Owner Shaid Salim, 38, has now been fined £900 and been ordered to pay £1,998 costs after pleading guilty to one charge under the Food Hygiene Regulations.
The restaurant boss, of Colonial Road, Bordesley Green, was told by magistrates it had been a particularly serious infestation which had built up over a period of time. But they had taken into account his lack of previous convictions and his attempts to restore the business to the level of hygiene it had enjoyed previously.
Julia Kettle, prosecuting for Birmingham City Council, told city magistrates that two environmental health officers made a routine visit on November 25 in 2013 to the takeaway, which sold pizzas as well as fried chicken and fries.
After the case, Coun Barbara Dring, Chair of the city councils Licensing and Public Protection Committee, said: "Officers visiting Pizza Pan in November 2013 found a high number of cockroaches (alive and dead), filthy kitchen equipment as well as dirty and contaminated food preparation and storage areas.
