Southampton.
1,723 food venues,
fully inspected.
Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Southampton with its official FSA hygiene rating. 67.0% score a 5. 18 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.
Southampton food hygiene in one minute
- 1,723 food venues tracked in Southampton, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
- Average FSA score: 4.51 out of 5 across 1,501 rated venues.
- 1,005 venues scored 5/5 (67.0%).
- 18 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
- Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.
Southampton in context
Southampton sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.51 across 1,501 rated venues.
67.0% of Southampton venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).
18 Southampton venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.20% of rated stock, which is in line with the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.
Within Southampton itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.0/5 while a typical caring 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 Southampton scores
1,501 rated · 222 awaitingThe 10 we'd skip.
Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.
Cattle Steakhouse
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO14 1JX
Victory News
Retailers - other · SO14 2BR
Arrow News
Retailers - other · SO16 9DD
Moby Dick
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO15 5LG
Pizza Gogo
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO15 2DB
Chatime
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO14 2BY
GOA
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO16 2HZ
Bitterne Post Office
Retailers - other · SO18 6TG
Bestone Testwood Stores
Retailers - other · SO15 8RP
Terrace Sandwich Bar
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO14 3BQ
Most recent 5/5s.
Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.
Harefield Fish Bar
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO18 5FR
Cukis Cake Kingdom
Other catering premises · SO15
Harbour Fish & Chips
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO16 7DJ
Millers Pond Pub
Pub/bar/nightclub · SO19 8FQ
Cedar School
School/college/university · SO16 0XN
Atherley Bowling Club
Pub/bar/nightclub · SO15 5AG
7 Bone Southampton
Pub/bar/nightclub · SO15 2DG
Punjabi Take Away
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO14 0BH
ACG Speciality Coffee
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO14 1NT
Bamboo Vietnam
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO14 3HG
Southampton 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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Canaima Food and Bakery
stale · 1504moOther catering premises · SO18
Jan 1901
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Grazing Magpie
stale · 1504moOther catering premises · SO17 2ND
Jan 1901
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GoGo Gadget
stale · 1504moRetailers - other · SO14 7SJ
Jan 1901
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Ginkgo's Bakery
stale · 1504moOther catering premises · SO14
Jan 1901
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Full House
stale · 1504moTakeaway/sandwich shop · SO18 5GW
Jan 1901
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FUDG
stale · 1504moOther catering premises · SO16
Jan 1901
What's in Southampton.
Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen
490 venues in Southampton
Retailers - other
267 venues in Southampton
Takeaway/sandwich shop
222 venues in Southampton
Other catering premises
181 venues in Southampton
Pub/bar/nightclub
143 venues in Southampton
Caring Premises
125 venues in Southampton
School/college/university
111 venues in Southampton
Mobile caterer
82 venues in Southampton
Most recent inspections in Southampton.
Harefield Fish Bar
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO18 5FR
Cukis Cake Kingdom
Other catering premises · SO15
Millers Pond Pub
Pub/bar/nightclub · SO19 8FQ
Harbour Fish & Chips
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO16 7DJ
Cedar School
School/college/university · SO16 0XN
Punjabi Take Away
Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO14 0BH
7 Bone Southampton
Pub/bar/nightclub · SO15 2DG
Atherley Bowling Club
Pub/bar/nightclub · SO15 5AG
Food hygiene in Southampton, questions answered.
How many food venues are rated in Southampton?
RatingCafe tracks 1,723 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Southampton, 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 Southampton?
The average FSA hygiene score across Southampton is 4.51 out of 5. 67.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 18 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.
Which Southampton venues failed their FSA inspection?
Southampton currently has 18 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Southampton 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 Southampton hygiene data?
All Southampton 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.
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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.
Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.
Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.
All Southampton data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.