With Chinese New Year celebrations from February 1 what better way to celebrate than to visit a great Chinese restaurant to indulge in some tasty food.

But before you head down to Newcastle's Chinatown, make sure you know how each restaurant scored in their food hygiene ratings.

Food hygiene inspections are carried out in pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants regularly by local authorities.

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How are the ratings decided?

Each business is given their hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the businesses local authority. The food safety officer inspecting the business checks how well the business is meeting the law by looking at:

How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored. The condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities. And how the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe.

At the end of the inspection, the business is given one of the six ratings from zero to five. The top rating of five means that the business was found to have “very good” food hygiene standards.

Here are the ratings of all the Asian restaurants in Stowell Street:

Utepia Tea

Happiness 2 Norden House

41 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 5

Date of last inspection: 03 October 2019

Happiness 2

Happiness 2 Norden House

41 Stowell Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 4

Date of last inspection: 03 October 2019

Amaysia

Amaysia Restaurant

16 - 18 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 4

Date of last inspection: 09 September 2022

Wing Hong Co

Friars House

45 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 5

Date of last inspection: 04 June 2019

Mua Cha Bubble Tea

44 - 50 Stowell Street

Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4XJ

Food hygiene rating: 3

Date of last inspection: 19 May 2021

Red Diner Oriental Restaurant

Red Diner, Stowell Street
Red Diner, Stowell Street

Red Diner

38 - 42 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 2

Date of last inspection: 08 January 2021

Bubble Cha

52 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 5

Date of last inspection: 21 May 2021

Landmark

Landmark, Stowell Street
Landmark, Stowell Street

Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 5

Date of last inspection: 11 February 2019

Little Asia

14 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 4

Date of last inspection: 09 September 2022

North East Chinese Association

25 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 5

Date of last inspection: 03 February 2020

King Neptune

King Neptune Restaurant on Stowell Street, Newcastle.
King Neptune Restaurant on Stowell Street, Newcastle.

34-36 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 3

Date of last inspection: 13 June 2022


Red Fire Restaurant

16 Stowell

Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 4

Date of last inspection: 22 February 2020

Master Restaurant

44-50 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XJ

Food hygiene rating: 1

Date of last inspection: 07 July 2022

Dojo

Dojo on Stowell St, Newcastle

26 - 28 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 4

Date of last inspection: 25 March 2021

Sky Chinese Cuisine

Sky Chinese Cuisine, 20-28 Stowell Street, Newcastle
Sky Chinese Cuisine, 20-28 Stowell Street, Newcastle

20 - 28 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4XQ

Food hygiene rating: 1

Date of last inspection: 18 March 2022

Wing Kee Hong Kong Style Cafe

43 Stowell Street

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4YB

Food hygiene rating: 5

Date of last inspection: 07 April 2022

*These ratings were correct as of January 12 2023

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