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UK food hygiene · Portsmouth

Portsmouth.
1,817 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Portsmouth with its official FSA hygiene rating. 65.5% score a 5. 62 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.36
Avg FSA
1,008
venues scored 5/5
62
scored 0 or 1

Portsmouth food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,817 food venues tracked in Portsmouth, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.36 out of 5 across 1,539 rated venues.
  • 1,008 venues scored 5/5 (65.5%).
  • 62 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Portsmouth in context

Portsmouth sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.36 across 1,539 rated venues.

65.5% of Portsmouth venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

62 Portsmouth venues currently score 0 or 1, 4.03% of rated stock, which puts Portsmouth above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

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

1,539 rated · 278 awaiting
5
1,008 venues
65.5%
4
279 venues
18.1%
3
116 venues
7.5%
2
74 venues
4.8%
1
51 venues
3.3%
0
11 venues
0.7%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    ANA Treatment Centres

    Caring Premises · PO6 1NJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Casa Brasil

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO6 4TP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Guildhall Village / One Stop Atomic Fries Shop

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO1 2RY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Golden Hind

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO3 5EN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Harry Sotnick House

    Caring Premises · PO1 5LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Buckwells Of Southsea

    Retailers - other · PO5 3LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Queens Hotel Portsmouth

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · PO5 3LJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Urban Sweets Portsmouth

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO2 9LD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hilsea Fish Bar

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · PO2 9LB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Blossom Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO5 2AT

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Portsmouth 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.

  • ?

    CM Sports

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · PO2 7BJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Softee Super Whip

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · PO4

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Tasty & Tender

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · PO1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    XchristyscakesX

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PO1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Slimming World With Lacey

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PO1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Slimming World With Louise

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · PO3

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Portsmouth.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

410 venues in Portsmouth

4.3
avg score

Retailers - other

337 venues in Portsmouth

4.0
avg score

Other catering premises

287 venues in Portsmouth

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

222 venues in Portsmouth

3.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

155 venues in Portsmouth

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

110 venues in Portsmouth

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

89 venues in Portsmouth

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

73 venues in Portsmouth

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Portsmouth.

  • 5

    ANA Treatment Centres

    Caring Premises · PO6 1NJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Casa Brasil

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO6 4TP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Guildhall Village / One Stop Atomic Fries Shop

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO1 2RY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Golden Hind

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO3 5EN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Buckwells Of Southsea

    Retailers - other · PO5 3LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Queens Hotel Portsmouth

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · PO5 3LJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Harry Sotnick House

    Caring Premises · PO1 5LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Braemar Care Home

    Caring Premises · PO5 2PU

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Portsmouth, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Portsmouth?

RatingCafe tracks 1,817 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth?

The average FSA hygiene score across Portsmouth is 4.36 out of 5. 65.5% of rated venues score a 5, and 62 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Portsmouth venues failed their FSA inspection?

Portsmouth currently has 62 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth hygiene data?

All Portsmouth 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

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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.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

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