Check food hygiene ratings

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

To see ratings for restaurants, takeaways or other food businesses, visit the Food Standards Agency Website to check a food hygiene rating.

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.

If you want to appeal the rating of your own food business, you can respond to your business food hygiene rating.