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UK food hygiene · Boston

Boston.
625 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Boston with its official FSA hygiene rating. 88.0% score a 5. 7 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.79
Avg FSA
506
venues scored 5/5
7
scored 0 or 1

Boston food hygiene in one minute

  • 625 food venues tracked in Boston, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.79 out of 5 across 575 rated venues.
  • 506 venues scored 5/5 (88.0%).
  • 7 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Boston in context

Boston runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.79 across 575 rated venues.

88.0% of Boston venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

7 Boston venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.22% of rated stock, which is in line with the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Boston itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 5.0/5, 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 Boston scores

575 rated · 50 awaiting
5
506 venues
88.0%
4
37 venues
6.4%
3
20 venues
3.5%
2
5 venues
0.9%
1
4 venues
0.7%
0
3 venues
0.5%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Ooy's Thai Kitchen

    Other catering premises · PE21

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    West Street Diner, The Waffle Guys, Chicken Palace, Kebab House

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · PE21 8SP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Main Ridge

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · PE21 6SY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Norton Lea Hospital

    Caring Premises · PE21 7EH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Amsterdam

    Retailers - other · PE21 8QZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pancake Haven

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PE21 8QF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Circus Kiosk

    Mobile caterer · PE22

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    PJ's Cafe Bistro

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PE20 3QU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Little Lambs Nursery

    Caring Premises · PE21 8DF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Pink Whisk

    Other catering premises · PE20 3HY

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Boston 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.

  • ?

    Lloyds Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PE21 6JU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Danny Flear

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PE22 0LH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Currys

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PE21 8RJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Community Centre

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PE20 3SG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Church Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PE22 0AZ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Burton House Bowling Club

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · PE21 9RW

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Boston.

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

Retailers - other

159 venues in Boston

4.8
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

106 venues in Boston

4.7
avg score

Other catering premises

88 venues in Boston

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

58 venues in Boston

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

58 venues in Boston

4.3
avg score

Caring Premises

47 venues in Boston

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

44 venues in Boston

5.0
avg score

School/college/university

38 venues in Boston

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Boston.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Boston, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Boston?

RatingCafe tracks 625 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Boston, 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 Boston?

The average FSA hygiene score across Boston is 4.79 out of 5. 88.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 7 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Boston venues failed their FSA inspection?

Boston currently has 7 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Boston 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 Boston hygiene data?

All Boston 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.

Across the UK

Other cities on RatingCafe.

All cities

Birmingham

10,108 venues

4.29 avg

Leeds

7,251 venues

4.67 avg

North Yorkshire

6,975 venues

4.78 avg

Glasgow

6,528 venues

4.6 avg

Manchester

6,452 venues

4.5 avg

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

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