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UK food hygiene · Edinburgh (City of)

Edinburgh (City of).
4,996 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Edinburgh (City of) with its official FSA hygiene rating. 88.8% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.66
Avg FSA
4,040
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Edinburgh (City of) food hygiene in one minute

  • 4,996 food venues tracked in Edinburgh (City of), including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.66 out of 5 across 4,549 rated venues.
  • 4,040 venues scored 5/5 (88.8%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Edinburgh (City of) in context

Edinburgh (City of) tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.66 across 4,549 rated venues.

88.8% of Edinburgh (City of) venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Edinburgh (City of) itself, the typical retailers - other averages 4.4/5 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 Edinburgh (City of) scores

4,549 rated · 447 awaiting
5
4,040 venues
88.8%
4
0 venues
0.0%
3
0 venues
0.0%
2
509 venues
11.2%
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

    Easyeche

    Retailers - other · EH6 5JB

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Gordon St Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH1 1DE

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Half Way House

    Pub/bar/nightclub · EH1 1BX

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Boston Bar

    Pub/bar/nightclub · EH2 1DR

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Best One

    Retailers - other · EH8 9JQ

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Taste of Levant

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · EH3 9DP

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Noor Market

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · EH11 2DR

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    SAAN

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH7 5RG

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Capital Meat and Grocery

    Retailers - other · EH6 5HZ

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Tapas3

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH8 9HL

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Edinburgh (City of) 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

    EDINBURGH HIGH COURT

    stale · 312mo

    Retailers - other · EH1 2NT

    May 2000

  • 5

    THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE THEATRE - BAR

    stale · 286mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · EH1 3AA

    Jul 2002

  • 5

    Abode Cafe Bar

    stale · 251mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · EH6 8NY

    Jun 2005

  • 5

    Iceland

    stale · 250mo

    Retailers - other · EH7 5RG

    Jul 2005

  • 5

    WAVERLEY INN

    stale · 248mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · EH17 8HG

    Sept 2005

  • 5

    WEE RED BAR (STUDENT UNION)

    stale · 248mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · EH3 9HY

    Sept 2005

By type

What's in Edinburgh (City of).

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,930 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

669 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

595 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.4
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

503 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

317 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

311 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.8
avg score

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

221 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

190 venues in Edinburgh (City of)

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Edinburgh (City of).

  • ?

    Kul Coffee

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH7 4AA

    Apr 2026

  • ?

    Barony House

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · EH9 2BZ

    Apr 2026

  • ?

    Newington Pharmacy

    new

    Retailers - other · EH8 9JB

    Apr 2026

  • ?

    La Casa

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH9 1QR

    Apr 2026

  • ?

    Scot Townhouse

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · EH16 5PS

    Apr 2026

  • ?

    Masala Wheels

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH11 2NB

    Apr 2026

  • ?

    One Plate

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH8 9LP

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gurkha Bar & Restaurant

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH3 9HW

    Apr 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Edinburgh (City of), questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Edinburgh (City of)?

RatingCafe tracks 4,996 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Edinburgh (City of), 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 Edinburgh (City of)?

The average FSA hygiene score across Edinburgh (City of) is 4.66 out of 5. 88.8% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Edinburgh (City of) venues failed their FSA inspection?

Edinburgh (City of) 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 Edinburgh (City of) 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 Edinburgh (City of) hygiene data?

All Edinburgh (City of) 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 Edinburgh (City of) data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.