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UK food hygiene · Cardiff

Cardiff.
3,357 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Cardiff with its official FSA hygiene rating. 69.3% score a 5. 59 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.52
Avg FSA
2,089
venues scored 5/5
59
scored 0 or 1

Cardiff food hygiene in one minute

  • 3,357 food venues tracked in Cardiff, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.52 out of 5 across 3,014 rated venues.
  • 2,089 venues scored 5/5 (69.3%).
  • 59 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Cardiff in context

Cardiff sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.52 across 3,014 rated venues.

69.3% of Cardiff venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

59 Cardiff venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.96% of rated stock, which puts Cardiff above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Cardiff itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.2/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Cardiff scores

3,014 rated · 343 awaiting
5
2,089 venues
69.3%
4
570 venues
18.9%
3
243 venues
8.1%
2
53 venues
1.8%
1
53 venues
1.8%
0
6 venues
0.2%
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

Cardiff 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.

  • ?

    The Ginger Farm Coffee Co

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · CF23 5NR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Greek Liva Groves

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CF10 3BG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Grand Indian

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CF24 4XT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Gout Delish

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CF24

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Googie Puff

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CF24

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Gold Dog

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CF5 1GW

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Cardiff.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

876 venues in Cardiff

4.4
avg score

Other catering premises

572 venues in Cardiff

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

563 venues in Cardiff

4.4
avg score

Caring Premises

319 venues in Cardiff

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

270 venues in Cardiff

4.2
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

189 venues in Cardiff

4.5
avg score

Mobile caterer

163 venues in Cardiff

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

161 venues in Cardiff

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Cardiff.

  • 5

    Red Dragon

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CF3 5SL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mark's Mobile Butchers Shop

    new

    Retailers - other · CF3 5SN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Tim Hortons

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CF10 2BY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Castle View And The Laurels

    new

    Caring Premises · CF15 8LB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Greggs

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CF10 1GJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Regency House Care Home

    new

    Caring Premises · CF5 4AE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Botanist

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CF10 5BZ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Chopstix

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CF10 2BU

    Apr 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Cardiff, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Cardiff?

RatingCafe tracks 3,357 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Cardiff, 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 Cardiff?

The average FSA hygiene score across Cardiff is 4.52 out of 5. 69.3% of rated venues score a 5, and 59 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Cardiff venues failed their FSA inspection?

Cardiff currently has 59 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Cardiff 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 Cardiff hygiene data?

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