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UK food hygiene · Mid and East Antrim

Mid and East Antrim.
1,167 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Mid and East Antrim with its official FSA hygiene rating. 92.2% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.89
Avg FSA
941
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Mid and East Antrim food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,167 food venues tracked in Mid and East Antrim, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.89 out of 5 across 1,021 rated venues.
  • 941 venues scored 5/5 (92.2%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Mid and East Antrim in context

Mid and East Antrim runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.89 across 1,021 rated venues.

92.2% of Mid and East Antrim venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Mid and East Antrim itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.6/5 while a typical other catering premises averages 5.0/5, 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 Mid and East Antrim scores

1,021 rated · 146 awaiting
5
941 venues
92.2%
4
57 venues
5.6%
3
17 venues
1.7%
2
6 venues
0.6%
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.

  • 2

    Mc Atamneys Butchers

    Retailers - other · BT43 6AU

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    H McGroggan

    Retailers - other · BT43 6AW

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    The Happy Villa

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT43 6HS

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    Eatwell

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT40 2BH

    Dec 2025

  • 2

    JK's Pizza

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT38 7BN

    Apr 2025

  • 2

    The Cake Shop

    Retailers - other · BT38 8JN

    Feb 2025

  • 3

    Jade House Take Away

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT40 1RF

    Mar 2026

  • 3

    The Spice Merchant Carrickfergus

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT38 7NN

    Jan 2026

  • 3

    Happy Garden

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT38 7DN

    Jan 2026

  • 3

    Asian Taste

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT43 6AX

    Dec 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

  • 5

    Ben's Ice Cream Studio - Ballymena

    new

    Retailers - other · bt43 6uf

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Naz Balti

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT43 5AF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Cuikin Pot

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT42 2BD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Subway

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT40 1RE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Merchant Fish Bar

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT43 5AJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Dobbins Inn

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · BT38 7AF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Linda's Original

    Other catering premises · BT43

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    McDonald’s

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT43 5LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Old Post Office

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT38 8TD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Little Slice

    Mobile caterer · BT38

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Mid and East Antrim 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.

  • ?

    Grayzer’s Backlane Smoke&BBQ House

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT38 7AB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Kamakura Sushi and Ramen Ballymena

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT43 6AL

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sunnylands Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BT38 8JN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    St. Saviours Church of Ireland Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BT42 3JU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    St. Patrick' s Church of Ireland

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BT43 7BT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    St. Columbas Church of Ireland Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BT43 6SR

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Mid and East Antrim.

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

Retailers - other

233 venues in Mid and East Antrim

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

208 venues in Mid and East Antrim

5.0
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

175 venues in Mid and East Antrim

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

128 venues in Mid and East Antrim

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

105 venues in Mid and East Antrim

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

87 venues in Mid and East Antrim

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

74 venues in Mid and East Antrim

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

68 venues in Mid and East Antrim

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Mid and East Antrim.

  • 5

    Ben's Ice Cream Studio - Ballymena

    new

    Retailers - other · bt43 6uf

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Naz Balti

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT43 5AF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Cuikin Pot

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT42 2BD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Subway

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BT40 1RE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Linda's Original

    Other catering premises · BT43

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Dobbins Inn

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · BT38 7AF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Merchant Fish Bar

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BT43 5AJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Little Slice

    Mobile caterer · BT38

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Mid and East Antrim, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Mid and East Antrim?

RatingCafe tracks 1,167 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Mid and East Antrim, 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 Mid and East Antrim?

The average FSA hygiene score across Mid and East Antrim is 4.89 out of 5. 92.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Mid and East Antrim venues failed their FSA inspection?

Mid and East Antrim 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 Mid and East Antrim 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 Mid and East Antrim hygiene data?

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