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UK food hygiene · Liverpool

Liverpool.
4,506 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Liverpool with its official FSA hygiene rating. 68.4% score a 5. 129 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.39
Avg FSA
2,286
venues scored 5/5
129
scored 0 or 1

Liverpool food hygiene in one minute

  • 4,506 food venues tracked in Liverpool, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.39 out of 5 across 3,342 rated venues.
  • 2,286 venues scored 5/5 (68.4%).
  • 129 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Liverpool in context

Liverpool sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.39 across 3,342 rated venues.

68.4% of Liverpool venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

129 Liverpool venues currently score 0 or 1, 3.86% of rated stock, which puts Liverpool above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Liverpool itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 3.9/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Liverpool scores

3,342 rated · 1,164 awaiting
5
2,286 venues
68.4%
4
501 venues
15.0%
3
310 venues
9.3%
2
116 venues
3.5%
1
89 venues
2.7%
0
40 venues
1.2%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Costa Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L3 2FE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Yannis

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L2 9SA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Andy's Fish & Chips

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L17 8US

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pizza Express

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L3 4FP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    World Duty Free

    Retailers - other · L24 1YD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    WHSmith

    Retailers - other · L24 1YD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hampton by Hilton Liverpool John Lennon Airport

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · L24 1YD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Wagamama

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L1 8JF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Iceland Foods

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · L7 5LZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pizza Express

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L1 8JF

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Liverpool 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.

  • ?

    Chicago King Pizza

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L15 4LL

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Dicey Reilly’s

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · L1 4JN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Devon convenience store

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Dessert lab

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L25 7RG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Deserted

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L16 7QQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Derek's Express

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · L18 2DA

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Liverpool.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,010 venues in Liverpool

4.3
avg score

Retailers - other

967 venues in Liverpool

4.3
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

757 venues in Liverpool

3.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

519 venues in Liverpool

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

389 venues in Liverpool

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

225 venues in Liverpool

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

200 venues in Liverpool

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

155 venues in Liverpool

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Liverpool.

  • 5

    Costa Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L3 2FE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Yannis

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L2 9SA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Andy's Fish & Chips

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · L17 8US

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    WHSmith

    Retailers - other · L24 1YD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pizza Express

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L3 4FP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    World Duty Free

    Retailers - other · L24 1YD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hampton by Hilton Liverpool John Lennon Airport

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · L24 1YD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Wagamama

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · L1 8JF

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Liverpool, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Liverpool?

RatingCafe tracks 4,506 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Liverpool, 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 Liverpool?

The average FSA hygiene score across Liverpool is 4.39 out of 5. 68.4% of rated venues score a 5, and 129 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Liverpool venues failed their FSA inspection?

Liverpool currently has 129 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Liverpool 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 Liverpool hygiene data?

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