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
Northumberland
NE45 5AT
Date of inspection: 05 September 2019
Cheviot Hotel
Front Street
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
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
6 Clifton Road
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
Northumberland
NE61 1HW
Date of inspection: 28 November 2018
Haltwhistle Tandoori
3 Market Square
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
Northumberland
NE22 7JG
Date of inspection: 20 August 2018
Monsoon Indian Takeaway
Bedlington
Northumberland
NE22 7JW
Date of inspection: 28 June 2019
Mumbai Flavours
15 Narrowgate
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
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
31 Queen Street
Northumberland
NE65 0BX
Date of inspection: 25 September 2019
Pizza Real
35 Bridge Street
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
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
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
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