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UK food hygiene · Newcastle Upon Tyne

Newcastle Upon Tyne.
2,645 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Newcastle Upon Tyne with its official FSA hygiene rating. 74.6% score a 5. 50 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.54
Avg FSA
1,830
venues scored 5/5
50
scored 0 or 1

Newcastle Upon Tyne food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,645 food venues tracked in Newcastle Upon Tyne, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.54 out of 5 across 2,453 rated venues.
  • 1,830 venues scored 5/5 (74.6%).
  • 50 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Newcastle Upon Tyne in context

Newcastle Upon Tyne sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.54 across 2,453 rated venues.

74.6% of Newcastle Upon Tyne venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

50 Newcastle Upon Tyne venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.04% of rated stock, which puts Newcastle Upon Tyne above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Newcastle Upon Tyne itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.2/5 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne scores

2,453 rated · 192 awaiting
5
1,830 venues
74.6%
4
313 venues
12.8%
3
181 venues
7.4%
2
79 venues
3.2%
1
41 venues
1.7%
0
9 venues
0.4%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Quayside Buffet

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE1 2NH

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Freeman Hospital

    new

    Caring Premises · NE7 7DN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    FoodCycle

    new

    Retailers - other · NE6 4UH

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Harts Cafe Woolsington

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE13 8AR

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    KFC

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE1 5RQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Maple Terrace Masonic Hall

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NE4 7SE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Premier VJ's Store @ Gills

    new

    Retailers - other · NE5 3JE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Khai Khai

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE1 3UG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cheryls Kitchen

    Mobile caterer · NE15 9EP

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Bake Newcastle Ltd

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE1 7AP

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Newcastle Upon Tyne 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.

  • ?

    One Up

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE1 1PG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Korean Kitchen

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · NE7 7DR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sha Market

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NE6 1DR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Say When

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NE3 1HA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    S & A Shariff

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NE4 8TU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Ruby Rae's

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NE1 1PR

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

875 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.5
avg score

Retailers - other

585 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.3
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

289 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.2
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

267 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

158 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

116 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.8
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

98 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

92 venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Newcastle Upon Tyne, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Newcastle Upon Tyne?

RatingCafe tracks 2,645 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Newcastle Upon Tyne, 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne?

The average FSA hygiene score across Newcastle Upon Tyne is 4.54 out of 5. 74.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 50 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Newcastle Upon Tyne venues failed their FSA inspection?

Newcastle Upon Tyne currently has 50 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne hygiene data?

All Newcastle Upon Tyne 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

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