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Restaurants in Portsmouth

We know of 601 restaurants across Portsmouth. 402 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 74% of those are rated 4 or 5, 201 with the top score of 5. 39 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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601restaurantsacross Portsmouth
74%rated 4 or 5of 402 with a rating
201rated 5very good
39rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at restaurants across Portsmouth

5201Very good
498Good
364Generally satisfactory
220Improvement necessary
115Major improvement necessary
04Urgent improvement necessary

402 of the 601 restaurants have a rating. 41 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. 1 is exempt, which the FSA uses for places selling only low-risk food. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.

Rated 5, most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Restaurants by area

Anchorage Park 8Baffins 14Buckland 67Copnor 24Cosham 33Drayton 14Eastney 10Farlington 2Fratton 42Hilsea 23Milton 22North End 62Old Portsmouth 95Paulsgrove 11Port Solent 24Portchester 45Portsea 111Portsmouth 390Purbrook 56Somers Town 161Southsea 139Stamshaw 50Tipner 3Waterlooville 47Wymering 15

A few to start with

Restaurants by type

Places to eat by what they serve across Portsmouth.

Indian restaurants 61Chinese restaurants 47Pizza places 42

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 Portsmouth are rated 5 for hygiene?

201 of the 402 rated restaurants across Portsmouth had a 5 at their last inspection. Among them: Padel Quarter, Kens Fried Chicken and Chiquito.

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.