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Cafés in Lancaster

We know of 171 cafés across Lancaster. 128 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 94% of those are rated 4 or 5, 94 with the top score of 5. One is 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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94%rated 4 or 5of 128 with a rating
94rated 5very good
1rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Lancaster

594Very good
426Good
37Generally satisfactory
21Improvement necessary
10Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

128 of the 171 cafés have a rating. 9 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

Abraham Heights 6Bailrigg 14Bare 6Bolton-le-Sands 6Borwick 2Bowerham 5Brookhouse 1Bulk 20Carnforth 6Caton 1Cowan Bridge 1Dolphinholme 1Ellel 3Galgate 15Glasson Dock 3Great Wood 7Greaves 15Hala 2Halton 3Haverbreaks 2Hest Bank 3Heysham 20Hornby 1Lancaster 57Leck 1Marsh 25Moorlands 38Morecambe 47Scale Hall 6Scotforth 2Silverdale 3Skerton 4Slyne 3Torrisholme 5Vale 3Warton 2Wray 2

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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 Lancaster have the top hygiene rating?

94 of the 128 rated cafés across Lancaster scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Bob & Berts Lancaster, Lock Keepers Rest and Black Knights Parachute Centre.

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. 9 of the cafés across Lancaster 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.