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UK food hygiene · Wakefield

Wakefield.
3,004 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Wakefield with its official FSA hygiene rating. 79.0% score a 5. 40 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.70
Avg FSA
2,116
venues scored 5/5
40
scored 0 or 1

Wakefield food hygiene in one minute

  • 3,004 food venues tracked in Wakefield, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.70 out of 5 across 2,680 rated venues.
  • 2,116 venues scored 5/5 (79.0%).
  • 40 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Wakefield in context

Wakefield tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.70 across 2,680 rated venues.

79.0% of Wakefield venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

40 Wakefield venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.49% of rated stock, which puts Wakefield above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Wakefield itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.5/5 while a typical other catering premises 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 Wakefield scores

2,680 rated · 324 awaiting
5
2,116 venues
79.0%
4
426 venues
15.9%
3
84 venues
3.1%
2
14 venues
0.5%
1
34 venues
1.3%
0
6 venues
0.2%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Smash And Dash (Unit 6)

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF1 3AD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cosa Nostra Lounge

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · WF1 1BW

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Spudz (Unit 4)

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF1 3AD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Julie's Food Kitchen

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF4 1NF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Wakefield Chinese Takeaway

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WF2 0DQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Three Flames

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF5 9AB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Oishi Japanese Street Food

    Mobile caterer · WF2

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mr David Sadler

    Retailers - other · WF10 1BE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Grumpy Fryer

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WF4 4NS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Livorno Pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WF8 2LY

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Wakefield 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.

  • ?

    Breakfast Club

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · WF9 2QQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Butter'd

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · WF2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Bundles of Joy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WF4

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Browni Boyz

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WF1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Bright Horizons Breakfast/After School Club

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · WF3 4HS

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Breakfast/Afterschool Club

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · WF2 0RS

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Wakefield.

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

Retailers - other

635 venues in Wakefield

4.6
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

554 venues in Wakefield

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

463 venues in Wakefield

4.5
avg score

Other catering premises

335 venues in Wakefield

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

325 venues in Wakefield

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

241 venues in Wakefield

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

168 venues in Wakefield

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

159 venues in Wakefield

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Wakefield.

  • 5

    Smash And Dash (Unit 6)

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF1 3AD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cosa Nostra Lounge

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · WF1 1BW

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Spudz (Unit 4)

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF1 3AD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Julie's Food Kitchen

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF4 1NF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Wakefield Chinese Takeaway

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WF2 0DQ

    Apr 2026

  • 4

    Gingerbread & Cafe & Bakery

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF6 1PY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Oishi Japanese Street Food

    Mobile caterer · WF2

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Three Flames

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WF5 9AB

    Apr 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Wakefield, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Wakefield?

RatingCafe tracks 3,004 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield?

The average FSA hygiene score across Wakefield is 4.70 out of 5. 79.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 40 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Wakefield venues failed their FSA inspection?

Wakefield currently has 40 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Wakefield 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 Wakefield hygiene data?

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