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UK food hygiene · Plymouth

Plymouth.
1,820 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Plymouth with its official FSA hygiene rating. 77.5% score a 5. 47 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.60
Avg FSA
1,289
venues scored 5/5
47
scored 0 or 1

Plymouth food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,820 food venues tracked in Plymouth, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.60 out of 5 across 1,663 rated venues.
  • 1,289 venues scored 5/5 (77.5%).
  • 47 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Plymouth in context

Plymouth sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.60 across 1,663 rated venues.

47 Plymouth venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.83% of rated stock, which puts Plymouth above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Plymouth 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 Plymouth scores

1,663 rated · 157 awaiting
5
1,289 venues
77.5%
4
206 venues
12.4%
3
103 venues
6.2%
2
18 venues
1.1%
1
37 venues
2.2%
0
10 venues
0.6%
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.

  • 5

    Turtle Bay

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PL1 1AB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Zaitoon Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PL1 1LR

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Laundry Lounge also trading as Gourmet Burger bros

    Other catering premises · PL1 3HL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Positano Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PL1 1QX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Phillys Convenience Store

    Retailers - other · PL1 1LR

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Eagle

    Pub/bar/nightclub · PL1 1NJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    B and M Retail

    Retailers - other · PL5 3TW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Tesco

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · PL2 3BP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Taste of Thailand

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PL1 1PS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Bridge Bar and Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PL9 9XH

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Plymouth 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.

  • ?

    Coffee Avventura

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · PL6

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Arnold and McKeich

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · PL4

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Zephyr Burgers

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · PL4 0PE

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wilful Beer

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PL4 6JJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · PL7 2AW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · PL5 3TW

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Plymouth.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

449 venues in Plymouth

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

350 venues in Plymouth

4.5
avg score

Other catering premises

235 venues in Plymouth

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

167 venues in Plymouth

4.3
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

161 venues in Plymouth

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

154 venues in Plymouth

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

95 venues in Plymouth

4.9
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

86 venues in Plymouth

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Plymouth.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Plymouth, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Plymouth?

RatingCafe tracks 1,820 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Plymouth, 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 Plymouth?

The average FSA hygiene score across Plymouth is 4.60 out of 5. 77.5% of rated venues score a 5, and 47 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Plymouth venues failed their FSA inspection?

Plymouth currently has 47 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Plymouth 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 Plymouth hygiene data?

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