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UK food hygiene · Aberdeen

Aberdeen.
2,243 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Aberdeen with its official FSA hygiene rating. 83.6% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.51
Avg FSA
1,518
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Aberdeen food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,243 food venues tracked in Aberdeen, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.51 out of 5 across 1,816 rated venues.
  • 1,518 venues scored 5/5 (83.6%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Aberdeen in context

Aberdeen sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.51 across 1,816 rated venues.

83.6% of Aberdeen venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Aberdeen itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.2/5 while a typical hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house averages 4.8/5, 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 Aberdeen scores

1,816 rated · 427 awaiting
5
1,518 venues
83.6%
4
0 venues
0.0%
3
0 venues
0.0%
2
298 venues
16.4%
1
0 venues
0.0%
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

Aberdeen 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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    SHIPYARD STREET FOOD

    stale · 326mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · AB24 5HP

    Apr 1999

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    TESCO EXPRESS

    stale · 326mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · AB11 5BN

    Apr 1999

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    TCHIT BUBBLETEA

    stale · 326mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · AB24 5BD

    Apr 1999

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    TASTERS PIRI PIRI

    stale · 326mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AB11 6HY

    Apr 1999

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    TASTE N FUSION

    stale · 326mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AB10 1JL

    Apr 1999

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    TABRIFICS

    stale · 326mo

    Retailers - other · AB25 1RX

    Apr 1999

By type

What's in Aberdeen.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

514 venues in Aberdeen

4.5
avg score

Retailers - other

487 venues in Aberdeen

4.3
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

242 venues in Aberdeen

4.2
avg score

Caring Premises

201 venues in Aberdeen

4.7
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

185 venues in Aberdeen

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

139 venues in Aberdeen

4.7
avg score

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

131 venues in Aberdeen

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

122 venues in Aberdeen

4.4
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Aberdeen.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Aberdeen, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Aberdeen?

RatingCafe tracks 2,243 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Aberdeen, 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 Aberdeen?

The average FSA hygiene score across Aberdeen is 4.51 out of 5. 83.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Aberdeen venues failed their FSA inspection?

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

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