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Restaurants in Lancaster

We know of 293 restaurants across Lancaster. 208 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 85% of those are rated 4 or 5, 126 with the top score of 5. 8 are rated 2 or below. A rating tells you how clean and careful the kitchen was on the day of the inspection, not how good the cooking is.

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293restaurantsacross Lancaster
85%rated 4 or 5of 208 with a rating
126rated 5very good
8rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at restaurants across Lancaster

5126Very good
451Good
323Generally satisfactory
24Improvement necessary
13Major improvement necessary
01Urgent improvement necessary

208 of the 293 restaurants have a rating. 13 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

Rated 2 or below

Restaurants by area

Abraham Heights 9Bailrigg 18Bare 9Bolton-le-Sands 10Borwick 3Bowerham 15Brookhouse 1Bulk 63Carnforth 13Caton 1Dolphinholme 1Ellel 7Galgate 20Great Wood 15Greaves 48Hala 4Halton 3Haverbreaks 6Hest Bank 2Heysham 28Lancaster 131Marsh 35Moorlands 100Morecambe 82Nether Kellet 2Scale Hall 8Scotforth 7Silverdale 3Skerton 15Slyne 2Torrisholme 10Vale 11Warton 3Wray 1

A few to start with

Restaurants by type

Places to eat by what they serve across Lancaster.

Indian restaurants 14Chinese restaurants 32Pizza places 20

Questions people ask

What does a restaurant’s food hygiene rating cover?

The inspector checks three things: how food is handled, prepared, cooked, cooled and stored; the state of the kitchen and building, including cleaning, ventilation and pest control; and how the business manages food safety and keeps its records. It doesn’t judge the taste, the service or the prices, so a small family place can score 5 and a smart one can score 2.

Which restaurants in Lancaster are rated 5 for hygiene?

126 of the 208 rated restaurants across Lancaster had a 5 at their last inspection. Among them: Lone Wolf Bakery, Gizmo's Pizzeria and Don Luca Pizza.

Can a restaurant with a low rating get a better one?

Yes. Once it has put things right it can ask the council to come back and re-rate it, sometimes for a fee, and it can appeal a rating it thinks is unfair. Until a new inspection the old rating stands, so check the date beside each one here.

Do restaurants have to display their hygiene rating?

Not in England: showing the sticker is up to the business, though most with a good score do. In Wales and Northern Ireland it’s the law. You can look any rating up on the Food Standards Agency’s website, or on each business’s page here.

Other things people look for

CafésPubs and barsTakeawaysIndian restaurantsChinese restaurantsPizza placesFish and chip shopsBakeriesSupermarketsCorner shopsButchersFloristsClothes shopsCharity and second-hand shopsBike shopsChemistsOpticiansHairdressersBarbersBeauty salonsNail salonsTattoo studiosDentistsDoctorsPhysiosChiropractors and osteopathsMassageGymsYoga and pilatesMartial arts

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.