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UK food hygiene · Welwyn Hatfield

Welwyn Hatfield.
741 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Welwyn Hatfield with its official FSA hygiene rating. 78.2% score a 5. 6 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.70
Avg FSA
505
venues scored 5/5
6
scored 0 or 1

Welwyn Hatfield food hygiene in one minute

  • 741 food venues tracked in Welwyn Hatfield, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.70 out of 5 across 646 rated venues.
  • 505 venues scored 5/5 (78.2%).
  • 6 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Welwyn Hatfield in context

Welwyn Hatfield tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.70 across 646 rated venues.

6 Welwyn Hatfield venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.93% of rated stock, which keeps Welwyn Hatfield below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Welwyn Hatfield itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.4/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Welwyn Hatfield scores

646 rated · 95 awaiting
5
505 venues
78.2%
4
102 venues
15.8%
3
30 venues
4.6%
2
3 venues
0.5%
1
5 venues
0.8%
0
1 venues
0.2%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 0

    Pak Halal Butchers

    Retailers - other · AL10 0JY

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    Cheezz

    Mobile caterer · AL8 6HA

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    The Candlestick

    Pub/bar/nightclub · AL9 6BA

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Gala Express

    Retailers - other · AL10 0XR

    May 2025

  • 1

    Mitsi Food Market

    Retailers - other · AL9 7QW

    May 2025

  • 1

    The Hedgehog

    stale · 19mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · AL8 7RH

    Oct 2024

  • 2

    Skippers Fish & Chips

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AL10 0LU

    Feb 2026

  • 2

    Magazin Romaesc Vacza Pramesi

    Retailers - other · AL10 0LJ

    Apr 2025

  • 2

    Koyo Bubble Tea

    stale · 25mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AL10 0XR

    Apr 2024

  • 3

    Fat Jacks

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AL7 2BH

    Jan 2026

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Our Lady Catholic Primary School

    School/college/university · AL7 3TF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Sheldan Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · AL7 1NB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Papamisu

    Other catering premises · AL10

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shweet Treatz

    Other catering premises · AL10

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Wetherspoon

    Pub/bar/nightclub · AL10 9RQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Londis

    Retailers - other · AL7 1JN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Squirrels Nursery Welwyn

    School/college/university · AL7 3RP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Michaels Woolmer Green School

    School/college/university · SG3 6JP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Peri Peri Original

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AL10 0LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Eat Lunch

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · AL10 9NE

    Feb 2026

Overdue inspection

Welwyn Hatfield 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 · 1504mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · AL10 0JW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    XO Wine Merchants Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · AL6 9EQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Woolmer Green Village Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · SG3 6XA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wickes

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · AL7 1GF

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    WGC United Reformed Church

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · AL8 6PR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    W H Smith

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · AL8 6HA

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Welwyn Hatfield.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

182 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

137 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.5
avg score

Other catering premises

109 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

67 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

5.0
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

59 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.4
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

52 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.5
avg score

Mobile caterer

39 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

36 venues in Welwyn Hatfield

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Welwyn Hatfield.

  • 5

    Our Lady Catholic Primary School

    School/college/university · AL7 3TF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Sheldan Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · AL7 1NB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shweet Treatz

    Other catering premises · AL10

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Papamisu

    Other catering premises · AL10

    Mar 2026

  • 4

    The Ponsbourne

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SG13 8QT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Londis

    Retailers - other · AL7 1JN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Wetherspoon

    Pub/bar/nightclub · AL10 9RQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Squirrels Nursery Welwyn

    School/college/university · AL7 3RP

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Welwyn Hatfield, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Welwyn Hatfield?

RatingCafe tracks 741 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Welwyn Hatfield, 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 Welwyn Hatfield?

The average FSA hygiene score across Welwyn Hatfield is 4.70 out of 5. 78.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 6 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Welwyn Hatfield venues failed their FSA inspection?

Welwyn Hatfield currently has 6 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Welwyn Hatfield 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 Welwyn Hatfield hygiene data?

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