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UK food hygiene · St Helens

St Helens.
1,366 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in St Helens with its official FSA hygiene rating. 71.5% score a 5. 22 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.52
Avg FSA
893
venues scored 5/5
22
scored 0 or 1

St Helens food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,366 food venues tracked in St Helens, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.52 out of 5 across 1,249 rated venues.
  • 893 venues scored 5/5 (71.5%).
  • 22 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

St Helens in context

St Helens sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.52 across 1,249 rated venues.

71.5% of St Helens venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

22 St Helens venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.76% of rated stock, which puts St Helens above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within St Helens itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 3.9/5 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 St Helens scores

1,249 rated · 117 awaiting
5
893 venues
71.5%
4
192 venues
15.4%
3
106 venues
8.5%
2
36 venues
2.9%
1
21 venues
1.7%
0
1 venues
0.1%
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

    Aroma Coffee and Bakery

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA12 9AN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Fort of India

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA12 9SL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Baked by Amanda Jane

    new

    Other catering premises · WA9

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Go Local Extra

    new

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · WA9 1NZ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Booker Cash & Carry

    Retailers - other · WA11 9UX

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Private Platter

    Other catering premises · WA12

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Cookie Studio

    Other catering premises · WA10

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Tunza Centre

    Other catering premises · WA10 2PZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Panchi Indian Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA12 9AZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    McDonald's

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA10 1BF

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

St Helens 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.

  • ?

    Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WA11 8HD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Zenia Hughes - Slimming World

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WA11 0RD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    TK Maxx

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WA9 1JJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Village Home and Garden

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WA10 5JN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Firkin Bar

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · WA12 9SL

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Tank

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · WA10 1QA

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in St Helens.

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

Retailers - other

305 venues in St Helens

4.2
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

216 venues in St Helens

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

186 venues in St Helens

3.9
avg score

Other catering premises

164 venues in St Helens

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

152 venues in St Helens

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

106 venues in St Helens

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

91 venues in St Helens

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

88 venues in St Helens

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in St Helens.

  • 5

    Aroma Coffee and Bakery

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA12 9AN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Fort of India

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA12 9SL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Baked by Amanda Jane

    new

    Other catering premises · WA9

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Go Local Extra

    new

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · WA9 1NZ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Booker Cash & Carry

    Retailers - other · WA11 9UX

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Private Platter

    Other catering premises · WA12

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Panchi Indian Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA12 9AZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Tunza Centre

    Other catering premises · WA10 2PZ

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in St Helens, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in St Helens?

RatingCafe tracks 1,366 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in St Helens, 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 St Helens?

The average FSA hygiene score across St Helens is 4.52 out of 5. 71.5% of rated venues score a 5, and 22 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which St Helens venues failed their FSA inspection?

St Helens currently has 22 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in St Helens 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 St Helens hygiene data?

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