can any Indian restaurant deny the entry to their kitchen or cooking area?

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      User_ecdf580b
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        March 5, 2025 at 5:17 am
        Hi guys,

        i wanted to ask if we as citizens, in case we want to, are legally allowed to see and the condition kitchen in any restaurant we eat at. Or can the place bluntly refuse ? this seems stupid since something this simple should be a common right to a person.

        I read the Gujarat State govt allows their citizen to enter kitchens but I am not sure about the rest of the places.

        Please share some insights

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        Luckybear8410
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          March 5, 2025 at 5:25 am
          Yes

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              March 5, 2025 at 8:04 am
              Legal to visit kitchen?

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              March 5, 2025 at 5:43 am
              yes

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              Supertiger9065
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                March 5, 2025 at 6:13 am
                Yes

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                  March 5, 2025 at 7:19 am
                  Yes

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                  Kishorebear218
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                    March 5, 2025 at 7:38 am
                    why should it be a right ? its a private property, have u never see signs like “access rights reserved / staff only’ ??

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                        March 5, 2025 at 8:04 am
                        Because customers should have the right to know the hygiene of the place they eat at, so they either let us in if we ask or have some other proof of certification for good hygienic kitchen.
                        Why it’s right ? You know how bad food safety in India is, so we need a way to ensure.

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                            March 5, 2025 at 1:51 pm
                            Lets say you know someone is doing something illegal in their house and you go in their house by breaking the lock to check. In eyes of law you are still trespasser and wrong because it was not your place to try to deliver justice it was the gov, police and/or judiciary’s job and you cannot take law in your hand. Same way here food departement is the one responsible to check these things and you can’t do their job.

                            Hope you find a restaurant you can trust. Good luck

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                          March 5, 2025 at 8:11 am
                          If you are allowed start with centralised bakery kitchens first.

                          One look wonโ€™t do. See the process. After that you wonโ€™t visit bakeries.

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                              March 5, 2025 at 8:21 am
                              tbh outside food are mostly cooked in bad env but we cant just ban all, what we can do is for them to make the environment better and increase transparency

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                                  March 5, 2025 at 8:25 am
                                  You can start a global movement with this

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                                      March 5, 2025 at 8:30 am
                                      sarcasm?

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                                        March 6, 2025 at 5:28 am
                                        Every big change starts with an idea, but some people are too busy mocking to ever make a difference. Guess they prefer their food with a side of cockroach seasoning.

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                                      March 5, 2025 at 8:25 am
                                      Oh I can totally agree with you.

                                      Centralized bakeries are run with pathetic hygiene, ugly cleanliness and filthy staff.

                                      They can get away with it as no one can โ€œvisitโ€ then except food safety officers who are happy with fixed โ€œcashโ€ salary.

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                                      March 5, 2025 at 8:21 am
                                      It’s a private property so you can’t enter areas they don’t want you to. “to check the hygiene” does not make sense as you are welcome to eat at home as well by cooking in your own kitchen

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                                          March 5, 2025 at 8:26 am
                                          “hey they can sell bad stuff so just don’t go out” ?? is that the solution?

                                          regulating, and transparency is the solution.

                                          if i eat out or at home is the person’s choice, but if they do go out they deserve to know whats behind the curtains.

                                          [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/diners-can-check-eatery-kitchens/articleshow/71962432.cms](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/diners-can-check-eatery-kitchens/articleshow/71962432.cms)

                                          this is what i was talking about

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                                              March 5, 2025 at 8:49 am
                                              Gujarat doesn’t represent whole of India.

                                              Would you also like to enter the cockpit of an aircraft and sit with the pilot to ensure he and the copilot don’t fall asleep?

                                              Would you also like to oversee the factory at lays to ensure your chips don’t have any “bad stuff”

                                              If ‘bad stuff’ is the entire basis you are free to buy food and send the sample to a lab

                                              Does not give you the right to walk into the kitchen

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                                                  March 5, 2025 at 8:52 am
                                                  ok bro

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                                                  March 6, 2025 at 3:18 pm
                                                  Governing authorities may be able demand going in and checking; you have an ability to complain to them or seek an investigation or similar.

                                                  You canโ€™t just walk in anywhere.

                                                  Some places have open kitchens where itโ€™s all visible via glass panels etc.

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                                                March 5, 2025 at 10:34 am
                                                Of course they can deny. It’s private property, not a garden. If you’re uncomfortable with not knowing the hygiene, you’re free to not eat there.

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                                                  March 5, 2025 at 12:29 pm
                                                  They have the right to refuse and reservations.

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                                                    March 5, 2025 at 1:28 pm
                                                    Whatโ€™s the guarantee you are clean and not carrying germs or contamination into the kitchen?

                                                    Would you eat at a place that lets any random guy to walk into their kitchen and do God knows what?

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                                                      March 5, 2025 at 1:52 pm
                                                      Bro your problem and worry is absolutely genuine but you need to understand thats not how laws work , actually its the government’s job to keep a check on these restaurants and you cannot do that action , lets say you know someone is doing something illegal in their house and you go in their house by breaking the lock to check. In eyes of law you are still tresspasser and wrong because it was not your place to try to deliever justice it was the gov, police and/or judiciary’s job and you cannot take law in your hand , if you are allowed to do it today for right reasons , tomorrow someone will misuse the same logic to do something wrong. Like in this case people might crowd the kitchen in name of checking hence compromising the hygene itself.

                                                      Hope you find a restaurant you can trust. Good luck

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