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UK food hygiene · Highland

Highland.
5,792 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Highland with its official FSA hygiene rating. 85.5% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.56
Avg FSA
2,550
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Highland food hygiene in one minute

  • 5,792 food venues tracked in Highland, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.56 out of 5 across 2,983 rated venues.
  • 2,550 venues scored 5/5 (85.5%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Highland in context

Highland sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.56 across 2,983 rated venues.

85.5% of Highland venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Highland itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.0/5 while a typical farmers/growers averages 4.8/5, 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 Highland scores

2,983 rated · 2,809 awaiting
5
2,550 venues
85.5%
4
0 venues
0.0%
3
0 venues
0.0%
2
433 venues
14.5%
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.

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Highland 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.

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    BAKES2CAKES

    stale · 1516mo

    Manufacturers/packers · IV2 4RE

    Jan 1900

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    Balcarres

    stale · 1516mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · PH33 6RJ

    Jan 1900

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    Colin Robertson

    stale · 1516mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · IV40 8JH

    Jan 1900

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    Colin Dickson

    stale · 1516mo

    Retailers - other · IV27 4JB

    Jan 1900

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    Cole's Sweet Treats

    stale · 1516mo

    Other catering premises · IV2 7NR

    Jan 1900

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    Coire Choille

    stale · 1516mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · PH25 3DY

    Jan 1900

By type

What's in Highland.

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

Other catering premises

1,486 venues in Highland

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

983 venues in Highland

4.7
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

716 venues in Highland

4.3
avg score

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

713 venues in Highland

4.5
avg score

Farmers/growers

396 venues in Highland

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

375 venues in Highland

4.8
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

349 venues in Highland

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

228 venues in Highland

4.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Highland.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Highland, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Highland?

RatingCafe tracks 5,792 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Highland, 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 Highland?

The average FSA hygiene score across Highland is 4.56 out of 5. 85.5% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Highland venues failed their FSA inspection?

Highland 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 Highland 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 Highland hygiene data?

All Highland 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

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg

Cornwall

5,264 venues

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