We all have our go-to places for a meal out or a takeaway. But do you know the food hygiene rating of your favourite?
There is one takeaway which scored zero in North Tyneside and there are a total of 12 pubs, bars, restaurants and takeaways in North Tyneside that currently have a one out of five rating for food hygiene.
Important note: All these ratings were taken from the FSA’s website as they appeared on the morning of Friday, November 24, 2017. The establishments in question may be awaiting re-inspection.
Food hygiene inspections are carried out in pubs, bars and clubs regularly by local authorities.
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.
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” hygiene standards.
Takeaways that scored zero:
The Bronx
178 Brookland Terrace, New York, NE29 8EP
*Date of last inspection: 05 July, 2017
Restaurants which scored one:
Gate of India Restaurant
40 Front Street, Tynemouth, North Shields, NE30 4DZ
*Date of last inspection: 22 March, 2016
Pubs and bars which scored one:
Holystone
Holystone Inn, Whitley Road, Holystone, NE27 0DA
*Date of last inspection: 28 April, 2017
Whitley Bay Golf Club
Club House, Claremont Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 3UF
*Date of last inspection: 29 September, 2017
Takeaways which scored one:
Amigo Pizza
Unit C, Foxhunters Industrial Estate, Foxhunters Road, Whitley Bay, NE25 8UG
*Date of last inspection: 02 August, 2017
Dixy Chicken
210 Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2TA
*Date of last inspection: 06 July, 2017
Forest Hall Tandoori
6 West View, Forest Hall, NE12 7JL
*Date of last inspection: 29 March, 2017
Happy Chef
82 Station Road, Wallsend, NE28 6TD
*Date of last inspection: 13 September, 2017
Mr Wongs
1A Osborne Place, Forest Hall, NE12 9EY
*Date of last inspection: 15 June, 2017
Pizza Cafe
51 West Percy Street, North Shields, NE29 0DR
*Date of last inspection: 14 March, 2017
Pizza Corner
13/14 Nile Street, North Shields, NE29 0BD
*Date of last inspection: 21 October, 2014
Spice Junction
Unit 1, Monkseaton Metro Station, Norham Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 3NR
*Date of last inspection: 19 July, 2017
* Amici in Station Road, Forest Hall, NE12 8AQ, originally appeared in this list with one star but was re-inspected on November 23 and now has four stars.