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Cafés in Birmingham

We know of 1,195 cafés across Birmingham. 962 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 73% of those are rated 4 or 5, 544 with the top score of 5. 131 are rated 2 or below. That covers coffee shops and tea rooms too: anywhere serving food or drink is inspected the same way.

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1,195cafésacross Birmingham
73%rated 4 or 5of 962 with a rating
544rated 5very good
131rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Birmingham

5544Very good
4163Good
3124Generally satisfactory
271Improvement necessary
141Major improvement necessary
019Urgent improvement necessary

962 of the 1,195 cafés have a rating. 6 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.

Rated 5, most recently inspected

Most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Cafés by area

Acocks Green 25Alum Rock 23Aston 12Balsall Heath 258Bartley Green 3Billesley 5Birchfield 11Birmingham 346Boldmere 7Bordesley 31Bordesley Green 29Bournbrook 38Bournville 11Brandwood End 8Buckland End 2California 7Castle Vale 8Cotteridge 15Digbeth 135Druids Heath 5Edgbaston 22Erdington 22Four Oaks 22Fox Hollies 77Frankley 3Garretts Green 30Gravelly Hill 68Greet 183Hall Green 47Hamstead 6Handsworth 7Harborne 16Hay Mills 122Highgate 387Highters Heath 16Hodge Hill 9Jewellery Quarter 59Kings Heath 33Kings Norton 37Kingstanding 30Kitts Green 32Ladywood 39Lifford 66Little Sutton 18Longbridge 37Lozells 23Lyndon Green 3Mere Green 20Metchley 89Minworth 8Moseley 34Nechells 82New Oscott 7Northfield 42Perry Barr 6Perry Beeches 5Quinton 9Rednal 26Saltley 145Selly Oak 25Selly Park 24Shard End 20Sheldon 17Shenley Fields 1Short Heath 4Small Heath 25Sparkbrook 319Sparkhill 45Springfield 18Stechford 7Stirchley 117Stockland Green 5Sutton Coldfield 45Tile Cross 20Turves Green 15Tyburn 61Tyseley 111Vauxhall 17Wake Green 17Walmley 3Ward End 27Warstock 4Washwood Heath 91Weoley Castle 7West Heath 37Winson Green 21Woodgate 8Wylde Green 13Yardley 7Yardley Wood 30

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Questions people ask

Do coffee shops get food hygiene ratings?

Yes. A café or coffee shop is a food business, so the council inspects it and rates it from 0 to 5 like any restaurant. The very lowest-risk places, selling only drinks and packaged snacks, may be marked exempt instead.

Which cafés in Birmingham have the top hygiene rating?

544 of the 962 rated cafés across Birmingham scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Sabalan, Starbucks and Marks and Spencer Foodhall.

What does “awaiting inspection” mean?

A new food business has to register with the council at least 28 days before it opens, and is rated at its first inspection, which can be some weeks after opening. Until then the register shows it as awaiting inspection. 6 of the cafés across Birmingham are in that position.

Where do I find a café’s rating?

Many cafés put the sticker in the window or by the till, but in England they don’t have to. Every rating is on the Food Standards Agency’s website, and on each café’s page here.

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Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency, checked every night. Listings from Overture Maps, the Food Standards Agency and © OpenStreetMap contributors. Missing one? Tell us.