MORE diners have claimed they fell ill after eating at a Hyson Green takeaway which has been forced to close.
The Khyber Pass, in Gregory Boulevard, was ordered to shut after 13 customers were hospitalised with food poisoning last week.
Now others have contacted the Nottingham Post saying they also fell ill after eating there. Student Aman Purewal, of Sherwood, said she and four of her friends ate at the restaurant on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old said: "I went to The Khyber Pass with four of my friends and we all had a chicken doner each.
"The next day I was feeling really cold, then really hot, and my stomach started to hurt. Then I just kept being sick.
"I think it must have been food poisoning – we all had the same symptoms. We have been there a couple of times and it has never happened before. If it were to reopen I wouldn't go there again."
On the traveller review site TripAdvisor, The Khyber Pass has been given 4.5 stars out of five, based on three reviews.
One person described it as "The best kebab and curry takeaway I've tasted" and another said it is "one of Nottingham's best kebab houses".
But Pauline Anderson, of Carlton, told the Post she became ill after eating a chicken curry and rice from the takeaway – just hours before it shut. Ms Anderson, an NVQ assessor, said: "I had never been before and I will never go there again if it is reopened. On Friday I had diarrhoea. I still went to work then I started feeling sick. I haven't really eaten much since then."
And Mariyum Hanif, 26, of Mapperley Park, claims to have fallen ill after eating grilled chicken, lamb and doner kebab and chips from the takeaway.
Mrs Hanif, who works as a call centre advisor, said: "We go there every couple of weeks and have never had any problems before. The food always tastes good.
"We got the food on Tuesday afternoon, at around 2pm. Later that night I had diarrhoea and had developed a fever. Then on Wednesday I had to take the day off, the fever was persistent and I was constantly on the toilet. My husband, Imran, also took the day off work with the same symptoms.
"It's good that it has been temporarily closed."
The restaurant was closed on Thursday after a visit by City Council community protection officers.
It was last inspected in April 2013 when it was given the top hygiene rating of five marks.
Council officers took away samples and are waiting for tests on the patients to confirm what type of food poisoning it was. They say anyone who has visited the premises recently and is feeling unwell should seek medical advice.
Paul Dales, of community protection, said: "We have established that the common connection between the affected people, from different households, is that they ate food from the Khyber Pass."
The Post was unable to contact anyone from the restaurant.
Have you eaten at The Khyber Pass? Were you one of the people who was hospitalised? Get in touch at newsdesk@nottinghampost.com.
