74 of 82 North Somerset food businesses inspected since 23 September were rated 5 and none got zero. Every 1 and 2 named, including six that surfaced late.

North Somerset Council’s food inspectors rated 82 businesses between 23 September and 30 October. 74 of them got the top rating of 5, and none was rated zero.

Four businesses are now on the register with a rating of 1, which means major improvement is necessary. Seven are rated 2, improvement necessary. Six of those eleven were inspected in August or early September but did not appear on the public register in time for our last roundup.

Every rating here comes from the Food Standards Agency register for North Somerset Council, which we read on Tuesday 3 November. Each business name links to its own entry.

Bar chart of food hygiene ratings given in North Somerset between 23 September and 30 October 2026: 74 rated 5, 3 rated 4, none rated 3, 3 rated 2, 2 rated 1 and none rated 0, 82 in total.
Ratings given from 23 September to 30 October, by the date of the rating. Chart by The North Somerset Post
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Rated 1: major improvement necessary

Business Address Type Rated
Midland Hotel 40-42 Knightstone Road, Weston-super-Mare Hotel 25 August
Sea Master Fish and Chips 82 Ebdon Road, Weston-super-Mare Takeaway 15 September
Butchers Arms 31 High Street, Yatton Pub 23 September
Carpenters Tavern BS41 8NE, Dundry Pub 24 September

The register gives no street address for the Carpenters Tavern, only the postcode, which is in Dundry parish.

Rated 2: improvement necessary

Business Address Type Rated
South Sands Hotel 1 Beach Road, Kewstoke Hotel 27 August
Fireaway Pizza 43 Oxford Street, Weston-super-Mare Takeaway 1 September
Sherwood Lodge 29-31 Severn Road, Weston-super-Mare Care home 7 September
Bird in Hand 17 Weston Road, Long Ashton Pub 11 September
Good News Wine & Food 5 Bishops Road, Cleeve Shop 23 September
Super Kitchen Indian Restaurant & Takeaway 39 Whitecross Road, Weston-super-Mare Restaurant 23 September
My Treats 5 Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare Takeaway 25 September

A rating is a snapshot of the day of the inspection. Every business can appeal within 21 days, ask for a re-inspection once it has made improvements, and publish a right to reply on its register entry. None of the businesses above had a right to reply showing on 3 November.

Why the low ratings arrived late

The council does not publish a rating until the business’s 21-day appeal period has passed, and the register can lag further behind that. That is why ratings given in late August show up only now. We check the register again each month, so a rating left out of one roundup is picked up in the next.

Rated 4

Rated 5: places to eat and drink

Most of the fives went to shops, care homes, clubs and other caterers. These are the restaurants, cafes, pubs and takeaways that got top marks:

Weston-super-Mare

Worle: Tandoori Masala, 134-136 High Street

Clevedon: Tiffin, 11 The Beach; Yo! To Go! in Tesco, Kenn Road

Portishead and Portbury: The Albion, 15 Bristol Road; Ghandi Tandoori Restaurant, 57 High Street; Port Velo Cycle Works, Priory Farm Trading Estate, Portbury

Nailsea: M.O.M Play Space, 4 Somerset Square

Winscombe: Touch of Spice, 1c Sandford Road; Woodborough Inn, Sandford Road

Villages: Owl in the Oak, Mendip View Farm, Kingston Seymour; Frankie Howerd’s, Frankie Howerd Community Hub, Loxton

What it means for you

  • Check before you book. Every rating, with the date, is on the FSA website. Businesses in England do not have to display their sticker, so the register is the reliable place to look.
  • A low rating is not permanent. Earlier this autumn both businesses rated zero in our September roundup were re-inspected and moved up to 4.
  • Worried about somewhere? You can report a food hygiene concern to North Somerset Council’s food safety team.