered that the general standard of cleanliness of the premises was unsatisfactory, as well as noting that hand washing facilities did not meet requirements of the Food Act,” he said.

Mr Cowie said the City had received three complaints about the business in the past.

The City of Fremantle released details of the Hilton Curry Club Indian restaurant’s food safety breaches earlier this month.

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 use-by date.

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