Scottish Borders.
1,655 food venues,
fully inspected.
Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Scottish Borders with its official FSA hygiene rating. 95.6% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.
Scottish Borders food hygiene in one minute
- 1,655 food venues tracked in Scottish Borders, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
- Average FSA score: 4.87 out of 5 across 1,232 rated venues.
- 1,178 venues scored 5/5 (95.6%).
- 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
- Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.
Scottish Borders in context
Scottish Borders runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.87 across 1,232 rated venues.
95.6% of Scottish Borders venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).
Within Scottish Borders itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical caring 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 Scottish Borders scores
1,232 rated · 423 awaitingThe 10 we'd skip.
Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.
Good Food
Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD4 6HQ
Campbell's Newsagents
Retailers - other · TD9 9BG
T Elliot And Sons
Manufacturers/packers · TD9 0RA
Bodrum Kebab House
Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD9 9BG
Lovely By Pandyk
Other catering premises · TD1 3AD
JJ Xpress
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD9 9BG
Scots Pine Tearoom
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH45 8QS
MacDonald Cardrona Hotel Golf And Country Club
Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · EH45 9HX
Taste Of Spice
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD7 4BT
New Ming Chun House
Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD7 4DD
Most recent 5/5s.
Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.
Melrose Golf Club
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS
Jacks@Melrose Golf Club
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS
Earlston Convenience Store
Retailers - other · TD4 6DB
The Besom
Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TD12 4AE
Morrisons Daily
Retailers - other · TD4 6DL
Duns Community Nursery
Caring Premises · TD11 3AU
Duns Park Bowling Club
Pub/bar/nightclub · TD11 3HS
Joe's Ices
Mobile caterer · TD10
Tommy To You
Mobile caterer · TD2
Andersen & Sondergaard Wild Game Charcuterie
Manufacturers/packers
Scottish Borders 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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Poundland
stale · 181moRetailers - other · TD1 1BN
Apr 2011
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Card Factory
stale · 168moRetailers - other · TD1 1BD
May 2012
Galashiels Cricket Club
stale · 130moPub/bar/nightclub · TD1 1TG
Jul 2015
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Trinity Church & Halls
stale · 129moOther catering premises · TD1 1SE
Aug 2015
Hawick Rugby Football Club
stale · 129moPub/bar/nightclub · TD9 8AW
Aug 2015
Cockburnspath Bowling Club
stale · 129moPub/bar/nightclub · TD13 5YG
Aug 2015
What's in Scottish Borders.
Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.
Retailers - other
324 venues in Scottish Borders
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen
285 venues in Scottish Borders
Other catering premises
279 venues in Scottish Borders
Pub/bar/nightclub
150 venues in Scottish Borders
Caring Premises
148 venues in Scottish Borders
Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house
119 venues in Scottish Borders
Mobile caterer
90 venues in Scottish Borders
Takeaway/sandwich shop
87 venues in Scottish Borders
Most recent inspections in Scottish Borders.
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Jedburgh Golf Club
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD8 6TA
Earlston Convenience Store
Retailers - other · TD4 6DB
Melrose Golf Club
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS
Jacks@Melrose Golf Club
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS
The Besom
Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TD12 4AE
Morrisons Daily
Retailers - other · TD4 6DL
Good Food
Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD4 6HQ
Campbell's Newsagents
Retailers - other · TD9 9BG
Food hygiene in Scottish Borders, questions answered.
How many food venues are rated in Scottish Borders?
RatingCafe tracks 1,655 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Scottish Borders, 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 Scottish Borders?
The average FSA hygiene score across Scottish Borders is 4.87 out of 5. 95.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.
Which Scottish Borders venues failed their FSA inspection?
Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders hygiene data?
All Scottish Borders 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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Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.
Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.
All Scottish Borders data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.