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UK food hygiene · Sheffield

Sheffield.
4,811 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Sheffield with its official FSA hygiene rating. 74.7% score a 5. 56 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.60
Avg FSA
3,285
venues scored 5/5
56
scored 0 or 1

Sheffield food hygiene in one minute

  • 4,811 food venues tracked in Sheffield, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.60 out of 5 across 4,396 rated venues.
  • 3,285 venues scored 5/5 (74.7%).
  • 56 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Sheffield in context

Sheffield sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.60 across 4,396 rated venues.

74.7% of Sheffield venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

56 Sheffield venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.27% of rated stock, which is in line with the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Sheffield itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 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 Sheffield scores

4,396 rated · 415 awaiting
5
3,285 venues
74.7%
4
673 venues
15.3%
3
305 venues
6.9%
2
77 venues
1.8%
1
55 venues
1.3%
0
1 venues
0.0%
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

Sheffield 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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    Little Mesters Brewers

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · S4 7WB

    Jan 1901

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    Bridge House

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · S10

    Jan 1901

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    Frecheville Community Association

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · S12 4XT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Fox's Bakes

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · S36

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Hickory House

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · S8 0

    Jan 1901

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    Dixy chicken sheffield

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · S4 7LG

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Sheffield.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,427 venues in Sheffield

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

869 venues in Sheffield

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

606 venues in Sheffield

4.3
avg score

Other catering premises

523 venues in Sheffield

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

348 venues in Sheffield

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

330 venues in Sheffield

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

261 venues in Sheffield

4.9
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

171 venues in Sheffield

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Sheffield.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Sheffield, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Sheffield?

RatingCafe tracks 4,811 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Sheffield, 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 Sheffield?

The average FSA hygiene score across Sheffield is 4.60 out of 5. 74.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 56 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Sheffield venues failed their FSA inspection?

Sheffield currently has 56 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Sheffield 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 Sheffield hygiene data?

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