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UK food hygiene · Belfast

Belfast.
3,152 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Belfast with its official FSA hygiene rating. 72.0% score a 5. 31 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.59
Avg FSA
2,101
venues scored 5/5
31
scored 0 or 1

Belfast food hygiene in one minute

  • 3,152 food venues tracked in Belfast, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.59 out of 5 across 2,918 rated venues.
  • 2,101 venues scored 5/5 (72.0%).
  • 31 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Belfast in context

Belfast sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.59 across 2,918 rated venues.

72.0% of Belfast venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

31 Belfast venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.06% of rated stock, which keeps Belfast below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Belfast itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.2/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 4.9/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Belfast scores

2,918 rated · 234 awaiting
5
2,101 venues
72.0%
4
527 venues
18.1%
3
220 venues
7.5%
2
39 venues
1.3%
1
31 venues
1.1%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

  • 5

    The Lost City Adventure Golf

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT15 1WA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    McDonalds

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT4 2PW

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Island Resource Centre

    Caring Premises · BT4 1EQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Polonez

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · BT12 6HU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Musgrave Duncrue (Canteen)

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT3 9HJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    AM:PM

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT1 4GH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pret A Manger

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT1 6JH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Portside Inn

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT3 9LZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    General Merchants 361

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT7 3GL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Lee Foods Supermarket

    Distributors/Transporters · BT7 1BX

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Belfast venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    OLIVER BONAS BELFAST ARTHUR STREET

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT1 4GA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Medicare

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT5 7EA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    CLEAR PHARMACY

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT8 7EY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Gordons Chemists

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT5 4PS

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Gordons Chemists

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT13 1FP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Gordons Chemists

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT12 5EY

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Belfast.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

888 venues in Belfast

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

614 venues in Belfast

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

415 venues in Belfast

4.2
avg score

Caring Premises

349 venues in Belfast

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

191 venues in Belfast

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

182 venues in Belfast

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

112 venues in Belfast

4.8
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

111 venues in Belfast

4.6
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Belfast.

  • 5

    The Lost City Adventure Golf

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT15 1WA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    McDonalds

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT4 2PW

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Polonez

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · BT12 6HU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Island Resource Centre

    Caring Premises · BT4 1EQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Pret A Manger

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT1 6JH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    General Merchants 361

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT7 3GL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Joshie's Munch Box

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT4 1AJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Musgrave Duncrue (Canteen)

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT3 9HJ

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Belfast, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Belfast?

RatingCafe tracks 3,152 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Belfast, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Belfast?

The average FSA hygiene score across Belfast is 4.59 out of 5. 72.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 31 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Belfast venues failed their FSA inspection?

Belfast currently has 31 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Belfast are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Belfast hygiene data?

All Belfast ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Primary sources

Verify this independently.

RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Belfast data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.