Skip to content
UK food hygiene · Leicester

Leicester.
3,309 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Leicester with its official FSA hygiene rating. 71.6% score a 5. 53 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.51
Avg FSA
2,159
venues scored 5/5
53
scored 0 or 1

Leicester food hygiene in one minute

  • 3,309 food venues tracked in Leicester, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.51 out of 5 across 3,017 rated venues.
  • 2,159 venues scored 5/5 (71.6%).
  • 53 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Leicester in context

Leicester sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.51 across 3,017 rated venues.

71.6% of Leicester venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

53 Leicester venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.76% of rated stock, which puts Leicester above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Leicester itself, the typical retailers - other averages 4.2/5 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 Leicester scores

3,017 rated · 292 awaiting
5
2,159 venues
71.6%
4
419 venues
13.9%
3
307 venues
10.2%
2
79 venues
2.6%
1
47 venues
1.6%
0
6 venues
0.2%
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

    Papaval Retail Limited

    new

    Distributors/Transporters · LE1 2JY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Local's Food

    new

    Retailers - other · LE4

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Custom Junkies Ltd T/A Mozza Mia

    new

    Mobile caterer · LE1 2LB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Clubszone

    School/college/university · LE4 5HH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shikanji Wala

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LE4 5GF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Eden Peri Peri Leicester

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LE2 0PF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Stonesby Care Home

    Caring Premises · LE2 6TY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Kitchen Herbalist

    Retailers - other · LE2

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    AM Halal Meats @Wholesales Ltd

    Distributors/Transporters · LE4 2LD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Country Fayre Foods

    Retailers - other · LE1 5GG

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Leicester 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.

  • ?

    Flavours Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LE3

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Chill Grill

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · LE5

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Your Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE2 6HS

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Yakub Chemist Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE2 0GQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Westcotes Post Office

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE3 0TG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE5 2NL

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Leicester.

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

Retailers - other

897 venues in Leicester

4.2
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

738 venues in Leicester

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

553 venues in Leicester

4.4
avg score

Other catering premises

317 venues in Leicester

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

197 venues in Leicester

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

182 venues in Leicester

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

154 venues in Leicester

4.5
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

75 venues in Leicester

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Leicester.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Leicester, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Leicester?

RatingCafe tracks 3,309 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Leicester, 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 Leicester?

The average FSA hygiene score across Leicester is 4.51 out of 5. 71.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 53 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Leicester venues failed their FSA inspection?

Leicester currently has 53 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Leicester 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 Leicester hygiene data?

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