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UK food hygiene · Somerset

Somerset.
6,027 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Somerset with its official FSA hygiene rating. 88.0% score a 5. 22 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.84
Avg FSA
4,563
venues scored 5/5
22
scored 0 or 1

Somerset food hygiene in one minute

  • 6,027 food venues tracked in Somerset, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.84 out of 5 across 5,184 rated venues.
  • 4,563 venues scored 5/5 (88.0%).
  • 22 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Somerset in context

Somerset runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.84 across 5,184 rated venues.

88.0% of Somerset venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

22 Somerset venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.42% of rated stock, which keeps Somerset below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Somerset itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.7/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Somerset scores

5,184 rated · 843 awaiting
5
4,563 venues
88.0%
4
495 venues
9.5%
3
82 venues
1.6%
2
22 venues
0.4%
1
22 venues
0.4%
0
0 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

Somerset 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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    Pizza Hot

    stale · 1516mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TA1 1PB

    Jan 1900

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    Oscars Fish Bar

    stale · 1516mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TA6 3HL

    Jan 1900

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    Ebisu

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TA8 1AS

    Jan 1901

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    Chef Zoe Wager

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BA11

    Jan 1901

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    Cheddar Mendip Heights

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BA5 3BP

    Jan 1901

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    Chartman Ltd, Lydford Services

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · TA11 7EY

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Somerset.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,111 venues in Somerset

4.8
avg score

Other catering premises

1,100 venues in Somerset

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

968 venues in Somerset

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

614 venues in Somerset

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

397 venues in Somerset

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

395 venues in Somerset

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

389 venues in Somerset

5.0
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

369 venues in Somerset

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Somerset.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Somerset, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Somerset?

RatingCafe tracks 6,027 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Somerset, 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 Somerset?

The average FSA hygiene score across Somerset is 4.84 out of 5. 88.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 22 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Somerset venues failed their FSA inspection?

Somerset currently has 22 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Somerset 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 Somerset hygiene data?

All Somerset 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

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