Check food hygiene ratings

You can search for the food hygiene rating of a restaurant, takeaway or other food business on the Food Standards Agency website.

If you want to appeal the rating of your own food business see Respond to your business food hygiene rating.

Our inspectors visit food businesses to check how closely they meet food hygiene law.

We consider:

• how hygienically food is handled
• the condition and cleanliness of the buildings
• what is done to make sure food is safe

We then give businesses a rating out of 5 stars:

• Very good (5)
• Good (4)
• Generally satisfactory (3)
• Improvement necessary (2)
• Major improvement necessary (1)
• Urgent improvement necessary (0)

Following an inspection businesses are given a green and black sticker showing their rating.