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UK food hygiene · Winchester

Winchester.
1,159 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Winchester with its official FSA hygiene rating. 88.7% score a 5. 6 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.84
Avg FSA
949
venues scored 5/5
6
scored 0 or 1

Winchester food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,159 food venues tracked in Winchester, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.84 out of 5 across 1,070 rated venues.
  • 949 venues scored 5/5 (88.7%).
  • 6 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Winchester in context

Winchester runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.84 across 1,070 rated venues.

88.7% of Winchester venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

6 Winchester venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.56% of rated stock, which keeps Winchester below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Winchester itself, the typical restaurant/cafe/canteen averages 4.8/5 while a typical manufacturers/packers 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 Winchester scores

1,070 rated · 89 awaiting
5
949 venues
88.7%
4
90 venues
8.4%
3
21 venues
2.0%
2
4 venues
0.4%
1
6 venues
0.6%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    Peter Symonds College

    School/college/university · SO22 6RX

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Deli Spaces

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO15 7AZ

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Marmaris Kebab Van

    Mobile caterer

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    Olivers Battery Post Office And Stores

    Retailers - other · SO22 4JQ

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Shapla Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO24 9AU

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Travelling Clays Limited

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO21 3HW

    Jun 2025

  • 2

    Wickham Coffee House

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PO17 5JN

    Jan 2026

  • 2

    Carroll Centre

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO22 4EJ

    Oct 2025

  • 2

    Tanoshii Fusion

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8UT

    May 2025

  • 2

    Merington Store

    Retailers - other · SO32 3QL

    Dec 2024

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    The Red Lion

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · PO17 6EF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Bottega Del Mastro

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8AT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Eighty Eights

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO23 7BZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Swoon Gelato

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8AT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Food Shed

    Mobile caterer · SO21 1SH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Not Vegan Friendly (NVF)

    Mobile caterer · SO32

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The South Downs Social

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8AF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Carpathian Fields

    Retailers - other · SO21 3BN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    2Tees Food

    Retailers - other · SO23 7RJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    McDonalds

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8BG

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Winchester 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.

  • ?

    Sameena Suresh - Home Baker

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · SO22 4FB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Winchester Mini Market

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · SO23 9BQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Honey & Crumb

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · SO30

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    West

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 9ES

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Vale Farm Free Range Eggs (Deliveries)

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Insight Support 24

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · SO22

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Winchester.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

262 venues in Winchester

4.8
avg score

Retailers - other

169 venues in Winchester

4.9
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

116 venues in Winchester

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

107 venues in Winchester

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

106 venues in Winchester

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

103 venues in Winchester

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

90 venues in Winchester

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

89 venues in Winchester

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Winchester.

  • 5

    The Red Lion

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · PO17 6EF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Eighty Eights

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · SO23 7BZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bottega Del Mastro

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8AT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Swoon Gelato

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8AT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Food Shed

    Mobile caterer · SO21 1SH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The South Downs Social

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SO23 8AF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Not Vegan Friendly (NVF)

    Mobile caterer · SO32

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    2Tees Food

    Retailers - other · SO23 7RJ

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Winchester, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Winchester?

RatingCafe tracks 1,159 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Winchester, 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 Winchester?

The average FSA hygiene score across Winchester is 4.84 out of 5. 88.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 6 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Winchester venues failed their FSA inspection?

Winchester 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 Winchester 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 Winchester hygiene data?

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