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UK food hygiene · Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough.
1,147 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Middlesbrough with its official FSA hygiene rating. 84.4% score a 5. 19 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.70
Avg FSA
870
venues scored 5/5
19
scored 0 or 1

Middlesbrough food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,147 food venues tracked in Middlesbrough, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.70 out of 5 across 1,031 rated venues.
  • 870 venues scored 5/5 (84.4%).
  • 19 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Middlesbrough in context

Middlesbrough tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.70 across 1,031 rated venues.

84.4% of Middlesbrough venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

19 Middlesbrough venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.84% of rated stock, which puts Middlesbrough above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Middlesbrough itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical caring premises 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 Middlesbrough scores

1,031 rated · 116 awaiting
5
870 venues
84.4%
4
78 venues
7.6%
3
43 venues
4.2%
2
21 venues
2.0%
1
17 venues
1.6%
0
2 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

    Station Suites Middlesbrough

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TS1 1RE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Admiral

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS3 7PA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mason Cafe & Catering Company

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS1 2AS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mr T’s

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS1 4AU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Parkway Day Nursery @ Acklam Whin

    Caring Premises · TS5 8SQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Admiral

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS1 1RA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Acklam Childrens Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · TS5 4EB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Fazals Sweets

    Retailers - other · TS1 1QD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Riverside Diner

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS2 1UX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Avenue Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · TS5 6PA

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Middlesbrough 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.

  • ?

    Allans Home Brew Corner

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TS3 6NL

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TS3 7RP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Waterstones

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TS1 5UA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Victoria Chemist

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TS1 3HY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Treecycled

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TS1 1TB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Oval Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TS5 8HP

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Middlesbrough.

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

Retailers - other

270 venues in Middlesbrough

4.7
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

231 venues in Middlesbrough

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

166 venues in Middlesbrough

4.3
avg score

Other catering premises

149 venues in Middlesbrough

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

83 venues in Middlesbrough

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

77 venues in Middlesbrough

5.0
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

58 venues in Middlesbrough

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

52 venues in Middlesbrough

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Middlesbrough.

  • 5

    Station Suites Middlesbrough

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TS1 1RE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Admiral

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS3 7PA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mason Cafe & Catering Company

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS1 2AS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Admiral

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS1 1RA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mr T’s

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TS1 4AU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Fazals Sweets

    Retailers - other · TS1 1QD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Acklam Childrens Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · TS5 4EB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Parkway Day Nursery @ Acklam Whin

    Caring Premises · TS5 8SQ

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Middlesbrough, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Middlesbrough?

RatingCafe tracks 1,147 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Middlesbrough, 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 Middlesbrough?

The average FSA hygiene score across Middlesbrough is 4.70 out of 5. 84.4% of rated venues score a 5, and 19 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Middlesbrough venues failed their FSA inspection?

Middlesbrough currently has 19 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough hygiene data?

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