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UK food hygiene · Norwich

Norwich.
1,512 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Norwich with its official FSA hygiene rating. 64.7% score a 5. 3 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.51
Avg FSA
879
venues scored 5/5
3
scored 0 or 1

Norwich food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,512 food venues tracked in Norwich, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.51 out of 5 across 1,358 rated venues.
  • 879 venues scored 5/5 (64.7%).
  • 3 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Norwich in context

Norwich sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.51 across 1,358 rated venues.

64.7% of Norwich venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

3 Norwich venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.22% of rated stock, which keeps Norwich below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Norwich itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical other catering premises 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 Norwich scores

1,358 rated · 154 awaiting
5
879 venues
64.7%
4
323 venues
23.8%
3
129 venues
9.5%
2
24 venues
1.8%
1
3 venues
0.2%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

  • 1

    Lincolnshopper

    Retailers - other · NR2 3JX

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Didis Dining

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NR7 9AA

    May 2025

  • 1

    Forge Local Shop

    Retailers - other · NR3 3JJ

    Jan 2025

  • 2

    Family Shopper Colman's Store

    Retailers - other · NR4 7HA

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Revolucion De Cuba

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NR2 4SG

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Ciscoes Pan Asian And Sushi

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NR1 3EU

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    Britons Arms

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NR3 1HN

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    Canton Chinese Takeaway

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NR1 1TR

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    Holiday Inn

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · NR4 6EP

    Nov 2025

  • 2

    The Artichoke PH

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NR3 4LW

    Oct 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Norwich 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.

  • ?

    Boots UK Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR4 6NZ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Well Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR3 2AB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Entertainer

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR1 3DD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Crafting Chicken

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR3 1NF

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Superdrug

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR2 1SH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sue Ryder

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR1 3RL

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Norwich.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

436 venues in Norwich

4.4
avg score

Retailers - other

291 venues in Norwich

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

200 venues in Norwich

4.3
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

160 venues in Norwich

4.5
avg score

Other catering premises

94 venues in Norwich

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

78 venues in Norwich

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

73 venues in Norwich

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

65 venues in Norwich

4.6
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Norwich.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Norwich, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Norwich?

RatingCafe tracks 1,512 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Norwich, 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 Norwich?

The average FSA hygiene score across Norwich is 4.51 out of 5. 64.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 3 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Norwich venues failed their FSA inspection?

Norwich currently has 3 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Norwich 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 Norwich hygiene data?

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