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UK food hygiene · Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway.
2,718 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Dumfries and Galloway with its official FSA hygiene rating. 95.0% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.85
Avg FSA
1,554
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Dumfries and Galloway food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,718 food venues tracked in Dumfries and Galloway, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.85 out of 5 across 1,636 rated venues.
  • 1,554 venues scored 5/5 (95.0%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Dumfries and Galloway in context

Dumfries and Galloway runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.85 across 1,636 rated venues.

95.0% of Dumfries and Galloway venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Dumfries and Galloway itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.7/5 while a typical farmers/growers 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 Dumfries and Galloway scores

1,636 rated · 1,082 awaiting
5
1,554 venues
95.0%
4
0 venues
0.0%
3
0 venues
0.0%
2
82 venues
5.0%
1
0 venues
0.0%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 2

    Crown Hotel

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · DG11 2DA

    Mar 2025

  • 2

    Rico's

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DG1 3EQ

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    Kirkwood Farms

    Retailers - other · DG11 1DH

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    The Chip Shop

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DG5 4HE

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    S & J Weir Ltd

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DG4 6DJ

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    Harvey's Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DG4 6DP

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    Premier Georgetown Convenience Store

    Retailers - other · DG1 4HA

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    McDhaba Indian Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DG16 5DH

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    Loon Chen

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DG13 0JH

    Feb 2025

  • 2

    Locharbriggs Convenience Store

    Retailers - other · DG1 1XB

    Feb 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Dumfries and Galloway 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.

  • 5

    The Stag Bar

    stale · 145mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DG1 2PA

    Apr 2014

  • 5

    Dumfries Bowling Club

    stale · 141mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DG1 1LN

    Aug 2014

  • 5

    Kirkcolm Bowling Club

    stale · 141mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DG9 0NX

    Aug 2014

  • 5

    Isle Of Whithorn Seafoods

    stale · 133mo

    Retailers - other · DG8 8LL

    Apr 2015

  • 5

    Robert Wiseman Dairies & Sons Ltd

    stale · 133mo

    Distributors/Transporters · DG9 7HJ

    Apr 2015

  • 5

    Sunset Bar

    stale · 132mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DG2 8AZ

    May 2015

By type

What's in Dumfries and Galloway.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

421 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

4.8
avg score

Retailers - other

391 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

348 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

5.0
avg score

Farmers/growers

322 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

5.0
avg score

Caring Premises

251 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

4.9
avg score

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

224 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

167 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

4.7
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

167 venues in Dumfries and Galloway

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Dumfries and Galloway.

  • 5

    Lochryan Wild Venison

    Manufacturers/packers · DG9 8RB

    Jun 2025

  • 5

    Yummy

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DG1 2RQ

    Jun 2025

  • 5

    Seimos Express

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DG2 9AQ

    May 2025

  • 5

    The Snooks

    Manufacturers/packers · DG1

    Apr 2025

  • 5

    Little Wonderland Nursery

    Caring Premises · DG1 3NU

    Apr 2025

  • ?

    Childminder

    Caring Premises · DG9

    Mar 2025

  • ?

    Geordies Ices

    Manufacturers/packers · DG4

    Mar 2025

  • ?

    Geordies Ices Ice Cream Van

    Mobile caterer · DG4

    Mar 2025

Common questions

Food hygiene in Dumfries and Galloway, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Dumfries and Galloway?

RatingCafe tracks 2,718 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Dumfries and Galloway?

The average FSA hygiene score across Dumfries and Galloway is 4.85 out of 5. 95.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Dumfries and Galloway venues failed their FSA inspection?

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

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