The meat slicer at Mei Shan, in Alfreton Road, Canning Circus, was dirty and the restaurant stored 'filthy' containers of food and oil in the yard, attracting pests.
The owners, who trade under the name Jin Fu Xiang Co Ltd at 8-10 Alfreton Road, pleaded guilty to three breaches of food hygiene laws at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
They were made to pay a £7,000 fine and prosecution costs of £2,500 on Wednesday, May 20.
Paul Dales, city operations manager for food and health and safety, said: "There is no excuse for food businesses not to keep the kitchen clean and handle food safely."
Mei Shan owners Mrs Hong Wei Zhang and her husband Mr Hang Lu has previously accepted a caution in 2011.
"Given the previous warnings about poor standards at this restaurant my team had to take this action to protect the public," said Mr Dales.
"Most businesses work hard to improve hygiene standards but this shows that some traders ignore the basic rules."
Councillor Nicola Heaton, portfolio holder for community safety at Nottingham City Council, added: "Food standards and regulations are there for a reason, and we don't take lightly the impact poor standards could have."
The restaurant, operating under Mei Shan but called China Fu on its sign, was issued a food hygiene rating of zero in September, which it does not display in its window.
Mr Lu said: "We have changed since the inspection and now we clean every day."
One former resident of the flats behind, who now lives in Beeston, said he was not surprised at the ruling.
The 42-year-old, who asked not to be named, said: "Some of the things I've seen in that bin made me want to vomit. They've left fridges out there, it's just always full of stuff.
"I ate there once and I didn't like it. I wouldn't eat there again."
Computer programmer Alan Wankshaft was not impressed by the images. "It should be forced to close," said the 62-year-old from Nottingham. "No second chances, no fines, it should be closed. It's disgusting."
The full charges, which breach EC regulation 852/2004, are:
General cleaning of the premises
Equipment cleaning - specifically the meat slicer
Provision of waste disposal kept clean and free from pest access - namely the yard having open containers of food/oil and being filthy.
Having household pets on the menu
Jeff: Why am I not surprised at this? - these places should be shut down for good and the owners sent back to Asia in a pea green boat
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