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UK food hygiene · Manchester

Manchester.
6,452 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Manchester with its official FSA hygiene rating. 71.1% score a 5. 153 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.50
Avg FSA
3,785
venues scored 5/5
153
scored 0 or 1

Manchester food hygiene in one minute

  • 6,452 food venues tracked in Manchester, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.50 out of 5 across 5,325 rated venues.
  • 3,785 venues scored 5/5 (71.1%).
  • 153 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Manchester in context

Manchester sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.50 across 5,325 rated venues.

71.1% of Manchester venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

153 Manchester venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.87% of rated stock, which puts Manchester above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Manchester itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.1/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 4.9/5, 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 Manchester scores

5,325 rated · 1,127 awaiting
5
3,785 venues
71.1%
4
876 venues
16.5%
3
392 venues
7.4%
2
119 venues
2.2%
1
140 venues
2.6%
0
13 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.

Overdue inspection

Manchester 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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    Armenian Taverna & Restaurant

    stale · 1516mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · M2 4DN

    Jan 1900

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    Manchester Fresh Shawarma

    stale · 1516mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · M14 5AJ

    Jan 1900

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    Cairo

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · M14

    Jan 1901

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    Little Horn Kitchen

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · M12 6DA

    Jan 1901

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    Lilas chutney

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · M21

    Jan 1901

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    Lil Cocoapod

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · M22

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Manchester.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,997 venues in Manchester

4.4
avg score

Retailers - other

1,447 venues in Manchester

4.4
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

769 venues in Manchester

4.1
avg score

Other catering premises

743 venues in Manchester

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

464 venues in Manchester

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

267 venues in Manchester

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

225 venues in Manchester

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

224 venues in Manchester

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Manchester.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Manchester, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Manchester?

RatingCafe tracks 6,452 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Manchester, 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 Manchester?

The average FSA hygiene score across Manchester is 4.50 out of 5. 71.1% of rated venues score a 5, and 153 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Manchester venues failed their FSA inspection?

Manchester currently has 153 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Manchester 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 Manchester hygiene data?

All Manchester 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

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg

Cornwall

5,264 venues

4.76 avg
Primary sources

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