It’s that time of the weekend when we expose the pubs, restaurants and cafes with embarrassingly low food hygiene ratings.

And these Northumberland food outlets have been slapped with scores they probably don’t want on their doors.

Here we've named and shamed all the Northumberland food venues which have either a one or zero-star food hygiene rating.

The ratings below were taken from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website.

There are almost 3,500 venues serving food across Northumberland, the majority of which have good scores.

However, a total of 28 businesses were given a ‘one’ star and three takeaway scored a ‘zero’ (urgent improvement required).

The rating scheme, run in partnership with councils, helps people to make more informed choices about where to buy and eat food.

Important note: All these ratings were taken from the FSA’s website as they appeared on November 15, 2019. The establishments in question may be awaiting re-inspection.

Ratings are typically given to places where food is supplied, sold or consumed, such as: restaurants, pubs and cafes, takeaways, food vans and stalls, canteens and hotels, supermarkets and other food shops, schools, hospitals and care homes.

How are the ratings decided?

Each business is given their hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the business’s 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.

Search for an establishment using our tool below, or scroll down for the list of zero and one-star rated places in Northumberland.

ZERO star

Corbridge Sandwich Bar

Middle Street

Corbridge

Northumberland

NE45 5AT

Date of inspection: 05 September 2019

Cheviot Hotel

Hotel general views. The cheviot hotel Bellingham
Hotel general views. The cheviot hotel Bellingham

Front Street

Bellingham

Northumberland

NE48 2AU

Date of inspection: 21 February 2019

Riley’s Snack Van

Food hygiene rating is ‘0’: Urgent improvement necessary

Tweedside Trading Estate

Tweedmouth

Northumberland

Date of Inspection: 24 January 2019

 

ONE star

Best Pizza Express

Food hygiene rating is ‘1’: Major improvement necessary

22 Woodhorn Road

Ashington

Northumberland

NE63 9AE

Date of inspection

13 December 2017

Bird in Bush Inn

Elsdon

Northumberland

NE19 1AA

Date of inspection: 22 February 2019

Black Bull Inn (now closed)

North Side

Matfen

Northumberland

NE20 0RP

Date of inspection: 19 June 2019

Chollerton C Of E Aided First School

Station Road

Barrasford

Northumberland

NE48 4AA

Date of inspection: 26 June 2018

Corbridge Tandoori

Address

8 Market Place

Corbridge

Northumberland

NE45 5AW

Date of inspection: 21 March 2019

High Pit Pizza

High Pit Pizza Cramlington
High Pit Pizza Cramlington

6 Clifton Road

Cramlington

Northumberland

NE23 6TG

Date of Inspection: 18 December 2018

Greys Inn

Embleton

Northumberland

NE66 3UY

Date of inspection: 22 August 2019

Grubs Up

13 Dacre Street

Morpeth

Northumberland

NE61 1HW

Date of inspection: 28 November 2018

Haltwhistle Tandoori

3 Market Square

Haltwhistle

Northumberland

NE49 0BQ

Date of inspection: 28 August 2019

Lord of the Manor

Forum Way

Cramlington

Northumberland

NE23 6YD

Date of inspection: 17 October 2018

Max Pizza

2 Whitley Terrace

Bedlington

Northumberland

NE22 7JG

Date of inspection: 20 August 2018

Monsoon Indian Takeaway

Bedlington

Northumberland

NE22 7JW

Date of inspection: 28 June 2019

Mumbai Flavours

GV of Mumbai Flavours in Alnwick.
GV of Mumbai Flavours in Alnwick.

 

15 Narrowgate

Alnwick

Northumberland

NE66 1JH

Date of inspection: 03 July 2018

Nadon Thai Restaurant

12a Newgate Street

Morpeth

Northumberland

NE61 1BA

Date of inspection: 19 September 2018

New Golden Rice

44 Priestpopple

Hexham

Northumberland

NE46 1PQ

Date of inspection: 24 July 2019

Oven & Grill

4 Battle Hill

Hexham

Northumberland

NE46 1BB

Date of inspection: 24 July 2019

Paradise Pizza

5 Laburnum Terrace

Ashington

Northumberland

NE63 0XX

Date of inspection: 23 July 2018

The Amble Butcher

The Amble Butcher
The Amble Butcher

 

31 Queen Street

Amble

Northumberland

NE65 0BX

Date of inspection: 25 September 2019

Pizza Real

35 Bridge Street

Blyth

Northumberland

NE24 2AA

Date of inspection: 19 March 2019

Pizza Zone

25 Bondgate Within

Alnwick

Northumberland

NE66 1SX

Date of inspection: 22 August 2018

Red Lion Inn

Milfield

Northumberland

NE71 6JD

Date of inspection: 5 February 2019

Sandwiches @ Millars

West Road

Longhorsley

Northumberland

NE65 8UL

Date of inspection: 14 December 2018

Stells Fish & Chip Shop

10 Avenue Road

Seaton Delaval

Northumberland

NE25 0DU

Date of inspection: 14 December 2018

Thai Vibe Cafe

22 Narrowgate

Alnwick

Northumberland

NE66 1JG

Date of inspection: 22 March 2019

The Coach Inn

The Coach Inn, in Lesbury Northumberland.
The Coach Inn, in Lesbury Northumberland.

 

Lesbury

Northumberland

NE66 3PP

Date of inspection:20 June 2019

The Spice Mill

2 Allen Mill Cottages

Allendale

Northumberland

NE47 9EQ

Date of inspection: 14 March 2019

Travellers Rest

Choppington

Northumberland

NE62 5SS

Date of inspection: 13 February 2019

Watling Coffee House

11 Watling Street

Corbridge

Northumberland

NE45 5AG

Date of inspection: 10 September 2019