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UK food hygiene · Scottish Borders

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.

4.87
Avg FSA
1,178
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

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 awaiting
5
1,178 venues
95.6%
4
0 venues
0.0%
3
0 venues
0.0%
2
54 venues
4.4%
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

    Good Food

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD4 6HQ

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Campbell's Newsagents

    Retailers - other · TD9 9BG

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    T Elliot And Sons

    Manufacturers/packers · TD9 0RA

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Bodrum Kebab House

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD9 9BG

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Lovely By Pandyk

    Other catering premises · TD1 3AD

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    JJ Xpress

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD9 9BG

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Scots Pine Tearoom

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EH45 8QS

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    MacDonald Cardrona Hotel Golf And Country Club

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · EH45 9HX

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Taste Of Spice

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD7 4BT

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    New Ming Chun House

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD7 4DD

    Mar 2026

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Melrose Golf Club

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Jacks@Melrose Golf Club

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Earlston Convenience Store

    new

    Retailers - other · TD4 6DB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Besom

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TD12 4AE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Morrisons Daily

    Retailers - other · TD4 6DL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Duns Community Nursery

    Caring Premises · TD11 3AU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Duns Park Bowling Club

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TD11 3HS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Joe's Ices

    Mobile caterer · TD10

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Tommy To You

    Mobile caterer · TD2

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Andersen & Sondergaard Wild Game Charcuterie

    Manufacturers/packers

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

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.

  • ?

    Poundland

    stale · 181mo

    Retailers - other · TD1 1BN

    Apr 2011

  • ?

    Card Factory

    stale · 168mo

    Retailers - other · TD1 1BD

    May 2012

  • 5

    Galashiels Cricket Club

    stale · 130mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TD1 1TG

    Jul 2015

  • ?

    Trinity Church & Halls

    stale · 129mo

    Other catering premises · TD1 1SE

    Aug 2015

  • 5

    Hawick Rugby Football Club

    stale · 129mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TD9 8AW

    Aug 2015

  • 5

    Cockburnspath Bowling Club

    stale · 129mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TD13 5YG

    Aug 2015

By type

What's in Scottish Borders.

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

Retailers - other

324 venues in Scottish Borders

4.8
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

285 venues in Scottish Borders

4.8
avg score

Other catering premises

279 venues in Scottish Borders

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

150 venues in Scottish Borders

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

148 venues in Scottish Borders

5.0
avg score

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

119 venues in Scottish Borders

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

90 venues in Scottish Borders

5.0
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

87 venues in Scottish Borders

4.3
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Scottish Borders.

  • ?

    Jedburgh Golf Club

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD8 6TA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Earlston Convenience Store

    new

    Retailers - other · TD4 6DB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Melrose Golf Club

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Jacks@Melrose Golf Club

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TD6 9HS

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Besom

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TD12 4AE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Morrisons Daily

    Retailers - other · TD4 6DL

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Good Food

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TD4 6HQ

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    Campbell's Newsagents

    Retailers - other · TD9 9BG

    Mar 2026

Common questions

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.

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